This is probably a lengthy post, but please read it.
Thanks for the replies you two. I am not sure how to respond to Grognad’s post other than saying that scale and the size of the conflicts will definitely be looked at and thought about when I figure out what kind of conflicts I would like to add. Oh, and while we’re on the topic of what types of conflicts, including specific ones, everyone is more than welcome to add any ideas, including different types of conflicts.
Oh and thanks for the props to the artwork I did so far!
But on to Aldertag’s post. I’ll try to talk about some things you’ve mentioned. Just a heads up though, this game I’ll be making is still heavily in planning stages, such as I am not sure about what the combat specifics will be. I might have them like A&A Minis though, where the further away the unit is, the, pretty much, less accurate the guy’s shot will be. The beauty of programming random events though, is that you’re not restricted to a 6 sided die or 12 sided, or whatever. You can even, technically, have a 3 sided coin/die. Meaning every outcome has a 33% chance in occurring. But yeah, on to your suggestions and comments.
1) The board will be made up of hexagons, and I have included a picture with this post that shows a test I created with hexagons and most of the figures I have created thus far. The actual “territories” will be based on what kind of game mode is chosen. I will eventually want more types of modes, but for now I might just go with the kill each other and/or take over certain objectives. I do have other ideas though. So, I have no idea how many territories a certain mode will have, or however I will even set it up.
2) I do like this idea of having artillery do some kind of barrage before any combat occurs, but I will have to either get you to talk about this more or I will have to come up with a way to make something like this balanced.
3) While I love world war two and know quite a bit more than the average person, I am not entirely sure about what you mean by exploitation, and I am not entirely sure how I will add a breakthrough-punch and exploitation concept into this game. Please go on in more detail.
4) This makes a lot of sense, and I like how infantry attacking only hit on a 1 as infantry on defense hit on a 2 or less (well, in d-day that is the case). I mean, I like how it makes sense, but it also kind of makes you to not want to attack an infantry unit with your infantry unit. How would this be balanced out a bit more? Make it so that it takes your infantry unit a full turn to dig itself in? But it won’t take a turn to get back out (like, if you’re forced to retreat). But, I believe there should be some advantage to not having your infantry unit dug in (meaning, if you’re on the offensive). Something to do with mobility, but I’m not sure what exactly. If you wish to add to this, please do!
5) I will have to think quite a bit about air to air combat and air units in general, since I will probably not be adding any air units for a while since I want to focus on getting the ground combat set in stone first.
I hope that explains a few things, but please, keep replying! Every bit of information and every comment, be it positive or negative (within reason of course) will be of help.
So here's that picture:
It was just meant as a test to see what the units would look like on the grass hexagons that I made. Another update though, the Flak88 was made a bit larger.
Oh, and on the topic of the sizes of the figures, I was just trying to keep the same style that Axis & Allies has had, with the figures not being in the same scale as eachother. Because lets face it, I can make infantry for the size of that tank, but they would be waaay too small (I tried it, and ther was pretty much no room for any good detail in a character that small). But also, if I make the tanks any larger, I won't be able to fit anything else in a hexagon, and would therefore have to make the hexagons even bigger, making people have to scroll even more during gameplay.
Thanks for the responses so far, I want to see more.
- Blair
EDIT: I just wanted to point one thing out. Aldertag mentioned something about being a customer (or that might have been someone else, not sure at the moment), but I wanted to just let everyone know. At this moment in time this game is being developed as freeware, but once I get the ball rolling and have quite a few people play it, who knows, I might ask for donations.
