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Now what would be really interesting is to have some sort of rudimentary evolution in a game like this. Star systems, planet geology, flora, fauna, everything.

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No, what would be interesting is everything that you said with the addition of relativistic-speed travel. Take round trips near (or over, depending on your reference) the speed of light and watch how things evolve.

I downvoted you because of the unnecessary one-upsmanship and trivialization of the grandparent. You might have your own idea, but you don't need to dump on his.

I'm not sure how you read either of those (horrible!) things in my comment but since I wouldn't want to ruin the OP's day, let me try again.

Instead of:

> No, what would be interesting is everything that you said with the addition of...

How about:

> Yes, what would be interesting is everything that you said with the addition of...

I think this is officially the silliest thing I have ever felt compelled to type.

My god, the Loading times would be unbearable.

Easy solution to that. Build a computer in-game that runs the game, and then do your relativistic flight while it calculates the time evolution of the game.

At a low enough LOD it's not unthinkable to simulate such stuff using GPGPU (CUDA/OPENCL) for performing such simulations in realtime.

That is only possible in single player.

Loosely related: there is a multiplayer RTS that allows both players to travel forward and backward in time at will. It's a pretty neat mechanic.

http://www.achrongame.com/site/achron-and-the-grandfather-pa...

I wonder if any games have implemented Minkowski space and Lorentz transformations. I could imagine a puzzle game using mechanics like relativity of simultaneity and length contraction to challenging effect.

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