With careful prototype design and using Game Piece Images (GPI's), a keen team could put the basics together in a month or two. A central co-ordinator could farm out work and build the combined module by editing buildfiles Most of the time needed is in creating the specific images and counters once the GPI layout is finished. This can be done by anyone with only a little training.
Based on my recent experiences, you are looking at the following rough time breakdown: Maps, charts etc. - 25% Creating overal structure, protoype design, menus, GamePieceLayots - 25% Generating individual GamePieceDefinitions and individual counters - 50% With good prototype design, you can quickly build up the counter inventory and add features as required later. I guess I'm saying, don't be put off by the size of the game or the 'smickness' factor of Warplanner. A basic working game could be put together quite quickly and then cleverness added later. Cheers, Brent. *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 4/02/2006 at 7:57 PM Maul's Laptop wrote: correct, matrix and Magnetar Games, Matrix is the distributor I think and Magnetar is the developer. I haven't put it on AWAW group yet, do you think I should? I think unless it is rule or game based they tend to frown on it. I haven't done any vassal modules, in fact I have only created one game ever for Aide de Camp II otherwise I would consider helping anyone doing it but not sure how much help I would be. thoughts? Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Todd Dunnavant" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 6:42 PM Subject: RE: [vassalengine] AWAW > Hi, Steve, > > I think that a VASSAL-based version of AWAW would be great. The > Warplanner > author has been promising an interactive version of the program for over a > year, but it hasn't seen the light of day yet. His original plans were > for > it to be available about 9 months ago. > > I know that you hang out on the AWAW email list, as well as over here. > Have > you had a chance to post a similar note over there, yet? > > BTW, I think that we could pretty quickly cobble together a module that > could be used to play AWAW, if we had a Pacific map. Check with Dennis > Jorgenson to see how he is coming along on the map for ERS, he's been > working on it for a good while. We could take the ERS map and easily > adapt > it for AWAW. Combine it with a slightly modified version of the current > A3R > map, and we are there. Of course, there are all those new AWAW units > (Chindits, etc.) that would need to be developed, but that is a lot less > work than is building a new map. > > > Todd Dunnavant > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On > Behalf Of Maul's Laptop > Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 6:04 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [vassalengine] AWAW > > > Just curious if anyone is working on an A World at War game for Vassal? > > I play it all the time using warplanner which is the greatest as far as > PBEM > > or even solitaire due to space, but there are lots of interactions that > need > > the players to see each others moves so I was curious. > > Steve > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bill Ash" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 4:49 PM > Subject: [vassalengine] Module does not appear on sever...? > > >> Rodney and Gang, >> For some reason, my "Lock 'N Load: Band of Heroes" module no longer >> appears on the server list. I've logged on several times and came back >> to check the "Who's Playing Live" info to find that the game does not >> appear in any of the lists there. Any ideas why? I have made no >> internal changes to the mod since it was posted for download here: >> >> http://www.locknloadgame.com/public/BoH/vlnl/BOHVASSAL.zip >> >> I would like to rectify the problem so players know when others are >> on- line and available. >> >> Thanks, >> Bill >> >> BTW: RK...can you post that link on the main VASSAL Modules page? >> Thanks. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > SPONSORED LINKS Card games Game pieces Wargaming Game play Vassal YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "vassalengine" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. ____________________________________________________________ Brent Easton Analyst/Programmer University of Western Sydney Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/vassalengine/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
