It's a game!

Srekel on 2006/04/01 01:58 of Sweclockers Python Coders

I finally came up with a simple way to make a game out of our rails and industries.

Implementing it was rather easy (which was the whole point), and the gameplay is rather simplistic, but at least its an f-ing game! Well, when we get the highscore function in I guess.

Basically, the player sets up "routes" between industries. The steel mill needs coal and iron, so the player must build rails between, for example, a coal mine and the steel mill to start making some money. However, the longer the rail, the less it is worth.


Future work include:
- Inpassible (?) Mountains so it isn't just a matter of building a straight rail road
- Better GUI (and sound) feedback
- More industries
- balancing
- and more
It's almost 4 AM now, and won't be able to work that much tomorrow. So I think I'll try and wake up in time before I have to leave, so that I can update my fellow team members on the status of the project, which is now a game! :)

Btw, the game is now quite similiar, in a way, to our previous entry, SwecPower. Although, lets hope we can turn in something a bit more easy this time around.