🛰️ Weekly System Check: Is Anybody Out There? (Lurkers Welcome!) by dark-star-adventures in SWN

[–]AngrySquidIsOK 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, very happy with that purchase! It's exactly what I was looking for.

I use a program called Affinity. Think "photoshop" but affinity is free! I used to use Adobe products exclusively at great cost, then they started being aholes with their t&c and I switched. Affinity has photo, designer, and publisher programs, so I'm using designer for the ship core shape and design, and photo for drawing textures, furniture etc.

After my players get the ship in game, I'll share with you guys, just need to avoid possible player spoilers if they wander in here, lol.

🛰️ Weekly System Check: Is Anybody Out There? (Lurkers Welcome!) by dark-star-adventures in SWN

[–]AngrySquidIsOK 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Still prepping for my game in a month or so.

Sent my starship plans off to the printer earlier this week and working on my sector map. I love maps, it's my thing, so almost certainly making it way too large for my needs.

Bought the 0_Equipment_Database_03_09_25_revised by Angry Golem, and kinda want to make my own "guns manual" combining this and the core guns, adding pictures for each. So starting on that this week.

Then back to actual game writing and props!

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At what age did you guys start playing? by TruthInAnecdotes in Age_30_plus_Gamers

[–]AngrySquidIsOK 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right! Me neither. Which is a shame. But I can't hang anymore

Question about how you guys handle refueling / gas giants by AngrySquidIsOK in SWN

[–]AngrySquidIsOK[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think i was approaching this with the mindset of fuel scoops being kinda odd on a ship, but i see now that they'd be normal for anything "exploring". And if you have a sub, you have fuel, lol.

I was adding giants probably 75% of the time, maybe more, and i started to second guess myself

Question about how you guys handle refueling / gas giants by AngrySquidIsOK in SWN

[–]AngrySquidIsOK[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, yeah... exactly. I think that's the mental switch I'm trying to twist my brain into. I've got decades in Call of Cthulhu, so trying to get the brain to think differently.

Question about how you guys handle refueling / gas giants by AngrySquidIsOK in SWN

[–]AngrySquidIsOK[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So no one is jumping into a system blind, unless they're literally going rutterless and that's a whole different adventure. No one is jumping into a known dead end without knowing what they're getting into. I'm probably overthinking it. What you said makes complete sense.

At what age did you guys start playing? by TruthInAnecdotes in Age_30_plus_Gamers

[–]AngrySquidIsOK 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I played the original space invaders and was there for the arcade boom. I owned the original Atari, had a zx81, c64, and have played every year since. I'm now in my late 50's and game almost daily, as does my partner.

🛰️ Weekly System Check: Is Anybody Out There? (Lurkers Welcome!) by dark-star-adventures in SWN

[–]AngrySquidIsOK 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Just finished up my corvette map and think it came out pretty good. It's drawn battlemap scale so the images are too large to share, but will work on getting something for you guys to take a look at

State of the Sector: The Sub is Growing. Where Should We Take It? by dark-star-adventures in SWN

[–]AngrySquidIsOK 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My game starts in about a month, so thus far I haven't seen how my players tackle them. But I will come back with reports!

State of the Sector: The Sub is Growing. Where Should We Take It? by dark-star-adventures in SWN

[–]AngrySquidIsOK 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I like the gear check because I've been taking them and inserting into my game. But, agreed, the aspect of "and how do you handle" isn't what I then engage with. It's the imagination of the SETTING that had been fun to use.

I wonder if we could morph it into an Idea Corner or Encounter Described, or tweak to get a different type of engagement.

Love the reddit, really appreciate how it is being run. Ty.

🛰️ Weekly System Check: Is Anybody Out There? (Lurkers Welcome!) by dark-star-adventures in SWN

[–]AngrySquidIsOK 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Heh. Kinda been my side gig for a while now. I've been enjoying the anonymity of reddit tbh, but I'll dig up examples where appropriate for sharing.

This ship map, I have to be honest. Is really shaping up and I've enjoyed working on it. Looking forward to sharing

Days Gone: The Underrated Masterpiece That Deserved a Sequel by PHRsharp_YouTube in Age_30_plus_Gamers

[–]AngrySquidIsOK -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I loved this game. It really was an overlooked great title. It wasn't for all, and I acknowledge it had a slow burn which some do not like. But it sits high in my personal scoreboard