FrEee Alpha 7 - SE4 open source project

The Kortl Rheus
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FrEee Alpha 7 - SE4 open source project May 21, 2014 0:10:11 GMT Dominion of Zabéara likes this

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Post by The Kortl Rheus on May 21, 2014 0:10:11 GMT

Appears that open source SE4 is making good progress. Guy claims that multiplayer works with SE4 and most bugs are resolved.

www.reddit.com/r/4Xgaming/comments/25zskg/freee_alpha_release_7_open_source_space_empires/

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Amarr Empire Full Member Posts: 134	FrEee Alpha 7 - SE4 open source project May 21, 2014 5:25:16 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Amarr Empire on May 21, 2014 5:25:16 GMT Nice, I've looked into that project and it looks promising. I just hope that project has a half decent graphic designer that can come up with an art style that looks way better than SEIV.

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FrEee Alpha 7 - SE4 open source project May 21, 2014 6:07:23 GMT

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Post by The Kortl Rheus on May 21, 2014 6:07:23 GMT

I think they are probably using existing assets. I haven't tried it out, they claim it current works. Tempting to do a test game and find some bugs and help them out. Seems like a pretty dedicated team. Maybe after 1.0 they'll revisit the graphics and UI. That'd be awesome.

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FrEee Alpha 7 - SE4 open source project May 21, 2014 7:15:34 GMT

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Post by Amarr Empire on May 21, 2014 7:15:34 GMT

Yeah.

I'd love to see a Space Empires clone type of 4x with "excellent" art assets. I'm not talking about 3d necessarily, but just nice sprites like starsector (which is a really cool indie game in alpha, and very fun. kinda like Sid Miers Pirates!)

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FrEee Alpha 7 - SE4 open source project May 21, 2014 14:35:52 GMT via mobile

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Post by D'Kali Hegemony on May 21, 2014 14:35:52 GMT

One of the charms of SE4 to me was always the nice and simple art style. One of the biggest advantages to that was the ease with which someone could make a shipset of their own!

The UI could certainly use a little polish, and be able to be adjusted to higher resolution monitors. But I think at it's core, it should stay nice and old school 2D

combatwombat New Member Posts: 2	FrEee Alpha 7 - SE4 open source project May 22, 2014 4:51:56 GMT Solvani Imperium likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by combatwombat on May 22, 2014 4:51:56 GMT

The Kortl Rheus Senior Member Posts: 268	FrEee Alpha 7 - SE4 open source project May 22, 2014 4:54:28 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by The Kortl Rheus on May 22, 2014 4:54:28 GMT Oh, snazzzzzzy
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se5a Guest	FrEee Alpha 7 - SE4 open source project May 22, 2014 7:54:12 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by se5a on May 22, 2014 7:54:12 GMT wait, will this let me post as a guest? cool! so yeah. there are bugs. lots of them. I keep fixing the combat ones and more combat ones pop up. it's like playing dominos.

Vyrex Junior Member Posts: 83	FrEee Alpha 7 - SE4 open source project May 22, 2014 15:23:27 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Vyrex on May 22, 2014 15:23:27 GMT Ah programming.99 bugs in the code, 99 bugs in the code, take one down, pass it around, 103 bugs in the code! (also, would combat wombat recognize the name Pardus, as related to a video game?)

combatwombat New Member Posts: 2	FrEee Alpha 7 - SE4 open source project May 24, 2014 1:42:32 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by combatwombat on May 24, 2014 1:42:32 GMT Not immediately, what game?