Following the announcement of our June 2023 Galactic Homeshow Winner we are excited to feature a look into our winner’s creative mind, and what has inspired them so far. Congratulations to Sammies for winning the June 2023 contest, and thank you to Jeil for putting together this interview and running the Galactic Homeshow!
Below you’ll find an index of all of our Friday Features over the years. There is a wealth of great information, so be sure to take a look!
Today, we announce the debut of EiF’s Galactic Homeshow! Thank you to Jeil for coordinating and facilitating the event! Read on to learn more:
We have recently marked EIF’s 6th year and soon SWG’s 20th. No doubt the lasting nature of the game comes down to the community and as such we now look to celebrate some of the player’s finest creations with the Galactic Home Show. Each month submissions will open for a period of 2 weeks and close for internal voting. We may draw additional community members in at random to add in their votes.
For our first event, June 2023, submission deadline will be June 16th.
The person selected will receive a Friday Feature detailing their creation with a short interview and their in-game character will receive the Galactic Home Show winner badge.
You can submit your builds to events@empireinflames.com
Title your email in the following format:
Home Show Submission – Month Year – In-game Name
Body of the e-mail should contain a waypoint with coordinate and planet information. Attach up to 10 screenshots.
Rules
We look forward to seeing what you create!
-Jeil
Today’s Friday Feature showcases a write-up by community member Gin’bilu’alelu about the Smuggler Profession. Learn tips, tricks, and more! Thank you, Bill!
Quick with a joke, but quicker with a blaster.
Taking the jobs and the risks that the others won’t.
Star Wars-y and iconic.
Smugglers are as integral to the Star Wars galaxy as the Jedi Knights and X-Wing pilots are. After all, it was not Ben Kenobi that made the Kessel Run in twelve parsecs, nor was it Princess Leia that conned her way into ownership of Cloud City. But take heed as you begin your journey into scum and villainy, newcomer; even the best Smugglers get boarded sometimes. And when that day comes, you had best be ready.
This week, Empire in Flames celebrated its fifth year with player-held festivities as well as the return of the annual Riddle Hunt. In today’s Friday Feature, we showcase some memories and learnings that members of the staff have shared from their years here at EiF.
Halyn: Players will always do the unexpected.
Mina: Scripting with LUA! It’s not something I had never dealt with previously.
Abi: There’s a reason we don’t have hard release dates – the second you set one, real lie gets in the way and you end up delayed by six months (or more)
Anishor: My C++ is rusty.
Jeil: Save your work, and make back ups. >.>
Wefi: Halyn checks the files before putting them in. So no surprise Shrek.
Kelta: Things never go to plan. Also, we tend to think alike when it comes to hiding places.
Demi: Always have several fresh clones of your dev environment at the ready.
Traycn: How clever players can be in regards to gameplay, collection hunting, and problem-solving.
Phoenix: Players break things that shouldn’t be able to break. LUA is a terrible language. We are capable of doing more than we originally thought. Learned a bunch of ASM/Hex Editing.
