Slitherine

My computer game "Pike and Shot" is coming out on Steam on Friday.

It is essentially a computer version of FOGR although I have taken the liberty to tweak various things.

It (currently) covers the Italian Wars, Thirty Years War and English Civil War.

There are 10 historical battles in each of these, plus a random battle mode using army lists, which allows historical (or non-historical) matchups on computer generated maps.

Games can be played against the AI, or against other players using Slitherine PBEM+ system, which works very smoothly. You don't have to be on-line at the same time as your opponent.

You can see a 2-part video of a game being played through on the Steam "Pike and Shot" page - http://store.steampowered.com/app/312390/

It is rather good

It is an excellent game though I didn't go for the Steam version as I find it annoying.

youngr wrote:It is an excellent game though I didn't go for the Steam version as I find it annoying.

Can you explain what this means? Assume I know nothing.

Steam version as I find it annoying

Probably that the Steam engine is quite invasive (surreptitiously) and hogs a bit of resource. Just a guess though...

list_lurker wrote:

Steam version as I find it annoying

Probably that the Steam engine is quite invasive (surreptitiously) and hogs a bit of resource. Just a guess though...

That's right

Bought over the weekend, enjoying it so far. Still can't win the final tutorial though.

Nice game, far better that FOGAM digital.
Still Learning but enjoyed a lot my first games.
If I'm playing with you remenber that at home I'm witout keybord so I'm quite few able to chat

MatteoPasi wrote:Nice game, far better that FOGAM digital.
Still Learning but enjoyed a lot my first games.
If I'm playing with you remenber that at home I'm witout keybord so I'm quite few able to chat

I did wonder. I thought you had forgotten how to speak English. What are you playing it on that does not have a keyboard?

rbodleyscott wrote:

MatteoPasi wrote:Nice game, far better that FOGAM digital.
Still Learning but enjoyed a lot my first games.
If I'm playing with you remenber that at home I'm witout keybord so I'm quite few able to chat

I did wonder. I thought you had forgotten how to speak English. What are you playing it on that does not have a keyboard?

I actually forgot how to write in these barbaric Language , at least properly
At home I have a problem with the keybord of the laptop (doesn't work any mor since my 3y old monster destroy It) so when I can't connect the keybord of the PC I can play with mouse but I'm not able to write

ravenflight wrote:

youngr wrote:It is an excellent game though I didn't go for the Steam version as I find it annoying.

Can you explain what this means? Assume I know nothing.

"Steam" is a generic mechanism for having games you have bought downloaded to you via an internet connection. You have to install the Steam capability on your computer. That gives you access to a fair amount of surrounding features; player stats, a bit of a social network etc. It's often cheaper for the publisher becauase you don't need the physical packaging. It may be cheaper for the buyer.

The problem is that the application sits on my laptop and keeps talking to the Steam server hence consuming resources because it thinks I want to send all sorts of data to this social gathering, whereas actually I just want to play the game

OK- I've got it, and I recorded my initial efforts to play it...

Enjoy !

Youtube walkthrough video