Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[Mesa]

Has nothing to do with the actual Corewars game
FOR THOSE WAITING FOR THIS

Spoiler: Proceed if you're unrelated with it. (click to show/hide)

Unfortunately, it's kinda beyond the scope of my writing skills to allow me to pull it off. Maybe in the future, but I don't think I'm at the point of non-suggestion games, despite me disliking them at first.

That however does not mean I'm giving up on idea of making a forum game based on a GYWE concept.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

To elaborate on:

A real-time strategy game where where you can build units, their weapons, bases, armor, defenses etc. from scratch (modding support would be appropriate) and either make them manned (player-controlled), remote-controlled or AI-controlled.
The last one could be made for everything - self-building bases, anyone?

And you wouldn't be limited in terms of design beyond physics bringing you down, so you could make an autonomous floating aircraft carrier for all I care.
Positioning of your systems and armor shape/angle would be important as well.

And don't forget making your own weapons, Loadout-style, but more elaborate.


It could be a RTS or an FPS depending on your playstyle. No restrictions.
(of course some tactics and designs would be better than others, but that's pretty much how those kinds of games play out in the end)

I figured that I could provide some examples of in-game mechanics (very specific, but should give you an idea what I would dig):


Let's say I want to create a basic mech-like unit. On treads. With two rapid-fire cannons on the sides and a big, slow one on the top. Alright.
Now, if I want it to be a manned vehicle, I'd need to make a cockpit, steering systems and extra support systems. It's not very efficient, is it?

Alternatively, I could strap the cockpit and instead install remote-control systems and cameras instead. That way, the pilot is still in full control, but is not in direct danger.

But if I so desire, I may even want to program a semi-autonomous AI (of middling elaborateness) to get rid of human interaction completely. This does allow me to amass armies with relatively little manpower available, but you are not able to create a perfect AI, and it would also make it easier for the enemy to capture the mechs in question.


I may instead want to go for a different approach - supersoldiers. I can design the shape and features of their armor, including, but not limited to interface that shows heart pulse and body temperature, to targeting systems to camera systems, not unlike Google Glass.
I can also design their weapons - what kind of ammunition they'll fire, where do the bullets come out from, at what rate, and other stuff. I can also design the ammunition itself (to a small extent) and the magazine capacity. As well as any accessories like flashlights and scopes.

If I want to, I can make a three-barreled automatic sniper rifle (minigun-like) with a break action mechanism. Or an assault rifle that uses high-voltage batteries as ammo, discharging electricity at the enemies from a tesla coil-type barrel.


I could even make a floating superfortress complete with hangars for the aforementioned mechs, barracks for soldiers with the armor of my own design and armory for the strange weapons above and its own defense systems.

Or I could design and program robots that build complete bases for me when provided the resources.


Of course that game can and will be outside of computing range for quite some time in its complete form, but a slightly dumbed down (while still functional and fun to play) version should not be out of the question.

I believe there was even a game like this, where you could design your own items, but I can't remember its name now...

Spoiler: Lore or something, I guess (click to show/hide)

Year: 2423 A.D.
The age of humanity has long past...
The endless conflict between superintelligent C.O.R.E.s continues to march into the vast darkness of space.
Battles rage across the cold void, annihilating planets, moons and asteroids. Cosmic obliteration full of purpose long forgotten...

Technology has been captured, assimilated, refined and transformed into brutally efficient, self-replicating mechanisms of war...

But who is the one behind this chaos?
The answer is - you.

I do know that it's just straight up ripped from this, but it's not the lore that matters in this suggestion game.

=
// - OOC talk and descriptions.
/? - Metagame questions. (next actions)
=

/ Requesting network connection...
/ Success!
/ Loading introduction protocols...
/ Success!

"Welcome, C.O.R.E. 3790-X/A. You are now part of the new generation of combat executives, designed to be efficient, versatile and relentless by providing you with multiple independent intelligence cores. The quantity of cores is stated in your serial file."
// Intelligence cores being any players willing to participate in this suggestion game. Any text like this is basically meant to be an OCC talk. While not required, I highly suggest using that in your posts as well to make it easier to tell IC and OCC text apart.
"You have been designed as a field executable, meant to create and destroy - you are not bound by any rules, you have the freedom of choice for your strategy. You will be sent into a designated combat zone, and will be supplied with basic resources to begin your operations immediately. Good luck, commander. This was Chief Commander Simon Entale, logging out."

/ Operation request received. Proceed?
"3790-X/A, please input target coordinates."
/ Loading space coordinate list...
/? What star system are we looking for? Size, amount of suns and planets, average activity etc. Note that we may not find the exact most desired one, in which case I'll show the three closest results and give you guys a choice. (I'm not actually making any actual search, that's just me adding some "character" to the questions.


// The overview of the ship we're in (provided by cameras). Face - C.O.R.E. 3790-X/A (which you can call however the hell you want). Tiles around us - consoles and computers. Four rooms below us - cargo bays with resources that we've been given. More info on that once we arrive at our target location, whatever that may be. The room on the other end of the ship contains more consoles and computers.

UNIT/WHATEVER OVERVIEW (TURN #0)

Spoiler: C.O.R.E. (click to show/hide)

Acronym for Combat Operational Regiment Executive - those autonomous humanoid robots are possibly the most powerful machines ever built in terms of computing power, achieved by combination of multiple intelligence cores, which allows the C.O.R.E. to only perform the most complex and difficult tasks, but also let it think twice, thrice or even more before making any move. C.O.R.E.s were originally made by humans, but they have displaced their former creators, with the only trace of humanity being the genetic code that some C.O.R.E.s use to create biological soldiers.
C.O.R.E.s comes with a few basic integrated systems that allow them to construct, craft and fight, but are generally helpless without machinery they can and will create on their own. Leg-installed motion accumulators allow them to survive even without a direct power source, but on its own they won't allow for much activity. They also come with a remote control beacon that lets them take direct control of their creations, as well as a jetpack to easily traverse difficult terrain.


Active intelligence cores
GreatWyrmGold
kopout
LordSlowpoke
griffinpup
RAM
kaian-a-coel
ICBM pilot
Urist McDwarf
Krevsin
Rolepgeek

Equipment
Dynamic tool system (integrated; left arm)
Basic weapon system (integrated; right arm)
Remote control beacon (integrated; head)
Jetpack (integrated; torso)
Internal battery (integrated; torso)
Motion accumulator (integrated; left leg + right leg)

Damage
Head
Torso
Left arm
Right arm
Left leg
Right leg

// So yeah, that's it. If you want to participate, answer the question above and you will be added to the list of active intelligence cores (or players, whatever). 3 votes are needed for a given choice to become "valid" (value is subject to change).
// This might be basically like Military Design Bureau in space. Kind of. Maybe. Dunno. Never played.
// For all I care this might even turn into a one-man-army style game, or a grand scale strategy. But for now it's probably DF-like.
// I'll post shortly before making an update on this so that you can still give suggestions or support for other suggestions, but don't leave that kind of stuff for the last minute.
// I SWEAR I forgot about something, but it's probably just me being paranoid. Sorry for that.

[GreatWyrmGold]

An ASG? I didn't realize other ones existed.

Two suns, several planets including a couple gas giants and at least one world (planet/moon/etc) with significant amounts of water on the surface in liquid and/or solid form.

[Mesa]

An ASG? I didn't realize other ones existed.

ASG? Um...
(damn you with your English acronyms, unless that's airsoft gun you're talking about somehow)

[GreatWyrmGold]

ASCII Suggestion Game. Based on the acronym Illustrated Suggestion Game.
There's about two that I'm aware of, and I'm posting in one of them.

[kopout]

An ASG? I didn't realize other ones existed.

Two suns, several planets including a couple gas giants and at least one world (planet/moon/etc) with significant amounts of water on the surface in liquid and/or solid form.

I mostly approve of this though I'd rather only have one sun. And I prefer at least one world with significant water ice coverage and minimal liquid water.

[LordSlowpoke]

No suns. Two planets orbiting a rogue gas giant on the verge of collapsing into a sun, however, and a dense field of asteroids between the three.

//edit: i know you're asking for star systems. no. you will not get star systems. i feel it's more interesting this way, seeing we've got a giant red herring in the middle of it all.

[griffinpup]

Two stars rotating each other with several close planets substantial amounts of liquid water.  A sizable and rich asteroid field, and several gas giants around the outskirts of the solar system.

[kopout]

No suns. Two planets orbiting a rogue gas giant on the verge of collapsing into a sun, however, and a dense field of asteroids between the three.

//edit: i know you're asking for star systems. no. you will not get star systems. i feel it's more interesting this way, seeing we've got a giant red herring in the middle of it all.

Change my vote to this

[RAM]

/Review stellar system
/pending...

Spoiler: data file (click to show/hide)

Stellar group A historical:
 Data missing
 Near contact with large black hole caused shift in heading and a loss of small objects.
 Encounters with stray objects resulted in acquisition of three additional bodies at unusual orbits.
 Collision with stellar group B resulting in unstable stellar orbit.
 Currently losing low-density mass to star B, star A expected to depart within two hundred thousand orbits.
Stellar Group B historical:
 Data missing
Current composition:
 Known stable orbits:
  Comets C12-C34
  Gas planets G2
  Rock planets R8, R10, and R11
 Departing objects:
  Comets C2, C5, C6, C35-39
  Rock planets R4, R6
 Descending objects:
  Rock planets R1-R3
 Unpredicted orbits:
  Comets C1, C3, C4, C7-C11
  Gas planets G1, G3-G5
  Rock planets R5, R7, R9
  Unaccounted objects A1-A?
 Predicted collisions:
  18 stellar orbits= G1 encounters R3
  26 stellar orbits= G4 encounters A?-A?
  58 stellar orbits= R7 encounters R4
  59 stellar orbits= G4 encounters R8
  Missing data

[Mesa]

/ Browsing stelllar systems database...
/ No results were found!
/? Show the closest results or search again?
// The universe hates you, unfortunately. No worries, I'm not sadistic. Well, for the most part.

[RAM]

/delete stellar database
/engage paper-clip cartography assistant

[Mesa]

/delete stellar database
/engage paper-clip cartography assistant

// Not sure how to react to this...

/Review stellar system
/pending...

Spoiler: data file (click to show/hide)

Stellar group A historical:
 Data missing
 Near contact with large black hole caused shift in heading and a loss of small objects.
 Encounters with stray objects resulted in acquisition of three additional bodies at unusual orbits.
 Collision with stellar group B resulting in unstable stellar orbit.
 Currently losing low-density mass to star B, star A expected to depart within two hundred thousand orbits.
Stellar Group B historical:
 Data missing
Current composition:
 Known stable orbits:
  Comets C12-C34
  Gas planets G2
  Rock planets R8, R10, and R11
 Departing objects:
  Comets C2, C5, C6, C35-39
  Rock planets R4, R6
 Descending objects:
  Rock planets R1-R3
 Unpredicted orbits:
  Comets C1, C3, C4, C7-C11
  Gas planets G1, G3-G5
  Rock planets R5, R7, R9
  Unaccounted objects A1-A?
 Predicted collisions:
  18 stellar orbits= G1 encounters R3
  26 stellar orbits= G4 encounters A?-A?
  58 stellar orbits= R7 encounters R4
  59 stellar orbits= G4 encounters R8
  Missing data

// Or this, for that matter. Stop being so vague, RAM!

[kopout]

show closest result

[Mesa]

// (you can always search again for the same kind of system, but I doubt it'd work)

Spoiler: TH 965-966 Semicour (click to show/hide)

Binary system containing a white dwarf and a red giant, being orbited by three gas giants and one uninhabited ice giant. Two asteroid belts are in this system, as well as multiple dwarf planets. The ice giant is confirmed to contain deposits of adamantium, which is a rarity in this sector of space. They are however located deep below the surface, and the extreme temperatures of the ice giant make it largely unnoticed.

Stars
TH 965 (white dwarf)
TH 966 (red giant)

Planets
TH 965-966 b (ice giant)
TH 965-966 c (gas giant)
TH 965-966 d (gas giant)
TH 965-966 e (gas giant)

Sapient activity
None

Distance
10 parsces (32.6 light-years)

/? Initiate FTL jump to that system?

// I take no responsibility for the inevitable scientific inaccuracy of my content.

[kaian-a-coel]

//show second and third closest results.