Slitherine

kronenblatt wrote: ↑Sat May 30, 2020 10:10 am

Athos1660 wrote: ↑Sat May 30, 2020 9:28 am I must admit I would also like to play Early Sumerian, Early Egyptian, Minoan or Mycenaean...

I agree: that would be a great addition. Medieval period is in my opinion already more exploited (overexploited?) so the archaic age would stand out more and fit in well (only problem is lack of reliable information and historical sources). But of course medieval would be ok too.

TheGrayMouser wrote: ↑Sat May 30, 2020 2:02 pm ...but for tactical, turn based war gaming, it's highly unrepresented! ( aside from FOG1 can anyone name any?)

76mm wrote: ↑Sat May 30, 2020 3:14 pm

TheGrayMouser wrote: ↑Sat May 30, 2020 2:02 pm ...but for tactical, turn based war gaming, it's highly unrepresented! ( aside from FOG1 can anyone name any?)

Vengeance from HPS (don't want to post a link). What do I win?

TheGrayMouser wrote: ↑Sat May 30, 2020 2:02 pm

kronenblatt wrote: ↑Sat May 30, 2020 10:10 am

Athos1660 wrote: ↑Sat May 30, 2020 9:28 am I must admit I would also like to play Early Sumerian, Early Egyptian, Minoan or Mycenaean...

I agree: that would be a great addition. Medieval period is in my opinion already more exploited (overexploited?) so the archaic age would stand out more and fit in well (only problem is lack of reliable information and historical sources). But of course medieval would be ok too.

Perhaps medieval is exploited in the fantasy, RPG and or real-time "strategy" games often made by giant corporations I wont bother mentioning, but for tactical, turn based war gaming, it's highly unrepresented! ( aside from FOG1 can anyone name any?)

Hittites and such could be fun but I fear large armies of low quality light foot and medium foot would be the bread and butter unit type you'd see on the table... of course if we can dismount Hector/Achilles or Ajax the Greater off their chariots in their heavy Mycenean bronze plate armor and rapiers, that could be fun!.

Mord wrote: ↑Wed Jun 10, 2020 10:10 am How much longer before we can at least find out what the dlc is gonna cover? A week? A month?


Mord.

stockwellpete wrote: ↑Wed Jun 10, 2020 10:31 am

Mord wrote: ↑Wed Jun 10, 2020 10:10 am How much longer before we can at least find out what the dlc is gonna cover? A week? A month?


Mord.

It will probably cover a couple of hundred years.

devoncop wrote: ↑Wed Jun 10, 2020 10:34 am

stockwellpete wrote: ↑Wed Jun 10, 2020 10:31 am

Mord wrote: ↑Wed Jun 10, 2020 10:10 am How much longer before we can at least find out what the dlc is gonna cover? A week? A month?


Mord.

It will probably cover a couple of hundred years.

Funny guy

Bladeheart wrote: ↑Thu Jun 11, 2020 11:49 am
I imagine this has more to do with Slitherine's enthusiasm then Byzantine Games.

melm wrote: ↑Thu Jun 11, 2020 12:41 pm Perhaps Slitherine could consider outsource the modelling to accelerate the developing speed.

Schweetness101 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 11, 2020 2:47 pm

melm wrote: ↑Thu Jun 11, 2020 12:41 pm Perhaps Slitherine could consider outsource the modelling to accelerate the developing speed.

that would seem to make sense? there are a lot of people out there who can do 3D models and textures. But, maybe they just really want a consistent art style and feel that only that one guy can do it right? That would be understandable I guess, but also a serious bottleneck to development.

Pixel wrote: ↑Thu Jun 11, 2020 9:12 pm Bronze Age eventually would be a chance to give folks something a wee bit more historically accurate then the strange beast that Total War:Troy is shaping up to be

for what it's worth, there are references in the code to knights and keils.
(...)
// Was 200, but needed to be 300 to encourage knights to charge keils in the rear. However, this may make other types over-aggressive.

melm wrote: ↑Sat Jun 13, 2020 2:40 am

Schweetness101 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 11, 2020 2:47 pm

melm wrote: ↑Thu Jun 11, 2020 12:41 pm Perhaps Slitherine could consider outsource the modelling to accelerate the developing speed.

that would seem to make sense? there are a lot of people out there who can do 3D models and textures. But, maybe they just really want a consistent art style and feel that only that one guy can do it right? That would be understandable I guess, but also a serious bottleneck to development.

If the dev has any interest on outsource, actually I have friends who are working in game industry doing game modelling.