Science of the Spheres - development

[Joey_Penguin]

Is this going to be available as a prototype soon, or will we have to wait till alpha?

[NovaSilisko]

Is this going to be available as a prototype soon, or will we have to wait till alpha?

I don't think there will be another prototype. Not sure if there will be an alpha period, either. Sorry, it will be a while yet...

[Pigbear]

Hmm. Reminds me of shores of hazeron sort of. Looks great and I hope it survives the attacks of game development!

[Whirligig Girl]

removed by Nova's request.

Edited July 29, 2014 by GregroxMun

[Rainbowtrout]

First impressions: Really good, for a prototype. I didn't do much, just crash into a planet. I hope to see this be fleshed out more in time.

[sal_vager]

It's cool to see this develop, any new pics for us Nova?

[NovaSilisko]

It's cool to see this develop, any new pics for us Nova?

Alas nothing really lately. Going through another slow period... lots of thought and brainstorming, but nothing new for pictures. The story's been refined considerably, the MEA is no longer a government agency but an independent organization doing its best to avoid a government that really would like to steal its teleportation technology. Buying parts now will be handled through "contacts" from various locations, who require an "admission fee" for the player to access their inventory - which, conveniently, serves as a nice way to balance the player's access to said inventory.

[NovaSilisko]

Working on engines again. This is the Ferrodyne FR-100, a pressure-fed lox/kerosene rocket engine, with 5 kN of thrust, and a specific impulse of 302s. Better performance than many of the hypergolic thrusters available, though extreme care must be taken to make sure your liquid oxygen stays liquid.

[The Destroyer]

I follow this with great interest, Nova. And I admit, I had thought it was dead for a few months until I realised it was still a sticky

[NovaSilisko]

I follow this with great interest, Nova. And I admit, I had thought it was dead for a few months until I realised it was still a sticky

It took me a while to find it when it was first stickied. I think most people develop a tendency to just glaze over the stickies since they so rarely change.

[th3shameless]

is it still a sticky? i no longer see it with the others

[nettcod]

is it still a sticky? i no longer see it with the others

No, it was only stickied because it was the thread of the month for July, but it's no longer July, so it's not stickied anymore.

[Whirligig Girl]

http://i.imgur.com/r7f9UO4.png

Working on engines again. This is the Ferrodyne FR-100, a pressure-fed lox/kerosene rocket engine, with 5 kN of thrust, and a specific impulse of 302s. Better performance than many of the hypergolic thrusters available, though extreme care must be taken to make sure your liquid oxygen stays liquid.

This seems like it would be for long-distance, perhaps interstellar "transfer stages". Will there be any multistaging?

[SpaceXray]

I hope we get a new prototype soon....

[NovaSilisko]

Playing with planet sizes and thruster effects.

[NovaSilisko]

Forgot to post this. The three engine models so far, space boss for scale.

[NovaSilisko]

And some heat effects.

400 replies in eight months... perhaps nearing the levels required to get an official sots forum up and running. Who knows.

Will there be any multistaging?

You will be able to place explosive-bolt loaded assemblies wherever you please and trigger them with action groups, so yes.

Edited August 10, 2014 by NovaSilisko

[hotmailcompany52]

Awesome work so far Nova. Do you think we will get another prototype or not?

[NovaSilisko]

Awesome work so far Nova. Do you think we will get another prototype or not?

When all the required systems are in place there will be a proper demo. A selection of parts, and a single solar system to explore (the portal device is locked to a single target and the transmitter range isn't enough for interstellar travel), and everything else more or less functional.

[Whirligig Girl]

So how easy will part modding be? Will it be possible to make a Saturn V that dwarfs a planet?

[NovaSilisko]

So how easy will part modding be? Will it be possible to make a Saturn V that dwarfs a planet?

Probably. The larger issue is fitting it through the portal.

[Joey_Penguin]

Send it through in small parts, then assemble it in the tinyverse.

I want to build a planet eater.

[Whirligig Girl]

Probably. The larger issue is fitting it through the portal.

So you will actually have to make sure your ships can fit through the portal?

[NovaSilisko]

So you will actually have to make sure your ships can fit through the portal?

Yes, that's my current thought. There can be a circle of the maximum diameter of the gate shown in the construction screen to help you size your ship, perhaps.

[hotmailcompany52]

So does that mean we could assemble stuff outside the portal?