Dark Nova
Dark Nova is a game for iPhone and iPod touch. Command your own spaceship and make your fortune - but will you be a trader? A bounty hunter? Or a pirate?

Get it from the App Store: http://bit.ly/oElmV
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2009
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Dark Nova

Dark Nova Did you know: there are some missions you only get offered if you're a criminal?

July 15, 2009 at 1:22pm
Dark Nova
darknova.net
Captain Pike recently contacted the Dark Nova team about his Captain’s Log. After the obligatory sniggering we actually had a look at what he’d sent us.
Dark Nova

Dark Nova Finally, after weeks of waiting, Apple has release the latest version of Dark Nova!

July 6, 2009 at 2:03am
Christopher Mayfield
Christopher Mayfield
over the weekend I got 22 updates to my iphone aps. Yikes
July 6, 2009 at 7:45am
John Neil Rhoades
John Neil Rhoades
Glad to finally get the update :)

Now to see how it works ;)
July 6, 2009 at 12:19pm
Greg Pike

Greg Pike I'm a kind'a new to Facebook, but I've noticed there's some gaming apps for Facebook (Mafia Wars, etc.). I wonder if Dark Nova could be done this way?

July 5, 2009 at 4:59am · Report
Dark Nova
Dark Nova
It certainly could be, although we're focussing on the iPhone version at the moment. Personally I expect we'll add some FB connectivity to the iPhone app before making a FB game.

Of course if anyone wants to join us at Dark Nova and make a FB version that would be great!
July 6, 2009 at 1:54am
Dark Nova

Dark Nova What's in a username? That which we call DarkNova; by any other name would smell as sweet. Unfortunately until we've got 25 members we're called "103010332744" on Facebook. Please recommend Dark Nova to your friends so we can get our own Facebook username

July 1, 2009 at 3:43pm
Dark Nova
Dark Nova
Grrr... the goalposts have moved. We now need 100 members to get a name.
July 10, 2009 at 8:50am
Chris Rolfs

Chris Rolfs My friend in elementary school had the original Space Traders on his dad's old palm pilot. I cannot believe that I have finally found a port of this amazing game! Well done!

June 30, 2009 at 8:21am · Report
Dark Nova
Dark Nova
Thanks for the support! It's always nice to see a fan of the original PalmPilot version enjoying Dark Nova.
July 1, 2009 at 4:13pm
Greg Pike

Greg Pike When I tried to put this in as a review, it warned me that:
Warning: This Message Contains Blocked Content
Some content in this message has been reported as abusive by Facebook users.

June 30, 2009 at 4:29am · Report
Greg Pike

Greg Pike Fun strategy game. Already a four star game in my opinion. Still some bugs to be worked out though before worthy of five.

Here's my wish list: A "Captain's Log" with ability to cut and paste info from various screens for later reference. That way, if I find a merc, quest, or just a notable trade route between systems, I... can keep it in the log.

At the "Warp" page, if not available for purchase, don't show it. I don't like to always have to go to the "Buy Cargo" page to see that everything is unavailable.

On the Galactic Chart, I hate not being able to reliably select & identify systems with my finger.

On Options, the continuous attack/flight buttons don't work.

When killing pirates, I don't get notified properly about items, and even when I do choose to pick them up, they don't show up in my cargo, although I always leave 3-5 empty for that purpose.

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June 30, 2009 at 4:26am · Report
Dark Nova
Dark Nova
Thanks for the great feedback Greg! The pirate problems and the attack/flight options have already been logged as bugs (http://code.google.com/p/darknova-iphone/issues/list).

The Captain's Log (hehe) and Galactic Chart problems have been mentioned over on our UserVoice site where you can suggest ideas for the new versions of DarkNova (http://... See Morehttp://darknova.uservoice.com/pages/17875-suggestions-for-dark-nova).

Not available for purchase on the warp screen? I agree - that is annoying. If you suggest it on our UserVoice site I'll vote for it!
July 1, 2009 at 4:10pm
Greg Pike

Greg Pike Cool! I loved Space Traders on my Palm Clie! This is basically the same game, different name.

June 27, 2009 at 9:23pm · Report
Dark Nova
Dark Nova
It's more than basically the same game! It uses the same code as the original Space Trader game form the Palm, because the original PalmOS developer, Pieter Spronck, made it open source.

In fact we're talking to Pieter about the ideas he had for Picoverse, his intended sequel to Space Trader, for inclusion in future versions of Dark Nova.
July 1, 2009 at 4:05pm
Greg Pike
Greg Pike
Great! Looking forward to seeing it developed.
July 1, 2009 at 9:20pm
Dark Nova

Dark Nova Apple has release the 3.0 OS for iPhone, and that means an upgrade to your ship's navigation system -- use Copy & Paste to find the next system in your quest, without having to remember how to spell it!

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Apple has released its new version of the iPhone operating system, version 3.0. You’ll be glad to know that Dark Nova works great on 3.0 - in fact there’s even a big benefit when you upgrade!
Dark Nova

Dark Nova Reports confirm new Dark Nova website is live! http://darknova.net

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Dark Nova Sources say New Website in Dark Nova system expected soon.

June 12, 2009 at 2:34pm
John Neil Rhoades

John Neil Rhoades Hey, what gives? Aren't there any fans? Jees, the echo in here is deafening.

June 11, 2009 at 12:10pm · Report
Dark Nova

Dark Nova The next version of Dark Nova is now in testing. Trying to get rid of the last few bugs feels like trying to get rid of tribbles at times, but we're getting there.

June 9, 2009 at 4:07pm
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