Today reading through the news we ran across an article on gameindustry.biz “Gearbox picks up Homeworld franchise“. For Homeworld fans this is great news.
Homeworld originally released in 1999 and then added an expansion “Homeworld: Cataclysm” in 2000 and later in 2003 Homeworld 2 was released. This RTS was a space based 3D “Age of Kings” ,if you will, that hit every nail. The music, the sounds, the pace, the music 
- everything was superb.
For Stephen and I, prior to playing Homeworld, we would sit around the office after work and play Age of Kings (2). The “building your army up and attacking” never got old. But many of us nerds could imagine that a sci-fi version of the game would be even cooler. Then came Homeworld. We never stopped playing it, that is until our operating systems, hardware and other software made the game unplayable. We are sure it was a sad day for many when the game would no longer boot.
From fans of the game may we offer a few things ideas and suggestions:
1. Stay true to the game. Start with Mothership, build up ships, other ships can build other ships and attack.
2. Keep it “techie”. Skill trees are great (big), but create some complex maneuvering abilities for your armada and flight groups, adding in a “few right” clicks here and there to create options on ship building would be awesome- make the game easy to grasp but have more complex options for expert players that will play forever. 
3. Create a great offline game by allowing the AI to be configurable. For many of us challenging ourselves and tuning our individual game play this is what keeps us up at night.
4. Vast game environments. Many times on RTS’s, once the player has figured out the game, we do not want the game to end. Maybe add in an environment that never ends and new enemies just keep coming? This way the player can enjoy the awesome armada they have created. Often a RTS will end right when you have leveled everything up and that is when it’s the most fun!
5. And maybe a wish- It would be nice if you can add on modules to the Mothership that makes it hugely powerful, that you can clearly see are installed- as well as cruisers and other ships. It shows players how awesome you are.
So Gearbox, congratulations, you have made some awesome games and we are sure the game is in capable hands. We will keep an eye out!
Team RocketPop
