Ready to launch play tests!
This blog took some time and was a bit strange to write given the circumstances. Like a lot of people, I have tried to look for the...
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Vincent Verhoeven
Feb 27, 20205 min read
Spacesuits
Most of you have definitely recognized some spacesuits in the game. Especially those of Yuri Newton and Neil Aquila on the box cover,...
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Vincent Verhoeven
Jan 20, 20203 min read
Science in gameplay
Initial simplicity and generalization We restricted the first game version to a 12H midnight visibility range, which simplified the...
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Vincent Verhoeven
Jan 12, 20206 min read
Stellar Cartographies
Happy New Year fellow astronavigators! First blog of the decade and let me start with wishing you all a happy new year! The coming decade...
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Vincent Verhoeven
Dec 15, 20196 min read
Jaguar God and symbols of discovery
Although João Luna is Brazilian, his roots go back to Mayan Tikal in Central America. His bloodline wandered off to Colombian territory...
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Vincent Verhoeven
Dec 15, 20191 min read
Map update and launch sites
While visiting new continents, you will always get a souvenir to build on. This way you could make travelling chain reactions or receive...
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Vincent Verhoeven
Nov 2, 20195 min read
Abilities, hidden agendas and quests.
(prototypes for test purposes) Character abilities Neil Aquila (North America) Planning up to 3 observations instead of 1. Yuri Newton...
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Vincent Verhoeven
Oct 20, 20194 min read
Chinese background
For the Asian character, I have chosen for a familiar cliché combined with a less known type of ancient technology. Taikonaut Wang The...
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Vincent Verhoeven
Oct 3, 20192 min read
Prototype play test
This month will mark the start of the first play tests for the AstroNavigator version of my concept. I decided to use TableTopia again,...
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Vincent Verhoeven
Sep 10, 20194 min read
Uranus and Neptune
OK, since we are approaching play test en demo time, some prototypes of the game with the new artwork and design try-outs are being...
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Vincent Verhoeven
Sep 3, 20195 min read
Above the Pacific Ocean
In the blog Uranus and Neptune, I will disclose some prototype designs for demo and play testing, but first I am elaborating on more...
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Vincent Verhoeven
Aug 12, 20198 min read
Stars, orientation and culture
While travelling with my son and wife by car through Northern Ireland, I finally found the time on a day of rest in a fortnight to write...
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Vincent Verhoeven
Jul 25, 20193 min read
Rising like a phoenix
Some might recognize AstroNavigators from another project. After a stormy experience with that other project called LunaTix, it was clear...
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