Bah! Only when I promised myself not to waste time on Internet forums I find topic like this... ;)
What can I say... I could basically sign myself under Daqin's posts - and I rarely meet a SW fan with similar views on the subject... I, too, miss times when X-Wing, Dark Forces and TIE Fighter rocked the world. I, too, crave for a full blown strategy game set in this universe or a fine RPG (KOTOR was OK, but it's not a real SW to me - for SW you need Empire, Rebellion, Vader, X-Wings, Stormtroopers and so on...).
I even discussed gaming subject on some SW forums, but these are overrun with geeks who have grown into trolls (because Internet gives them false feeling of anonymity and security). I was hoping to rally some people, but I only wasted my time.
If there are few people who could pull this off one of them has to be Kornel. This guy can see his things
done (we've got like 4? playable games) and they turn out highly playable as well.
But I'm also worried about LFL/LEC response ("C&D letter", ya know). Yet I hope this could be somehow classified as "fan-made stuff", and especially recently they've started encouraging making fan-content.
I do have several concepts and a general vision of how such game could be done - we could also seek help at other SW-related forums (some of which I used to frequent).
But I'd need Kornel's response - I'm not gonna start daydreaming and typing all of this if it serves no purpose...
It would be even cooler if you could replay the whole starwars story as a RL! =D
Well, if you want to see SW in ASCII you can go here:
http://www.asciimation.co.nz ;D
And here...
only to tease you...
(of course this "screenshot" is fake)
#........# | |
#........# | Maat, Level 1 Rebel Trooper|
#........# | |
#....r...# | Health Armor: Rebel Vest |
#........# | **********************99/99|
#...T....# | Weapon: BlasTech E-11 rifle|
#........# | ***********-----------46/99|
#........# | |
######################....#######################| Sidearm: DL-34 Blaster Pist|
#..S..S.%...............................R........| Main W.: BlasTech E-11 Rifl|
=V................-....-.....-......-.@..........| Grenade: Merr-Sonn Detonatr|
=...S..S...-......-.......-.......-..............| |
#.S...................................%..R.......| STR: 10 |
######################....#######################| DEX: 14 |
#........# | INT: 13 |
#........# | |
#........# | Bacta Canisters: 2 |
#........# | Blaster energy packs: 1 |
#........# | Grenades: 1 |
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The Stormtrooper fires! The Stormtrooper misses | |
you! The Stormtrooper misses you! The Rebel | |
Trooper dies! You reload your E-11 Rifle with | |
blaster energy pack. You see: a Stormtrooper | |
(heavily wounded) Press (m) for more. | |