Gratuitous Space Battles

DeathsHands · Post by **DeathsHands** » Sun May 17, 2009 4:00 am

Looks pretty nice; as long as it is as customizable as BSF, I'll have it.

Wicky_42 · Post by **Wicky_42** » Sun May 17, 2009 4:59 am

Lol Dh, I'm pretty sure that BSF has spoiled the lot of us with its range of customisation. Looking at the ships I doubt that there's a make-your-own option :/

SHAD0Wdump · Post by **SHAD0Wdump** » Sun May 17, 2009 6:35 am

Wicky_42 wrote:Lol Dh, I'm pretty sure that BSF has spoiled the lot of us with its range of customisation. Looking at the ships I doubt that there's a make-your-own option :/

There's a make-your-own option.

At least if the captions I've seen are to be believed.

Wicky_42 · Post by **Wicky_42** » Sun May 17, 2009 6:48 am

Seriously? More options than just picking a hull and adding weapons?

Judging from those alpha vids the weaponry is a lot less fun than bsf's

Well, here's hoping that it's got as much potential as BSF does

AidanAdv · Post by **AidanAdv** » Sun May 17, 2009 6:49 am

SHAD0Wdump wrote:
Wicky_42 wrote:Lol Dh, I'm pretty sure that BSF has spoiled the lot of us with its range of customisation. Looking at the ships I doubt that there's a make-your-own option :/
There's a make-your-own option.

At least if the captions I've seen are to be believed.

I think that only applies to things like weapon loadouts. I don't think you can make your own hulls.

SHAD0Wdump · Post by **SHAD0Wdump** » Sun May 17, 2009 7:08 am

Not sure... What I've seen possibly implies modifiable hulls...

I should probably check those videos again...

EDIT:

GSB is a strategy / simulation game where you build up starships from modules,

Video where this is found here(possibly in others)...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfRXJFrP ... annel_page

Also,this guy seems to have unusual access to videos of this game(possibly official)
http://www.youtube.com/user/cliffski2

Sponge · Post by **Sponge** » Sun May 17, 2009 12:43 pm

Yeah, that guy is official. He's the developer. Also, there isn't any hull customization; Wicky's right. The problem is that the hulls are 3D renders that utilize self-shading. That means, essentially, parts of the model shadow other parts. Without a built in 3D rendering engine, this would be difficult or impossible to do in real time. So yeah, it would be cool, but it would require more work than the developer can afford to commit and still have this ordeal be profitable.

Check out his development blog here:
http://positech.co.uk/cliffsblog/

It's a really interesting read, and provides tons of little bits of information about the game.

Slayer0019 · Post by **Slayer0019** » Sun May 17, 2009 10:48 pm

I have his devlog on RSS feed. He updates it almost every day, and from the sound of his little updates, he's putting a lot of thought into not just the game, but the balancing too. I can't wait.

Slayer0019 · Post by **Slayer0019** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 1:16 am

This may be a necro, but it's relevant. The game has been released for beta pre-order. You pay now and get the current beta version, and will be kept up to date with patches up to and including full launch and beyond. I for one am getting it.

http://positech.co.uk/gratuitousspaceba ... ister.html

Post by **Arcalane** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 1:18 am

Even better part is, it'll probably be cheaper than the full release price.

IIT, Slayer demonstrates an allowable and justified necro.

AlphaDetisMegas · Post by **AlphaDetisMegas** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 1:19 am

17.97 ... isn't that a bit much for an indie game?

i'd rather buy an copy of HW2 for that money, older,better, and moddable.

it really says 17.97 on the order page, maybe its different per region land etc.

Post by **Arcalane** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 1:22 am

It's listed as £13.31? That's pretty cheap, y'know.

Darn kids.

Take in mind we have no idea how moddable GSB is just yet, but cliffy intends to release tools if possible and support modders as much as possible.

Slayer0019 · Post by **Slayer0019** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 1:34 am

Says 19.95 in US dollars. That's a pretty great price.
Also, +1 for the tools, he does in fact plan on developing and releasing them.

Plus, I like the look of the sheer scale of this game. If you watch some of the youtube videos, holy fuckton of fighters.

Post by **Kaelis** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 2:03 am

Ultimate price depends on the country. For me, its 24$, while mainstream games cost around 33$ here.

Grasmaaier · Post by **Grasmaaier** » Tue Sep 01, 2009 2:17 am

its not going to take over BSF, ever