Lords and knights isn't really a civ builder game. It's a castle builder, and it does that remarkably well, even down to the jerks who send thousands of troops against you without warning or provocation: that's a tiny personal rant. And you find that in pretty much every online game of the type. As for civ games, we don't really have so much, but one game I wish we could have ported was Alpha Centauri, another cid Mayers game where you and other groups of settlers land on a planet and colonize it. Everyone is unique, every leader is different, and there's a lot of flavor in the game. I don't think it would be unportable, though I doubt that acquiring the rights to do so or getting anyone corporate to do so would really work. The thing is, civ games aren't really that hard to set up, in terms of the internal mechanics. It's the interface that would take most of the time. They're really ust a list of stats with perks and penalties. It's not hard. I just don't know enough about interface development to pull it off, but maybe someone would work with me and we could put it all together. The sad thing is that it's easy to code but hard to brainstorm, though I'm a really good brainstormer and a really lousy coder. If anyone's interested in actually making one, i'll sit down and talk with you about anything you migt want or need.
On 12/7/13, K <ks.steinbac...@gmail.com> wrote: > sid meiers made some great games. I believe he made the civilization games, > > plus a game called Pirates! that had you start out as either an English > privateer, a spanish merchant, a dutch trader or a frnech buccaneer. in > the carrabean, you'd sail around, attack other ships, hire more men, buy > cannon for your ships, and then attack island cities and try to become the > best or worst pirate depending on your state of mind, you can be. you'd > marry, make diplomatic treaties with other countires, etc. very visual so I > > don't know if it could be ported to a blind verison, but it took up most of > > my free time when I was in junior high and hich school > > K > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ken Downey" <kenwdow...@thepionear.net> > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> > Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2013 2:41 AM > Subject: [Audyssey] Civilization games on PC or iPhone > > >> Lords and Knights was good, but its time frame was really limited, and >> there were only a dozen or so research projects you could do. It would be >> >> great if we could start with little more than fire, and end up in the >> space age if we play it right. It would be nice if the game had good sound >> >> also. >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >> list, >> please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > -- Signed: Dakotah Rickard --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
