#star control

[geekysteven]

[feletida]

The era of human is over. Catras shall inherit the space.

[dimalink]

Alienologics - Game of space

Pixel art for today based on videogame StarFlight 2 for MS DOS. It is game sci fi, about space. MS Dos itself it is a space thing. Black background it has. And some videogames. With its own graphic interface. Its own graphics. And space theme. I think, maybe, it is some strategy game. You need to flight. Explore stars, planets. Search aliens. I think it is very interesting thing – at the evening to sit and play in MS DOS in something like that. And drink a tea.

And this is my drawing based on title screen for this game. Interesting Alienologic, alienology. Alien logy, logics. They – aliens – they are very clever. So  that’s why here it is world that looks like logic. To fly in space – it is a thing not for fools. And how different they can be, these aliens? Good and kind aliens can be very various. So, this is aliens that has a base form a lizard. And near – ancient fly. That’s why doing evolution and progress – they look like lizard and fly.  Someone will say – reptiloids, even. Well, let it be like this. They are gathered a space level of their civilizations. Fly and lizard. They are conquering space borders.

So green alien invites you to play in game of space. It is such a game. As a computer game. Like civilization. So, you need to do progress and evolution. And who is most developed – then he gains a first place. And so on. Game has a random conditions. Unpredictable. Some element of chaos. And element of control. You are with your mind do a vector of development for your side. At water planet – it can be fish. In a desert - lizards and cactus. In a swamp – frogs and mushrooms. All them can go to a first place in a game of space. Well, it is your time to play in this game!

Drink a tea in the evening. And have a dream about something space. For example a computer games like Star Control, Star Flight. MS Dos – it is also a space theme.

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[loreweaver-universe]

Starting my second attempt at Star Control 2!

[castellankurze]

"Ah, yes. "Freedom." We have dismissed such claims."

The Ur-Quan Kzer-Za are the main foes of the 16-bit era games Star Control 1&2 and are one of my favorite alien villains of all time: an alien race scouring the galaxy for other sentient species and putting to them a choice: you will submit and serve the Ur-Quan's hierarchy of battle thralls, or you will be imprisoned upon your homeworld beneath a slave shield, forever. There is no third option. Arrogant and unyielding, the Ur-Quan Kzer-Za see themselves as galactic stewards, driven to extremes by a secret racial trauma from ages past.

Star Control was a major influence on the Mass Effect trilogy and the setting's infamous Reapers. As such I thought it would be fun to backport one of Mass Effect's storytelling quirks of alien races picking up the human habit of "airquotes" to indicate sarcasm.

A great thanks to lemonn leaf for taking up such an unusual commission and helping me realize a longstanding silly idea of mine!

[yama-uba]

It's amazing that YouTube algorithms decided to show me the massage therapist whose services I used during my last vacation.

When I saw her, two versions of the joke immediately appeared in my head:

1) She is a xeno-naturalist from T'Hasi, whose task is to analyze the pre-warp civilization of Sol 3 for suitability as intermediaries for her people, since the teachings of Surrak impose monstrous debuffs on diplomacy and social sciences; 2) She is a planted agent of Rihannsu, whose task was the initial reconnaissance of the planet of primitives, located literally on the doorstep of the Vulcans, for their further vassalization and creation of leverage and instability right near the capital of Surak's disciples… but she decided to live her best life and touch the unsophisticated creatures with impunity in exchange for their primitive analogue of an energy credit.

And now I'm thinking about something: In science fiction, if there are xenophiles (which is disappointingly rare, despite the number of works in this setting), they are always humans in relation to other races. In the case where aliens are looking for a romantic partner among humans, it is either a "Twi'lek case" (when the entire race is made up of human women covered in paint, or it is a civilization of pansexual hedonists with no rules of decency), or a functional relationship (like Garrus loves Shepard precisely because she is Shepard, and not an exotic, soft, warm-blooded babe). The only example of a xenophile among aliens in relation to humans that I can think of is Admiral ZEX from Star Control II. Do you know any other examples of alien guys who have a thing for humans?

[impravidus-art]

[cetaceanhandiwork]

Hey, party animals. I'd like to make my pitch for you to back "Free Stars: Children of Infinity" on Kickstarter.

This is a sequel of a 90s-era DOS classic (Star Control II: The Ur-Quan Masters), developed by an indie studio composed of many of the original game's creators (who managed to regain IP rights). The franchise was a favorite of mine, growing up, and I'm excited to see a proper continuation of its story finally on the horizon.

You may be confused as to why I'm suggesting you back a game that Kickstarter claims is already "fully funded". Isn't that just a preorder with extra steps? Isn't "never preorder a game" a lesson we've learned painfully, hard knock by hard knock?

The reason is: if we fund this game enough that the developers don't have to worry about how they'll afford to make their next game… then two years after release, they'll open source it.

…we talk plenty about game preservation on this website. About the necessity of "circulating the tapes", copyright law or no, to avoid the creative works we love becoming lost media.

But the other side of that equation is that, for a video game, you don't just need to preserve the game itself; you also need to preserve something it can run on. You either need an emulator for the kind of computer that existed back then, or a port to modern hardware. And the best way to ensure that "a port to modern hardware" is possible… is to have the code available, open sourced, and replicated across all the dozens of Linux package managers out there.

Backers may have already funded the development of Free Stars: Children of Infinity. But we haven't bought the game yet. To fully buy it off? To free it for the world? 10% funded.

I'd like to ask you to consider backing the game – even just as a $30 preorder – to help get that number to 100%.

Thanks for your consideration.

[remcycle]

"We are the Ur-Quan Kohr-Ah. We cleanse our destiny. You will now die. Make whatever rituals are necessary for your species."

[doctor-dorky]

*leaves this here*

[msaturn]

Juffo-wup fills my steam account and i grow turgid

[hexadoodles]

Video game "Star Control: Origins" has not one, not two, but SIX Hexadoodle-approved species. Two of them (Scryve, Trandals) are taurs but they're never really shown clearly, and one is four-armed (Xraki) but is pretty freakish and doesn't have quite the right feel.

These three, though! The Menkmack, Tywom, and Phamysht, are peak silly alien design. The hats they wear are Con-artist, Clingy, and Cannibal respectively.

[twosides--samecoin]

Several decades of Space Games later and nothing really touches the unhinged delirium of meeting other species in Star Control II. I cannot fully express how wild of an experience it is to go from chill space adventuring to hearing voice acting and a soundtrack that's equal shitpost and the entire 80s distilled in sonic form

[remcycle]

Can you tell I like spaceships

[doctor-dorky]

I finally came up with a name and (some)lore for this fan species. Meet the Isel(pron. ee-sell), a benevolent race of environmentally stoic creatures who wish for nothing more than peace among the universe. Although their bodies can withstand extreme heat, their preferred temperatures are extreme cold, hence their chilly ships. They live under great fear of conflict, but it doesn't mean they are not prepared for conflict should any arise!

Their ships, the Isel Glacier, come with a sharp-tipped missile, as well as a Subzero Blaster that temporarily freezes their opponents' batteries.

Not all Isel are blue like this one(whose name is Admiral Sapphire), their bodily colors can vary like crystals. And their names are based on ores or minerals.

Original Isel sketch under the cut!

I don't think anyone has come up with a fan race that has subzero weaponry, let alone a way to temporarily stop ship batteries from charging!

[qiinamii]

one braincell transfer (divided by four)