Oolite Bulletins

Selezen wrote:

And as I said, these books will be read by kids of all ages, so I think, it's safer to err on the side of caution and make the books accessible to all ages.

IIRC, Frontier has stated that they are looking to create a mature game, not necessarily aimed at kids.

I've said quite a lot on the frontier forums about this, but I think the _best_ choice would be to use - if you need to use them at all - the kinds of words that have already been in use for hundreds of years, such as

damned -- from 16th C.
damnable – from 16th C.
damnation – c. 1630
shit -- c. 1510
zounds - c. 1600

Source: http://www.joannawaugh.com/Expressions.html

It's maybe not AIMED at kids, but I think kids will be likely to buy it - and are more likely to buy the books.

My kid, for example, is looking forward to reading the books when they come out, since dad will have pretty much all of them (and yes, come pay day I'll be pre-ordering John's book too...). If they have gratuitous swearing in them then I'll be less likely to let him read them. I'm probably not the only parent who would feel like that.

"Damn" and its variants I'm not too bothered about, but as I said I don't think there's a need to use the swear words themselves - leave it up to the reader's imagination which, after all, is in the spirit of the community, and it will give people questions to ask in 20 years whilst they're waiting for Elite: Competent.

Latest update online. See if you can spot the Oolite references.

http://www.wagar.org.uk/elitereclamatio ... ublishing/

Cheers,

Drew.

Que? I'm the bartender now, am I? Cool!

Sex and violence in the Elite universe this week. Should there be?

http://www.wagar.org.uk/elitereclamatio ... hot-first/

Cheers,

Drew.

drew wrote:

Sex and violence in the Elite universe this week. Should there be?

http://www.wagar.org.uk/elitereclamatio ... hot-first/

Cheers,

Drew.

As ever, if appropriate, if it moves the story on, if it's important to the plot...

drew wrote:

... or just write the ******* story?

This! If it's a dark tale, there will be dark deeds... and whatever that may entail.

DaddyHoggy wrote:

As ever, if appropriate, if it moves the story on, if it's important to the plot...

+1 on this. Adults can do adult things in a book for adults. There are also considerations as to how much is directly shown to the reader, and how much is left to the reader's imagination.

http://www.wagar.org.uk/elitereclamatio ... crops-boy/

Today's update is all about that tedious mucking about in hyperspace...

Cheers,

Drew.

The instantaneous transition between systems is not to my liking, whether in-game or in-fiction.
But everything in Elite: Dangerous is constrained by the requirements of multi-player gaming... hey-ho!

If only they'd gone for single-player with seamless planetary landing included from the start... but that's only my opinion.

Latest update live. Warfare, scanners, windows and holograms in Elite : Dangerous, oh and Sean Connery.

http://www.wagar.org.uk/elitereclamatio ... asualties/

Cheers,

Drew.

Real cockpit screens (with optional hud overlays?) is a big plus for me, as is the submarine analogy - anechoic hull coatings, passive scans - love it!

In today's update we're back to the mechanics of the book and making sure it is of high quality. To ensure E:R is a final product worthy of your funding and pledging, quality is a key consideration.

http://www.wagar.org.uk/elitereclamatio ... rp-indeed/

Cheers,

Drew.

This week, the ups and downs of writing...

http://www.wagar.org.uk/elitereclamatio ... n-writing/

Cheers,

Drew.

My 50th update! What makes Elite unique, Commander?

http://www.wagar.org.uk/elitereclamatio ... yone-else/

Cheers,

Drew.