Sneak Peek at Traveller RPG

One of our users PsilocyBeing, who created the PSP IRC client pIRC, has dropped by our forums to let us know about his new project: Traveller. Here’s what he had to say about it:

I’ve started work on yet another RPG game, but this one will be set in space. The game will be turn based, allowing you to gain ‘turns’ over time, much like some of those webgames that were flooding the net a few years ago. It’s still in the very early stages, but I’ve got the hex display sorted, and I plan to have it work with WLAN via HTTP, to make managment of the server easier.

One aim for this is to have an ever expanding universe, that will be dynamically generated as people explore unknown space. Objects in space will consist of things like asteroid fields, planetary/orbital bases and stations, NPC spawns, etc. As I will be working via HTTP for getting/sending information, making an online atlas for the universe, or player stats will be very easy thanks to working with SQL.

The current approach I’ve taken has a 2 hex border, that is not visible to the user, which is used to buffer images before they are brought up for rendering, which should hopefully speed it up a bit.

We’re always keen to see new homebrew making use of the WiFi system! You can come chat about this upcoming project on our PSPU Forums [here].
One of our users PsilocyBeing, who created the PSP IRC client pIRC, has dropped by our forums to let us know about his new project: Traveller. Here’s what he had to say about it:

I’ve started work on yet another RPG game, but this one will be set in space. The game will be turn based, allowing you to gain ‘turns’ over time, much like some of those webgames that were flooding the net a few years ago. It’s still in the very early stages, but I’ve got the hex display sorted, and I plan to have it work with WLAN via HTTP, to make managment of the server easier.

One aim for this is to have an ever expanding universe, that will be dynamically generated as people explore unknown space. Objects in space will consist of things like asteroid fields, planetary/orbital bases and stations, NPC spawns, etc. As I will be working via HTTP for getting/sending information, making an online atlas for the universe, or player stats will be very easy thanks to working with SQL.

The current approach I’ve taken has a 2 hex border, that is not visible to the user, which is used to buffer images before they are brought up for rendering, which should hopefully speed it up a bit.

We’re always keen to see new homebrew making use of the WiFi system! You can come chat about this upcoming project on our PSPU Forums [here].