u/woodardj

Seems like a lot of folks are launching stuff in the Space 4X genre lately, which is both exciting from an interest standpoint, but also terrifying as someone who has been working on a web-based Space 4X MMO since 2020 😅

Something I've built in Galactic Impact, which I hope sets it apart somewhat, is a mechanism I've termed "Discoveries"; beyond the standard tech tree with its canonical branching dependencies, there are techs and even whole branches that are hidden at the outset for a new player.

Ships with "Science Skill" can conduct Research actions at locations they're exploring, gathering actual in-game data about the area: Star attributes, Planetary systems, etc. and by combining interesting 'sets' of this data, they can thematically discover some particular hidden aspect of the tech tree.

A handful of Discoveries are live now, and almost 150 others are on the roadmap. I'm expecting it to give some interesting variation to different Empires, since these aren't quite so linear as a tech tree, so the order/likelihood in which a given Empire will find each may vary.

What do y'all think? Novel? Interesting? I'd love for y'all to check it out at let me know!

Ann Arbor Expat here; on a visit back to town with my wife in 2017, we bought one of these bulbous green mugs from Roos Roast. It was her most cherished coffee mug, until it was tragically knocked off of a table and broke during a particularly chaotic moment when our kiddo was an infant.

We'll be back in town in late June — if you happen to still have one of these intact (I checked at Roos last time I was back, apparently they were quite fragile generally) and you're willing to part with it, I will pay you handsomely.

Kind of a longshot here, but need to try!