This is one of my favourite book series ever; it has so many points for learning and humanity. Thanks for making this!
I have a popup saying "terraforming complete" after 10 sols, but I want to keep playing and I cannot dismiss that popup.<p>The game is definitely fun but there's some papercuts that make it tough: no dismantle I can find, placement is difficult to understand.<p>Some feedback:<p>Colonists are really tough to talk to - you have to be in just the right spot.<p>There doesn't seem to be a downside to spamming buildings if you can afford it. There needs to be some ongoing cost to everything you place OR a downside.<p>Music shouldn't change in menus, or at least shouldn't restart constantly. That gets a bit annoying.
This is so cool. How are you going to simulate Michel's longing for Provence? Seriously though I adore the trilogy. I started a Mars storymapping project which incorporated Underhill, Senzeni Na, the Moholes etc. a little while back too:<p><a href="https://saltwatercowboy.github.io/marsinplace/" rel="nofollow">https://saltwatercowboy.github.io/marsinplace/</a>
I visited the site on my Android phone with Firefox. It loads and the UI fits the screen, however it seems slow. Words appear at 3 or 4 characters at a time, then there is a pause, then another 3 or 4 characters. Some music when characters appear, then it stops, then it starts again. I muted it soon.<p>It looks nice, so I hope to give it a try from my laptop. The Mars trilogy was a great read. When I saw the title of this Show HN I said, oh wow!<p>By the way, dust storms could be a plot device but are they really that bad with so low air pressure?
Loud music warning for those wearing headphones.
Terraforming Mars is a board game that heavily references these novels which i highly recommend.
Played for a bit, liked the aesthetics so I bookmarked it to come back to it later and discovered a bug. On mac/chrome, I hit CMD + D to bookmark. By doing so, I setup some kind of autowalk bug where I kept walking to the right. I couldn't stop myself from walking, even pressing WAS temporarily stopped me but as soon as I let go, I kept walking right.
Lovely series. One of the first science fiction series I read that gave a proper anarchist culture a shot. (A big thing most people don't understand about anarchism is that it's not a violent, crime ridden, disorderly society without rules, but rather a society built on the idea that everyone deserves care, and we should all put in some effort to achieve that in a self organizing way.)<p>Loved seeing things like gift economies, self organization and free association, and a general care for both the people and the planet in those books.
Indeed, sci fi has always been a way for KSR to explore and animate his politics. But he's so skilled a writer that the spectacle and incredible technical detail of the sci fi wrappings can obscure subtlety of the political philosophy (as it should be, imo).
Same. I thought his portrayal of anarcho-primitivism was really cool and interesting as well. Also, other people called it boring but one of my favorite parts was in Blue Mars as they hammer out the Martian constitution.
Not sure who is downvoting you. You're experessing a valid opinion even if I disagree with it.<p>I read this book series as a kid and was enthralled by the sci fi aspects of it. When I reread it as an adult the political undertones completely ruined the series for me.
Got power water and o2 but can’t seem to scroll the list of items to build for food on Firefox/iOS (should also be Safari/iOS) since it selects on tap before the scroll.
I must have missed something because my HP keeps ticking down until I pass out and get warped back to the command center. Eating food and resting do not seem to change the situation.
I'm full HP and hunger and slept - why is the character now walking so slowly?
I am on Firefox and it does nothing, no movement, just flashing resource monitors with zero values...
Hmm, I just get a black screen on my iPhone when I click your link.<p>Did you use any existing stuff like the mars-sim project? <a href="https://mars-sim.sourceforge.io/" rel="nofollow">https://mars-sim.sourceforge.io/</a>
Do you have permission from the publisher for an adaptation? If not, you're taking a legal risk basing it off the books.
Had 1000 of each resource, lots of income, landing pads and habitats, but never got more colonists?
I'm on mobile (Android, Brave), and I can do everything but interact with the people. Am I doing something wrong?
dear god make the music quiet by default
Great, how did you build it? Also I have to read the books
Well, here we are!
Awesome work love it
Interesting game, love the design.<p>Struggled a little before understanding the instructions.
When the mars space elevator was brought down and wrapped around mars TWICE was one of the most memorable moments of any book I've ever read.
It’s not really clear how it’s played.
Surviving Mars (2018) is another really good game in this category.<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5djTZfKVIKQ" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5djTZfKVIKQ</a>
Made me think of this gem:<p><a href="https://www.myabandonware.com/game/ultima-worlds-of-adventure-2-martian-dreams-1az" rel="nofollow">https://www.myabandonware.com/game/ultima-worlds-of-adventur...</a>
It is hard to understand and play... maybe make it more obvious. I made a solar panel, it says I should assign staff...<p>I would love to play if it would work. And music, thank god for the mute button.