User:Micha

Micha is a minor code contributor to Oolite.

For the last few years I've become involved with Oolite, a space-trading game in the spirit of Elite (2016)

I first got hooked on Elite on my Commodore 64, spending an inordinate amount of time plodding between planets on my quest to become the richest and most feared space trader of all times. Ny enthusiasm lessened once I got an Amiga, as the game inexplicably became less immersive with the newer graphics and the changes to the gameplay. Sometimes less is more..

Eventually I discovered Oolite, which brought back a similar level of enthusiasm as on the C64, especially once I discovered OXPs and the thriving community of modders who have created most of the things in-game which were only hinted at in the original game novella such as the Generation Ships or Deep Space Dredgers.

After playing for a bit I started hacking the code to fix some bugs or change some behaviour or other to better suit it to my own liking. Next thing I knew I was invited onto the development team, where I've been a casual contributor ever since, hopefully breaking less than I fix.

Website: http://www.micha.name/ComputerGames/Oolite/index.html

GitHub: https://github.com/mwerle