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  • Looking for a guinea pig

    Alright, I'm going to try to do the courseware for the next AU game - no, don't freak out, I'm just getting a head start.

    I'm sure there will be a post-AU501 discussion of the mod, what worked, what didn't, what is almost there, what new changes are needed, etc. , so don't feel rushed. There's lots of time before the next one.

    However, since this would be my first map/course, I'm gonna need a volunteer to play the first 2-3 thousand years and give me feedback - too easy, too hard, whatever. I'd like someone who mostly plays Monarch level confidently and who doesn't mind having a little inside information. If it's someone who doesn't really like to play the courses but is familiar with our goals, that would be groovy too.

    Any volunteers?
    Again, do not freak out if you are not done with 501. I am not anywhere near ready to announce, let alone release, the next course. I am merely getting a head start since this is my first real foray into the editor and scenario creation. Do not panic.
    "Just once, do me a favor, don't play Gray, don't even play Dark... I want to see Center-of-a-Black-Hole Side!!! " - Theseus nee rpodos

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    Ducki: I'm willing to be your guinea pig, depending on when you need the game tried out. I'm off work until next Wednesday so I've got plenty of time until then.
    Libraries are state sanctioned, so they're technically engaged in privateering. - Felch
    I thought we're trying to have a serious discussion? It says serious in the thread title!- Al. B. Sure

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    • #3
      Yay! We have a winner. I'll PM you tonight or tomorrow.
      Thanks!
      "Just once, do me a favor, don't play Gray, don't even play Dark... I want to see Center-of-a-Black-Hole Side!!! " - Theseus nee rpodos

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      • #4
        np Ducki
        Libraries are state sanctioned, so they're technically engaged in privateering. - Felch
        I thought we're trying to have a serious discussion? It says serious in the thread title!- Al. B. Sure

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        • #5
          Wow!

          That was fast.


          Ducki, if for any reason, you would like a player just getting used to monarch, I'm happy to volunteer as well


          ...and just out of curiosity, what sort of theme are you going for?
          Drive your cart and your plow over the bones of the dead. -William Blake

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          • #6
            No details yet.
            I don't want to steal attention from 501, as it's a fantastic game and deserves the normal post-game attention. I just want to get my... er, ducks in a row, so to speak.
            "Just once, do me a favor, don't play Gray, don't even play Dark... I want to see Center-of-a-Black-Hole Side!!! " - Theseus nee rpodos

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            • #7
              Just bear in mind that we want rubber, oil, saltpeter, iron, coal, and uranium all to be near the capital city.
              Illegitimi Non Carborundum

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                • #9
                  Yeah, I tried to put the starting location on a hill with iron and coal under it, horses and saltpeter next to it, three rivers, 4 grassland cows and one of each luxury, but I can't figure out how to stack resources, so I just put them all on an island and you guys can just race the AIs for all the resources. I call it AU502: Capture the World.
                  "Just once, do me a favor, don't play Gray, don't even play Dark... I want to see Center-of-a-Black-Hole Side!!! " - Theseus nee rpodos

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                  • #10
                    Awesome idea! Everyone starts on the continents, but ALL the resources are on islands where NO ONE starts (except those raging barbarians)!

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                    • #11
                      Or everyone starts on a tiny island and all resources are on continents. Hehe, I'll have to remember those for the future.
                      "Just once, do me a favor, don't play Gray, don't even play Dark... I want to see Center-of-a-Black-Hole Side!!! " - Theseus nee rpodos

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                      • #12
                        Ducki do it anyway you want, just don't make it a large map or worse a huge one.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by jshelr
                          Just bear in mind that we want rubber, oil, saltpeter, iron, coal, and uranium all to be near the capital city.
                          /me plans jshelr's demise in a future PBEM game...
                          And her eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming...

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by vmxa1
                            Ducki do it anyway you want, just don't make it a large map or worse a huge one.
                            I agree - standard map, please! The waiting time between turns was quite annoying in AU 501 from the industrial age onward.
                            "As far as general advice on mod-making: Go slow as far as adding new things to the game until you have the basic game all smoothed out ... Make sure the things you change are really imbalances and not just something that doesn't fit with your particular style of play." - WesW

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                            • #15
                              Longtime-lurker, first time poster. I can´t wait for a new AU game to try it out.

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