{"author_name":"Doches","cat":"October Challenge 2010","comments":[{"author_name":"","time":"October 14, 2010 3:20 pm","epoch":1287087600,"text":"Oh man, it looks awesome!","spam":"N"},{"author_name":"phidinh6","time":"October 14, 2010 3:24 pm","epoch":1287087840,"text":"Hey I recognise that menu style, with the horizontal lines and gradient! Hehe glad you finished your game mate, or almost finishing it, you’ve progressed much master than I have with DemoCrytus I don’t know how you manage to do it! Let me know if you need help with any visual UI stuff, this game will be an instant buy from me! Good luck!","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1287085200,"likes":0,"metadata":{"p_key":"69115","p_author":"Doches","p_authorkey":"562","p_urlkey":"104918","p_title":"Distant Star: The End is Nigh","p_cat":"October Challenge 2010","p_event":"LD18","p_time":"1287085200","p_likes":"0","p_comments":"2","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"562","us_name":"Doches","us_username":"doches","event_start":"1282262400","event_key":"4","event_name":"LD18"},"text":"

No, really — it is!<\/p>\n

Everything that needs <\/em>to be in the game is so; what’s left is just visual and interface polish. ‘course, both the visuals and the GUI design are in need of some serious<\/em> polishing.<\/p>\n

Anyway: Distant Star<\/em> now has an awesome technology tree; players (human or AI) can browse the tree and select new technologies to research. Researched techs affect all aspects of the game: ship combat, empire management, exploration, etc — and choosing to research one technology may prevent you from researching others. Choices, choices.<\/p>\n

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What to choose, what to choose?<\/p><\/div>\n

Furthermore, the technology system is entirely data-driven; technologies, with their costs, dependencies, and effects, are loaded from XML. Even the tech tree display is automatic; it uses a simple tree layout algorithm to render itself. What this means is that I can step away from the technology system entirely, either outsourcing it to someone else (anybody feel like helping?) or pushing a newer, better tech tree in a post-release update.<\/p>\n

More progress after the jump:<\/p>\n

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I’ve got a few (basic, boring) menu screens built. The only nifty thing about them is the title music, an absolutely perfect<\/em> unlicensed track I found over on ccMixter. Oh, lovely internet musicians…<\/p>\n

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It's pretty basic, but not entirely unattractive...<\/p><\/div>\n

If you’ve played Civ V, this notification system ought to look reeeeal familiar:<\/em><\/p>\n

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If it's good enough for Fireaxis, it's good enough for me!<\/p><\/div>\n \n

Tags: screenshot<\/a><\/p>","time":"October 14th, 2010 2:40 pm","title":"Distant Star: The End is Nigh"}