Wyrdysm Games

you could try adding a smaller thruster either side (and underneath) the main thruster, I reckon that would work. the second design is favourite btw

seriously? i thought it was pretty balanced and not really that overpowered, compared to metagame ships it's not that powerful for it's class. overpowered is the battleship I created using the same sprites, it can take out heavy battleships in single hits... (but i messed around with the sprites so ...

yeah, the lack of detail is deceptive. you can use the sections for anything you want, but they're pretty difficult to use differently. all the gimp files are there, so if you want to edit them you can

my computer won't let me view the first one (damn parental controls... ><) but I think you should make the tail section bulkier. try using two thrusters instead of one

yeah I've got plenty of ideas. I've currenty made designs for a light carrier based on the tesla hull, a light cruiser and a support frigate. I've made a pretty decent fighter that I'll post with the carrier. I'm also working on concepts for larger vessels (I need a big gunned battleship just for th...

i like what you've done with the archer-class, the second is definately a big improvement and it was pretty good to start with! the trebuchet is mainly good, the only problem that i think you chould fix is that the missile pods look like they've just been bolted onto the sides - it doesn't flow prop...

i think that you should spent some more time thinking about the design of your ships before you start building them. right now they all look too symmetrical, you should try and give them a direction. also add some more variation to the shapes and sections used

thanks. the colour change looks better in game, as the pure grey looks slightly red tinted and the blue looks more like the grey in ship maker. see the picture below, where I used a blue background instead of green. http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/088/8/8/DD_Tesla_V4_by_IND1GOblue.png update ...

yeah just realised it's meant to be dev+1 in the formula (it is in the spreadsheet) i might root that as well. note - i will root that! the clipsize is meant to reduce the cost for weapons like vulcans as they were getting scores in the thousands for basic weapons. i was thinking that with this syst...

you could try changing the sprite. make the rotor blades blurs rather than solid, it'll look a lot better

update 27th march: old: http://fc08.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/071/a/6/DD_Tesla_IFNS_Stormclad_by_IND1GOblue.png oldish: http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/080/6/c/DD_Tesla_V2_by_IND1GOblue.png new: http://fc00.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/086/c/b/DD_Tesla_V3_by_IND1GOblue.png almost finished now....

oh i get it so range is distance from centre of explosion. got it.

I think then thas replacing the average explosion damage formula should work.

EDIT: spreadsheet for balance calculations

so the damage is dmg = bullet.l_damage*(cos(range*pi/l_exprange2)*0.5 + 0.5) i think that would be damage = bullet [explosion?] damage * (cosine(range[forplasmatorps?] * pi / explosion range [radius?] [distance from centre of explosion?] [^2?]) * 0.5 + 0.5) what does the l_ before dmg and exprange m...

yeah it's the beam's range that I use for bullet speed. i may need to change the formula for it, but then again beams can be very deadly, and you can't intercept them either... for beams use the duration as clip size I've just realised I missed out the explosion radius from the formula. it should be...

seeing as there is probably going to be lots of custom weapons in the metagame, i think it would be a bad idea to set definative stats for wepons, rather limits to stats that can be changed due to technological advancements. i've been working on a calculator to set a value for custom weapons (mass r...