Posts Tagged ‘games’

Interview with Lee Dotson, President of ZarkSoft Games January 26th, 2011 by Adam Solo Early in the month I made a post about Zarksoft Games announcing Empire of the Eclipse a MMO Space Strategy Game for iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Zarksoft Games was founded in 2010 by industry veterans Tina Lawton, Lee Dotson, Jeff Lawton, and Jeff Williams whose previous work includes contributions to Diablo 3, Unreal Championship 2, American McGee’s Alice, Anachronox, Hellgate: London, Star Trek Online and more titles. In order to find out more about Empire of the Eclipse I contacted Lee Dotson Category: Interviews 2 comments

What are 4X Games: a Definition and links to Games August 4th, 2009 by Adam Solo Although many Gamers are already familiarized with the term “4x” I decided to create an article in order to help introduce the concept for the so many that don’t know yet what it stands for, and also to clarify a bit the concept for the so many also that think they know what it stands for but are not completely sure about it. Category: Ideas & Concepts 3 comments

FreeOrion: A Free Open Source 4x Space Strategy Game July 31st, 2009 by Adam Solo While doing some research on the latest news about space strategy games under development I came across with the FreeOrion project. FreeOrion is an open-source project which goal is to build a turn based 4x space strategy game. The entire project is community-centered were people that share the common motivation are invited to contribute to build the game in many ways, some as programmers, others as conceptual designers, others as opinion makers. As stated in the project vision the game is inspired in the Master of Orion series and it will be a turn-based strategy game built in the classic 4x model style. Category: Games Under Development 5 comments

Ogame Review, Tips and Strategy Guide July 26th, 2009 by Adam Solo Playing Ogame is like a breath of fresh air brought to the space strategy 4x gaming experience since it offers the possibility to play anywhere I have an internet connection while offering a rich and free multiplayer experience. Category: Game Reviews 11 comments

Less Spaceships with more Personality is more Fun July 23rd, 2009 by Adam Solo When it comes to Space Games, Spaceships take the central stage. They are the backbone of any space faring civilization wordy of that name. In the future I think space strategy games should pay more attention to their spaceships design concept. Category: Game Design, Ideas & Concepts 11 comments

Innovative Tech Trees in Space Strategy Games July 19th, 2009 by Adam Solo The ability to research new technologies was and always will be a central aspect of any space strategy game. Much of the fun in this type of games comes from witnessing the evolution of a society in the long run on all its different aspects. Category: Game Design, Ideas & Concepts 9 comments

Space Strategy Games: What’s next? July 9th, 2009 by Adam Solo Since the beginning that humans face the stars ask themselves what’s out there and how wonderful and exciting it would be to discover new places and meet new races. This profound sense of wonder and insatiable curiosity drives many of us to fantasize that possibility. Category: Ideas & Concepts 50 comments