Star Corp Needs You! (free, open source, space, strategy, email, computer)

From: "monkeyx@gmail.com" <monkeyx@gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2007 14:35:03 +0000

Hi,

The open-source computer moderated play-by-email game I've been
working on is reaching that stage where I need some help in testing,
finalizing the game mechanics and player documentation.

Already prepared are a working server and Windows client
application[1] which you can download.  This is an alpha version
(missing functionality, poor documentation and undoubtedly buggy) so
I'm looking for brave people who aren't afraid to get their hands
dirty.

If you are interested please get in touch (on here, by email or
joining the discussion groups), download the client and have a look at
the website.

>From the project homepage[2]:

Run a corporation in the frontiers of space. Operate starships, build
colony facilities, harvest the rich resources of alien worlds,
manufacture goods to keep the colonists happy.

The Star Corp software provides a hosted server with its
administrative shell program to create / edit a game a rich
environment of star systems, planets, asteroids, gas fields, colonies
and starships. Colonies are inhabited by people with their own needs
for goods and services provided by corporations through their
facilities or on the colony market.

Turns are played through emails with players able to submit any number
of orders between game updates to be processed immediately but have a
limited amount of time to use.

As well as the server shell, Star Corp comes with a graphical client
for viewing turn reports and preparing turn orders. The client
provides a tree-based view of all a corporation's assets, mechanisms
to search available items and markets, design starships and prepare
orders and send them via email.

[1] http://starcorp.googlecode.com/files/StarCorp%20Client-Installer.exe
[2] http://code.google.com/p/starcorp/

Cheers,

Sid