Space Empires IV clone

Gandalf Parker · #1 April 15th, 2013, 03:54 PM

Excellent.
I regularly search for my favorite "lives forever on my computer" games. I dont know how sequel projects I have followed that failed. And many MANY of them for the same reasons. They dont try to create a working copy first. They all agree that the base game can stand some small improvements but then they dissolve into in-house fighting over what those should be.

Oh the many Master of Magic projects that have fallen to the temptation of trying to add multiplayer mode first

Ed Kolis · #2 April 15th, 2013, 04:50 PM

Yeah... Star Legacy started out as an SE4 clone as well, but quickly turned (due to all that arguing) into something completely different. Oddly, I heard from SJ today that apparently it's alive again, rebooted as an open-source 4X/RPG hybrid or something...

https://www.assembla.com/spaces/star...Wr4jrBeJe5cbCb

Black_Knyght · #3 August 23rd, 2013, 06:42 PM

I was part of an attempt to do a "New SE4" too, but despite some good cooperation, great artwork, and some sound and clever ideas it buckled from the lack of a programmer. We had a really good one who set up a great start, but he worked for EA as a day job and got yanked by his job's "conflict of interest" clause. He had to quit and take his code with him or get fired.

I'd REALLY love to see this attempt take off! Looks like a good start so far too.