Column #217; By Mark Everson

[DanQ]

The two-hundred-and-seventeenth edition of The Column is here. Entitled "Clash of Civilizations: Presentation Of The Game", Mark Everson motions for your attention to talk about a gaming project that he is currently leading.

Comments etc. on this article are welcome in this thread.

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Dan; Apolyton CS

[vovan]

Great article, Mark.

As a member of the team, I just want to second what Mark said: feedback is very important to us, and we try to take into consideration any and all requests / comments / suggestions. Please feel free to participate in the discussions, and state your opinion. Any constructive feedback brings us a step closer to the perfect game.

(Check out the Clash links in my sig, if you are too lazy to search for the forum manually. )

[Frozzy]

Dan, in the news item you wrote "Column 217- The Final Frontier", when Column 217 is actually "Clash of Civilizations: Presentation Of The Game".

Just wanted to point out that mishap

Good article Mark, I look forward to CoC

[DrSpike]

Sounds interesting.....we already chatted a little about the economics model within the game so I thought it probably would.

[DanQ]

Originally posted by Frozzy
Dan, in the news item you wrote "Column 217- The Final Frontier", when Column 217 is actually "Clash of Civilizations: Presentation Of The Game".

Just wanted to point out that mishap

Ah yes in the headline... a minor error. It has been corrected. Thanks for the heads-up.

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Dan; Apolyton CS

[Rasbelin]

Nice writing, Mark.

[Tuberski]

The link on the Forum index page doesn't work.

ACK!

[DanQ]

Originally posted by Tuberski
The link on the Forum index page doesn't work.

ACK!

Fixed. Thanks for the note.

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Dan; Apolyton CS

[Tuberski]

Originally posted by DanQ


Fixed. Thanks for the note.

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Dan; Apolyton CS

Thanks, you can close that other thread.



ACK!

[Mark_Everson]

Thanks for all the kind words guys! I have to admit that I didn't know the article had come out and that's why I haven't been here earlier.

Thanks Dan for putting it up!

Like Vovan said, we need your comments . Things are now coming along nicely with Laurent putting together the real AI, and Richard increasing the depth of the tech model, as well as several others getting important parts of the game going. The next demo should be fairly engrosing, and once we reach that stage, we may start to get more comments than we can handle . I'm looking forward to that .

[Master Marcus]

lots of info in this column, great work on this project. Although I don't have the time to lurk around regularly, especially with hefty weeks at my work and my gaming sessions, It's always good to see developers like you working an enhanced AI and the macro -side of TBS, in fact a "macro" ( but there's always room for micro ) single-player TBS relies on a strong AI - otherwise it will bite the dust. We'll see with a commercialized product like MoO3, but the BTs comments are very positive so far. Some ideas can be taken there.

[Panag]

hi ,

aldo the game is far out when it comes to playing it , its a great review

have a nice day

[Mark_Everson]

Originally posted by Master Marcus
It's always good to see developers like you working an enhanced AI and the macro -side of TBS, in fact a "macro" ( but there's always room for micro ) single-player TBS relies on a strong AI - otherwise it will bite the dust.

Thanks Master Marcus, we think we've got a solid approach and our own little niche of the genre. Its just a pain that excecuting the plans takes so long! But the commercial companies weren't producing what I Need to play. . .

Hi panag:

What is so far out? Have you tried the tutorial? It helps a lot with the learning curve.

[Panag]

Originally posted by Mark_Everson


Thanks Master Marcus, we think we've got a solid approach and our own little niche of the genre. Its just a pain that excecuting the plans takes so long! But the commercial companies weren't producing what I Need to play. . .

Hi panag:

What is so far out? Have you tried the tutorial? It helps a lot with the learning curve.

hi ,

sorry , far out from buying it , ..... PTW is enough for the moment , .... with CIV II as a backup , ...

have a nice day

[Mark_Everson]

Originally posted by panag
sorry , far out from buying it , ..... PTW is enough for the moment , .... with CIV II as a backup , ...

Buying it??? I wouldn't buy it yet, its only 20% done.

But we've got a bunch of reworked scenarios coming along now that the scenario design stuff is becoming more sophisticated. Check the next demo out when we release it, is should pleasantly surprise you!

-Mark