Beyond Earth [Starpeace/Legacy Online]
 

Hello everyone, we have recenly been given permission to re-develop and re-launch the popular starpeace/legacy online game that was released several years ago.

We are currently taking ideas on how the game can be improved, we are also looking for people to take up various positions within the team to help improve the current game, and develop the next version of it

for more information visit http://beyond.imaedia.com
our message forum can be found at http://beyond.imaedia.com/forum

Thanks for reading and we look forward to hearing from you

An interesting marketing study
 

Now, without all the details in hand I make the following news announcement into a marketing study.

This Starpeace and the other Starpeace who has posted here before are not the same company. The games are the same, having been liscenced non-exclusively.

Starpeace 2 and Beyond Earth are identicle products in a market with a very small demand quantity. Watch the battle and fireworks ensue closely, see which competitive models work best. In the end, I think only one of these games will be left standing by next year. It will be interesting to see which one... currently Starpeace 2 has some major advanatages:

First Mover: Despite getting the code second they got the game out first.
Name Recognition: Starpeace was the old name. This gives them an advantage to be recognised by old fans.

Imaedia may have more capital though, so it will be a good show of how strong brand and first moving advantage is when developing similar (or in this case identicle) products vs. how important money is.

Let the show begin!

-Joe

Some interesting comments, however, the game once we release it will not be identical, As far as im aware no major changes have been made to the starpeace2 game, which could be good or bad, depending on how you look at it, The origional game was not very sucessfull, this shows that things do need changing, and this is why we are carrying out extencive market research, and making the changes to ensure that the game is as popular as it can possibly be....anyway below is a more detaild outline of the project

Team name: Imaedia Ltd. Registerd UK company

Project name:Beyond Earth : Return of the Tycoons

Brief description: Online Multiplayer Tycoons game
The game has previously been released under the names Starpeace and legacy online by serveral large companies, we have now been given permission to re-develop and re-release the game.

The game is basically a online tycoon game, it currently let's you manage your own comapany in practically any industry. The game also incorporates polatics, stock markets and much more.

Target aim:
The aim is to release the game on a commercial basis, we have serveral key aims that we want the project to do in the long run, they are:

Improve stability and speed of the current game
Add new features to current game
Add more fun factor to the current game
Release current game on a pay per month basis
Establish solid userbase
Begin development of second game with more up to date technology

Compensation:
Anyone involoved in the first project will be given an equil share in the monhtly profits from the game, and the opportunity to work on the second game providing they pull their weight, 25% of the profits will remain in a seperate bank account to fun the second version of the game.

Anyone that wishes to do so may have a written legal contract with imaedia to confirm their involvement in the project and the terms that they are working on.

Technology:
The current game is written mostly in asp and Delphi using a database backend, Most of the coding is allready done for the current version of the game, it's simply a matter of speeding the game up and improving its stability, However we are looking to develop a second game once this game is stable, and this will be written in C++

Talent needed:
We are looking for people in various areas, no experiance in gaming is required as long as you have a solid portfolio. The areas we are looking for people in are:

Coders (ether delphi or c++)
3D artists
Concept artists (work wil be used for future game development and in promotional material)
Sound (music, sound effects)
Everyone! - were also looking for ideas and suggestions from anyone, if you like the idea of the game, and have ideas to what can improve it we want to hear from you, just register on our forums and post your ideas (http://beyond.imaedia.com/forum)

Team structure:
We currently have serveral skilled individuals in our team:

Tom Packer (Me)
Web development/Accounting/ASP Coding/Market Research/Recruitment and Promotion

Mike Beech
Web development/Dephi Coding/ Market Research and promotion

Dave Beech
Delhi coding/C++ Coding

Alex Barrella
Concept Artist

Martin Ashford
3d annimator

Website:

http://beyond.imaedia.com (Full .com/.net domains coming soon)

Beyond Earth moddb profile : http://mods.moddb.com/5181/

Contacts:
Tom Packer (me) - Tpacker@gmail.com
General Contact - Beyond@imaedia.com
Message Forum - http://beyond.imaedia.com/forum
Irc channels coming soon

Additional Info:


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more media and larger screenshots can be found on our media page:
http://beyond.imaedia.com/media.php

"Earth, after the collapse of the IFEL became over populated, and industry and commerce is all run by the major companies, It is now almost impossible to establish your own business, and many millions of creative, ambitious people find themselves living out their lives working in average jobs working for the major companies on earth. Now with the re opening of the portals there is a opportunity for entrepreneurs to establish their companies, and new markets…The possibilities for these entrepreneurs are endless."

You called it. Starpeace2. BE hasn't gotten anywhere. :)

Hah
 

When will we realize I am always right and people should worship me as their god?

Probably never. How's SP2 doing?

-Joe

Some minor server issues occasionally, but in general it's quite fine. Could definately use more players to make things more fun.