Hello Tynan and all you other 'Rim Worlders" My Name is Drake. I figured here would be a good first place to make contact with the community. Now lets see what i can give by way of introduction. I'll answer your 4 questions and maybe add a few.
"What introduced me to Rim World?"
- Well once quiet evening as I sat at my computer thinking, "Man, there just are not enough good classic concept games these days" I started searching as I had done many times before for something to scratch that itch for some oldies that I hadn't tried. (when you are searching for an idea it seems its all in getting just the right word for Google to interpret into the actual idea that is floating about your brain at that moment) I don't recall the search string but suffice it to say I stumbled upon a YouTube video ... as they always seem to one video leads to another (often devouring stupid amounts of time). It was a let's play of Rim World. (Sorry i don't recall who's video it was at the moment) 5 Minutes into the video and I had to stop it and go find this bizarre looking game. Was it actually even released yet? All i have to say about the next 6 hours is "Tynan, It was time well wasted!"
As to the Genre of games...
- I have been playing games now for ... well 25 years.. video games. If anyone else remembers "BC's Quest for tires" or "Q*bert" ... anyway I have been playing PC games for a long time. The Management/Civ/Sim City Style have been a favorite the whole time. Anyone else grow up playing games on a Tandy 1000 EX ... epic titles like "Trains"?
Favorite other Game?
- I have enjoyed a few MMO style games. Old Favorite was DAoC. (Before Mythic was sold and the game butchered)
- Until Recently It was my favorite of that genre, but recently a friend introduced me to Guild Wars 2. Its a new favorite... For this season at least
Breakfast cereal?
- "Just Right" of course... its not just in the name its in the taste too! simple healthy and tasty! If you have not tried it Tynan, you should check it out. I'm sure it sells in the east too.
Embarrassing gaming moment?
- i don't know it it counts as embarrassing, funny, disturbing or just odd but here it is. I used to love to play DAoC. It was the best MMO of the pre-WoW era imho. My son, He is now 12 yrs old, was about 3 at the time and his sister was 1. i had my computer in the basement with a large open play area for the kids. At times I would play with him on my knee cause he liked sitting with daddy and watching. I figured that was a nice time and what harm could come of it, right? Well it seems he really got the idea clearer than I had imagined. See I played as a character type called a Thane. They are from the Norse legend based factions. The Thane Wields a large hammer and evokes lighting strikes from the sky on there enemies. One day, while the 2 of them were playing with there toys, I go upstairs to the bathroom and when I come back down and this is what I see. My son noticed my Daughter had turned a bucket for holding small toys into a hat. (He may have helped her get it on) He, it seems, was inspired and decided to do his first (hopefully last) LARP session. Off he goes to get his toy tool set. Yeah you guessed it, he was a Thane! and it seems his little sister was the enemy. She was crying and he was skillfully banging on her obviously impenetrable helmet! I shouted at him to stop but as kids are he saw right through my attempt to be stern and cover my laughter. I stopped him of course and consoled my now bawling baby girl. (I hope she doesn't need deep therapy from this!) I laughed so hard and showed my wife. We have a picture too! Just not hammers included. Turns out I needed to learn to curb my young boys exposure to violent imagery.
I am really looking forward to joining this community and seeing the growth of this game. I have begun to list ideas that perhaps in time can be passed on to the ideas and concepts team. I am mostly interested in the tech tree and game play side of things as I have never been a coding sorta gamer. Having said that it seems I have a new book to add to my must read soon list, Designing Games, Eh? Do you think I can get a discounted rate if I tell the clerk at Chapters that I play a game that the author made?
"What introduced me to Rim World?"
- Well once quiet evening as I sat at my computer thinking, "Man, there just are not enough good classic concept games these days" I started searching as I had done many times before for something to scratch that itch for some oldies that I hadn't tried. (when you are searching for an idea it seems its all in getting just the right word for Google to interpret into the actual idea that is floating about your brain at that moment) I don't recall the search string but suffice it to say I stumbled upon a YouTube video ... as they always seem to one video leads to another (often devouring stupid amounts of time). It was a let's play of Rim World. (Sorry i don't recall who's video it was at the moment) 5 Minutes into the video and I had to stop it and go find this bizarre looking game. Was it actually even released yet? All i have to say about the next 6 hours is "Tynan, It was time well wasted!"
As to the Genre of games...
- I have been playing games now for ... well 25 years.. video games. If anyone else remembers "BC's Quest for tires" or "Q*bert" ... anyway I have been playing PC games for a long time. The Management/Civ/Sim City Style have been a favorite the whole time. Anyone else grow up playing games on a Tandy 1000 EX ... epic titles like "Trains"?
Favorite other Game?
- I have enjoyed a few MMO style games. Old Favorite was DAoC. (Before Mythic was sold and the game butchered)
- Until Recently It was my favorite of that genre, but recently a friend introduced me to Guild Wars 2. Its a new favorite... For this season at least
Breakfast cereal?
- "Just Right" of course... its not just in the name its in the taste too! simple healthy and tasty! If you have not tried it Tynan, you should check it out. I'm sure it sells in the east too.
Embarrassing gaming moment?
- i don't know it it counts as embarrassing, funny, disturbing or just odd but here it is. I used to love to play DAoC. It was the best MMO of the pre-WoW era imho. My son, He is now 12 yrs old, was about 3 at the time and his sister was 1. i had my computer in the basement with a large open play area for the kids. At times I would play with him on my knee cause he liked sitting with daddy and watching. I figured that was a nice time and what harm could come of it, right? Well it seems he really got the idea clearer than I had imagined. See I played as a character type called a Thane. They are from the Norse legend based factions. The Thane Wields a large hammer and evokes lighting strikes from the sky on there enemies. One day, while the 2 of them were playing with there toys, I go upstairs to the bathroom and when I come back down and this is what I see. My son noticed my Daughter had turned a bucket for holding small toys into a hat. (He may have helped her get it on) He, it seems, was inspired and decided to do his first (hopefully last) LARP session. Off he goes to get his toy tool set. Yeah you guessed it, he was a Thane! and it seems his little sister was the enemy. She was crying and he was skillfully banging on her obviously impenetrable helmet! I shouted at him to stop but as kids are he saw right through my attempt to be stern and cover my laughter. I stopped him of course and consoled my now bawling baby girl. (I hope she doesn't need deep therapy from this!) I laughed so hard and showed my wife. We have a picture too! Just not hammers included. Turns out I needed to learn to curb my young boys exposure to violent imagery.
I am really looking forward to joining this community and seeing the growth of this game. I have begun to list ideas that perhaps in time can be passed on to the ideas and concepts team. I am mostly interested in the tech tree and game play side of things as I have never been a coding sorta gamer. Having said that it seems I have a new book to add to my must read soon list, Designing Games, Eh? Do you think I can get a discounted rate if I tell the clerk at Chapters that I play a game that the author made?