Much to do and much to see this year’s gamescom in Cologne.

Together with the team of GamerGirls we were filming, interviewing and playing on the exhibition. Among other things there was Battlestar Galactica Online from Bigpoint, too – absolutely stunning!
But the reason why I’m writing here is: During the exhibition our developer Michael sends me an link to a news about a browsergame named Star Trek Infinite Space, which is in development by gameforge.

As luck would have it I met a developer from gamesforge at gamescom – a Star Trek fan, too – who couldn’t hide his passion for this upcoming game.
Soon there will be a trailer for the audience – unfortunatly I have missed the presentation at gamescome .

Star Trek Infinite Space is meanwhile developed with the Unity-Engine on which Battlestar Galactica Online is based on (and is looking awesome).
Summer 2011 the game shall be released – probably a Beta will be started earlier. Can’t wait!

While working on a story there you might lose overview. With the many pages Origins allready has, it is helpful to pick out some core-elements and to write them down in their hierarchy. As a result of that, you will get a small diagram, which makes you able to find e.g. logic-holes and to fix them.

So if you want to know what takes me buisy yesterday evening – here! :

This is the story in “short” … I first wanted to upload the image untouched, but then I thought… Nooooot

At Doug Drexler’s blog finally the first episode of Drex-TV was released yesterday.

Cool insights behind the scenes and stunning animated versions of the Ships of the Line Calendar motives should be worth a look for every Trekkie! Simply cool – as usual!

The new Star Trek Ships of the Line-Calendar has been released and as you already could read here, it’s including the Refit-Version of the NX-01. The Lady has become a real beauty

Who knows… may be the refit get it’s part in Origins?

While I’m planing some big Updates for the coming weekend dealing with the puzzles of the missing chapters and some minor story changes, I’m searching for people who can help us to visualize all the required backgrounds and scenes. Meanwhile I’ve beeing amused by a delicious comic with the significant title “Ensign Sue must die!”

Pot Luck Comics has already released the 16th episode and I’m really curious about how the story will go on. Dealing with the “new” Abrams-Trek, the crew of the Enterprise fights a Ensign, no men has … considered she might be possible before

But see for yourself – have fun

This reminds of Judgement Rites or 25th Anniversary John Martz presents interesting pixel-versions of popular Star-Trek-Characters from TNG and TOS on his Blog. Unfortunatly there is no ENT (yet), but hey – perhaps the question if we use 2D- or 3D-Characters within Origins has allready been answered and we’re going “full retro” ! The charm is definitely hard to beat

A long time it was announced – now it is time. StarTrek.com starts with a new website.

I like the new layout is much more clear than the old one and that the page is no more devided into such small sections. Indeed everything is under a  dominant “BETA” (who knows what bugs we may finde ), but I think the step to simplicity was the right one.

Some of you may have already mentioned it – Since some days there are two small flags in the upper right corner.
Slowly but surly the whole Site will be available in german and english, so other than only germans can participate.

The game itself shall be release in both languages, too, so why should we hesitate?

Today a little bit OffTopic, even if I devote myself right back to the sixth chapter;)
But first I want to write about a few things that have moved me in recent days – in addition to the World Cup, which fits with its positive world view, too, as Roddenberry would have liked.

I am not the stereotype Star Trek fan who goes in disguise to conventions and speaks Klingon better than English;) but I’m a fan. The potential of a future with no more poverty, people are anxious to bring themself and the rest of the world some steps further, in times of austerity and increasing political apathy is a silver lining on the horizon, but is dismissed by many as utopian, too.

However, if you once take a look which of these “utopian” visions already exist and which paths are already walked on, then I have hope that things can come out differently than they look like. Some of these developments, I would now like to summarize once.

(weiterlesen…)

Short, fresh and screaming funny: The short-film in stop-motion from Joshua Flynn definetly has made me the day!