@firefly, some sort of dungeon keeper type game is definitely still rattling around in my head. Hearing that New Horizons made a positive impact makes me want to develop other ideas and I've learnt a lot.
Believe it or not but Horizons was originally only going to have 4 channels of even simpler sound, because that was a limit to the sound channels in BBC Basic. Firelight Technologies created FMOD, which allows numerous sound files to be pre-loaded and played quickly, while controlling aspects of how each sound is played. Treasure Islands made use of Windows sound commands which were a little on the slow side, and not so good for real time action. Now that I know all this, there are a number of things that I want to try.
The general idea is to work on a handful of simpler games of different types. Perhaps putting the best ideas into something bigger later on.

hi freeman.

the only thing i'll say about simpler projects is that the audio games market has so many simple games that we are flooded with them. which then makes the audio games market unappealing. look at blindfold games for example. regardless of how different each game looks they are so simple they get boring within 5 minutes of playing because of lack of content and game play. please don't fall into that trap because you have demonstrated both with echo quadrant and this game that you are far more capable than that. i mention those 2 games because they are the 2 games i have played extensively. you've made a dream come true for me with new horizons. i would love to see you do even more wonders with this game and i truely believe that you are in a calibre far above that of blindfold games. again i use them as a prime example. yet they charge for their games and you don't. yet the effort you've put into 1 game is fantastic compared to the amount of little games they put out in the same amount of time.
personally and this is just my opinion IMO, based on what I've seen what you have done with both this game and with echo quadrant i'd be far happier waiting for a good few months for a developer like yourself to come out with something special and unique rather than seeing loads of titles just get put out just because people think that the more titles they have the more well known they are. well in a way that is true the more titles a developer has the more well known they become but i guess it depends on what you wish to be well known for.
personally i think you've more than made your mark in the audio games community and are very capable of maintaining that or even going beyond it.

hi freeman,

so what sorts of arcade games did you have in mind?
yes sadly there's a lot of very simplistic titles out there. not to mention the amount of space invader type clones out there. which is why i was cautioning you on the types of games you would think of putting out. don't just become yet another developer as i feel that would genuinely be a shame.
yes swamp is a fantastic game yet another game that to my mind stands out there. others have tried to emulate it but not really been successful. it seems to me that someone brings out something that a lot of people love, then others try and bring out the almost same thing. in some ways that's a good thing and it could be good if for example what was done was improved upon from before. but sadly that doesn't often happen. although i'm always willing to see exceptions to the rule if they crop up.

now i'd love gauntlet 2 i used to play that tons on my omiga 500. pretty much an endless game. lol i played it all day once and managed over 100 levels lol. i'd love a real gauntlet 2 type game.

I vote for audio gauntlet as well, that would rock, though the problem is I like the idea of the rpg version with the adventure mode as much as the arcade food shooting fest .
Beware! slight spoilers for hardware acquisition quest.

@Saiyen, I was trying to give hints in the guide without giving the full solution. You can take the ship, but if you don't get it to the zocalo in time, or if you decide not to take it to the zocalo  things can get complicated.
For the best consequences, take the ship and then fly it straight to the zocalo.

hth.

Beware, possible hardware mission spoilers!

Nope, the only time you get into trouble is if you take the ship and dordle about taking it back, and even then your not completely doomed, I wouldn't say your in trouble or need to restart though if you didn't take the ship since earning enough money for a kraite or other decent starter ship isn't so bad, you could also try for the morray and do the other mission too.

As I said in the guide, remember, this is one game where trading actually is pretty helpful to you.

1k credits

I have a pile of credits now, but I ... don't see the point in having a Gecko. Sure, it's a teeny bit faster and you don't have to refuel it, but fuel costs like, nothing, especially if you go into stars and get it, and I want a bigger cargo and tougher hull, and the Gecko doesn't have missiles, and I basically would prefer my Cobra right now, or something on the higher end of the normal ship options you get from the planets. I'd rather be tough and capacious thanks.

Can someone please help. I have been playing this game since last week.
After I buy some items from the first place that I start where do I go from there? It seems that all I do is fly around in space.

but what's the point of doing that mission if you already have a far better ship? i have a fully upgraded cobra, why would i want to be rewarded with something far less than i already have
? if you see what i mean. you are meant to be able to take the missions on at any time but if you take them on at a point after you have worked beyond the reward you would get for the mission then sadly there seems very little point in taking it on.

the background story i do get the idea for that yes but why would you go backwards? i wouldn't say that the cobra is overpowered, i worked my way up from nothing to get that ship so i consider that a sutible reward for my labours. but if the back story is only going to give me something less than i already have then i probably won't do it as it's sort of not worth it. if the missions happened on a timed basis based on progress money shipkills owned ship for example then that would have made much more sense IMO.

Where do you guys buy hull regen from? I only see options for armor, missile and lasers.