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1703 days, 13 hours, 12 minutes ago

Does anyone know who the Starcube (VGA Planets 5) guys...

Does anyone know who the Starcube (VGA Planets 5) guys were? I'm trying to get a hold of them. They had some amazing artwork among other things I'm interested in.

1703 days, 12 hours, 39 minutes ago

challengespaceyard

RE: Does anyone know who the Starcube (VGA Planets 5) guys...

I participated in the Starcube Beta Test before the team disbanded in February 2012. Although the UI needed some additional work, I otherwise loved the game and its soundtrack.

I last tried to contact one of the members (Heiko Tobias) on January 2013, but I have had no success at that time.

1703 days, 12 hours, 34 minutes ago

challengespaceyard

RE: Does anyone know who the Starcube (VGA Planets 5) guys...

As for the team itself, I believe Heiko used the alias of Ebony. I also remember another alias by the name of Rasputen, and I know that only one other person (not including beta testers) has participated in its development, but I can't remember its name.

1703 days, 12 hours, 29 minutes ago

challengespaceyard

RE: Does anyone know who the Starcube (VGA Planets 5) guys...

After looking deeper into what little of the archives is available, it appears that the Rasputen I remembered was actually Raspina.

1703 days, 11 hours, 38 minutes ago

RE: Does anyone know who the Starcube (VGA Planets 5) guys...

Havok on Circus Maximus gave away beta codes for Starcube early on, so if he is still around there, perhaps he has an email address for one of the developers.

1703 days, 10 hours, 57 minutes ago

RE: Does anyone know who the Starcube (VGA Planets 5) guys...

CSY, can you give us 101 on what the game looked like when you tested it?

1703 days, 9 hours, 43 minutes ago

challengespaceyard

RE: Does anyone know who the Starcube (VGA Planets 5) guys...

IIRC, StarCube was going to be a massive multiplayer RTS browser game (using Silverlight), slated to support 1000 players per "universe".

Nearly all orders, be it construction, training, ship movement, to name a few, were processed in real time (although there were plans to make 24 hour "turn" blocks as well).

My most memorial struggle with the beta test was having to deal with Amorphous natives on my homeworld at the start of my adventure, practically shutting down my ability to mine minerals. Those worms were discussed as a bug, and were subsequently replaced with Humanoids