Alpha Is GO!
It's out there...somewhere... -- 22 Dec 2013 -- Comments: 1
The Elite Encounters Alpha Rules were uploaded into the wild on Friday 20th December!
Yes, the first draft of the rules is even now being scrutinised and (hopefully) enjoyed by the lucky "Playtester" pledgers.
It's a nerve wracking time. I don't know what the response will be. I don't expect I've got it all right on the first draft, but I do think that it's a workable system and that when I tested it out on myself (since the FDA wouldn't give me a human testing ... Read More
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Dice...Rings?
They make my heart...sings? -- 19 Dec 2013
Greetings Commanders!
I know, Two updates in one day is unlike me. There is a VERY good reason though.
Some time ago I started mumbling stuff about a secret, special offer that would be coming your way. Now, after the delays caused by my "issues", I've finally cemented the offer.
Those friendly, lovely and clever chaps at CritSuccess ran a Kickstarter at the end of 2012 to fund development and production of Dice Rings. These brilliant inventions are part fashion accessory and ... Read MoreCategories Kickstarter
Can you smell smoke?
That's my keyboard. -- 18 Dec 2013
Hello everyone, and welcome to another update.
Progress towards alpha is almost done! All I have to do is finish off the sample adventure and it's ready to roll. It's got a bit more in it than originally intended, since I've expanded the space-based goodies more than I originally intended. I felt that since Elite is a space-based computer game that there should be more detail in the space side of things than the original alpha plan contained. Now, therefore, there's a fully ... Read More
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Keep On Running
In the dark of the night comes the clicky clicky of a game being written... -- 03 Dec 2013 -- Comments: 1
Hi everyone. I had intended to try and get an update out before the end of November, but the Gods weren't with me. Or something.
I just wanted to share that I'm racing ahead with the Alpha, and hopefully should have something worth sharing in a few days. I really need to get the first draft of the rules out well before Christmas, so I've set myself a deadline of the 17th December AT THE VERY LATEST to get the Alpha rules out to the Alpha testers.
The attached photo of the current ... Read MoreCategories Kickstarter
The Second Coming
...and he rose from the ashes of...something something something -- 01 Nov 2013 -- Comments: 2
Hello everyone. First of all a huge apology to everyone for an unreasonable time period without an update. I do have a reason for it, and it's not a good one, so this is a tough update to write.
At the start of July a few things came to a head in various aspects of my life that affected me in a rather negative way. Several questions were raised about my state of mind and my fitness for various attributes of my personal life and as a result it was recommended that I see a doctor about it. ... Read More
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Elite and The Non-Elite Market
New fans, old fans and non-gamers UNITE! -- 08 Jul 2013 -- Comments: 3
I'm taking a bit of a "Wagar" approach to this update and having a more speculative look at the interesting Elite times we live in. It's an unscheduled update - train of thought thinking after listening to the LaveCon podcast...
One of the big things that came out of the LaveCon meet-up was a question about whether or not the Elite franchise appeals to the non-game playing market.
Elite is a science fiction game, and any related works would fall into the science fiction genre. ... Read More
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LaveCon, Kickstarter Comic and Progress!
Where Questions are asked and answers are given -- 03 Jul 2013 -- Comments: 1
Well, hi everyone!
A good bit of progress this month, but again epic fail on the update schedule. Maybe I just need to accept that I'm going to default to monthly for the rest of the year and stop worrying about it. As long as the work is getting done - which is, after all, the important bit.
Outside of the Work thing, the most important thing that's happened this month is LaveCon - the Lave Radio bods put on a FANTASTIC event on the 29th, and everyone who was there REALLY enjoyed ... Read More
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May Update - Fragmentation, Forums and Fluff
A month of wild progress, from back stories to how laser armour works... -- 03 Jun 2013
Hello, Elite RPG fans!
The end of the month beckons and the latest in what has become the Monthly Kickstarter Update is beaming your way!
Fan News: #LAVECON 1
The biggest news, and the definite headliner for this month is LAVECON! The splendid and gentlemanly chaps at Lave Radio (http://laveradio.com) have organised a convention to celebrate Elite Dangerous and the assorted media project around it. It's happening on Saturday 29th June from 6pm til late at the Thistle Hotel, Cheltenham.
Most ... Read MoreCategories Kickstarter, General
Rollercoaster Tycoon meets Elite Dangerous
A miasma of random distracted...stuff! -- 29 Apr 2013 -- Comments: 2
Hi everyone. This month has been a rollercoaster. Not the up and downy kind, but more the going round in circles and running sideways kind.
Forward progress on the actual book content has been kind of slow, especially in the last couple of weeks. Another thousand or so words of sample adventure has resulted in a rewrite of that adventure's scope. The original intent was to have the three adventures all set in the Morten-Marte system with different scope - one in the system space, one on ... Read MoreCategories Kickstarter
Forums and Combat
Battling with php and working out how to battle? -- 04 Apr 2013 -- Comments: 2
Hi everyone, and welcome to a quick interim update .
The main point of the update is to note that I've done some work on the forum and website this week, specifically fixing some problems with the forum and adding some more up-to-date content to the website.
As regards the forum, I have now FINALLY successfully removed the need for post approval and fixed the email notifications. Apologies to Bifford and Ozoli, whose posts needed approval and the email to notify me of such didn't arrive. ... Read MoreCategories Kickstarter
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