If you're following me, you've seen me plug Celestial Bodies for months now! binarystar.games/celestial But I don't know that we've talked about it, Bluesky. I don't know if we've talked about The Grid™️. Let's talk about it. 🧵 - ThreadSky

binarystar.games • 88 days ago

If you're following me, you've seen me plug Celestial Bodies for months now! https://binarystar.games/celestial

But I don't know that we've talked about it, Bluesky.

I don't know if we've talked about The Grid™️.

Let's talk about it. 🧵

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sakiasakura.bsky.social•88 days ago

The children yearn for the grid

binarystar.games•88 days ago

They truly do

lymerpg.bsky.social•87 days ago

I'm not a mech person but I have wanted a general vehicle combat game for a while that felt good, and the Grid looks like it would really do it for me.

binarystar.games•87 days ago

I've been screaming for like a year and a half now for SOMEONE to make a FTL-style spaceship game with these same rules because I don't wanna make it but I sure do want that to exist.

lymerpg.bsky.social•86 days ago

No promises, but it's an intriguing project.

binarystar.games•88 days ago

https://binarystar.games/posts/itch-celestial-bodies-631646-the-grid/ (or if you'd prefer you can also just read it here)

binarystar.games•88 days ago

Every mech in this game is defined by a grid like this.

When I say defined, I mean *fully* defined. First, the basics:

binarystar.games•88 days ago

First: every frame (basically a chassis for a kind of mech) has HP (Hull Points!) equal to its grid size. So the one you see above has 12HP.

Second: every frame has a unique trait based on its grid’s size and shape. (This one gets more movement for having oversized thrusters, for instance.)

binarystar.games•88 days ago

Third: each component you see listed there has a specific designation as to what it does (some of them relative to the mech’s size) as well as a shape and size. Weapons can’t be rotated but can be flipped.

And then we get to the advanced stuff: placement.

binarystar.games•88 days ago

Every mech is built around a reactor. That needs to power (read: be placed adjacent to) the thrusters, any shields (not present here), any processors, and electronic weaponry.

binarystar.games•88 days ago

Processors need to be be adjacent to anything they benefit. (In this case, the processor benefits the blade and shotgun.) They can also extend reactor power and the effects of any other linked Processors.

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