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[djcityscapes]

I'm working on a game that I would like to get gamers feedback on. This is a freeware game, no strings attached. Is it acceptable to post a link to the game here?

[Deon]

For sure. There's a lot of indie games and commercial games advertisements, actually this IS a place to advertise and discuss games. I am interested, the name seems nice .

[Spartan 117]

Postitpostitpostitpostit

Ahem. Post it.

[dwarfguy2]

download or flash?

[djcityscapes]

Wow! You guys are great! Here's a screenshot:




1. You win by colonizing all of the sectors.
2. Should take about an hour to win on medium map and normal difficulty.
3. Tested on Win XP, Vista, Win 7 systems
4. Freeware game, no strings attached

I look forward to your feedback/suggestions. Here's the downloadable file:
Fangorodrim.zip (13 megs)

dwarfguy2, I plan to convert this to flash someday.

[Akura]

It's nice, but I think that when you win, it needs a little something more than a message saying "You win!".

[djcityscapes]

I agree. Any suggestions?

[a1s]

I have a pretty odd effect, the screen re-sizes correctly, but the game is displayed to to the lower right:


I'm running Vista SP1, on an Asus F3 series (widescreen) laptop.

edit: also, when I press Shift (warp) I can no longer accelerate forward (but I can backwards, so I'm guessing these are supposed to be, pardon the pun, reversed?)

[djcityscapes]

a1s, I'm surprised you can play it that way at all! try hitting Alt-Enter for full screen mode. Also, the ship isn't meant to be operated with shift held down, tap it and then you have 5 seconds before warp enabled mode wears off (as of v1.38). And the ship should function normally in warp enabled mode.

[ein]

Awesome game.
I really like the concept.

Some ideas I have regarding research/ship building:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Instead of having a small menu pop-up, have it be a button that takes you to another screen where you can choose what to build/research.
There would be requirements and such with a general tech tree feel that is lacking in many games.
For example, you'd need heavy alloys and powerful lasers to research and then build a destroyer class ship.
Maybe a level 2 powerplant for plasma weapons.
Which brings me too:
Leveling up buildings.
Basically, you build the basic building.
Then, you put research into upgrades for that building, which let you then upgrade any of those buildings you've placed.
Multiple research labs could also speed up research, but only 1 per sector.
An example for powerplants would be:
Level 1: Basic Powerplant.
Research Upgraded Powerplant and/or Energy Stores.
Level 2: Level 2 Powerplant or Energy Store.
Leading us to the next topic:
Storage.
Obviously, you'll have some storage within the colony itself, but to have truly enough, you'll need added storage.
This comes in the form of Warehouses and Energy Stores.
Energy Stores are an upgraded powerplant.
They hold lots of energy, but only produce a little.
Warehouses store metal and ships.
They also speed up the process of building for that sector, but only once.

I can post some simple menu mock-ups if you want.

[djcityscapes]

ein, these are really good ideas. Show me your mock-ups!

[ein]

Spoiler: Ship Screen (click to show/hide)

He only needs to research Particle Cannons to be able to research the almighty Battleship.

Spoiler: Research Screen (click to show/hide)

Powerplant research tree.
Dotted line by generator means that medium engines need to be researched from the engine tree first.

Spoiler: main screen (click to show/hide)

Drive onto a powerplant and click powerplant under build to bring up the upgrade screen.
He can upgrade it into a level 2 plant, energy store, or tactical high-energy laser.

A couple of other things I'd like to see are multiplayer, probably through LAN and larger sectors.

Here are a couple of larger sector mock-ups.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Combat, note the minimap and corner of the colony in lower right corner.
Also, the main ship has missiles, a researched upgrade.

Upgrade screen from earlier, showing minimap with enemies approaching from top left.

[Enzo]

I'm working on a game that I would like to get gamers feedback on. This is a freeware game, no strings attached. Is it acceptable to post a link to the game here?

Wow, you are like the most polite spambot ever!

Joking. Joking. I saved the galaxy on easy mode/small map. I have to say it's a pretty solid premise, and I'm not even a fan of RTS style games. It just needs to be expanded upon. More stuff to build and research, more variety in enemies, some music and maybe a few graphics touchups, and you'd have a damn good game on your hands. Right now it's just too simple, though, it seems like the game will play out mostly the same if I play it again. Oh, and sometimes Warp doesn't work on the first try (perhaps hold shift instead of tap shift?), and you should be able to destroy buildings, and perhaps salvage some of the cost. In case you place your drones poorly, or something.

[beorn080]

Spoiler: Ship Screen (click to show/hide)

He only needs to research Particle Cannons to be able to research the almighty Battleship.

Spoiler: Research Screen (click to show/hide)

Powerplant research tree.
Dotted line by generator means that medium engines need to be researched from the engine tree first.

Spoiler: main screen (click to show/hide)

Drive onto a powerplant and click powerplant under build to bring up the upgrade screen.
He can upgrade it into a level 2 plant, energy store, or tactical high-energy laser.

A couple of other things I'd like to see are multiplayer, probably through LAN and larger sectors.

Here are a couple of larger sector mock-ups.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Combat, note the minimap and corner of the colony in lower right corner.
Also, the main ship has missiles, a researched upgrade.

Upgrade screen from earlier, showing minimap with enemies approaching from top left.

Must... Resist urge.. to mock.... mockups.

Hmm, well, some quick googlefu found a seemingly dead website for your company, along with a definitely dead forum. Gentleman, we have a zombiebot. Where are the pirate ninjas?

Nice legalese on the EULA. Hmm, suppose I should fire up the game.

"5 minutes later"

Hmm, interesting. RTS + 2d space ship stuff. Silly and whimsical.

[ein]

I have a massive aversion to the text feature in Paint.
I don't know why.