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I'm currently writing a submarine simulator, set in the cold war...it is in its very early stage, nevertheless there are some videos and blog posts about it

http://cwssinfo.blogspot.com/

Thought, I share this here if somebody has interest and wanna give feedback .

Hi,

anybody has some experience with the current state of 'Fallen Enchantress'....in forums I see some complaints about the AI but which strategy game has that not...

So to the guys who played it a lot...do you like it?

I was looking for a similar game like the police quest series but it seems there is no other game out there with a similar realistic police/FBI setting? (Yeah, I know the SWAT series)

Today, anybody tells you that tablet pcs are the future and in a couple of years nobody would have a netbook or even a pc anymore. Everybody seems to be in HTML5 hype mode, all apps have to run in the browser, regardless how bad their usability is in this environment or other drawbacks.

I had a iPad 2 in my hands for 30 minutes. Sorry, for me this is a playing gadget, at best it is a suitable device for someone who is really passive, that is only reading stuff and jumping from one app to the other one or just browsing the web without providing content by himself. I wouldn't exhange my netbook for a tablet pc, alone the keyboard would be reason alone.

I know I have exaggerated a little but seriously: Is it really a minority, who thinks that those new shiny gadgets are not so great at all as the marketing guys and hype-sellers claim?

Hey people,

I plan to develop a police/FBI like roguelike for PC(Java-based) and Android tablets (but since I plan to separate the UI from the game engine, other OS should not be that tough to do), where you can be a police officer or later be a FBI agent. Due to the nature of that setting, team-based playing (either with the AI or perhaps also multiplayer ?) is essential. The game should be realistic, so no dumb shooting but with rules of engagement, non-lethal combat etc.

I'd like to hear from you:

• how could a roguelike benefit from tablet PCs concerning usability and playing?
• do you think that you`d like to play a 'roguelike' with that non-standard setting?
• what content should be in (important for a first version)?
• would you like to have complex tactical combat, how could it look like?
• any ideas for a conversation system?
• any ideas how to 'simulate' driving in a turn-based game?
• would you even play it if it has only ASCII graphics in the beginning, thus the usability might not be that great?

When I start to develop this stuff, I plan to create a blog. Since I do this in my spare time, progress will be slow.

Thanks for your input!

I have to say that I am not a Justin Bieber fan, although I like 1-2 songs from him, especially 'Pray'.

If you randomly check out youtube videos, read forum threads etc., you realize that he is being personal attacked with all means, starting by attacking his personal appearance and ending by that people create anti-Bieber videos - with content such like cats spitting at a poster(showing him) being one of the harmless ones.

I think that it is quite ridiculous, since Justin is by no means arrogant and that he can sing etc. is out of question - regardless if you like his music or not.

Have so many people no success in their life, so they cannot bear that Justin has it and put considerable effort into such nonsense?

Yeah, I've read the wiki but perhaps i've missed it: what is the overall goal of the adventure mode...is it just to stay life as long as possible?
Is the game play mainly fulfill that quest by killing those creatures xyz?