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[moghopper]

I have long been a fan of space combat sims and Space simulators. So, I decided to make a simple game where players construct their own ship, take on the roles of the ships officers, and work together to bring down enemy ships. I just want to know what you all think:

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Officers:

Captain- The commander of the ship. May order around any and all other players as well as have them removed in the case of insubordination.

Ship orders:
Lock on Target: Ship may not move, allows gunnery officer to re-roll attacks once per weapon fired
All power to the engines: Ship may not fire weapons, allows the head engineer to rotate the ship twice in one turn or attempt to escape an encounter.
Evasive Action: Ship may not fire, forces attackers to re-roll hits.
Ramming Speed: Ship may not fire, rams enemy ship and deals damage to both. Point of impact on both ships loses 1D10 tiles starting from impact area and moving out to furtherest point of contact, then going deeper if damage remains.
Brace for Impact: Ship may not move or fire, all hits dealt must be re-rolled. The lowest result is taken.

Head Engineer- Possesses the repair skill. May repair as many tiles as there are engineering tiles times 5. Success is determined by skill level. Additionally, the Head engineer may rotate the ship once per turn.

Logistics Officer- Possesses the electronic warfare skill. May make drones attack enemy ships and target ordinance (drones, missiles, and torpedos) with point defenses.

Medical Officer- Possesses the medical skill. If a fellow officer is killed then the medical officer may attempt to save him/her. Success is determined by skill level.

Gunnery Officer- Possesses the gunnery skill. May fire as many weapons as he wishes each turn. Whether the attacks hit or not depends on his gunnery skill. A success indicates a hit, but shots may drift.


**** If an tile where an officer is stationed is destroyed then the officer is killed and removed from the game unless the medical officer saves him.













Components:

Basic Components:
Bridge- The area where the Captain is stationed. Ship commands cannot be given if the bridge is destroyed.

Engine- Allows the ship to move. If all of the engines are destroyed the ship cannot travel or be rotated in combat. More engines lessens travel time.

Engineering- The area where the Head engineer is stationed. If engineering is destroyed damage cannot be repaired.

Reactor- Provides the ship with power. Each reactor tile provides power to 5 non-hull tiles (bridge, weapons, etc...). When destroyed reactors destroy every tile adjacent to it.

Computer Core- The area of the ship where the Logistics officer is stationed. If destroyed drones and point defenses cannot be used.

Medbay- The area where the Medical officer is stationed. If medbay is destroyed patients can no longer be treated. The medbay can trear 2 officer per turn per medbay tiles.

Gunnery control- The area where the Gunnery officer is located. If the gunnery control area is destroyed then only 1 weapon may be fired per turn.

Power Cell-  Required to provide power to an adjacent tile. If destroyed all adjacent tiles are destroyed as well.

Hull- Basic hull tile.

Armor- Armored section of the hull. Takes 2 damage to be destroyed. May only be placed on the outside of a ship.

Weapon Components:

Railgun- Deals 1 damage per length of rail. Rail is 1 tile and all rails must be in a straight line. All damage is dealt in a straight line from the point of impact.

Missile- Deals 1 damage. Each missile pod may fire up to 2 missiles per turn. Each missile also deals 1 damage to each square adjancent to the hit location.

Torpedo- Deals based on size. Size is detemind by the amount of torpedo bayslinked together to form the weapon bay. Damage is 3 times size, destroying tiles equal in width and depth. Torpedos may only be fired once per battle.

Laser- Deals 1 damage. Lasers ignore armor

Drone Bay- Contains 2 drone fighters. Drones may be lauched on any turn but attack on the next. Drones do 1 damage each and can only attack the outside of a ship

Point Defense- Destroys ordinance on a successful hit.


Ships
Ship type is determined by the number of tiles used to build it. All ships must include at least one Bridge, one reactor, one engineering, and one engine.

Frigate: 15+ Tiles

Destroyer: 25+ Tiles

Light Crusier: 40+ Tiles

Crusier: 55+ Tiles

BattleCruiser: 70+ Tiles

Battleship: 100+ Tiles

Dreadnought: 140+ Tiles

Combat

-A ship can only damage or be damaged on the side that is facing the enemy

-If damage dealt to a tile is more than enough to destroy it the excess damage goes to the next tile behind it, if more damage remains, continue on to the next until all damage has been dealt.

- Even if hit, a shot may drift during travel. After a hit hads been made, roll a D10. A 4, 5, 6, or 7 means the shot hits with no drift. Any other number indicates the shot has drifter. A 1, 2,or 3  indicates that the shot has drifted that many tiles to the left. The same applies for 8, 9, and 10 except that they drift to the right (8=1, 9=2, 10=3)

-A ship is considered destroyed when it loses 70% of its tiles.

Skills:

All skill have a value between 1 and 10. To succeed at a skill activity the user must roll under or equal to his current skill (Rollling a 1D10). Failure results in the action failing.

Each officer (except the captain) starts with 1D10 for their skill. After each battle they emerge from victorious, they increase their skill by 1

[Heron TSG]

This reminds me heavily of a custom map made for Warcraft III that was known as Space Rogues. In fact, I'm pretty sure all of this was in there at some point. It was only one ship, but every player was part of the crew, and they mainly fought AI ships. Some people were engineers, some manned the turrets, et cetera. Other than officers, though, crewmembers could do anything, though most people picked one job and stuck to it.

[Urist McScoopbeard]

ok

1. sounds good, are you planning to make it in ascII or as a mod for a game?

2. Mog, is that map still updated? sounds fun.

[moghopper]

ok

1. sounds good, are you planning to make it in ascII or as a mod for a game?

2. Mog, is that map still updated? sounds fun.

1. Would if could. Programming skill= zero (3d modeling however...)
But if someone were willing to help me with that, I would certainly do it. (not that I expect people to waste their time with my pet projects)

2.What map?

[Cthulhu]

Space Rogues was alright.

[Deadmeat1471]

My programming skills suck, but i'd be willing to give it a go if you wanted.
I could do this as a pure 'text' game with rudimentary non ascii graphics quite easily. However rogueliking it is currently outside my knowledge (this is what Im looking into next).
Having said this, the size of stuff may be a problem. I'd have to figure out a way to display/model the multiple tile sized stuff. Its possible but not something ive considered.

[Max White]

I might be able to offer support if the onboard programmer is going for the c syntax. Not realy able to be a full time programer, as I have a lot to do, but I like to be helpful.

[Deadmeat1471]

I only know basic python at the moment, it's possible I could attempt this in C though as i've briefly looked into it before. I'm not a programmer though, I just have been learning as a hobby

*I would love help, but I'd probably get into more trouble in C than python!

My current project is... http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=75230.0
A text game i'm making for myself about being an astronaut.

Theres plenty of programmers about here though, so it might be wise to see if a decent one comes along!

[Max White]

Honestly, C/C++ can be a bit of a bitch some times, it's more leeky then Python. Python is a commonly used language for indie game makers, and will suit your needs.

[moghopper]

Okay... These offers caught me off guard.

[Deadmeat1471]

I will probably give this idea a go just to practice my programming non skills

[Asgarus]

This reminds me heavily of a custom map made for Warcraft III that was known as Space Rogues. In fact, I'm pretty sure all of this was in there at some point. It was only one ship, but every player was part of the crew, and they mainly fought AI ships. Some people were engineers, some manned the turrets, et cetera. Other than officers, though, crewmembers could do anything, though most people picked one job and stuck to it.

There is also one with 2 teams (2 ships). Where you walk with your character inside of the ship.
The captain can move it and use the weapons. Engineers have to create missiles and other things.
They also must bring the missiles to the missile slots so the captain can use them.
You have to mine asteroids for different ores and materials(there are smaller ships you can launch (with a player as pilot)), needed to create something.
Really nice made and funny.

It's called 'Cruiser Command' and is made by Callex who also created other great maps.

[moghopper]

Sorry for the slow response.

I'm not sure if it would work as a actual video game...

[jplur]

I'm not sure if it would work as a actual video game...

Not only would it work, it would be the best computer game of all time.  It's also my life goal to complete:

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=48617.msg995638#msg995638

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The basic server and client are set up, currently you can only watch as your ships explore new stars.

I think it would be a great pencil and dice game as well

[moghopper]

I'm not sure if it would work as a actual video game...

Not only would it work, it would be the best computer game of all time.  It's also my life goal to complete:

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=48617.msg995638#msg995638

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

The basic server and client are set up, currently you can only watch as your ships explore new stars.

I think it would be a great pencil and dice game as well

wow, its kinda eerie how similar our ideas were...