Name our upcoming 4x (best - Stars Beyond Reach) POLL 10/27

[Bud Backer]

Settlement Wars

[wwwhhattt]

Reading the description in the first post, the following words/ideas come to mind:
[...]
Infect

Infected Planet

Might not be that accurate a description, but it does give the idea that the planet itself is somehow screwing with you.

One possible problem with Empire is that with space colonisation an a' that having an empire on a single planet sounds a bit silly, let alone a single planet with multiple empires. Of course it might make perfect sense in the game, but it's hard to imagine an empire rising from a crashed ship.

(Or a Titanic Titillator, but you might have trouble locating a flock of pureed starlings)

I loved that game! Never saw the end of it though, we couldn't work out how to get sauce on the roast chicken.

[Draco18s]

(Or a Titanic Titillator, but you might have trouble locating a flock of pureed starlings)

I loved that game! Never saw the end of it though, we couldn't work out how to get sauce on the roast chicken.

That isn't even the worst puzzle.

I finished the game, only with help from a walkthrough.  I think on my own I got up to 2nd class.

The worst puzzle is locating Earth (or rather, the sun) using a 3D hologram visualization of the milkyway* and matching the stars to the one in the photograph the Butlerbot suggests you take with you at the beginning of the game.

Yeah.

(The bomb is funnier in the book, btw, which if you haven't read it yet, go do so.  There's an audiobook version if you're into that sort of thing, but the book takes place just prior to the ship ship showing up at your house and explains the dead bodies.  And...why everything went pearshaped in the first place.)

*Well, a 3D starchart, it's not the whole galaxy.

[ible]

Empire of Stars
Star Empire
Star Conqueror
Conquer the Federation
Conquistador of the Stars
First Federation
Federate the Stars
Game of Empires
Fallen Empire
Seize the Galaxy
Federate the Galaxy
A Federation of Worlds
Foundation of Empire

....this is my favorite idea
Federation Borne (FYI the spelling is correct; I love how multifaceted this idea turned out)

.... and for the lolz
A Federation of Tribbles and Their Resultant Troubles

[ScrObot]

As I understand it, the game takes place on a single planet, so anything with "stars" or "galaxy" implies a much larger scope than this game covers. (Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

[ScrObot]

A couple more related words to "ash": Slag, Cinder, Ember, Ruin

[eRe4s3r]

Empire of Ember / Cinder would be neat..

Or

Star Ember (nobody ever thought of that name?)
Star Cinder (nobody ever thought of that either??)

An empire of Cinder / Ember

Planetary cinder / ember.. mhh

Cindering Empire .....

Empire in Ruin? (sadly has a lot of WW2 related links)

Just throwing these in. Ashes of an Empire is not so bad either

[doctorfrog]

I'll renew my objection to anything with "Empire" in it, and my suggestion to just go with something lyrical. Cinder Membrance. Vaporous Edge. Boundary's Edge. Go weird, here. Go stupid. Be a little unexpected. Don't describe the game at all. Just describe a unique mechanic. Do something. Stop reading this thread.

PC niche video game detector RockPaperShotgun waxes a bit about the very name of "Ancient Space" in its review: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/09/26/wot-i-think-ancient-space/

The usual group of spacey space space in space titles are going to go in one eyeball and out the other, just part of the static.

[Draco18s]

Empire of Ember / Cinder would be neat..

Sorry, recalling a particularly dreadful movie based on an equally ridiculous book.
Spoilers, the city is underground and the surface of the world (was) radioactive.  The main character escape by taking a log-fume down a river and end up on top of a mountain, able to look down on the city.

Think about that for a moment.

[eRe4s3r]

Empire of Ember / Cinder would be neat..

Sorry, recalling a particularly dreadful movie based on an equally ridiculous book.
Spoilers, the city is underground and the surface of the world (was) radioactive.  The main character escape by taking a log-fume down a river and end up on top of a mountain, able to look down on the city.

Think about that for a moment.

I actually liked that movie

Btw... they escape to an underground cistern that was clearly built by humans with a metric ton of stairs to climb to get to the exit.  They didn't get to the top by boat, they climbed about 3000 stairs The only unrealistic point was that the move over-exaggerated the height of the mountain in the last shot.

But it's true that Empire of Embers would probably be too close to that movie title ;P

[Draco18s]

I actually liked that movie

Btw... they escape to an underground cistern that was clearly built by humans with a metric ton of stairs to climb to get to the exit.  They didn't get to the top by boat, they climbed about 3000 stairs The only unrealistic point was that the move over-exaggerated the height of the mountain in the last shot.

But it's true that Empire of Embers would probably be too close to that movie title ;P

I enjoyed watching it I just had too many problems with the plot/way it was shot to really respect it.

[Histidine]

Embers/End of Empire (EoE)

Or, if we agree with doctorfrog on no "empire" in the title:
Embers of Space
Star's End
Terminus

[Draco18s]

Last Embers
Fading Sky
The Stars are Beyond Reach
An Empire Won An Empire Lost We Struggle
Dead Stars

[x4000]

Sorry I've been away!  Catching back up now.

Alien Imperialism
Space Imperialism
7 Planets of Gold
From a Dying Sun
This World Is Mine

[x4000]

As I understand it, the game takes place on a single planet, so anything with "stars" or "galaxy" implies a much larger scope than this game covers. (Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

True!

Other ones I like from recently:

Final Colonization
The Stars are Beyond Reach
Star's End
Star Ember