Re: Escape Velocity Spelljammer?

Rob Myers wrote:
> > Hi, I don't know if any of you use Macs, but there is this fairly neat
> > game out there called Escape Velocity, from Ambrosia Software (URL is
> > http://www.ambrosiasw.com/ ) It is basically an overhead space trading/
> > fighting game. The neat bit it allows plugins for altered graphics, systems,
> > missions, people, etc. I was thinking that we might get some people together
> > and make a Spelljammer plugin for the game.
>
> This sounds really cool! Yes, I use a Mac (and have authored two SJ
> utilities in the ClarisWorks spreadsheet (a planetary system creator, and
> a Wildspace random encounter generator)). This sounds like it might be a
> lot of fun.

There is a list of editors and such available at http://www.escape-velocity.com/
I can do a lot of the plugin stuff myself, but I have trouble with
graphics and thinking up missions. For each ship there has to be an
overhead picture of it facing something like 16 direction, which I
have found to be a bit much.

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