... I played the demo of Peacemaker. I declined to buy it, because most actions that I took in the demo were unsatisfying. I could not figure out how to...
... The last reason pretty much explains why wars can have roots in time-spans of centuries. I suppose you could argue that the reasons just build on top of...
... I bought Peacemaker and thoroughly enjoyed it, though I must admit my initial reaction was kinda like yours. It just didn't appear to be a winnable...
... Roots schmoots. Germany and Japan are the allies of the USA now. Look at the EU, all those guys fought each other at one time or another. Powers ally...
... I'm not entirely sure what your point is. Yes, current policy is heavily influenced by current events. But current events are heavily influenced by past...
... Not on the scale of centuries. Try decades, within living memory. ... Actually, lots of societies spend inordinate amounts of time reinventing, rewriting,...
... Wars happen because one group of persons - or one leader of a group of persons - sees a an advantage in attacking another group of persons. Come to think...
... What you can or cannot do or should or should not do in games is a separate issue from what happens IRL, which I think is what Richard was originally...
... Getting sick of Civ stuff, I've started thinking about skeletons. I had a vision of a dark shadowy necromancer in a dank wood raising skeletons from the...
... Thinking about this more I thought of two fictional wars. One from the Matrix movie and the other from JRR Tolkiens Lord of the Rings. If one examines the...
Richard James
rjames13@...
May 5, 2008 6:39 am
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... Not for most people, as the movie is shown in real time. I had this argument many years ago with a sci-fi buff who got extremely pissed at the...
... I realize that the video is meant to be a joke (and a funny one at that) but I'm not entirely sure if your response was meant as a joke. ;) It seems pretty...
... I'm not sure I agree that fantasy makes it look so easy that a child could do it, but I agree that the concept of "zombie industries" is an interesting...
... No joke. LOTR has at least one huge glaring plot hole in it. ... Not true. Their forms were broken at the ford of Rivendell. In the timeframe of...
... Harry Potter anyone? ... In HP, wizards perform the tedious tasks with a flick of the wand. Magic is an acquired skill for the students, however, so they...
Recently I commented on a forum that it would be easier for me to build a prototype game making system than it would be to describe one. This sort of system is...
Richard James
rjames13@...
May 9, 2008 7:34 am
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... The problem I see is that your Game Boundary Language is defining bits of your system that are to be taken out. Some of the early game-maker software ...
Gerry Quinn
gerryq@...
May 9, 2008 1:33 pm
8150
... This description doesn't mean so much to me. I played GTA3 but I didn't play the original GTA, so I'm not sure if that qualifier implies anything extra...
... I think there were some that just allowed you to create artwork and then asked for the position on screen or map of certain things. No programming...
Richard James
rjames13@...
May 9, 2008 11:27 pm
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... It is not meant to mean much. It conveys next to no information and thus needs to be fleshed out to create a game design document. It was an example of the...
Richard James
rjames13@...
May 9, 2008 11:54 pm
8153
... Heh, so you say. One of the fatal flaws of amateur open source and hobbyist projects, is the perception that one has all the time in the world to work on...
... Yes I realise this and have made sure that my progress is incremental. I (try to) finish small projects before I work on the larger ones. Currently I am...
Richard James
rjames13@...
May 10, 2008 11:20 am
8155
... I found this cartoon that pertains to that game. http://hempuli.deviantart.com/art/Hardest-Boss-Fight-Ever-84443956 Richard James...
Richard James
rjames13@...
May 10, 2008 11:21 am
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... I'm realizing from this and other comments that you probably don't have a background in 3D graphics? It might be worth your while to go up that learning...
On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 10:13 PM, Christian Lynaes ... Impressions: - predation is exhilarating for the predators. Someone has to be prey. Weak, helpless...
... There's a reasonable argument that once you've got enough basic communication etc that you have to design a game not to given enough time. Of course, a...
... Indeed. Just to toss out some other options to consider, Python has the Pygame library which is an Open GL implementation. The JMonkey engine also has...
... I got bored looking at Irrlicht. My most recent question was, "Can this do exotic collision detection stuff?" and the answer was no, not really, the...
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