Indigon's messages

Love star relic, one of my all-time favorite small games. I really hope to see a sequel. Here are some random ideas about bonus hexes:
- Dust clouds/nebulas decrease range/movement, but provide defense (evasion or dmg reduction),
- Artifacts in capsules that when broken give certain bonus to the ship that collects them.
- Movement/particle weapon range affected by direction in respect to planet gravity (impact may vary depending on planet size).
- Passing comets: Deal damage on ships if it hits them, but can be destroyed (maybe give bonus energy).

The game has a wonderful concept and it can be further expanded. I don’t think it is too complex and besides, there are plenty of easy time-killing games already. Some brain scratching won’t do harm.

An advanced option to play against people online would largely increase game popularity and re-playability, but I understand that it is not an easy thing to achieve.

In any case thanks for the wonderful game, and good luck with your projects!

@ Jashu: That game (star relic) is far to complex for even a professional AI. What you need is online multiplayer. I am very eager to try strategizing against a human player.

If you doubt your game has what it takes to make it in online multplayer, take a look at “Battalion: Arena” and it’s sequels/prequels. Gameplay is classic, but nowhere near as novel or complex as Star Relic an it still made a great multiplayer game.

Only flaw is that it is a little too complex for humans too :), you may want to add a ‘peek ahead’ feature that shoes the future positions of all objects provided they don’t move (to examine asteroid positions, for example).