Goonhub
06-05-2013, 03:14 PM
So i've taken into consideration the fact that a massive mothership isn't really viable, so i've started a z-level mothership that looks like this (WIP):
![[Image: 30wryo4.jpg]](http://oi44.tinypic.com/30wryo4.jpg)
There's a few new sprites there (windows, shutters and stairs) I'll add later to the spriting thing, after I'm done with other things.
Basically the set-up now is that martians can warp to the station via the computer south of the biomass. It teleports them to the destination like the wiz computer, and creates a perm portal that only the martians can see (like a floor cloaker) This allows the martians to literally appear outta thin air. I might do a cool transition, so it's like their phasing into the area.
Now that's not to say I've ruled out pods. The whole thing behind martians mode is that they can create things from biomatter, so why not pods. The southern part of the mothership is their podbay with room to build a 64x64 and (hopefully) a 96x96 pod. The difference between each pod is that the 64x64 can take two passengers (2 martians or 1 martian and 1 prisoner) while the 96x96 would be able to take 2 martians and 4 prisoners. I'm going to resprite the big ship to fit the 96x96, while I'll do new 64x64 sprites.
There's a few new sprites there (windows, shutters and stairs) I'll add later to the spriting thing, after I'm done with other things.
Basically the set-up now is that martians can warp to the station via the computer south of the biomass. It teleports them to the destination like the wiz computer, and creates a perm portal that only the martians can see (like a floor cloaker) This allows the martians to literally appear outta thin air. I might do a cool transition, so it's like their phasing into the area.
Now that's not to say I've ruled out pods. The whole thing behind martians mode is that they can create things from biomatter, so why not pods. The southern part of the mothership is their podbay with room to build a 64x64 and (hopefully) a 96x96 pod. The difference between each pod is that the 64x64 can take two passengers (2 martians or 1 martian and 1 prisoner) while the 96x96 would be able to take 2 martians and 4 prisoners. I'm going to resprite the big ship to fit the 96x96, while I'll do new 64x64 sprites.