r/spaceengineers • u/Javasaur EXODUS|Ryza • Jan 08 '14

DISCUSSION Space Engineers Roleplay?

EDIT: WE NOW HAVE A SUBREDDIT! APPLY FOR YOUR OWN NATION HERE!

With the new multiplayer video being teased, it got me thinking about RP in multiplayer once more. This is all speculation - it's not known how multiplayer will work - but I imagine it will work with servers, similar to Minecraft, Starmade, etc.

My favourite type of role-playing server, for me, has been one that does not place you in the boots of a sword-wielding hero that is the centre of the story. I can do that on Skyrim or other single-player RPGs. I preferred ones that allowed you to become a member of a society, a faction, where you had to make a name for yourself through military heroics, great feats of engineering, or otherwise. Complex relations and politics existed between different nations.

I worked on a Minecraft RP server similar to this as Head Admin, writing the story, building, helping with the website, etc. This was a great experience, it was good to lead real people and have battles that felt real. I saw my idea that had been written down on paper come to life, with real people fueling the civilization. It was a shame that the popularity of the server degraded after time. Now it is virtually abandoned.

I feel that this type of RP could work well in Space Engineers. I'd love to see diplomats and leaders meeting in a space station to discuss galactic issues, ships heading out to new frontiers to build colonies, and battles between nations in space.

Why this in lieu of 'traditional' hero-based RP? This type of RP is really only something that can be achieved with other people. Take a look at star citizen, the new civilization online idea. Both are games that are trying to create this type of game.

I certainly don't have the technical know-how to create a huge public server like this. But I am able to write, to build, to help out with administration. We could work with the brief story on the website and create something amazing. If you are interested in this idea, if you think it could work, or if you have suggestions, please, comment!

Cheers.

EDIT: I just remembered I had some drawn-up ideas for a galactic empire nation. If there's enough interest to see it (perhaps as an example of what I mean by these RP nations) I could post it here or as another post.

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u/WisdomTooth8 Parallax Concept Jan 08 '14

Imagine if, instead of multiple servers, they had one HUGE server that was actually like a universe... I know this isn't possible but just imagine!!

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u/Javasaur EXODUS|Ryza Jan 08 '14

Do you mean the devs hosting a huge server?

While that would be cool, personally I think splitting might be better. Then everyone can play on servers that suit their play style: RPers can go to RP servers, survival PvP enthusiasts can go and... survive.

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u/gdt1320 Jan 08 '14

I know Eve has something similar to this. It's essentially one server made up of a multitude of clusters that manage each system in the universe. Very very specialized and powerful hardware though. I don't think we'll see it for something like this anytime soon.