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Originally posted by citizen:
I was thinking of something of quite grand scale. Most RTS games are set on small areas and specific objectives, so I was thinking of something with the scale of Civilisation, where a map can encompass the entire world, and on a giant scale (so travelling from one end of the world to the other can take ten minutes in game time).

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Originally posted by daveshayne:
Rather ambitious. Perhaps too ambitious for a single game.

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Taken in isolation each of your ideas should be workable (with the exception of resource trading among cities that seems like it would get tedious fast)

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but adding all of them may overwhelm the game.

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The problem with AI helpers is that even when they are very good they are still rather suboptimal as decision makers particularly where many different options are available to choosef from.

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Sorry to be so negative.

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Originally posted by daveshayne:
Rather ambitious. Perhaps too ambitious for a single game.

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I was thinking similarly, but more from a coding angle.

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Taken in isolation each of your ideas should be workable (with the exception of resource trading among cities that seems like it would get tedious fast)

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I wasn't planning on having to oversee each trade.

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Originally posted by mai:
*walks through the not-really-solid-after-all brick barrier between 33 1/3 and 34.

It's awfully dark in here. I've made it through everyone no need for helmets!

*Takes a few steps
Uh Oh...

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Originally posted by CallMeSerenity:
Maybe I'll stay over here, where it's safe....with my goggles on.

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Originally posted by citizen:
My Bubbles

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Originally posted by ScorpionRegent:
How can you be crushed if the gravity is off?

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Originally posted by ScorpionRegent:
How can you be crushed if the gravity is off?

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Originally posted by CallMeSerenity:
Just keep the bubbles out of the kitchen!!

It's that time of year again! I'm making pies!

Any requests?

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Originally posted by seryn:

Frito's!

I've been going on about frito pie, and my family are intrigued.

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Originally posted by daveshayne:
Well you know your coding skills better than me but I figure if you're up to the task of an RTS in the first place the extra features are mostly just extra typing and testing.

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Here's the problem I'm seeing. Say you've got a city that needs wood and has I dunno feathers and there is another city that needs the feathers and has wood. OK they trade. Now say a bit later on a different city needs the wood more. Now if there are a small number of cities you can jiggle these resources fairly easy but as the number of cities increases the more you need to continually look at what resources each city needs and what resources they are producing to make sure you're trading things to the right places to make the most of your cities.

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Originally posted by seryn:

In our family that was usually my grandad, now its my brother or my uncle - i'm wondering if its not some kind of sacred pact passed down through the males.

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Originally posted by CallMeSerenity:
Huh. That's a new one.

Sounds tasty!!

Do you want a meringue top, or would you rather I did a whipped cream with cinnamon thing?

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