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Mnemonix
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Posted: 18th Apr 2005 19:15 Edited at: 19th Apr 2005 07:32
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The Controller


A still work in progress, but also in a somewhat testable state is my firs venture into the world of php game development.

The controller is a space trade game where you have to try and overthrow the controller. For the purpose of the test, make it your purpose to have the highest networth.

The game is turn based and turns are handled automatically every 10 minutes. In a turn you get 6 actions and can do upto 6 things. Some things happen instantly, others are added to an action queue, and take place at the end of the turn. Things like buying a plot or a factory, or more shipping space.

To go into the details of the game, in this early state would take a while so for the most part it will be figuring it out for yourself, ill make the recommendation of buying 4 plots on your first turn. This leaves you with enough money to buy facilities for the plots on your next turn.

The game is in an early state (The profile page does not exist yet), and if you experience any bugs, please email me at mnemonix@logicstudios.net, same if you have any suggestions. Before the final version is released, I hope to write a manual in e-book format that describes how to play it.

Here are some pictures:


The action screen


The inventory screen


The dynamic marketplace



Strategy tip, do not buy outbound/inbound freighter space to begin with. You dont need it for a while

Anyway, give it a try at http://controller.logicstudios.net

Thanks

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Jess T
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Posted: 19th Apr 2005 00:14
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First impressions:
That interface is horrid.
No offence meant or anything, but it seriously does hurt to look at.
I guess you're using HTML Tables to do the layout?
Have you looked at CSS? It really is so much better!

Anyway, just registering now

Jess.


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The Wendigo
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Been playing with this bad boy. If you like games such as Industry Giant, and you don't mind a lack of graphics, then you'll love this game! If you plan your strategy right, you could really mess up somebody's business . Very addictive, IMO, but I'm partial to this genre. Good Job!


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Mnemonix
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Erm Jess? The entire interface is CSS. Its done with tables to make it more intuitive, all the information is neatly organised. Im not going for a site that looks pretty, im going for a game that plays well.

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Ian T
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The site seems to be up/responding again... cool...


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Sexaaaaayyyyy Been playin' it on and off for the afternoon--make some actions, leave the comp, some back in a few minutes, rince and repeat... hehe just made a killin' on iron ore


Highscores, hmmm... Awww, poor Apex is at -235 wait a sec... WTF I thought my first account was deaded! :o "Hawkeye" now had 2000 credits.. that was at 0 like an hour ago. Mnem, do me a favor and delete that account, I saw that I had overspent myself and didn't have any factories/sellabes and made a new account. I don't need it, and you certainly don't



edit: argh the site is still acting deaded.. veeerrrrryyyy slow to respond

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I'm such a badass.. I'm rawr and I'm making a killing

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Hawkeye
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Quote: "
Rank Name Net-Worth
1 TheSturgeon 36874
2 mnemonix 35886
3 rawr 35224
4 InvaderJim 16761
5 Hawk 12620
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hehe you WERE making a killing.. for a while there you were like 30000 ahead of everybody else.. but now mnem has decided to take back what is his :o

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SWEET! I WAS IN THE LEAD!!! (TheSturgeon). !WINNER. Now I'm going to go an pwn the fish industry


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I'm 2nd only to mnemy right now... and creeping up fast


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Tis fun, got a little confused and lost alot of money, but fun.

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...hehe just made a fourtine off of iron ore...

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Does the game ever reset to new?

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Only when you're winning.

You are not alone.
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Mnemonix
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The game will be reset before I release it final, and probably a couple of times before that too.

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i hope not, being a millionaire in first place is nice


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Whoever's in first place should get a tax from the other players, so there's a point to try and get first.

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Quote: "Whoever's in first place should get a tax from the other players, so there's a point to try and get first."


Wouldn't that make it more difficult for them to get into first?

Trust me, the more money you have to throw around, the easier it is to make money

(for example, I don't even bother trading on the market unless i'm going to make over 50k)


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the market place is really annoying to make a transaction. instead you should have the 2 columns, and instead of radio buttons, have fields where u enter the ammount you wish to buy/sell, and then click submit. that way you can do multiple transactions, and also you just have to say how much you wish to sell instead of ticking "sell" first
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*sigh*

Its designed like that on purpose specifically so you cant do multiple transactions at once.

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*remains happy that he's in top 10 on rankings after just playing for 4 turns*
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