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Hi. I was wondering how viable would an old school sci-fi RPG be? I love fantasy themed RPGs but I think it would be awesome to play a sci-fi inspired RPG. And not sci-fi like Fallout... I mean true sci-fi.

I guess we'll be finding out....

I'm intrigued BasiliskWrangler... how will we be finding out? Is there something in the works in parallel to Book 2?

I mean true sci-fi.

By true sci-fi I mean with spaceships, space, planets, and stuff. That would be fun.

Jinx wrote:I'm intrigued BasiliskWrangler... how will we be finding out? Is there something in the works in parallel to Book 2?

I think BW meant we'd see by the kinds of responses received here.

I'm intrigued by a SciFi RPG. Historically it's been a difficult thing to get right. I have a cousin who's one of the designers on the Vendetta MMORPG, but it didn't make big waves.

No, I meant we'll all find out together.

We have another engine (it's true 3D, but mechanically it functions like an advanced Dungeon Master / Eye of the Beholder first-person engine) that we've been working with for quite some time. We have a storyline, some game mechanics in place, and even a title logo. It will be hard-line sci-fi (meaning no magic or voodoo like "the force", although it will feature fringe science). It will not be post-apocalyptic. We are drawing inspiration from an existing "old-school" sci-fi RPG from way back.

That is absolutely all I will say, other than we are considering taking a break between Book II and III to finish this game that I speak of. For now though, we are all about Book II!!

Wow, that's great to hear, and you heard it here first, folks!

"ask and ye shall receive" sweetness!

Looking forward any new game by Basilisk!!

BasiliskWrangler wrote:No, I meant we'll all find out together.

We have another engine (it's true 3D, but mechanically it functions like an advanced Dungeon Master / Eye of the Beholder first-person engine) that we've been working with for quite some time. We have a storyline, some game mechanics in place, and even a title logo. It will be hard-line sci-fi (meaning no magic or voodoo like "the force", although it will feature fringe science). It will not be post-apocalyptic. We are drawing inspiration from an existing "old-school" sci-fi RPG from way back.

That is absolutely all I will say, other than we are considering taking a break between Book II and III to finish this game that I speak of. For now though, we are all about Book II!!

Ooooh. I sit corrected, and now with my "patience" meter being strained.

Ooh I would buy that. Hopefully it is party-based with ability to gain helpers/robots or some other such NPC help.

I worked for years in high school (early 90s) on an Ultima/M&M hybrid sci-fi CRPG called "Lazer Swordz" in QuickBasic, and was about 90% done with the engine+game maker. But the art of the project (enemy profiles) took too much effort to make. If I stuck to icons only it probably would have been finished. Ah the memories...

This sounds very, very interesting! I'm definitely looking forward to a sci-fi game from Basilisk Games. Two thumbs up for going with hard(ish) sci-fi! IMO, it's a lot better genre than the more common fantasy-with-lasers mumbo-jumbo sci-fi. Can't wait to hear more (but finish Book II first).

BasiliskWrangler wrote:We are drawing inspiration from an existing "old-school" sci-fi RPG from way back.

Gamma World?

Old-school computer RPG....

Oh! My! Not Buck Rogers: Countdown to Doomsday or Buck Rogers:Matrix Cubed

Maybe Spelljammer: Pirates of Realmspace