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This reminds me of an older sequence of space games titled “FreeSpace” that were created by Volition. The interface components are very nice!

I might just use this for my blog...

Edit: An additional framework that may pair well with this is augmented-ui[0]. That received quite a bit of attention a year ago[1].

Putting these two together could make a pretty neat interface! I have another project (metareply.net) that I want to complete for a smaller community, Subreply[2], which might be a good candidate for this as well.

Thanks for sharing this!

[0]: https://augmented-ui.com/

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20923792

[2]: https://subreply.com/

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Right! Freespace 2 was great and is still being worked on by a dedicated community. Here's a reddit thread with a review and more info on it: https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/9h30rn/why_you_shoul...

I actually used to lurk at hard-light for several years! It's a great community with very dedicated people :)

My father and I were huge fans of the Descent series and, naturally, took up FreeSpace when it came out. Out of most of the games I've played, FreeSpace has always had a unique draw to it.

If anyone happens to be reading this thread I definitely recommend picking it up on Good old Games[0] if you feel that you have the time to spare. It's best played with a joystick and is very immersive.

[0]: https://www.gog.com/

Cool! that's actually a reason to unpack my HOTAS. Freespace was kind of the last great space shooter of that era IMO.

the battlestar galactica mod of Freespace2 was phenomenol, and the first immersive space game I ever played

Oh wait is it complete?! I need to check that out.

Absolutely seconded!

Try out the knossos [0] front end to install the FreeSpace Open mods. 4k support, up-ressed textures and one of the best single player campaigns ever! And there's a bunch of user created campaigns that rival AAA games [1][2]

[0] https://fsnebula.org/knossos/

[1] https://www.kotaku.com.au/2019/09/get-freespace-2-for-free-t...

[2] http://coin-drop.com/freespace-blue-planet-masterclass-video...

[Edit: you do need the commercial Freespace release to get the most of the mods. Get it from Good Old Games]

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