Hey everyone

I joined this site because I enjoy literature and writing.

Can't wait to get posting!

Are you generally willing to pay extra to support smaller businesses that contribute more to local communities? (E.g. locally owned stores, gas stations, etc...)

Personally, money is tight, but when I'm able to, I make an effort to support smaller companies. It's not always possible, but I like supporting companies that give back locally.

Hey, I'm Daniel. I know Darth on another forum, and when I heard he had a forum, I signed right up!

This thread is simple. Post whatever you've been working on recently, and feel free to show off any progress you've made so far to the community!

Don't forget to check out our Station Cash Shop! We have nearly 40 badges available to choose from, and up to three will display under your avatar for all of your posts on the forums.

Also, our chat room subscriptions currently are $150 station cash, and we have some additional features such as the the lottery available for some easy quick cash. (I admit, I've used the lottery myself on a couple of occasions. )

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-Darth

Living in central Florida I just love this time of year to be a kid again. The wife and I get all year pass holder tickets so its five weeks of weekends of Star Wars.
























Always have to add one of these limited edition coins for pass holders to my collection every year.

It's no secret that I'm more of a backend developer, but when I'm doing frontend development, I tend to get a little lazy and usually design in browser instead of designing the PSD first. Of course that means that what I had originally envisioned and the final product are two completely different designs, but hey, I'll do whatever works.

Anyway, what tools do you use to help you in frontend design? I find Colorzilla's gradient editor and their chrome addon to be extremely useful in generating gradients and as a general color picker. I'm honestly not quite sure what I'd do without it considering the fact that I'm not good at generating complex gradients in GIMP. I also use bg.siteorigin.com to generate generic patterns for backgrounds and simple tools such as http://border-radius.com/ for when I (shamefully) forget basic CSS.

What tools would you recommend?

So, I was experimenting around with our current default theme (Submatrix v.3) out of boredom earlier, and completely changed the color scheme as an experiment and uploaded it as "Submatrix Red" on the forums for beta purposes. I didn't change much besides the color scheme, but the results are pretty interesting. I personally prefer the new color scheme, and I so far have asked one member here who seems to pretty much agree so far. Now, we need your vote!

So, between Submatrix v.3 and Submatrix Red, which one do you prefer? (There is a mini theme switcher at the right side of the footer. ) Be sure to submit your vote in the poll!

Thanks,
-Darth

What religion do you identify with? Be sure to vote in the poll! (If your religion isn't identified above, let me know and I will add it to the poll. )

As always, be sure to be respectful of the beliefs of others. Religious debate is allowed, but attacking, demeaning, or otherwise insulting the beliefs of others is not permitted here.

So I've always been a huge fan of the Simcity franchise. Unfortunately, the new Simcity has apparently had a lot of older fans disappointed, and I haven't really had the money to shell out on it to give it a shot yet. (Some people really love it, but apparently that's mostly newer players of the franchise, and it isn't really anything like the older versions of the game.) Cities XL wasn't bad, but it's starting to become a bit outdated and due to some bugs, it never became as popular as games such as SC4 did.

It seems that some new indie gamers and programmers have been independently working on some new interesting projects in recent years. I doubt that an indie game would overnight become as advanced as Cities XL was, but hey, it's interesting seeing what people can come up with. In particular, Banished was recently released, which looks interesting. Although I haven't tried it myself yet, the reviews for it have been great so far. (The concept isn't quite the same as what you'd expect to see in a traditional simcity game. It's more of a survival kind of a game, but it's neat to see something unique. )

Project Avalon is also a browser based project that looks very interesting over at Simtropolis. I've been following the project since its earlier stages of development, and the developer is doing a fantastic job on it so far. With it being browser based, compatibility won't be as much of an issue either, although I imagine the graphical complexity will be a bit limited in the long run. Hey, it means that the simulation will end up being the focus, so I can't complain. I think it's a brilliant idea personally.

Anyway, what are your thoughts on the indie market for city simulation games? For the other fans of the Simcity franchise out there, what would you like to see happen in this particular corner of the gaming market?