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Испытательный полет SN8 на 12.5 км
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Сегодня был отличный день. Испытательный полет SN8 на 12.5 км прошел гораздо лучше, чем я ожидал. Да и шоу получилось просто отменное. В этом полете испытывалось много нового:
Полет на трех движках. Раптор еще не летал в такой конфигурации. После F9 это кажется тривиальной вещью, но одни только акустические нагрузки чего стоят. Выключение движков в полете, суммарный вектор тяги которых не соосен с продольной осью ракеты. Переворот на пике траектории. Планирование “на пузе”. Насколько я понимаю, этого в мире еще никто не пробовал, тем более с ракетой такой размерности. Я ожидал, что неприятности начнутся именно на этом этапе. Тем более удивительно, что планирование прошло как по маслу. Включение двигателей для...November newsletter
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Simulating a Planet's Economy from Inception
The prototype economic simulation was seeded with a 'pre-rolled' population and wealth, and aimed to create some kind of stable consistency up or down in growth, given a decent start. Each planet began with generous conditions - say 3 billion population and 60 billion credits of wealth.
The real aim for the game however is to simulate each planet's evolution from first inception, such as landing just 100 colonists and giving them a measly 1,000,000 credits to eventually (hopefully) build an entire civilisation from.
Under the prototype code, most planets died out very quickly. Tiny destabilising factors...
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Planetary Economics
This week I started writing the galactic economic simulation. Each game year the universe evolves and each planet's economy grows or shrinks based on factors such as government type, stability, population size and natural resources. Eventually you'll not just be limited to governing planets by controlling tax rates and setting government policy, but by waging intergalactic warfare you'll be able to influence the economy and populations of your enemies in more nefarious ways. You'll be able to bomb their infrastructure and destroy large population centers such as cities. You'll be able to pirate their freighters in order to interrupt...
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Working offgrid efficiently
Our traveling studio has operated off-the-grid for 4 1/2 years.
For the first 3 years we tested the limits of our space, and at first, it was difficult to create new things, as we had to make time to learn how to solve underlying problems. Our boat was not just an office, it was also our house and transport. As for us, we were artists, but also plumbers, deckhands, electricians, captains, janitors and accountants.
Our main problems as a studio were internet scarcity, power management, data storage as well as hardware and software failures. Overtime we found ways to balance work, pleasure...