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Re: Oddgrim, Newman, and I are making a space game! (Lord of Rigel, 4x strategy)
Looking great!

 

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Re: Oddgrim, Newman, and I are making a space game! (Lord of Rigel, 4x strategy)
Here's the early work on the Katraxi diplomat:
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Re: Oddgrim, Newman, and I are making a space game! (Lord of Rigel, 4x strategy)
Here's a look at how the Human characters turned out:
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Re: Oddgrim, Newman, and I are making a space game! (Lord of Rigel, 4x strategy)
Cool!

 

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Re: Oddgrim, Newman, and I are making a space game! (Lord of Rigel, 4x strategy)
We're migrating the new website over so it should be online soon.

Edit- The new website is live:
http://www.lordofrigel.com

Also wanted to show off what one planetary surface looked like, an Ocean world:
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Re: Oddgrim, Newman, and I are making a space game! (Lord of Rigel, 4x strategy)
Sweet!

+1 for the scientist that looks like the mentor for Searching for Bobby Fischer Ben Kingsley!

 

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Re: Oddgrim, Newman, and I are making a space game! (Lord of Rigel, 4x strategy)
I've never really been able to figure out what to say on this thread, but it's all very cool, magnified by the fact it's people from this very forum doing this. I just want you to know that and to wish you guys all the best and hope you produce yet another successful project to help keep games with a space setting alive. I hope they never die out like they did temporarily ever again. It's great watching this new universe you're building gradually coming to life before my eyes. Some really beautiful work.

 

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Re: Oddgrim, Newman, and I are making a space game! (Lord of Rigel, 4x strategy)
@Cyborg17 Actually the scientist is supposed to look a bit more like Ron Glass who played Shepard Book in Firefly :)

@Lorric Thanks!

So we just posed up a status update on how the game is progressing:
http://www.lordofrigel.com/news/design-series-1-what-is-lord-of-rigel/


...and the first article in a weekly series on specific game mechanics:
http://www.lordofrigel.com/news/mechanics-series-1-armor-and-structure/

We'll have articles on different topics every day, including species summaries and on composing.

Also, showing off a new newman model, the Tulock fighter:
Tulock Strike Fighter (View in 3D)
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Re: Oddgrim, Newman, and I are making a space game! (Lord of Rigel, 4x strategy)
So we've just had a pretty in depth interview on explorminate that covers a bunch of topics:
http://explorminate4x.com/2015/08/04/1767/
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Re: Oddgrim, Newman, and I are making a space game! (Lord of Rigel, 4x strategy)
your links to your website are broken but your fighter is adorable and cool
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Re: Oddgrim, Newman, and I are making a space game! (Lord of Rigel, 4x strategy)
@Phantom Hoover links should now work.

The big thing to show off for today is a wallpaper with the Katraxi characters:


Here's a second article for this week, covering how beam weapons work (including beamz like in FS!)
http://www.lordofrigel.com/news/mechanics-series-2-beam-weapons/
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Re: Oddgrim, Newman, and I are making a space game! (Lord of Rigel, 4x strategy)
Showing off the Galactic Council chamber's concept art:
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Re: Oddgrim, Newman, and I are making a space game! (Lord of Rigel, 4x strategy)
So over the last two weeks we've done up some articles going in depth about each species in the game, starting with our two more warlike ones the Katraxi and the Tharrn:
http://www.lordofrigel.com/news/species-series-1-katraxi/

http://www.lordofrigel.com/news/species-series-2-tharrn/

Today we also posted up an article outlining the deep history of the Lord of Rigel universe:
http://www.lordofrigel.com/news/species-series-3-elder-race-history-2/

Also as a heads up the 24th of next month will be the magical date where we start the Kickstarter and release the tactical demo. The KS being basically pre-ordering and alpha/beta access for the game and getting an expanded skirmish demo. (since we wanted to give something to people shelling out)

Oh yeah, Tulock ships in a nebula!
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Re: Oddgrim, Newman, and I are making a space game! (Lord of Rigel, 4x strategy)

Also as a heads up the 24th of next month will be the magical date where we start the Kickstarter and release the tactical demo. The KS being basically pre-ordering and alpha/beta access for the game and getting an expanded skirmish demo. (since we wanted to give something to people shelling out)


Sweet!

 

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Re: Oddgrim, Newman, and I are making a space game! (Lord of Rigel, 4x strategy)
Wanted to show off the Yalkai, our big sexy starfish species:

Yalkai Cruiser (View in 3D)


They want you to think that they're like the Asari, Elerians, or Orion women but are actually giant starfish that want to eat you.
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Re: Oddgrim, Newman, and I are making a space game! (Lord of Rigel, 4x strategy)
ooooooh

 

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So our fourth species article covers the Aranids, our space bugs!

http://www.lordofrigel.com/news/species-series-4-aranid/
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Re: Oddgrim, Newman, and I are making a space game! (Lord of Rigel, 4x strategy)
Glad to see progress even while I've been gone! :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: :yes: :D

 

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Re: Oddgrim, Newman, and I are making a space game! (Lord of Rigel, 4x strategy)
Well for today we have an article on Tharrn fleet design:
http://www.lordofrigel.com/news/ship-design-4-tharrn-fleet-design/

...and the Tharrn battleship:
Tharrn Battleship (View in 3D)
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Re: Oddgrim, Newman, and I are making a space game! (Lord of Rigel, 4x strategy)
Might as well show off the big, stupid, starfish the Yalkai!

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