Planet M.U.L.E.

hi,

attached is what the game looks like on a dell mini 9 - 8.9 inch screen, 1024x600.

almost a perfect little netbook game -- if you guys had an option for the chat box to be either its own window, or sit on the side, it would be perfect.

it would, incidentally, also make the game closer to smartphone-friendly.... and the ultimate goal here is to get this on the android/iphone/etc app stores, right? right? cuz free desktop client + $5-10 smartphone client is a pretty viable business model, in case you haven't already considered it :P

also incidentally, us freeloading desktop users are also the ones that will be providing server services at no cost to the company - im thinking no need to separate smartphone and desktop tourneys. some good meshing going on here.

1 more suggestion: if the host of a game isn't in the game, allow the first player to join to have host privileges (kicking people, adding AI, etc). this will allow folks like me to leave one or two instances of the game running on our home desktops so that, while on the road, i can be guaranteed that a server (or several) will be up.... suddenly, it no longer matters that most players find configuring port forwarding difficult... because i can start several instances of the game and leave them on nearly 24/7. (and i would obviously be able to use ssh to guarantee myself a spot in games hosted on my desktop while im on the road, so it would still be in my own interests to do so if this game grows very large)

There is an option for "use two windows" if you want to split the chat off into its own window.

However, you're suggestion to allow the first player to be host is genius... maybe add a checkbox to enable that feature for us always on mofos.

At least until they get dedicated, centralized hosting going, which is what the word is around here.  ;D