Comments on: Fleedom – Fleet Pattern and Movement test http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2009/04/18/fleedom-fleet-pattern-and-movement-test/ A tri-annual 48 hour solo game development competition. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:55:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: HybridMind http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2009/04/18/fleedom-fleet-pattern-and-movement-test/comment-page-1/#comment-5623 HybridMind Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:21:51 +0000 http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/?p=5040#comment-5623 @gilvado: yeah-- as I have been playing with my prototype I found that 2 of the 4 formations are useful for evation.. the thin horiz line.. and the thin vertical line (because capital ships will also be shooting down under the big mamas) so I was pondering uses for the 'X' and the the other cluster. I had thought about the auto fire concept.. but the shield overlap is interesting too. A lot will depend on what I can get done in 48hrs versus post-compo version of course. @Tenoch: I loved homeworld.. you know what is funny.. as I'm watching my ships rearrange in their patterns.. I couldn't figure out why it looked so familiar.. now you've reminded me! Thanks! :) @gilvado: yeah– as I have been playing with my prototype I found that 2 of the 4 formations are useful for evation.. the thin horiz line.. and the thin vertical line (because capital ships will also be shooting down under the big mamas) so I was pondering uses for the ‘X’ and the the other cluster. I had thought about the auto fire concept.. but the shield overlap is interesting too.

A lot will depend on what I can get done in 48hrs versus post-compo version of course.

@Tenoch: I loved homeworld.. you know what is funny.. as I’m watching my ships rearrange in their patterns.. I couldn’t figure out why it looked so familiar.. now you’ve reminded me! Thanks! :)

]]> By: Gilvado http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2009/04/18/fleedom-fleet-pattern-and-movement-test/comment-page-1/#comment-5619 Gilvado Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:16:28 +0000 http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/?p=5040#comment-5619 Is your game going to have shooting at all? It seems likely to me that there won't be much need for many of the formations if they spread your men out, and you can only dodge. You should consider having your ships be able to take some kind of action (shooting, turning on shields to stop energy weapons, something like that), automatically. Then, you can make so that ships block line of for targetting. Then, having broad formations would maximize firepower, while having shallow and narrow ones would maximize dodging ability. If you had ships that perhaps chased your own ships (flew along beside you), then there would be an additional purpose for formations like the X -- the largest and most difficult to dodge with, but presenting maximum firepower in every direction simultaneously. If you don't want shooting, you could always have shields that overlap the ships beside them, to block incoming laserz. Again, broad formations would maximize shield protection, shallow ones would maximize dodging. Is your game going to have shooting at all? It seems likely to me that there won’t be much need for many of the formations if they spread your men out, and you can only dodge. You should consider having your ships be able to take some kind of action (shooting, turning on shields to stop energy weapons, something like that), automatically. Then, you can make so that ships block line of for targetting. Then, having broad formations would maximize firepower, while having shallow and narrow ones would maximize dodging ability. If you had ships that perhaps chased your own ships (flew along beside you), then there would be an additional purpose for formations like the X — the largest and most difficult to dodge with, but presenting maximum firepower in every direction simultaneously. If you don’t want shooting, you could always have shields that overlap the ships beside them, to block incoming laserz. Again, broad formations would maximize shield protection, shallow ones would maximize dodging.

]]> By: Tenoch http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2009/04/18/fleedom-fleet-pattern-and-movement-test/comment-page-1/#comment-5606 Tenoch Sat, 18 Apr 2009 19:02:37 +0000 http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/?p=5040#comment-5606 Hey one of my ideas included a space fleet wall (Homeworld, anyone?). Went for another one though. This looks cool! Hey one of my ideas included a space fleet wall (Homeworld, anyone?). Went for another one though. This looks cool!

]]> By: HybridMind http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2009/04/18/fleedom-fleet-pattern-and-movement-test/comment-page-1/#comment-5567 HybridMind Sat, 18 Apr 2009 15:06:33 +0000 http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/?p=5040#comment-5567 fidaner: i have no idea what a mexican wave is.. but that sounds great! ;) fidaner: i have no idea what a mexican wave is.. but that sounds great! ;)

]]> By: HybridMind http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2009/04/18/fleedom-fleet-pattern-and-movement-test/comment-page-1/#comment-5566 HybridMind Sat, 18 Apr 2009 15:05:33 +0000 http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/?p=5040#comment-5566 hamburger.. that is a good idea! hamburger.. that is a good idea!

]]> By: fidaner http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2009/04/18/fleedom-fleet-pattern-and-movement-test/comment-page-1/#comment-5565 fidaner Sat, 18 Apr 2009 15:00:36 +0000 http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/?p=5040#comment-5565 Looks very nice. There could also be dynamic formations like ships constantly making a mexican wave. Looks very nice. There could also be dynamic formations like ships constantly making a mexican wave.

]]> By: hamburger http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2009/04/18/fleedom-fleet-pattern-and-movement-test/comment-page-1/#comment-5564 hamburger Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:58:37 +0000 http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/?p=5040#comment-5564 Wow, I can already tell this game is going to be lots of fun. One thing you might want to try is instead of cycling through the different echelons, use one hotkey for each, like z/x/c/v. I think I would prefer that as a player. Wow, I can already tell this game is going to be lots of fun. One thing you might want to try is instead of cycling through the different echelons, use one hotkey for each, like z/x/c/v. I think I would prefer that as a player.

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