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TheOnlyAvenger265 days ago (1 edit)

1: 

  •  Initial galaxy group, bookmark some, convert, do some circles around galaxies
  •  Second local group convert all galaxies without opening them either to mineral extractors, either mineral storage maybe destroy a few
  •  Look inside at first galaxy group

3: Improve game design. No one wants many things to click and performance issues. Games are supposed to be fun. Avoid this generation, it just wastes time and memory. Maybe make new UI to simulate this, and only provide direct access to top 10 or something. Try to streamline it. It's a game, not a database. Be creative!

4: You can't cherry pick since they are not generated. Many times small ones are better.

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Apple0726265 days ago(+1)

Okay I think I figured out the game breaking bug you mentioned. The annotation thing should be easy to fix.

As for game design, I just thought it would be cool to have a lot of galaxies and stars to choose from, and I think the bigger galaxies look kind of cool to me, even if they are super laggy and don't offer anything new. There are smaller galaxies which don't suffer from performance issues, so you don't need to generate the bigger ones to progress.
That said, I agree that the game resembles a database, I never thought about it that way! I'll have to put more thought into this. I appreciate your constructive feedback!

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TheOnlyAvenger265 days ago (9 edits)

Great you figured the game breaking bug! Waiting for the new release!

Indeed, it's cool to have many galaxies and stars.

So here's an idea. People don't remember or miss them. You can look into "data mocking". You can have some default data and reuse that. Just do the display, don't even generate anything initially. Just start in random data points. Or maybe use a seed. When the player looks, generate that single object, just-in-time.

Only save it if it is bookmarked or has buildings or is in the last 10 places visited by the player, limit history to 10 places. Save only the important things. Or the seed. 

Also unused stuff should be put "on rails" like in Kerbal Space Program.

Hope it helps!

Nice attitude, keep it up! I'll be rooting for you!

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