2022 Review, and a Look Forward
TL;DR: Lots of accomplishments this year, with many more planned for the future. :) Progress in 2022 This year, a number of major milestones were hit, and a lot of technical progress was accomplished "behind the scenes" to enable Orion Skies to live up to my vision of its ideal form. Full Design In 2022 I was able to finish a complete design of Orion Skies’s world & history , and an outline of the major story elements that will unfold in-game. I also finished the technical/gameplay design, and even created a specific plan to release Orion Skies in parts (first a small-but-meaningful initial release, and then adding expansions to fill it out). Tech Generator The Tech Generator implements user-guided procedural techniques to produce data for weapons and outfits for an EV scenario, while ensuring they all fit specific balance targets. This year, the Tech Generator reached Version 1.0, giving the user control over all o...