In part due to my long term absence from these hallowed halls, and in part because hopefully starting this blog series will force me to keep up the development momentum :) I give you my first attempt to do some 'playing of the game' in Dominium at long last... warts and all...
(Lifted directly from http://dominium.maksw.com/2016/10/06/the-great-journey-begins/ - feel free to sign up for the Dominium Observer newsletter!)
(PS. Apologies for the crappy formatting... despite adding newlines / whitespace, this Journal posting wossname keeps stripping them back out again :( )
[color=rgb(58,58,58)][font=Arial]Gameplay.[/font][/color]
[color=rgb(58,58,58)][font=Arial]Yes, you read right. Finally.[/font][/color]
[color=rgb(58,58,58)][font=Arial]I am turning my efforts to gameplay. This series of blog posts (and hopefully video blog posts!) probably won't particularly read gameplay-ish, but trust me it is.[/font][/color]
[color=rgb(58,58,58)][font=Arial]I have chosen a task to complete within Dominium itself, the game universe. An epic task, a monumental chore of gargantuan proportion.[/font][/color]
[color=rgb(58,58,58)][font=Arial]I must trade my way around several systems, and turn 1,200 SIS (Sulranian Imperial Sovereign) into 100,000 or more.[/font][/color]
[color=rgb(58,58,58)][font=Arial]Ok, not so big - I grant you :) But, given the state Dom is in - purdy darned huge :D[/font][/color]
[color=rgb(58,58,58)][font=Arial]No combat, though there are NPC's, and I can 'kill' them with a single shot atm - but they don't fight back. The aim of this epic quest is simple, to iron out kinks with the initial UI, trading, cargo/inventory, flight mechanics, navigation, autopilot, map and control systems.[/font][/color]
[color=rgb(58,58,58)][font=Arial]In other words, pretty much the entire game core.[/font][/color]
[color=rgb(58,58,58)][font=Arial]The raw materials are all in place, and now I have to 'test drive' them to see if they stay together for an epic win, or fall apart in an epic fail! I know there will be catastrophic 'blockers' en route, so this is a 'warts-et-al' blog :) Don't be disheartened if the video suddenly disappears, it was probably just a crash :)[/font][/color]
[color=rgb(58,58,58)][font=Arial]My journey begins at Star-7786, Planetoid-53095, GStation-1, with my purchasing 1,183 SIS worth of 'Commodity-05' - yes, exciting names![/font][/color]
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I'd say welcome back, but I've been absent a long time myself. Your gameplay is looking pretty damn sweet. I'd love to hear about your auto pilot docking code if you have the time.