Thursday, August 23, 2012

StarCluster Projects

My son Klaxon is working on four things for me currently:

  • A spreadsheet-based ship builder for StarCluster 3
  • A spreadsheet-based ship builder for In Harm's Way: StarCluster
  • A document with five ships created using the spreadsheet tool for StarCluster 3
  • A document with five ships created using the spreadsheet tool for In Harm's Way: StarCluster.
The spreadsheet tools are almost finished, and will be available for free download. The documents will be sold in PDF form. I'm uncertain what to call them - suggestions are welcome!

The reasons why we have the duplication is that StarCluster 3 is a game about the civilian side of the Cluster, while In Harm's Way: StarCluster is a game about the military side of the cluster. As such the ship construction - while compatible - is completely different. What is important to the military is totally unimportant to civilians, and vice-versa. Civilians don't need drop tubes or particle accelerator weapons, and the military doesn't need conservatories or swimming pools.

I created several example ships for both games which are in the main books, and those size ships will not be duplicated. I'm leaving which ships are created up to Klax.  Question - would it be better to sell the ships separately, one to a PDF, or all together?

-clash

1 comment:

  1. Oh! Some clarification - the ship write-ups all will have 3D renderings by Klax and some fluff, and most probably deckplans - Klax says he will probably need deckplans to make the renderings properly.

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