Re: Ongoing Strategy Games.

From: bruno@cerberus.csd.uwm.edu (Bruno Wolff III)

Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1993 07:35:57 +0000

From article <1993Jul9.043312.22896@infodev.cam.ac.uk>, by js138@cus.cam.ac.uk (John Sloan):
] In article <1993Jul9.000140.15601@cs.tcd.ie>, rwallace@cs.tcd.ie (Russell Wallace) writes:
] |> A better solution is to say, newbies are not expected to go up against
] |> established players (though they might against other newbies).  The way
] |> I implement this in Atlantis is to start new players in different
] |> regions, so by the time a large empire's advance scouts reach them,
] |> they'll be able to defend themselves.  There are other possibilities,
] |> e.g. a rule forbidding attacks on anyone for their first X turns.
] |>
] |> --
] |> "To summarize the summary of the summary: people are a problem"
] |> Russell Wallace, Trinity College, Dublin
] |> rwallace@cs.tcd.ie
]
] So you keep saying.  I still don't think this is a good solution, no matter how
] many times you post it.
]
] Part of the problem is that the infinite map you need for this has serious
] consequences for the longterm viability of the game.  Other problems I've already
] mentioned.

Besides being able to add in new players away from old players, you may also
want an arbitrarily large game in order to provide new areas to explore for
old players. Providing a large space is doable affordably with current
computers. The big problem is having an automated way of generating interesting
new territories.

References

Re: Ongoing Strategy Games.
js138@cus.cam.ac.uk (John Sloan)
Fri, 09 Jul 1993 04:33:12 +0000

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Re: Ongoing Strategy Games.
js138@cus.cam.ac.uk (John Sloan)
Fri, 09 Jul 1993 04:33:12 +0000