Re: [glob2-devel] We must do a game, not an engine

[Robert Martin]

On 4/25/07, Cyrille Dunant <address@hidden> wrote:



> > 2 the maps seem to be very small (this may have changed recently
> > but...) you should be able to fit a swarm/ pool/school/ barracks in
> > without having to clear land
>
> Large maps are longer to make...
and??

> > 3 when you are building a wall run the whole section should be
> > considered as one "building"
> > you lay eight sections in a row then you should be able to have 3
> > workers build the whole row
>
> It is one stone per section, thus, you could argue that having the wall built
> section after section mimicks the building of an actual wall.
yes that is correct but if the whole wall is considered 1 "building"
then the system woudl not try to assign 20 different workers to a job
that could be done by 4 (who would build sections 1-4 then 5-8 then
..) its a labor balancing thing
> > 4 I would have as a variant of scout a "oracle" unit -- this unit
> > would cause the window to expand out (say 2 "oracle" units get you a
> > double window) but i would also add a required energy tower and add to
> > the defense tower a way to shoot down hostile oracles (note this would
> > not clear Fog of War you would just be able to see a larger local
> > area)
>
> You mean change the resolution with units ?
not resolution windows size.   Lets say you have a 600X400 grid and
you can view only 30X40 at a time you then build the tower for and
spawn a pair of oracles you then would have a 40x60 viewport showing a
larger section of the whole grid (but not reducing the Fog of War) i
would make those units "expensive" since they would be a large
advantage
--
Robert L Martin