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2023-06-16
The bug has hit me again, I'm building a world in a C++ CLI program.
Every now and then this happens. I feel the urge to build a world and watch its inhabitants interact. Sometimes I'm happy to implement cellular automata, sometimes it is the foundation to a roguelike.
This time it is a game that would resemble the “Space Trader” game of old, or the more modern “”Endless Sky” or “X3”. A generated universe in which the player takes the role of a trader, pirate, or empire builder.
I've decided once again to use C++ as language of choise. Two main reasons: One, it is fast and doesn't require any toolchain to talk about. Two, I suck at C++ and want to learn.
It is too early to talk about the game in detail, I'm in the initial stages of world-generation. But I seem to have sparked the interest of an old friend of mine from EVE Online days.
Stay tuned…
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