Re: GALAXY

From: adr@dircon.co.uk (adr)

Date: Fri, 10 Mar 1995 02:37:22 +0000

>Sure, the incoming ships know they are going to be blown away, but they
>can't change course... you can find all sorts of rationalizations for
>this.  Turning around isn't, neccessarily, easy.  Maybe you have to
>plot a course, and it can only be changed in major gravity wells,
>that is near a star?  So you can't change course in space.

Well my ships have no pilots and limited fuel so can only do a one way
trip.

>Motherships -- ie ships carrying ships was tried in one of the test
games,
>I don't think it added much more than complication.

Thanks i didn't know that had been tried.

>What's nice about Galaxy right now is that there is a good balance --
there
>is no one perfect strategy, but lots of things to try.  When making
changes,
>you have to be very careful with this.

Agreed.

>Possibly, I'm just not sure the changes you suggest are the way to
>make it a great game.  I like the decisions that commitment to
>an offensive makes you take... It makes drive an important part of
>the design of a war ship.

I think moons orbiting around one in 5 or one in 10 planets could work
well. They could be used for mining materials etc.. also cultivated and
food grown to feed the planets. This wouldn't change the main core of the
game.

One idea i don't like is to make Galaxy 3D...

I would love to get hold of a PC version of Galaxy make a few changes and
try them out..

Mick

References

GALAXY
adr@dircon.co.uk (adr)
Thu, 23 Feb 1995 03:39:17 +0000
Re: GALAXY
adr@dircon.co.uk (adr)
Thu, 02 Mar 1995 04:00:57 +0000
Re: GALAXY
dagibbs@qnx.com (David Gibbs)
Fri, 03 Mar 1995 01:56:03 +0000
Galaxy mailing lists: where?
Simon Reed <simon@itd.tv.bbc.co.uk>
Tue, 21 Feb 1995 12:29:41 +0000