-- New Galaxy (Test) Game Starting --

From: slothoub@cs.utwente.nl (Frans Slothouber)

Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 00:00:00 +0000

Greetings,

This is a call for help as well as a call for players.

A new release of GalaxyNG has been finished and I want to run a test
game to check the server for bugs before it is released upon the
unsuspecting public :)

The game will be called Pilot. It will run for 3 turns for the first
15 turns and then slow down to 2 turns per week.  I aim for 20 or more
players.  It will be a normal game and winners will be entered in the
Hall of Fame.  There might be an occasional bug, but I expect them to
be minimal as the code has been tested with data from old games
already.

So if you want to help test the newest release join the game
by sending an email to

galaxyng@wit393403.student.utwente.nl

with as subject

Join Pilot

You will receive a confirmation within minutes.

The game will start as soon as there are enough players.

The features of the new release:

o A donut shaped galaxy developed by Tommy Lindqvist
    Already used in the game Testzone, you can have a look
    at it at:
    http://gumpu.student.utwente.nl/~galaxyng/Testzone/map.gif
    (It is still possible to use the normal format)

o A new option to get reports in Galaxy Plus (G+) format.
    This format allows you to use the program GV, which is
    a very excellent turn viewer mostly used in Russia.
    See also project TIGER
    http://gumpu.student.utwente.nl/~galaxyng/Tiger/index.html

o A option to receive an additional report in a machine
    readable form. Developed by Christophe Barbier.
    This will make it much easier to develop new galaxy tools.

o Forecast includes a section on the status of your nation
    (new tech levels, pop, industry etc)

o New rules for inactive players.
    During the first 10 turn if players are inactive for more
    then 3 turns, their nation, planet, and groups are removed.
    During the following turns, the computer will take over
    the position of dead players.

For more information about Galaxy see

http://gumpu.student.utwente.nl/~galaxyng/

For the current release see

http://gumpu.student.utwente.nl/~galaxyng/ServerSource/

Have Fun,
Frans.

--
( Frans Slothouber, Centre for Telematics and Information Technology )
( GalaxyNG: http://wit393403.student.utwente.nl/~galaxyng            )