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From: paul@surf.sics.bu.oz (Paul Davis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games,rec.games.board
Subject: Re: What would you like in a port from a boardgame?
Summary: A lot...
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Date: 23 Aug 90 23:28:43 GMT
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Reply-To: paul@surf.sics.bu.oz (Paul Davis)
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The ultimate board game?

I want the ability to design and program pieces.  Design should take into
account physical tradeoffs and resource constraints but allow for some
flexibility.  Programming could start with just a Move x,y type command
and some condition checking and looping.  They would need to be able to
send messages ie. 'Encountered enemy' to the command point as well.

I would like more strategy games to be real-time or a semblance thereof.
That would give an advantage to the player able to quickly create and modify
his piece's programs.  I have the idea of developing groups of basic pieces
with a set of behavior directives and then running these in essentially
hands off mode to see how successful the algorithms are.  Something like
complicated strategic cellular automata. ??

It would be nice to 'can' algorithms in procedures so that you can quickly
substitute one sort of behavior for another, ie. 'attack' and 'retreat'.

Definitely two player, definitely two machine.  Preferably unlimited players
with the ability to enter and leave a running game.

I've thought of unlimited territory, with a fractal algorithm generating it
as players move around, then storing it for others to happen across.  I'm
not sure when to say 'That is all' but this could and should be done by
wrapping rather than hard borders.  I often wish Strategic Conquest wrapped
at the sides and corners.

That is all for now.
paul@surf.sics.bu.oz.au

send messages ie. 'Encountered enemy' to the command point as well.
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