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ID:188969 Nov 17 2003, 11:58 am
Tash	Does anyone here like starcraft? I know I do. It's too bad there's never been any games like it made here on byond (that I know of). Is there anyone here that wishes there was a game like starcraft on byond?

Nov 17 2003, 12:10 pm
Blueseed15	There is one kind of similar to Starcraft... Iron Dogs... I like Starcraft, but I prefer Emperor: Battle for Dune

Nov 17 2003, 7:05 pm
Crispy	Starcraft is goooood. Pity I suck at it. =P Good RTS games are hard to make on BYOND, mainly due to the frame rate limitation and interface issues. Malver's RTS, Clash, was the best out of all the RTS games I've seen on BYOND, but even it has serious lag and interface issues (unless the lag was just because of the connection). =P

Nov 17 2003, 7:35 pm In response to Blueseed15
Theodis	I like Starcraft, but I prefer Emperor: Battle for Dune Yeah Emperor: Battle for Dune is an excellent stratagy game. I wonder why it was never really popular :P. For the single player campaigns I think Westwood does a better job than Blizzard, but multiplayer wise the Blizzard and Ensemble Studio games are usually balanced better.

Nov 18 2003, 7:02 am In response to Theodis
Tash	Theodis wrote: I like Starcraft, but I prefer Emperor: Battle for Dune Yeah Emperor: Battle for Dune is an excellent stratagy game. I wonder why it was never really popular :P. For the single player campaigns I think Westwood does a better job than Blizzard, but multiplayer wise the Blizzard and Ensemble Studio games are usually balanced better. Speaking of westwood has anyone here tried Nox?

Nov 18 2003, 8:45 am In response to Tash
Ease	Tash wrote: Speaking of westwood has anyone here tried Nox? In my dad's old car (which he totalled :*( ), yes. Otherwise, no... ~Ease~

Nov 18 2003, 10:52 am In response to Tash
Maz	Classic RPG in my view, I used to play that online quite a lot. Same with Starcraft.

Nov 18 2003, 11:31 am In response to Theodis
Blueseed15	Personally I still liked Emperor while on multiplayer (though I can't figure out how people build so fast), but I did also enjoy the little scenario creator for Starcraft.

Nov 18 2003, 2:56 pm In response to Crispy
Malver	Crispy wrote: Good RTS games are hard to make on BYOND, mainly due to the frame rate limitation and interface issues. Malver's RTS, Clash, was the best out of all the RTS games I've seen on BYOND, but even it has serious lag and interface issues (unless the lag was just because of the connection). =P Woa, woa, woa. If you have something to say, say it to my face. :P

Nov 18 2003, 5:00 pm In response to Ease
Kusanagi	Not nitros oxide, and the street slang for it I believe is Nos anyways.

Nov 18 2003, 7:02 pm In response to Malver
Crispy	I thought I already did, during those beta testing sessions. =)

Nov 18 2003, 8:36 pm In response to Kusanagi
Ease	Actually it has two street slangs, Nox and Nos, it depends in which area of which country you live in. ~Ease~

Nov 18 2003, 8:37 pm
Jp	I like starcraft! For anyone that plays on battle.net, my username is "picone" (without the quotes). I suck majorly and would like some help if we have any experts reading this. I play Protoss.

Nov 19 2003, 5:20 am

In response to Jp

digitalmouse

I think, given a decent amount of effort, a RTS like Starcraft could be developed with the tools provided in BYOND. Ya just gotta work it, and do the best to optimize your game routines to keep lag down. Hosting on a fast server doesn't hurt either.

Speaking of: if someone can create a game similar to Starcraft (even a direct rip, if used as a "proof-of-concept" that RTS's *can* be done well), I'll gladly host it for free for one month on the digitalBYOND servers once I get this $%&#;! DSL account going again. (very soon I am promised)

So far the only thing close that I know of is Hedgemistress's BlackBall Line.

Nov 19 2003, 6:42 am
Sticky_Chronic	Starcraft is probably the best RTS ever made. Definitly one of my favorite computer games, and it's in my top 10 of all games.

Nov 19 2003, 4:36 pm In response to digitalmouse
DarkView	I don't think Starcraft would be next to impossible. I could see pulling off a Warcraft I level RTS with a lot of work, if you slowed down the actual game speed. That way the lag could be spread, and the game would be easier to play. I think the key to a RTS in BYOND is realising the limits, then working with them, rather then depending on optimization to make things work.