evil_paris

Reply to Star Control - Introduce yourself in Galactic Community LittleTinyFrogs Forums

Hi Brad and everyone else, I'm David Paris, longtime game developer and Star Control fan. I've actually pitched Star Control inspired titles in the past, so was quite interested when I noticed the actual IP came up for sale. Oddly, I totally agree that the best approach is one where you start significantly over and capture the essence rather than the original characters of the series. There was a great deal of joy to be had in discovering what strange and w

Reply to New Star Control Alien wishlist in Star Control Ideas/Wishes LittleTinyFrogs Forums

The danger in using only known races, is that a portion of the RPG joy that comes from the original games (which mind you, are good in a variety of ways), involves discovery and learning just how weird everyone out there is. Each time you encounter a new race, you're slowly learning what they will be like, how they will respond, and just what their particular flavor of insanity involves. Star Control 3 already stumbled over that some, in that revisiting many of the existing