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Re: Space Frigates

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Post by Neverending »

mst wrote: post #23
Neverending wrote: post #13

If you're interested in a free game that has had this core functionality (online multiplayer Asteroids) since 1995 - visit https://store.steampowered.com/app/352700/Subspace_Continuum... (edit: replaced with Steam link) There has been a dedicated community of thousands of players, many of which have been playing well over a decade. Plenty of videos on youtube under either "Subspace" or more recently "Continuum". http…

Since www.rshl.org doesn't appear to be loading here, could you give me an ELI5 on how this differs from Trench Wars (which I still play periodically having owned a copy of Subspace itself) ?

Hockey Zone creatively shortens the bullet lengths for ships and decreases the respawn timer to simulate a hockey check. A powerball serves as the puck, and there is both public games (effectively pickup in recreational sports nomenclature) and a 20+ year running league.

Technically Hockey Zone runs on something called ASSS (a small subspace server) which enables significantly more advanced features than the base client such as instant replay and dynamic scoreboard overlays.

Re: Space Frigates

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Post by DerekL »

tootie wrote: post #62
Neverending wrote: post #13

If you're interested in a free game that has had this core functionality (online multiplayer Asteroids) since 1995 - visit https://store.steampowered.com/app/352700/Subspace_Continuum... (edit: replaced with Steam link) There has been a dedicated community of thousands of players, many of which have been playing well over a decade. Plenty of videos on youtube under either "Subspace" or more recently "Continuum". http…

I remember playing one called Gravitron maybe on my old PC. The kind you launch from the DOS prompt. You have to navigate planetary terrain and defense systems while you're ship is in constant free fall, so you give tiny controlled thrusts to keep from crashing and slide left and right.

I've played two games like that: the arcade game Gravitar, and Gravity Crash on the PlayStation 3.

Re: Space Frigates

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Post by Jowsey »

mLuby wrote: post #65
nbrempel wrote: post #31

I’m suddenly reminded of this game I played the hell out of back in the day: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_Velocity_Nova

Endless Sky is a well-polished FOSS version of the same thing. https://endless-sky.github.io

Was just about to mention this game. Glad other people still play it, an absolutely incredible game and open source project.

Re: Space Frigates

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Post by mst »

Neverending wrote: post #81
mst wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Since www.rshl.org doesn't appear to be loading here, could you give me an ELI5 on how this differs from Trench Wars (which I still play periodically having owned a copy of Subspace itself) ?

Hockey Zone creatively shortens the bullet lengths for ships and decreases the respawn timer to simulate a hockey check. A powerball serves as the puck, and there is both public games (effectively pickup in recreational sports nomenclature) and a 20+ year running league. Technically Hockey Zone runs on something called ASSS (a small subspace server) which enables significantly more advanced features than the base cli…

That's fascinating and something I should definitely try one day - I doubt it'll replace Trench Wars in my heart but I bet I'll really enjoy experimenting for a bit.

Thanks!

Re: Space Frigates

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Post by mst »

hnhnhnhnhn wrote: post #44
mst wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Since www.rshl.org doesn't appear to be loading here, could you give me an ELI5 on how this differs from Trench Wars (which I still play periodically having owned a copy of Subspace itself) ?

www.rshl.org doesn't work, but rshl.org does. In Hockey Zone you play hockey with a powerball.

Ta.

Re: Space Frigates

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Post by rolandog »

Nice game! How do you refuel or collect debris? Is that discarded when another player dies?

Edit: Nvm. It seems I wasn't noticing debris being generated by shooting it instantly.

Re: Space Frigates

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Post by dhardenb »

vorpalhex wrote: post #68
dhardenb wrote: post #12

Sorry all, wasn't expecting the traffic.... spinning up some more servers now...

Hey, this is actually pretty great! Good work!

Thank you, much appreciated! I'm just starting out and have lots of plans. Follow my progress on my blog: blog.spacefrigates.com or follow the game on twitter: @spacefrigates
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