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I'll be sure to post something, don't worry.Totally understand what you mean there. It's even tougher when you're recreating a game that everyone's already seen before...It was easier back when every new screen was an achievement, now it's mostly just code code code...
EDIT: also, while it's certainly nice to support X@Com, someone should update the news so that the front page is showing something of openxcom instead... because seeing the roguelike like that, people can't really see what openxcom looks like. imagine somebody new opening the page for the first time, and all he sees is the roguelike screenshots - he'll just go "what the h***?" and leave again. (unless he's into roguelike games).I was thinking this EXACT same thing not long ago. Thanks for the plug michal, but I'm really hoping you guys post some OpenXCom stuff, *anything*, and soon. (OpenXCom just doesn't have enough frequent news!)
TT and FreeSynd are not good examples. Dense background al over the place make it feel like it's one of first graphics web sites ever (I remember feeling of how I used netscape 2.0). In functionality sence, those FAKE time buttons makes quite a disturbance. I think it will be better without them.The FreeSynd reference was only with regard to the button appearance discussion. That site design as a whole is poorly done for sure, and certainly the buttons on OXC would *do* something--that was another point of the discussion about the time buttons...
So they weren't happy with the results and settled with just making hundreds of randomly-selected hand-crafted maps. It's a lot more work to make every map individually (the game has been 4 years in the making), but you have full control over the results, and they said there'll be enough to "not see the same map after two playthroughs". Spawn points and mission elements are still randomized anyways, so there won't be a "most effective path".From a tactical standpoint, I think terrain is much more a determining factor in pathing than enemy positions since you want to be in the area that offers the best possible cover for any dynamic situation, regardless of where the enemies are: I don't care if there's a sectoid hiding in that building or not--I want to hide in that building. But its nice to know there are so many maps! That should alleviate some of the repetitiveness...
from what I've seen of the rest of the game, this demo is VERY limited, yes. I'm still not sure how the game itself will feel with the non-random terrain... every single level is hand-crafted, after all. sure they all have multiple spawn points and stuff, but I guess it will get repetitive after a few play-throughs. then again, the levels are a good deal more complex than those from the original... and to be honest, the original was quite repetitive, too. the actual number of different levels may have been greater, because the map tile arrangement was almost entirely arbitrary, but how much difference is there between a farm where the house is on the left side of the barn and one where it is on the right side?Actually, that's a *huge* difference when it comes to tactics--It's not that the level becomes more visually interesting due to the rearrangement, it's that it changes how you play.
EDIT: oh, and >5GB for a demo? and one that's this limited in functionality? come on. people have already started dissecting the files, and found a lot of spoiler info in there... I think if you bring out a demo, you could at least put a little more effort into it, like removing all unnecessary game data. from what I've read, there are probably all of the autopsy reports in there, and even the end movie...I believe they've said it may be possible to unlock the entire game using just the demo (and an update?), so you don't have to download it again. So yeah, there's a lot of stuff in there for a reason.
No multicolored tiles... bah, that's kinda gross. Why not? Dwarf Fortress have no problem with using nice multicolored tiles.It's an aesthetic. Multi-colored tiles would ruin the old terminal feel, which I insist on keeping intact because without it, you may as well play the real X-COM, or eventually OpenXCom
I could play more on linuxHehe, You'll have your day then
Btw, have you ever thought about open sourcing x@com or at least your roguelike engine?Definitely, especially the engine. But I'm a somewhat obsessive perfectionist, and would never be able to do something like that unless I was convinced it was something that others could use without a lot of help and support on my end (it's not), so I don't think so.
So others can benefit from my horrible memory by having a great resource for making new versions of the game, and we can all benefit from playing them