[Suggestion] Char dump / flight recorder / morgue

[dicesquirrel]

IDEA: Much like commercial airliners' black boxes, let's have an FTL flight recorder so we can send our greatest missions (and most epic failures) to our friends and confused family members.

Different than a save game feature, this is a read-only record of your exploits. Many roguelikes have a morgue where you can check out your old characters' high scores, inventories, what monster killed you, etc, but this would enable a player to go back and see exactly where they went wrong, what the fatal mistake was, and to share this with other players to elicit commentary and suggestions.

Obviously I know nothing of how the game is coded or if this feature is feasible by launch, but DANG it'd be cool! And it would support the meta-game, that is, the community surrounding FTL, talking about it, obsessing over it. An active fanbase generates more sales through word of mouth, so this feature in my opinion is well worth the time and energy needed to implement it.

[Snake Plissken]

Love it

[Dahn]

I like the sound of this, but Dev's only know if it could be implemented easily or not.
Maybe if it's too tough to do this for the full length of the game, maybe a replay function for the last fight, the one where you went bang! (Or fizzle.... )

[Snake Plissken]

I like the sound of this, but Dev's only know if it could be implemented easily or not.
Maybe if it's too tough to do this for the full length of the game, maybe a replay function for the last fight, the one where you went bang! (Or fizzle.... )

Nice fallback plan dude

[dicesquirrel]

That's a great compromise and I'd be totally happy with that. I think players could tell most of what they need to know from the final fight. For brevity's sake, +1 to that!

[Justin]

What if it was text based? Like a refined version of Flotilla's storytelling at the end, converting major events into text. "... While fighting a PIRATE CRUISER, JOHN was killed by ASPHYXIATION. A HEAVY LASER was found on the ship and blabla...."

Obviously no promises, just curious.

[Warbird]

I'd be game for that.

[dicesquirrel]

Very flavorful, I love the old school terminal log feel of it. The Final Transmission. May day, may day!

[Snake Plissken]

"The Final Transmission" = win

[Dahn]

That would be cool Justin, something to sign off your brave (Or utterly useless) crew.