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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: aldo_14 on January 07, 2004, 07:38:43 am

Title: homeplanet is finished!
Post by: aldo_14 on January 07, 2004, 07:38:43 am: But it can't find a publisher, apparently (this months PCG) - meaning it may die a death soonish. Interesting indicator of the state of the space sim genre, isn't it?
Title: homeplanet is finished!
Post by: Nico on January 07, 2004, 08:07:22 am: so "finished" was a term chosen on purpose? :p

"right-right-right-down-right" Fatality!!!
Title: homeplanet is finished!
Post by: Sandwich on January 08, 2004, 04:11:28 pm: Linky?
Title: homeplanet is finished!
Post by: aldo_14 on January 08, 2004, 04:33:48 pm: http://homeplanet.revoltgames.com/
Title: homeplanet is finished!
Post by: Nico on January 08, 2004, 05:01:36 pm: The ship designs range from ubber cool to really dull, in that game...
Title: homeplanet is finished!
Post by: DragonClaw on January 08, 2004, 05:52:12 pm: Played the demo.

This looks exactly like the B5:IFH. Has to be the same engine. Company trying to make money off of an openly available engine? Mreh. Dunno what's going on.
Title: homeplanet is finished!
Post by: Ace on January 08, 2004, 06:11:46 pm: It's developed by a lot of the same people who did IFH, it uses a modified IFH engine.

This seems to be the 'commerical game' half of IFH to justify making the engine.
Title: homeplanet is finished!
Post by: mikhael on January 08, 2004, 07:24:49 pm: It'd be nice to see Homeplanet make it, if only to have another newtonian physics based game. Besides, its gotta be better than X2.
Title: homeplanet is finished!
Post by: kode on January 08, 2004, 07:34:21 pm: I liek the interface. reminds me pretty much about the fs hud
http://mapgames.7.com1.ru/homeplanet/images/shots/shot61.jpg
Title: homeplanet is finished!
Post by: mikhael on January 08, 2004, 08:28:04 pm: But with an IWAR2 ORB. That immediately improves it.

:D
Title: homeplanet is finished!
Post by: Nico on January 08, 2004, 08:32:31 pm: Don't like those things much actually, way too messy :doubt:
Title: homeplanet is finished!
Post by: demon442 on January 08, 2004, 10:47:50 pm: A+ on the site design. Looks great, easy to work with, everything easily accessed, and most of all quick loading speed.

The game, however, I am iffy about. While I have not played it(and doubt I ever will now...), I feel that there must be some reason that it went gold in Russia and not nearly as good here in the 'States. Is it possible that Russia has a more open mind when it comes to games?
Title: homeplanet is finished!
Post by: Fury on January 08, 2004, 11:17:36 pm: Quote
Originally posted by DragonClaw
Played the demo.

This looks exactly like the B5:IFH. Has to be the same engine. Company trying to make money off of an openly available engine? Mreh. Dunno what's going on.

Core devs of Homeplanet and IFH are pretty much the same, the engine is same. IFH uses modified HP engine.
Title: homeplanet is finished!
Post by: phreak on January 09, 2004, 12:53:31 am: Quote
Originally posted by mikhael
But with an IWAR2 ORB. That immediately improves it.

:D

its EXACTLY the same except the lines coming out of the dots point outward instead of inward

As for the game, it looks good but i can't read cyrllic.
Title: homeplanet is finished!
Post by: aldo_14 on January 09, 2004, 04:39:42 am: Quote
Originally posted by demon442
A+ on the site design. Looks great, easy to work with, everything easily accessed, and most of all quick loading speed.

The game, however, I am iffy about. While I have not played it(and doubt I ever will now...), I feel that there must be some reason that it went gold in Russia and not nearly as good here in the 'States. Is it possible that Russia has a more open mind when it comes to games?

Was it ever released in the states?

Remeber Russia doesn't have the same history of gaming as the rest of the world - I don't think communism allowed it, so it was isolated - which means they don't have the same preconceptions and cliches as 'here'.
Title: homeplanet is finished!
Post by: Nico on January 09, 2004, 04:57:12 am: Communism didn't allow video games? Lol, yeah, and you had your ears cut if you were listening to anything else than Polka.
Ever heard of Tetris?
Geez :rolleyes:
Title: homeplanet is finished!
Post by: diamondgeezer on January 09, 2004, 05:15:35 am: That the game the Communist Party took off Pajitnov in exchange for $8000 out of the bajillions they sold it for?
Title: homeplanet is finished!
Post by: aldo_14 on January 09, 2004, 05:17:13 am: Western video games. i.e. from the US, Uk, etc. i.e. no Dizzy Egg or Frogger, I reckon.
Title: homeplanet is finished!
Post by: Corsair mk. 2 on January 09, 2004, 04:30:47 pm: Looks mad cool. I really hope they find someone to publish it cuz who knows, maybe it'll revive the SciFi industry. :rolleyes: