DOS Games Discussion

***Update***

Still working on the game though albiet slow and steady. I am however hung-up on my scrolling random stars subroutine that will allow for the effects of movement and nebula particles being shown. As soon as that gets straightened out I can really move ahead.

-Joe

Thanx for the pic posts. It definatly adds to the games credibility. I am now working on how to define star systems for more effiecient programming. I am gonna try to add newly thought up features such as (not nessesarily in the next beta release): 1) Each system has the option of having an Ort clou...

Gamer_V, I made the ship from just my imagination. I guess it sorta resembles the ship of that Rigian alien, but not really. The 2 lighted parts are supposed to be the engine exaust. Glad you like the alpha though, I'll keep you all posted...

Joe-

Ok, I'm gonna be using MSN Instant Messenger as my chat-client. My Email ID is: quixtar_joe{at goes here}yahoo.com I'll use this board's personal info to get each persons MSN ID (if you have one.) If you are gonna sign up, just contact me with a simple message like (I'm 'insert name here' from dosga...

Does Dosgames.com Have a chat server on mIRC? if so what server, port, and room name. My install of yahoo isn't working out too well, I'd like to chat to a few folks to keep the momentum going.

Joe-

More notes on the game. The current starting speed limit is 10 pixels per main program loop. Fast enough not to get bored to death, not fast enough to get to another star system before several dinners ;). The amount of virtual space I have tested the game to have, (and plenty more space apparently) ...

Yea, I will put a cap on the speed at a later release, but I figure it'd be a gas to have no limit for this alpha version. I will have a subspace generator that will allow for the unbalancing of einstien's equation to allow faster travel through space on the same amount of energy used. The idea is t...

http://www.dosgames.com/distantempires/

Look in the root folder for the .zip file named Distant Empires [Alpha].zip

Whatcha think of the celestial objects graphics? I did them myself in Gimp 2.2. I am getting better by the bmp...


Cheers!

Here's a screen shot link to the game in play. Not much, but it's kinda pretty :) http://www.otherpower.com/images/scimages/8534/game_screenshot.jpg Oh, and soon as I have some reliable web space, I'll post the proper link. I'll try to find one asap. It's still a very 'alpha' state type of game, but...

****Update Sept 20, 2007 I'm still puttin along on the game code and art for all those wondering if I gave up on this project yet. I'm doing all the art in GIMP 2.2 and so far, not bad. The planets are realistic (for this type of game style{snes feel}). Still workin on the game physics and soon the ...

Larry, as a matter of fact I'm looking to get some free webspace soon. What websites that provide reliable free webspace around 50megs+ that you all can reccomend?

thanx-

** Update

I've been thinking of a name for this game, I've done a yahoo search for the same title and it's a first for a 2D top-down view type game. The name of this game will be...

(minor fanfare music)

-=Distant Empires=-

(Da Da-Da-Da DA!)

Whatcha'll think?? Fitting no?

**Update** I am making progress, though a bit slow. Not nessesarily due to "real life" but a matter of working out the rotation and direction portion of the game. I think I got it figured out and am working on the rotation vectors now. Other than that I need to come up with a way to create...

I would like to use a similar "E-Band" device for the game. I don't want to rip-off actual items though word-for-word. The fusion and other reactors will provide the power for the shields and what not. But I dunno I may use an energy gaining device after all. For now I'm also gonna work on...

LAN/IP support will have to be added in last due to all the variables that I'll have to use in the SP version of the game.

LAN/IP is the icing on the cake when the cake is done.

Larry, of course the nanobots can repair damage as well as upgrading components installed on the ship itself. They wont be TOO pricey since this will be well in the next ?1500 years ahead of our time. But limited resources in this expanse wont make them cheap either. Perhaps upgrades/repairs can be ...

Update: I just now uploaded the updated GUI design image for the game. The picture is located on the first page of this post near the middle of the page.

You like? I *Really* like!

auto defense for planets are not out of the question. And in addition to having cold hard space-cash, many planets will want to trade Gigawatts of power for items and minerals. Esspecially newer colonies with limited power producing infrostructure. Other forms of compensation can be programmed as we...

It's true that you could use mining lasers to damage other space vessels, but the damage would be minimal cause of the laser/tractor beam would vaporize any valuable minerals/material if it were powerfull enough to damage a re-enforced tri-tanium alloy (or whatever fancy strong sounding metal you wa...

For this GUI design, the blank area to the right of the tab-able sections will be a quick stats section for energy levels, missle count, and all that jazz. I also plan to add the following features to this game. BTW this won't be some 500kb .exe using 1mb of space. The requirements wont be too redic...