Firefly based online game
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UPDATED: Friday, January 11, 2008 22:58
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Now I realize this won't appeal to everyone, but for those it does appeal to check out: http://verse.scifilog.com
It is an online game based in the Firefly universe I am working on. So far you get a ship and can trade from planet to planet trying to make a buck. If you want you can use that money to buy weapons, or upgrade your ship. Become a pirate, start your own alliance and try to overthrow the main alliance. Totally up to you. :)
If I get good feedback that people like it, then I can add all sorts of goodies, quests, reavers, casino's, black markets, etc... whatever we can come up with.
HC.
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So, it's a web-based game, in the style of swcombine then? You're just a little sparse on the details and there isn't much on the site you linked to.
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Sorry, it is a little like Tradewars. It is still relatively early in the process. It is a fully working game though. It is web based, and it can handle as many players online as a normal web server can handle.
I was never very good at promotion of the websites I work on.
Rich.
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Cool. So, are you planning an AJAX-y inter-player communication? Or is it already done? What other type of "playing together" is being planned/done?
p.s. Please don't think I'm being difficult. I'm just asking question that come to mind as I think others might want to know as well. That and bumping and adding info here doesn't hurt 
p.p.s Might want to add the new info to your original post. A lot of people won't see it otherwise. Again, not trying to be difficult. Just trying help get the word out
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"We don't fear the reaper"
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I am being stubborn and haven't done much with Ajax yet, but there is inter ship messaging as well as the ability to have alliances of ships. THen you can make an entire hierarchy of the alliance. There is a lot there I have barely scratched the surface of.
You can also attack other people if you are just a mean old man. :)
HC.
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Registered. This is shiny.
"We may experience some slight turbulence, and then... explode."
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Yah, I get the AJAX complaint. It's not exactly fun having to support standards compliant browsers plus bugs (e.g. setTimeout is partially broken in FF) and then to add IE on top of all that...
Gotta say that this is a welcome change to everything else that is out there. You know, something more involved than a MUD/MUSH or a play by post. Not that there's anything wrong with those, it's just rather not even remotely modern. And that's coming from a guy that lives on the command line!
Out of curiosity, is it open-source? I see sourceforge.net on there, but no project link. If so, what license? I know there are a couple people around that are web devs. I got my hands somewhat full with a Wii Internet channel thing, but I would probably be able to add in something small if my skills match up with what you're using.
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"We don't fear the reaper"
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I figured out how I am going to do Reavers, pretty simple since they really are mindless. :) Just floating out there looking for people to attack. I will probably begin working on that tomorrow. I tried to put Miranda over in the corner away from the core, I used a map I found on this forum as a basis for placing the planets.
I think this might fit the Firefly universe better than a Mud or a Mush. Also, while it isn't a 3d graphic universe it is kinda pretty in it's own way. The code is also pretty simple so far to modify and get working.
I am going to work a bit on the tutorial a bit tomorrow, but alas I am not much of a writer. Speaking of which, ultimately I'd love for fanfic authors to play and write stories of their in game characters. As long as people keep playing I will keep programming and adding to it.
Rich.
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I just ran out of turns. How often are they renewed and with what amounts?
EDIT: Btw, if you need any help, just drop me a line and I'll do what I can (I see you're using php which I know).
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I just got off after a good solid 4 hours of playing. Sooo...pretty addictive, I guess. Looking forward to the new additions, especially reavers.
oh, and make sure you EEY NOJ EHT NIOJ ;)
Q: Fish or Hogarth?
A: Marillion.
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