Almost through the first #Bobiverse book. Got the second one from the bookstore today.

I really hope nobody dies in the remaining two chapters. That would be a real bummer.

No spoilers!

Time for a #BookReview

Finished the first book in "The Bobiverse" - We are Legion, We are Bob.

I'm having a hard time with this one. The tone of the main character made it feel like I was listening to Robert Downey Jr's Tony Stark character the entire book (even down to having a Jarvis assistant.)

The story was great and had me hooked. It organically unfolded the further out the main character got in the universe. The perspective shifts were rough. At one point, I was following what felt like 6 different perspectives.

The sci-fi was sound and the author did a good job trying to make it as airtight as possible.

Only 1 of the perspective stories came to a satisfied conclusion in the end, that was a little rough. I understand setting it up for a second book, but leaving 2 major plot lines unresolved made me feel cheated.

I'm not mad that I read it, it was a fun story. With all that said, I think I can skip the rest of the books in the series, not my cup of tea.

3/5.

#Bobiverse #scifi

I managed to get a Bobiverse-inspired "GUPPI" API up and running last night, after musing on it all weekend.

The concept is simple enough. I've pre-generated ~2000 star systems within a 10 light year galactic region, using Earth as my origin point. Each star has a realistic type, with a planetary system generated from a seed. Habitable zones and all sorts.

Currently you can use one endpoint to create a new player, then another to submit a travel plan to a star system, moving at a speed of 1 light year per minute. When in-system, you can use another endpoint to cruise to planets and moons. The concept is that you don't get to see detailed information until you arrive and scan, then it's in your knowledgebase.

Pretty solid starting point to grow from. Not sure if I'm going to make a "fun" game from this, but it's enjoyable to build something.

#bobiverse #gamedev

I was hoping to spend my weekend coding, but I've been relaxing too much. There's a big part of me that acknowledges this is a good thing sometimes. But the 3am coder personality wants to get going again.

Did spend some time exploring the idea of building a Bobiverse game - the player starts as a Von Neumann probe in a fresh system. Idle systems game with autofactory queue management, large shared multiplayer galaxy and NPC events.

I had too many ideas and overcomplicated the game design, so I'll want to spend longer thinking about what elements would be fun, and starting with that.

#gamedesign #coding #bobiverse

I love this #book. It's sooo good.

Only one complaint.

The cover of the german version is complete shit. The ship on the cover doesn't resemble the actual ship at all. Whoever designed the german cover for this book gets a D from me.
I prefer the title of the first book over the english version.
English version is "we are legion", german version translates to "I am many". Which is very similar to the second book "for we are many". The german version of the second book is called "we are gods". This gets an F. Awful title. It fits the tv show "pantheon" (which has similar themes as the book) much better.
The third book has the same title in english and german. "All these worlds". Perfect title. A+.

But that's why I prefer books, movies, shows, anything, in their original version. The people responsible for the german translation of titles have always been very fucking bad at their job.
The translation of the actual book is fine.

I wonder if I should get the series in English...
#bobiverse