Conservation of matter

Deon Beauchamp shared this feedback ago

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Conservation of matter.

This may be too much to ask for, but striving for this will give SE2 'game guts'.

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Deon Beauchamp ●

What is 'game guts'?

It is my way of expressing the thing that makes you want to play and keep playing.

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Waterlimon ●

Do you mean whatever ores go into building a ship, should be fully reclaimable given the right recycling technology, regardless of how much damage the ship takes?

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Deon Beauchamp ●

Too many things seem to magically disappear.

Engineering should not disappear.

Logical sense should not disappear.

Processes should cause problems.

Problems an engineer can solve.

In SE1 I could not fathom why all scrap was iron.

SE2 should be better than SE1.

It can not be better by being dumber.

Simplicity should be a guiding factor not a goal.

Complexity should become emergent from simplicity.

In answer to your question:

If the means to gather the debris from your vessels damage field is possible, then recycling all damaged material should be achievable.

The feasibility to do this can only be explored if there is a will to approximate the conservation of matter in game where ever possible.

Waste material and bi-products should remain as matter in game, and in turn would add gameplay.

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