The old games of tommorow
by Yuval · in General Discussion · 06/24/2003 (5:55 pm) · 4 replies
Welcome to the Old Games of Tommorow.
The project that i work on is creating newer versions of old games like 'warlords, or heroes of might and magic', by improving the combat of the games, so it will be more realistic, and fun.
I think that the battles in these games are the most important part of the game, but they created the battles like numbers, so it takes all the fun out of the combat, and that sucks!
I can allow to do it because, when my version of the game is finished, there will be no bots, no computer's AI. Only the players will be able to control the army units.
The game will become much easier to design when you don't program any AI into it. And in the end, there will be much more options, because computer AI will never be as smart and fun as a human being.
I would appreciate any comments.
Yours truly.
Yuval.
The project that i work on is creating newer versions of old games like 'warlords, or heroes of might and magic', by improving the combat of the games, so it will be more realistic, and fun.
I think that the battles in these games are the most important part of the game, but they created the battles like numbers, so it takes all the fun out of the combat, and that sucks!
I can allow to do it because, when my version of the game is finished, there will be no bots, no computer's AI. Only the players will be able to control the army units.
The game will become much easier to design when you don't program any AI into it. And in the end, there will be much more options, because computer AI will never be as smart and fun as a human being.
I would appreciate any comments.
Yours truly.
Yuval.
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#2
06/26/2003 (10:55 pm)
Would be great to have Speedball 2 back with network play.. http://www.bitmap-brothers.co.uk/our-games/past/speedball2.htm
#3
1) the magicians could fire for distanse
and also the archers on the map
of the game
2)there will be limit to the amout
of people that a castle can
recuit so you will not have 1000
units on the map in the same time
3)if you attack a unit it will not be able to run or it will run only directly to a castle
in run mode
so it will not run forever and be
annoing on the map
so what do you say
i also need an information
on how to make
the connection
betwine people in the
internet in a game
06/27/2003 (2:49 pm)
I have lots of ideas1) the magicians could fire for distanse
and also the archers on the map
of the game
2)there will be limit to the amout
of people that a castle can
recuit so you will not have 1000
units on the map in the same time
3)if you attack a unit it will not be able to run or it will run only directly to a castle
in run mode
so it will not run forever and be
annoing on the map
so what do you say
i also need an information
on how to make
the connection
betwine people in the
internet in a game
#4
Whichever way you do it, 1 would be nice.
2 is good.
3 - you should just make them not able to run.
Making the internet connection between people is hard. In fact, I don't really know very much about networking.
Whoever does the programming will have to have taken a class in networking or at least have read a book about it. Maybe Torque can take care of that for you, but I don't know whether it can or not.
06/27/2003 (4:47 pm)
1 is good. You can either have them be able to stand a few squares away and pick some sort of "Bombard" option (like in Alpha Centauri or Civilization: Call to Power) or just have multiple ranges in combat (like in Civilization: Call to Power). Or do both.Whichever way you do it, 1 would be nice.
2 is good.
3 - you should just make them not able to run.
Making the internet connection between people is hard. In fact, I don't really know very much about networking.
Whoever does the programming will have to have taken a class in networking or at least have read a book about it. Maybe Torque can take care of that for you, but I don't know whether it can or not.
Steve Fletcher
A better version of Warlords, etc. is a good idea in my opinion.
You should list some more specific ideas for us to give opinions on.