Somar

Research, need help

SBMs are Strategic Ballistic Missiles, they're a type of transport that are used mostly to delivery nuclear payloads, but they are also used to make ships go past the planet's orbit. So they're not the weapon, they're the vehicle that leads them to their destination.

In Colonies, the SBMs will also be designed with modules, so there'll be many different types, ones with more stages and more max distance than others. The first stage, the biggest one, will fall to the ground after the second stage kicks in, it'll fall into a random location just below the area where the second stage kicked in. And if the owner doesn't destroy it or collect it, another nation may do so and recover it's research and secrets.

So... everything has a reaction.

Research, need help

Didn't knew that name. Googled it, seems cool, but not a biome, but I'll definitelly add that to the world map.

About the RNG I really got interested, would love to know more about it. I wouldn't mind the console thing as I kinda like it. About the unit stats generation, that is something we can look into, as the units in the game are designed by the players with modules, modules that are acquired through research into different things like resources and/or places, or even finishing a contract made by one of the major nations, a deal with a major nation or a player nation, stealing tech from another player, or even reverse engineering a players unit.

Players will be able to design units of the types:

• Infantry
• Cavalry
• Naval
• Air
• Space

SBMs are a type of Space unit that can transit through subland/land/air/space levels to arrive at its destination.

Google Picture War

Do I need to explain?

Google Picture War

Ops... not this time.

Research, need help

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Holy shit. You have me hooked. PM me if you need help with Cartesian coordinates or want me to add borders myself and sectors or add hexes or whatever or give general GM advice, PM me.

Otherwise, I would add:
Artic
Highlands (Forest + Plateau)
Pine Forest

@UltikanaRe

I like the Artic and the Highlands(didn't know the name of the combo) and I am pretty sure the Artic could perfectly replace the Snow Desert biome.

I'll definitely need help with the Cartesian coordinates, but I am using square grids. The thing is the map is huge, let me do the math... the entire world map is subdivided into 128 bigger areas, that are divided each into 36 smaller areas. Each one of these areas are a playable map with 64 bigger areas and 36 cells each area... so... the entire game has a total of 10616832 individual cells. It's only the world map. There are also three natural satelites orbiting this planet, that later in game will be all playable too. And there is the fact that the world is divided in levels that are:

• Submarine/subterrain
• Surface
• Air
• Orbital

So... yeah... I'm gonna have some work. When I start working focused on the maps(each map will be made in the fly), I am going to write down some program on Game Maker to help me with map generation. There is no way to do it all by hand. I know a professional pixelartist, the one that designed me this avatar, and I'm gonna pay him to draw the tilesets. The movement and rules and actions will all be made by editing, copying and pasting, like normal NESes or Nation roleplay orders.

Research, need help

Final Fantasy XII was the main inspiration behind the Sand Sea, but as in Colonies everything has some explaining, so do the existance of the Sand Sea. The thing is that it exists in the middle of the only continent a huge landmass and because of that, there is no aquifers near it. This landmass is splitting in two right behind the location where the Sand Sea is located, making a giant gap there that after some milenia has passed and because of the dry and windy location, the terrain became the most fine sand, so fine that it looks like ash.

I'm... not quite sure what a High Forest would be...

@Timeless

The world where Colonies takes place has an atmosphere that is not ideal for humans, it is toxic, making it impossible for humans to breath and survive for more than 8-10 hours, in other hand, the High Forests, are forests formed in most by trees past a kilometer tall, their canopy are so tall and so full of leaves that the sun light never touches the ground below, the fauna and flora down there are almost everything with bioluminescence. The thing is, the atmosphere there is different, it is almost identical to the one in Earth, making living there for long periods possible, although very difficult, painfull and chalenging.

Greetings

That seems like a bit of an overreaction.

@Ermine

Not completely. I was true about it.

@Somar Welcome to the guild dude if you want i can help you find some RPs

@Billsomething

Hum... at this moment I am working hard on my project, so any writting will be for it. But if you don't mind I would really like something to read.

Greetings

I should probably greet you. Our wisdom is so sweet. Taste and see.

TRANSMIT - initiate high frequency signal - RECEIVE - initiate nighttime codex - THERE ISN'T MUCH TIME - one night in Bangkok and the world's your oyster - THE CLOCK IS STRIKING TWELVE'S - to the scientist there is the joy in pursuing truth which nearly counteracts the depressing revelations of truth - ALL ALONE, COLD FIELDS YOU WANDER - my soul, lest it should truant be, thy grace did guide to thine and thee - WITNESS - Somar

Welcome. As I stated, I didn't spend much time on it, but it seems to have come out okay.

@Ermine

Holy mother of... wait I am an agnostic... Ermine, are you a witch of some sort? That is the deepest, truest thing I have ever read about me. I don't know if that was the objective but I know myself more than ever now. I could write an essay about my life and why that is the most brilliant thing I could ever read, but I simple don't think that is necessary. Thank you with all my heart. If I may I will save that and frame later.

Opa! Welcome! :D

@Defacto

Annnnnd you. HAHAHA! For someone who is wondering who is that friend of mine that told me about this place. That's you, Defacto. Thanks, man.

Matian Reclamation

Yeah... when I was younger, I usualy liked to read forums about roleplaying, there were Megaman and a lot of different things. People would just decide if they hit or not, even before the defender would even know they were attacking. Sometimes a player would just kill other with an attack and it was just idiotic. I think that is why I have developed a fear of the lack of rules. Even the tiniest lack of rule in any game or something that lets players take a bit of freedom makes me a little uncomfortable. But I get your point.

Research, need help

So... I am develping a game based on a mix of NES, Nation Roleplay and the computer game Civilizations. And after working a lot on the ruleset I am working on the map/grid game mechanics. It is based in a square grid, different from Civ's and other games hex grid. I am working with a HUGE original and detailed world map that I have drawn(and is still a WIP) using pixelart in a 4k proportion, all palyable, divided in Sector > Zone > Quadrant > from here we enter on the table map > Area > Cell, later I'll be working on a quadrant formula for depicting global positioning, but right now I need some help on the Terrain Types.

Terrain Types is a big variable in this game as it is all focused on strategy, the real one. So... as many Terrain Types would be good, but I don't want to overdo it. Right now I have:

• Plains
• River
• Hills
• Plateau
• Marsh
• Swamp
• Forest
• Rain Forest
• High Forest**
• Taiga
• Desert
• Snow Desert
• Ice Desert
• Mountain
• Valley
• Sand Sea**
• Badlands
• Savanna
• Steppe
• Tundra
• Coast
• Ocean

**those are natives from the planet where the game happens

Those are naturally occurring terrain types in the planet, there are other Terrain Types that can only be found after some event happens in them. Each of these terrain types has particular characteristics and variables that will play some of the most important roles on the game like finding resources, supplies, strategic position in conflicts, structure positioning etc...

So... do you guys have any tip on what I should put or take from this list? Questions or tips on anything else? Thanks for your time.