Some of you may have seen articles fly around the net a few months back, about a Google engineer who built his house with LAN parties in mind.
Exhibit A
As it happens, this Google engineer is a friend of mine (and several current & former Cryptic employees), and we've been to his house for a fair number of LAN parties since he completed the house last year.
The latest LAN party announcement went out this week, with a bit of a twist. This time, my friend has come across something called "Artemis Starship Bridge Simulator"
Exhibit B
The house is set up with 6 computers in two rooms, so it seems like it's the perfect set up for this game. Or this game is the perfect game for this house, or something.
Have any of you messed with this before? I had never heard of it before the party announcement, but am looking forward to trying it out. Anyone have any advice? Previous experiences? Anything to give me leg up on the other room!
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-runs from the angry beehive while laughing, then trips over a log-
Uh oh, not good....
There's one set in tho TOS timeline, created by, well, me and another STOer, actually.
http://www.artemis.eochu.com/?page_id=28#/20120128/start-trek-into-the-breach-16-released-1225644/
And there's a TMP-based mod. It's pretty sweet too.
http://www.artemis.eochu.com/?page_id=28#/20110720/star-trek-tmp-mod-737587/
It's an awesome game, very VERY fun, and the creator is a really cool guy. Everyone should buy a copy to help keep him pumping out the updates.
Doesn't matter that the graphics look a bit dated, all the youtube videos I've seen of it are totally fun.
This is basically how I thought Trek Online would turn out when Perpetual still "had the helm".
Artemis Commercial
Artemis is a multiplayer, multi-computer networked game for Windows computers. Being designed by an indie developer.
Artemis simulates a spaceship bridge by networking several computers together. One computer runs the simulation and the "main screen", while the others serve as workstations for the normal jobs a bridge officer might do, like Helm, Communication, Engineering, and Weapon Control.
Artemis is a social game where several players are together in one room ("bridge") , and while they all work together, one player plays the Captain, a person who sits in the middle, doesn't have a workstation, and tells everyone what to do.
Artemis Gameplay
DOWNLOAD THE DEMO FOR FREE
Can i please have that time you made me waste back
if i did not make myself clear " this sucked"
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Well... a dev posted the same thing here 2 days ago. No one thinks to check the search function for "artemis" before making a new thread. :rolleyes:
warp 4 engage.
that bad eh?
That's the maximum warp factor in the Artemis game.
and as someone who the game is trying to advertise to, i would not know that. most people associate warp with its maximum being around 9 or 10.
saying warp 4 as a tag line does not scream that its brilliant. its suggests its actually quite slow. maybe im being picky but to me that is not a good line to use when appealing to star trek fans at least.
Actually the fact that it's technically using material very similiar and obvious tweaked a bit from Star Trek is a nice problem with copyrights. Something is telling me this thing should even be allowed to run.
I would love to hear of your experience with the game.
Are we a tad cranky today, or does PARAMOUNT need to make it an official Start Trek brand game in order for you to even give it the time of day? Yes it's basically Star Trek without being Star Trek. This guy worked for Interplay back when they had the rights to the Star Trek franchise. This was a game that was pitched to Interplay/Paramount and they didn't go for it. This guy is just making the Bridge Simulator that he had always envisioned. Instead of being so negative, why don't you grab some friends, get the demo and give it a whirl. It's a very fun time to be had.
I couldn't disagree with you more, the content and intelectual gameplay is always in my opinion prefered over graphical eye candy.
That is why the Demo is free. And if you still don't want to pay for it, you can simply make a youtube video of the demo and send the link to the Dev and he will gift you a free copy.
I agree with this... 100%
exactly why TOS without the fancy schmancy computer budget is still the Bell Cow the grail
story driven sharp broad discipline actors with heart and soul and
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