426

(23 replies, posted in Games Discussion)

Cleaning the screen sounds nigh-impossible, since it'd require you to have three of the same color on board at once, and then by sheer luck getting a drop of the same color.

Maps sound like a really fun concept. Like have some well-known pixes image such as a lemming or a space invader as a model and have the player build that out of the different-colored blocks. (It'd probably require that blocks stay there even in sets of four, since most such images have large areas of one color.)

427

(42 replies, posted in Games Discussion)

I'm organizing another testing session tomorrow, Friday 31.8. at 18:00 CEST. Feel free to pop in on #cells at irc.seedthecommunity.org at that time, or later, since we may still have to restart it at times... though hopefully not.

428

(42 replies, posted in Games Discussion)

Did you mean you'll try doing a portrait for Cells? If so, thank you. I must say I agree with Jukka (the artist) that it'd be nice if the game was legal as it comes to materials (though he seems to be fine with illegal materials as long as he's somehow able to hide it by mixing several images together or such). Anyways, these are the characters we were thinking about:

- stereotypic agent
- bigboobs Gestapo chick / Aryan stereotype
- a stereotypic Frenchman with a barett and a French bread on his shoulder
- sailor
- sea captain
- a gentleman with an upward-bending goatee
- a Parisian lady
- smuggler or other shady guy
- regular man
- regular woman
- Nazi officer
- sweaty and dirty freedom fighter
- shopkeeper with a big apron, a butcher perhaps
- a black person
- an old man with a rifle
- a nice old granny type
- a worker class man
- a farm girl
- a teenage boy
- a teenage girl
- a femme fatale

Quite a few, I admit. But even a few in-theme portraits would save a lot. smile

429

(42 replies, posted in Games Discussion)

This was under consideration, but our artist also thought getting enough different photographs with different people with proper authorisations would have been too much trouble. smile At the moment the generally accepted idea is to allow users to submit their own images, but I figured a proper set of images to default to wouldn't hurt.

430

(42 replies, posted in Games Discussion)

Sounds good, though our artist is pretty strict about copyright. So you'd need to have the copyright for both the photos and the clothing, as well as permission from the models of the photos to use and modify the photos.

431

(42 replies, posted in Games Discussion)

By the way, can any of you make those kinds of photorealistic looking faces? We could use some more, um, to-the-theme portraits but our artist says they have to look photorealistic (as apposed to obvious drawings). Of course, the portraits are pretty small so they wouldn't need to be very detailed. We've thought up some iconic face types of the Gestapo/resistance theme, so if anyone's interested, I'll share them.

EDIT: They'd need to be original, of course, no piracy involved.

No, sorry, my bad. The testing is 9.9, not this Sunday. So we'll be playing on Sunday as usual.

Oh, by the way, since we're having user testing next Sunday, we can't play at that time. So, move to Saturday, the usual time of clock?

434

(42 replies, posted in Games Discussion)

It can be, but it's not mandatory. I guess since most or all the players I've managed to gather are roleplayers, we might just as well go for that. Of course, the current choice of avatars makes it a little more difficult...

435

(6 replies, posted in Sava's Garden)

Piping Gear

436

(57 replies, posted in Seed: The Second Chance)

There's some new stuff around.

437

(4 replies, posted in Ring Information)

http://www.hut.fi/~thorttan/STSC_NPCs/Simeone.jpg

Name: Simeone
Position: Handler

438

(4 replies, posted in Ring Information)

http://www.hut.fi/~thorttan/STSC_NPCs/Klatch.jpg

Name: Klatch
Position: Leader

439

(4 replies, posted in Ring Information)

Name: The Electrocuted
Formed: 5.11.102
Organization: Organic
Leadership: Democratic
Status: Active

Oh, hello. We're The Electrocuted, we specialize in Power system maintenance and building and that kind of stuff. We're a merry punch of loonies who hang out in the most electic of places! Our percentual body count is right there with the Firemen and the Prospectors! Call us if you dare!

(Seriously, what Klatch means here is that we're dedicated to the safety of our fellow colonists, and are willing to take personal risk for the sake of our goal when necessary - Simeone)

Oh, and despite all the rumors, we're not planning on joining The Horizon. We talked about that when The Workhorses joined, but that's ancient history. We're happy the way we are.

Members:
Klatch - leader
Simeone - handler
Bitisururu - handler
Mitsumoto - handler (dead)
Ranjit - handler
((4 members altogether))

440

(27 replies, posted in Seed: The Second Chance)

26. Stress Testing (2.9. - 13.9.104)

...pssstt... did you heard, that maniac "father" of that insane girl is just ordering around the handlers of the big rings... yeah, you bet, he's also ringless
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He's never going to get that project off ground with an attitude like that. Not that it's anything but a waste of resources anyway.
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Did you hear what kind of ancient software is that Mike planning to use in the care center?  Maybe he's a bit mentally limited himself...
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I saw Tagato at the door of the gym today, wonder who he searched for. He should learn to use his necklink for a change.
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That Asian chick is kinda' creepy, you know the one called Mizuki? She's always slinking around labspace with her RCI, never talking to anyone, never looking at anyone, always working, always clad in black. I bet she's a coldhearted bitch.
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You know about Marco? Saying the Revolution tried to make him make false statements about the Sebastian recording? Well, -we- think he's just saying that to cover up because he was embarrassed about what actually caused him to have that heartattack. It was in McGregor's appartment you know, everyone knows -those -sessions are held there. And it was that Ishi and Huo from the Horizon that found him, half naked and tied up...
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Did you hear they created a vaccine for the fungus/algae/whatever thing down in The Shaft. Tam, the guy who got infected by it during the cleanup operation, seems fine, but he doesn't want to talk about any of it. Know what I think? I think he was used as a guinea pig!
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I think I saw Miko of TSR yesterday. She was hanging in a harness on the inside of The Silo, wearing a stange set of glasses and wawing around some kind of a pen-size sensor. They had stopped the storage elevator just because of that.
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The Lurkers have been pretty quiet lately. Maybe they really do just want to be left in peace.
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What's Sebastian going to do about the Lurkers? It's been more than a month since he got the job - I'd expect results by now! The only things I hear is his thugs interrogating random, innocent people!
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Didn't they already interrogate The French Clique? Twice! I think The Horizon isn't telling us everything... Who's interrogating them?
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I got interrogated on orders from Sebastian today, by some people of The Electrocuted. No bit deal, really - I've got nothing to hide. At least Sebastian's ring is doing something about it all.

441

(42 replies, posted in Games Discussion)

I guess I'll officially move the starting to 19:00 CEST (20:00 in Finland). Edited to original post too.

442

(4 replies, posted in Ring Information)

http://www.hut.fi/~thorttan/STSC_NPCs/Ma-Ti.jpg

Name: Ma-Ti

443

(42 replies, posted in Games Discussion)

Oh, and please note you'll need Java to run the game. It can be installed here.

444

(1 replies, posted in Ring Information)

http://www.hut.fi/~thorttan/STSC_NPCs/Mirca.jpg

Name: Mirca
Position: Handler

445

(2 replies, posted in Ring Information)

http://www.hut.fi/~thorttan/STSC_NPCs/Bahar.jpg

Name: Bahar
Position: Secretary

446

(7 replies, posted in Ring Information)

http://www.hut.fi/~thorttan/STSC_NPCs/Zesiro.jpg

Name: Zesiro
Position: Member

447

(7 replies, posted in Ring Information)

http://www.hut.fi/~thorttan/STSC_NPCs/Alexandra.jpg

Name: Alexandra
Position: Leader

448

(16 replies, posted in Ring Information)

http://www.hut.fi/~thorttan/STSC_NPCs/Bengu.jpg

Name: Bengu
Rank: Handler

449

(16 replies, posted in Ring Information)

http://www.hut.fi/~thorttan/STSC_NPCs/Tino.jpg

Name: Tino
Rank: Handler

450

(16 replies, posted in Ring Information)

http://www.hut.fi/~thorttan/STSC_NPCs/Ilieth.jpg

Name: Ilieth
Rank: Senior Member