Ideas wanted for a space strategy game...

From: dpwhite@cs-acad-lan.Lakeheadu.Ca (D P WHITE E-MAIL)

Date: Thu, 07 Apr 1994 19:45:22 +0000

Several friends and I are planning/hoping to make a space strategy
game for the IBM/PC platform.  We would like to make it similar to Master of
Orion or VGA Planets, and probably release it as shareware...

Here's a small checklist of how I intend to create the game:
- Multi-player - 2 --> 25 or 50 (I haven't decided on the limit of players,
as the computer platform may only allow so much.)

- A choice of about 15 races - note more than one player can be the same
race, but all players put 'priorities' on the different technologies, and
therefore have different abilities.

- Turn based game (naturally) (the files transferred for turns may be
slightly on the larger side, however.)

- Approx 10 different technologies, from 'construction' and 'bio-med'
to 'focussed energies' and 'anti-matter tech'

- 'Devices' (such as cloaking devices) can be placed on any ship desired -
if you have the technology (and the room on your ship...)

- Random star-scape; every game, the universe will change.  I hope to
impliment asteroids, nebulae, black holes, worm holes, and several other
nifty space oddities...

- I hope to add 'Precursor' technology or ships that NO race can develop/
construct

I would LOVE to hear from what you people out in net-land would like...
Nifty devices, races, special abilities for players/races, what kind of
interface you would like to see, any kind of 'scenarios' you would like, etc.
ANYTHING you would like to see in a space strategy kind of game...

Also, I can't say I'll use everything I get sent, but I'll see what I can
do...

I'm sure there must be tonnes of ideas kicking around out there - If you'd
like to share them, please E-mail me (I don't read newsgroups that often) at

dpwhite@THUNDER.lakeheadu.ca       (check most often)
or        dpwhite@CS-ACAD-LAN.lakeheadu.ca   (don't check very much)

Thanks in advance,
Daniel White.