Welcome to Excalibur (again)!<div><br></div><div>This semester we will be trying something new! Artemis Bridge Commander Saturdays at 6PM, before the screenings in FPH ELH!<br><br><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<b><span class="il" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">Artemis</span> Spaceship Bridge Simulator!</b></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">
<br></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Join the crew of the <span class="il" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">Artemis</span> and travel the stars! Live life like a 'B' scifi-movie! Adventure awaits!</div>
<div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br><b>What is <span class="il" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">Artemis</span> you ask? </b>(Gameplay video: <a href="http://youtu.be/72XhdVqDT1g" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://youtu.be/72XhdVqDT1g</a>)<br>
<br>"<span class="il" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">Artemis</span> is a multiplayer, multi-computer networked game for Windows computers.<br><br><span class="il" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">Artemis</span> simulates a spaceship bridge by networking several computers together. One computer runs the simulation and the "main screen", while the others serve as workstations for the normal jobs a bridge officer might do, like Helm, Communication, Engineering, and Weapon Control.<br>
<br><span class="il" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">Artemis</span> is a social game where several players are together in one room ("bridge") , and while they all work together, one player plays the Captain, a person who sits in the middle, doesn't have a workstation, and tells everyone what to do.<br>
<br><span class="il" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">Artemis</span> is a software game for Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7." (<a href="http://www.artemis.eochu.com/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">http://www.<span class="il" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204);color:rgb(34,34,34);background-repeat:initial initial">artemis</span>.eochu.com/</a>)</div>
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<div><b>So what do you DO in <span class="il" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">Artemis</span>? What’s the mission?</b></div><div><br></div><div>A: The Invasion Mode of <span class="il" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,204)">Artemis</span> lets you single-handedly save the space stations in the sector from the invading ships. When starting the mission, you can set many parameters of how the mission plays, like number of enemies, overall difficulty, sector layout, mines, nebulas, etc. It's not really like Star Trek where you have a series of challenges that form a story.</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><b>What should you bring?</b></div><div>-Your Self</div><div>-A laptop* (Preferably running windows) (Mac users, please install Wine or Windows in a VM, I can also provide a Ubuntu VM with Wine installed, but things will go faster if you install Wine or Windows yourself ahead of time)</div>
<div>-Your laptop CHARGER, dead batteries are no fun.</div><div><br></div><div>*If you don't have a laptop come anyway we can switch off who is playing.</div><div>*If you have more then one laptop it would be great to have spares, especially if they run windows!</div>
<div><br></div><div>Optionally:<br>-A mouse makes many of the systems easier to run</div><div>-A joystick, I will bring one but if there are more than 6 of us a second would be great.</div><div>-Red Shirts</div><div><br></div>
<div>To SPACE!!</div><div><br></div><div>David W.</div><div><a href="mailto:diw08@hampshire.edu" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">diw08@hampshire.edu</a></div></div></div>