Well i started working on skirmish. But i wanted to get some feedback from you guys to make sure i code what you are expecting. Here are the Skirmish options i'm thinking of AI Strategy: (Turtler, rusher, balanced, random) AI Difficulty: (easy, medium, hard) Map Size: (small, medium, large) AI Spell: (none,random,singularity, tranquility, rain of fire, dispell, power drain) You unlock maps as you clear campaign missions. So you don't get to have many skirmish options at first. This is totally optional though, i don't HAVE to do this. Also i'm thinking skirmish will be 1v1 until the multiplayer update. Anything else or does this cover what you guys expect from skirmish?.
i think that pretty much covers it for me. Are there differant races or factions you can be because being able to choose which faction you play with would be good.
Please do more than 1v1 for skirmish, unless it is a lot more work to do so. It'd be nice to have a few players on the map, maybe even with an option to set up teams.
i think there should be at least 1 or 2 maps to play skirmish without playing campaign because i would like to try it out right away and see all the features. Just my opinion. Also im happy to see that this game is coming along well. Good luck.
Your're becoming on of my favorite developers. Your skirmish plan sounds really good. Man I can't wait! Is there a way to generate random maps? I kind of doubt it, but I'm just curious.
I'm glad you're acually putting a lot of effort in this game! Not many developers do. Once this game comes out, I will buy it right away. What I love about rts games is that you can command and control, 2D/3D graphics, etc. Multiplayer would be really nice. Some ideas would be teams (for skimmish/online). Would be nice if you could acually create your own spells (like iShoot with weapons). Would be nice if you could upgrade your soldiers + vehicles like Tom Clancy's Endwar. -Multiplayer ideas- Teams (maybe 2-6..? players), friends/block list, ranks to tell how good you are, chatting (also in-game rooms), -Nessassary- Buildings you could acually have as camps like in a small city. Maybe add 10 men to shoot in it. -GREAT IMPROVEMENT (sells for this idea)- Able to control a person (3rd person or 1st person view) and shoot!!! (this will probably take a long time..) if you need help with the controls. I can help a lot (I play fps games a lot)
Hey Javier, I have a quick question. Are you going to add a level editor? That would blow every RTS out of the water! I can't for this to come out! Instant Buy!
Umm it's possible... i already have a windows level editor to place the units and buildings. The tricky part is making the maps, the game doesn't use tiles but voxel maps. If you google voxel graphics you'll understand, it consists of the texture of the map looking straight down, a graysale texture of the hills and plains, a texture of the places where your units aren't allowed to move to and finally a texture to paint over the hills. So it's kind of hard work so i'm not sure ppl will want to go through it. Here's an example of voxel graphics on one of my old favorite games, Outcast:
Wow..... That's very complex! It makes sense though! It definately would be hard to make a level editor. I'll be fine with the game and skirmish mode. I hope you do good in sales! Thanks!
wow shadowfall do you really think that all the 3rd person views and all that is possible on the iphone?? think about it. everything you said about multiplayer are good ideas though.
been waiting for this, thought it was coming out last week. but i can wait for a quality game like this
These are just ideas, and of course not that someone would add 3rd person view or fps. Its just a thought ;D, though some of my ideas are based on Red Alert and Endwar, these are just ideas , and thanks
One of my favorite RTS games was called Battlezone and you could play it in first person view. Who knows maybe in the future if things go well i might be able to do a full 3d Quantum Collapse and that would be a feature i'd love to have.
To answer your question from e arlier, I would like skirmish mode to be unlocked after you complete campain mode. That way you have the experience you need for skirmish. Also skirmish is the reward after completing campaign mode.
yah i know, sry if i sounded kinda mad there or sommin I use to play endwar and Red Alert and liked them both alot so i see where your coming from with some of your ideas!
