Progress report on SE5

[Paul1980au]

I wonder where SE5 is up to currently - if anyone is able to just give us a quick update on what stage SE5 is at that would be good - dont need to much detail just a generalisation on the progress made so far - ie have beta testing begun are we at early design or later design stage etc.

[Combat Wombat]

I've heard some rumors through the grapevine http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif that the engine is done, and the UI and other grapics are well on their way.

Just rumors though..

[ July 19, 2004, 13:24: Message edited by: Combat Wombat ]

[Atrocities]

Most people who don't post here post in the news group.

I don't post to it, I cannot, as it won't let me because my email allegedly bounced once. I checked my filter and Yahoo Groups is not blocked so I have no clue as to why I cannot post. I gave up on it, but it is where Aaron Hall has been reportedly posting. Good luck on finding out whats going on. His Last update here was about a month ago and was very very informative.

[Malfador Machinations]

Hi All,

The game is coming along well. We're just slogging through the UI at this point. The basic engine is running but it still needs a lot of enhancements. Its starting to look pretty good! I hope to post some new pictures on the SE5 web page in the coming months.

Aaron

[narf poit chez BOOM]

WOOT!

[Atrocities]

Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
WOOT! <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">I copy that.

[Ragnarok-X]

Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
WOOT! <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">same over here. Im pretty amazed !!

[geoschmo]

You aren't going to get any sort of a response to a request like this for a game that isn't even in beta yet. And even then everyone involved signs NDA's, so you won't be hearing anything.

If you want you can check out the SE4 Yahoo group (http://Groups.yahoo.com/group/SE4/). There has been a lot of discussion there in the Last couple months. Most of it is questions and ideas from people like us not involved in the design, but Malfador did make some Posts and gave some hints about some things we might see in the game.

This morning that link isn't working. Yahoo must be having a problem with their server. But try it later today.

Geoschmo

[Paul1980au]

Wow thanks MM - looking forward to those pictures.

[Xaren Hypr]

Originally posted by narf poit chez BOOM:
WOOT! <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">My sentiments exactly http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[Hiruu]

WHEW!!!

Thanks for the update! I've been thru some serious withdrawals for the next level of 4X games...there's nothing out there to match SEIV...NOTHING...and it's a shame. There are others like Jupiter incident demo and the new Starshatter for the space sim fix, but 4X is what am really craving, and SEIV is it! MOO3 had to be the biggest letdown in the history of gaming, but I nearly fainted when i saw this:

http://www.malfador.com/se5/se5main.html

Okay, that's a bit dramatic, but it's was a welcome sight!

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

[Ragnarok]

Originally posted by Hiruu:
Okay, that's a bit dramatic, but it's was a welcome sight! <font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">Nahh, that was not too dramatic... We all did it when we first found out about that page being Online. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Just imagine what we will be like when the first screenshots come up. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif