[PODCAST] The Foundry Roundtable Episode 137: Exploration Exasperation

drogyn1701 · June 2016

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NEWS

Agents of Yesterday announcements, including a release date
Alliance Exploration Initiative Deadline and start of voting
Taco confirms working on a new batch of assets.
ZeroniousRex also working on getting a map from an unreleased AoY mission
Neverwinter Foundry offline

IN THE FOUNDRY

Dragoon shows a map he's having issues with; seeks a fresh look
Duncan has been working on his future Numbus for SSF
Mark has been tinkering with a false exterior to be viewed from an interior map

DISCUSSION

The team helps Dragoon brainstorm with his map
What we plan to do during downtime
Challenge of coming up with ideas for exploration missions
Future Foundry Challenges
Advertising your Foundry mission

NEW FOUNDRY MISSIONS

Welcome to the Milky Way by CouncilSpectre

COMMUNITY QUESTION

What classic Star Trek video games can we learn from in making Foundry missions?

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duncanidaho11 · June 2016

I'm still hitting a wall on this week's community question. My list of played Star Trek games is as follows (excluding STO, naturally.)

Elite Force
Armada (1 and 2)
Starfleet Command (1 and 3)
Legacy

The strategy games encourage a thoughtful approach to combat obviously. Think about selection, deployment, and how combat is varied between scenarios. Main point though may be how those scenarios are setup. The combat wasn't just a glue that held together story points but the primary attraction in those games. It had to be justified but without elaborate narratives of the sort we favor in the Foundry.

Lesson there isn't "stop writing, more shooting!" but probably to put a little thought in making a given shoot-em-up strategically compelling for its own sake (in addition to where it fits into the narrative). Repelling an attack, fine. Repelling an attack on this particular dilithium refinery because it would have significant implications for business in the sector, better.

markhawkman · June 2016

I've played some of the command games a little.

I wrote a mod for Space Empires 5 to make it Star Trek themed.

Command doesn't have a lot of story. SE5 has no in-game story at all. It's a 4x game and sometimes players write stories to go with the game they're playing. That's a lot of fun, especially in multiplayer because you don't really know what's going to happen next.

What does any of this have to do with Foundry? not much.

Although the writing approach when chronicling your exploits in SE5 is pretty neat. Basically... there is no planning, you take a starting premise and build on it a step at a time... a bit like mad libs but less random.

[PODCAST] The Foundry Roundtable Episode 137: Exploration Exasperation

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