Creating the back story for Takamo Universe is fascinating. It is taking on a life of its own as artists finish concept pieces and modelers upload starships, planets, and installations. They each add their own spin on the look and feel of the universe we are building. I often have a vague idea of what I would like to see in a particular ship class, but the finished product always bears the mark of the artists who designed and built it.
Now, to my delight, Takamo players are beginning to catch the vision and are submitting stories, histories, and starship designs for inclusion in Takamo Universe. Those submissions are a welcome addition to the development effort. The creation of starships and equipment proposed by players and specific to their empires adds a diversity to the game that cannot be achieved in any other way. The ultimate decision as to whether a story or ship design ends up in the game is ours of course and there are times when we will say no to a submission. We must keep the game design consistent and we will. However, our design philosophy leans toward revising rather than rejecting player submissions.
So far we have a player designed cyber battleship in production with an aircraft carrier not far behind. Another player has submitted a general design statement that we are considering. Empire histories are beginning to trickle in and a few sketches of alien races have arrived.
If you are considering submitting a story, empire history, a ship design, a simple sketch, a simple description of a star ship, fighter or space installation that you would like us to consider, please send it in. We would be more than happy to talk with you about it. You never know, you might someday see your design sailing the stars of Takamo Universe.
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Terran system ship: Corvette class