Species Creator Demo

[Haldan]

Ok, so we all played Project Augustus, and I'm certain that the majority share a less than positive view on it and have ended up with either a minor or major injury in their hands after playing it. However, the idea of a hype-producing minigame before the release of the game itself isn't a very bad idea. However something that would actually be interesting and cool.

It's been suggested before, but has never met a thread: a simplified version of the Stellaris start-up menu available in the browser. You select the appearance, traits, ethos and government of your empire (etcetera), and getting a result screen with all the combined effects. I'd love something like this and I need more to sate my hype.

 

[VoodooDog]

awesome idea, yes pls pls!
pls?

 

[Balefire]

I've voiced my support for something like this before, so yes please!

 

[cletusallretus]

that would be a fun way to pass some time

 

[Tallfellow]

That would be absolutely awesome!

 

[Admiral Howe]

I'm boggled. Why do people think there are free folks just sitting around the Paradox office able to do projects like this? For a game out in under 40 days it's simply so little gain for the effort required.

 

[Beric]

I'm boggled. Why do people think there are free folks just sitting around the Paradox office able to do projects like this? For a game out in under 40 days it's simply so little gain for the effort required.

100% agreed. This is a waste of time and detracts from the final bug-fixing and balancing currently going on.

 

[znuzzo]

There is an ethos/govt/traits spreadsheet wandering around the forum that should appease you and let the dev team do their thing

Edit:

Here is the thread with it:
https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/starting-modifiers-calculator.915380/

 

[Haldan]

100% agreed. This is a waste of time and detracts from the final bug-fixing and balancing currently going on.

I'm boggled. Why do people think there are free folks just sitting around the Paradox office able to do projects like this? For a game out in under 40 days it's simply so little gain for the effort required.

I have no clue of the required assets to create such a Demo, but it would be cool if they'd create something like the amentioned should they have the resources. I doubt it would be more demanding on their manpower than Project Augustus at the current stage.

 

[znuzzo]

Project Augustus is some html and javaScript crap(no offense meant to Paradox, but seriously, it stinks on ice) that any comp sci student could whip together in a weekend or two. A demo would require either building it from scratch (if the species/empire creator wasn't somehow modularized), or releasing part of a game before the rest of the game (which, given Paradox's stance on Early Access and the like, I would think this is a non-starter). Regardless, making the species creator into a stand-alone demo is a non-trivial amount of effort. I think we can all agree that non-trivial efforts at this stage in development would be better suited towards bug-hunting, balancing, and other finishing touches.

 

[Admiral Howe]

I have no clue of the required assets to create such a Demo

I doubt it would be more demanding on their manpower than Project Augustus at the current stage.

If you don't know what would be required for the Demo how can you compare it to Project Augustus?

Yes, you'd need a coder or coders. And then Quality Assurance folks. And permission to use the assets from the game. And a design to use and implement. Then, to be safe, test it for stability, performance, and reliability on all major browsers - and on sample machines of types similar to game specs. And then, after all that, release it.

And all that's after the argument of whether or not such a devise would help the PR/sales push for Stellaris.

Oh, and you have 27 business days until Stellaris launches. And I assume people want this out before then.

So yeah, I'm boggled by requests like these.

 

[Maizel]

The ethos and traits are all known. Go to the stellaris wiki and cobble together your race that way.

No reason to waste money on a silly thing like this. Heck, I don;t even know why they bothered with the crappy clicker game. Even if that got slapped together fort 20 bucks it would've been too much.

 

[Haldan]

If you don't know what would be required for the Demo how can you compare it to Project Augustus?

Yes, you'd need a coder or coders. And then Quality Assurance folks. And permission to use the assets from the game. And a design to use and implement. Then, to be safe, test it for stability, performance, and reliability on all major browsers - and on sample machines of types similar to game specs. And then, after all that, release it.

And all that's after the argument of whether or not such a devise would help the PR/sales push for Stellaris.

Oh, and you have 27 business days until Stellaris launches. And I assume people want this out before then.

So yeah, I'm boggled by requests like these.

I don't know anything about the procedure, all I know is that they released a minigame for PR and hype that the community disliked. People seemed more interested in something like this. Or maybe that's just me.
Those colored fonts sure are pretty, if not a bit unnessecary.

The ethos and traits are all known. Go to the stellaris wiki and cobble together your race that way.

That works, by all means. But it doesn't have the same impact as, even a small menu of images and buttons would have.

 

[znuzzo]

Let me try this again:

LOOK AT THIS THREAD! SOMEONE MADE A SPREADSHEET TOOL FOR THIS ALREADY!! ALL IT LACKS ARE PORTRAITS AND HOMEWORLDS!!

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/starting-modifiers-calculator.915380/

 

[Elderotter]

The ethos and traits are all known. Go to the stellaris wiki and cobble together your race that way.

No reason to waste money on a silly thing like this. Heck, I don;t even know why they bothered with the crappy clicker game. Even if that got slapped together fort 20 bucks it would've been too much.

Agreed, already have done so for 1 race, and am thinking about another. easy enough with the Wiki and the sheet on the link above.

 

[Admiral Howe]

. People seemed more interested in something like this.

I'm not critiquing the idea, I like the idea. I'm simply pointing out that we've entered a window where things like this are no longer reasonable requests. Instead they shift into increasingly extravagant requests because of the deadline. And I could fully be wrong, they could have a web design staff able to tackle this - I can only draw on my own experience in the game industry.

And yeah, I like the fonts

 

[sbytheway]

Ya woo feed my hype

 

[Spartanlemur]

They don't have the time for this. Less than a month until release, so it will be crunch time in the Paradox offices.