Re: NEW: games/spacetrader

Brian Callahan wrote:
> Hi ports --
>
> Attached is a new port, games/spacetrader. Space Trader is an
> interstellar trading strategy game.
>
> ---
> pkg/DESCR:
> Space Trader centers on buying and selling commodities in various star
> systems around the galaxy. The player has one of several types of
> spacecraft, and interacts with other traders, pirates, and police. The
> goal is to earn enough money to retire to your own moon.
>
> This package is a port of the original Palm OS game to C#.
> ---
>
> A long time ago I owned a Palm IIIc and this was by far the best game I
> had on it. I found out yesterday that there was a port made of the game
> to C#, which mono can build just fine. There are small issues I noticed
> where the encounter window cuts off part of the buttons (but they are
> still readable, so the game is still playable) and the keyboard
> shortcuts might not work on every WM (they work in cwm but don't in
> fluxbox, for example). But all those shortcuts have menu options, so
> nothing is lost. But if anyone could point me to whether or not this is
> a mono thing or something specific to the game, I'd appreciate it so it
> could get fixed someday.
>
> This game is just as addicting as when I last played it 15 years ago. I
> spent way more hours than I'd care to admit playing it yesterday.
>
> OK?
>
> ~Brian

Compiles and runs fine on my system. Pretty cool game!
Reminds me of the old BBS door Tradewars, only better.

Thanks,
Tom