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[Game On?!] Science and Industry numero Uno! (S&I2 not quite out yet)

randombattlerandombattle Registered User regular
edited July 2008 in Games and Technology
Industry!

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Science and technology!

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That's right it's everyone's favorite hl1 mod..

Science and Industry!

For those unfamiliar with the game the concept is simple.
  1. Shoot enemy team!
  2. Steal enemy scientists!
  3. Protect friendly scientists!
  4. Pick new inventions!
  5. ???
  6. PROFIT!
It's a pretty simple concept but S&I becomes rather deep with all the inventions and gadgets you can choose to research.

In fact there's a rather large list when it comes down to the research tree



So lets get some games going and make some money.. in the name of science!



There is also an the aptly named sequel to Science and Industry, [URL="http://www.simod.com/]Science and Industry 2[/url] but unfortunately S&I2 isn't done yet and is only out in a barely playable alpha form.

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  • RandomEngyRandomEngy Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I played the everloving hell out of the original so I'm going to play this today. Though I have TF2 now so I shall see if it holds my interest.

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  • WrenWren ninja_bird Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    this current build is nigh unplayable. its so rough it can't even be called an alpha

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  • vhzodvhzod Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I played S&I1 back in the day. Any idea what the tech tree looks like for 2?

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  • randombattlerandombattle Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I suspected this might be the case with the tiny file size.

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  • WrenWren ninja_bird Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I still can't believe they released this. there's absolutely nothing in the game worth testing at the moment. there aren't even player animations

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  • RandomEngyRandomEngy Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    The former SI head developer had this to say:
    MrBozo wrote:
    This version can only interest people willing to work on the game. It's of no interest to the "normal" players, which are 99% of the player base. I would not label this a playable version, it is a waste of time for the average player and I can see why some like evils_army would get angry.

    Make it clear this is a "development version", something to attract contributors. This is not explained in the announcement, so players believe this is a first playable version which it is not.

    As it is, the random player starts the game expecting S&I2, and the first thing he sees is a pistol with no skin, a giant net graph taking half the screen, Counter Strike models hovering around etc... the difference between the player's expectation and what he gets is pretty big. You can't fix the game right away so at least fix the expectation: change your announcement, label this version differently.

    I agree. I'm going to be skipping on it for now.

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  • ZekZek Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Sounds like an obvious desperation tactic to draw attention to the mod, but even if they were honest about it, this is a terrible idea. Builds that are unplayably buggy or unfinished should never be released to the public - all it does is ruin their first impression of the game, and by the time it's actually finished(if ever) they'll have forgotten all about it. Too many Source mods to count killed their chances right off the bat this way. As a general rule of thumb, people are only willing to try a game once, so don't let them play it at all until it doesn't suck.

    The fact that they passed it off as an actual release with only a passing mention that it might have bugs just makes it worse. They really shot themselves in the foot here.

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  • WrenWren ninja_bird Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    indeed.

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  • EdcrabEdcrab Actually a hack Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Aww, that's a dissapointment. I always wondered how S&I would carry-forward onto the Source engine, guess it's early days yet.

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  • Demitri OmniDemitri Omni Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Game Off!

    But yeah I will be following this, definitely.

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  • SteevSteev What can I do for you? Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Damn, and I was all excited. I've only played the original S&I a few times, but it was pretty fun.

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  • DashuiDashui Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I was all excited, too. :( I saw this post and I lit up. It seems kind of silly for them to release something like this for everyone to download, because people are dumb and they'll get turned off thinking it's something it's not.

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  • KazhiimKazhiim __BANNED USERS regular
    edited July 2008
    So I can't place annoying radios behind barely noticeable level geometry to annoy the fuck out of scientists yet?

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  • randombattlerandombattle Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Man we should all just go play S&I1.

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  • JaramrJaramr Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    Yes, I played this a lot back in the day, this should be the most awesome thing ive played in a while.

    ...

    WHY

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  • The_SpaniardThe_Spaniard It's never lupines Irvine, CaliforniaRegistered User regular
    edited July 2008
    the version number is quite misleading and quite obviously done on purpose.

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  • MiSTieOtakuMiSTieOtaku Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    randombattle wrote: »
    Man we should all just go play S&I1.

    Seconded.

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  • JaramrJaramr Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    randombattle wrote: »
    Man we should all just go play S&I1.

    Thirded.

    I just installed Science And Industry 1, theres a server with a few people on it, probably bots though.

    This would be awesome if we get a Penny Arcade server going.

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  • randombattlerandombattle Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    I think I should retool the op for S&I 1..

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  • MiSTieOtakuMiSTieOtaku Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    randombattle wrote: »
    I think I should retool the op for S&I 1..

    Sounds good to me. Go for it.

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  • JaramrJaramr Registered User regular
    edited July 2008
    randombattle wrote: »
    I think I should retool the op for S&I 1..

    Go for it.

    Is there anyone willing to host a server? We also have the option of going to a empty pub though.

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