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Aqizzar

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The War Engine (+ VN War Mod)
« on: March 20, 2009, 09:46:17 pm »
Like, 9 years ago, I bought this program called The War Engine.  It's a semi-do-it-yourself, plug-in oriented Turn Based Tactical game maker.  Draw your own graphics, define weapons, units, terrain, and other concerns, and make little shooter maps with campaign structures and such.  Surprisingly limited in some areas, but overall a lot of fun to play around with, as I've been doing occasionally since I bought it.

It's biggest fault was lack of transportability.  You had to have a copy of the program to play other people's games, and I was one of the apparently 20 or so sales.  So it was a fun toybox, but I could never share anything.

Well, the program is long discontinued (the company that made it doesn't even list it on the website anymore).  Luckily, no piracy needed to obtain!  It's a freeware release now (make sure to grab the patch).

Lots of fun things you can try with it.  Maybe I'll make a gamepack emulating the Great VN Succession War.
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Re: The War Engine
« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2009, 09:47:45 pm »
That... would be... AWSOME!
Like, spicy awsomesauce.

Do it now, Aqizzar. MUSH! *Whip Crack*
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Re: The War Engine
« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2009, 10:27:01 pm »
If you can figure out what actually happened in the war, there needs to be a game that chronicles the entire history of the Various Nonsense's independence, from its secession to now.
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Re: The War Engine
« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2009, 10:28:17 pm »
-like a flowchart.
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Re: The War Engine
« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2009, 10:33:25 pm »
Free = fucking downloaded!
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Re: The War Engine
« Reply #5 on: March 20, 2009, 10:33:37 pm »
Neat!
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Re: The War Engine
« Reply #6 on: March 20, 2009, 10:34:35 pm »
This is actually really cool, Aqizzar.
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Re: The War Engine
« Reply #7 on: March 20, 2009, 10:35:15 pm »
Okay, so we seceded. Then we tried to take over Other Games and we were successful for a bit, but Toady pushed us back effortlessly. Then the boards split and we got the VARIOUS NONSENSE MOBILE BATTLE FORTRESS and wandered around the other boards spreading chaos and destruction. We were satisfied with that for a while, but then Aqizzar got elected Baron and the Party got angry and there was lots of chaos. Akroma did something, Sniper Joe revolted or something, Inaluct brings penguins into the situation, and all sorts of stuff.
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Re: The War Engine
« Reply #8 on: March 20, 2009, 10:36:49 pm »
Quote from: Sniper Joe on March 20, 2009, 10:33:25 pm
Free = fucking downloaded!
You have some sort of compulsive disorder.
Quote from: penguinofhonor on March 20, 2009, 10:35:15 pm
Okay, so we seceded. Then we tried to take over Other Games and we were successful for a bit, but Toady pushed us back effortlessly. Then the boards split and we got the VARIOUS NONSENSE MOBILE BATTLE FORTRESS and wandered around the other boards spreading chaos and destruction. We were satisfied with that for a while, but then Aqizzar got elected Baron and the Party got angry and there was lots of chaos. Akroma KIDNAPPED INALUCT, Sniper Joe revolted WITH HIS KERONS, Inaluct brings penguins into the situation, and all sorts of stuff.
That sounds about right.
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Re: The War Engine
« Reply #9 on: March 20, 2009, 10:38:37 pm »
If we did this, my poor Keronians would be so badly outmatched... Having only german WWII equipment and stuff...
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Re: The War Engine
« Reply #10 on: March 20, 2009, 10:39:22 pm »
we could make them terribly overpowered, like necrons.
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Re: The War Engine
« Reply #11 on: March 20, 2009, 10:53:40 pm »
Should I be helping in some way?
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Re: The War Engine
« Reply #12 on: March 20, 2009, 10:56:17 pm »
Well if the war can be made into a fun wargame I would guess the fighting could actually be fun, without devolving into weird SRS BZNS stuff that sometimes happens.

Well as long as the sides are balanced.
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Re: The War Engine
« Reply #13 on: March 20, 2009, 10:59:19 pm »
Quote from: inaluct on March 20, 2009, 10:53:40 pm
Should I be helping in some way?
You could make the graphics for the units...
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Re: The War Engine
« Reply #14 on: March 20, 2009, 11:06:03 pm »
Quote from: woose1 on March 20, 2009, 10:59:19 pm
Quote from: inaluct on March 20, 2009, 10:53:40 pm
Should I be helping in some way?
You could make the graphics for the units...

Yes! I would love to see my Keronian Nazis in your style!
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