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Project Started:	1st August, 2012	Last Update:	16th August, 2012
Project Owner:	SolarB	Project Members:
Project Type:	RTS	Project Progress:
More Info:	http://biospheregames.blogspot.com	Faves:	3

Project Overview

ETERNAL ORBIT

This is the game I've been working on for the past 2 months, soon to be released!

Initially this started off as an exercise in unit count but it spiralled out of control and became a fully featured game (and yes, the title is a nod to a certain other RTS some of you may remember)!

Game Features:

- 3 difficulty levels

- Custom game type

- Factory waypoints

- Spawn multiple units

- Scroll and move units using minimap

- Theoretically unlimited AI players (currently 4 available)

- Dynamic music

Engine Features:

- 500-1000 total units (depending on CPU)

- 360 shooting and smooth rotation

- Automatic harvesters

- Adjustable window size and fullscreen option (fits all resolutions above 1280x720)

- Fog of war (visibility)

- Four unit AI states

- Smooth scrolling

- Parallax starfield

FREE! (and possibly opensource)

Screenshots:

Video:

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To-do list

Posted 16th Aug 12, by SolarB

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Getting close to finishing the game, posting an update.

THINGS DONE:

- 360 Bullets
- Smooth rotation
- Unit selection
- Enemy and asteroid placement
- Smooth scrolling
- Build types and building placement
- Base boundaries
- Remove boundaries
- Factory waypoints
- Asteroid scale (random)
- Repair buildings
- Building health bars
- Multiple enemies
- Unit creation and movement
- Fog of war (visibility depending on distance)
- Instance based combat algorithm
- Automatic harvesters
- Window size adjustment
- Warnings
- Move units with Minimap
- Bullet and explosion visibility (FoW)
- Enemy colour Set
- No AI on player start position
- Playfield size adjustment
- Link minimap (with surface object)
- Enemy AI build
- VFX (nebulae, stars, etc)
- SFX
- Dynamic Music
- Title screen
- Custom game type

THINGS NOT DONE:

- Options
-- Fullscreen
-- V-Sync
-- Music Volume
-- Sound Effects Volume
-- Help

- In Game Menu
-- Resume
-- Options
-- Quit
--- Quit to main menu?

- Smarter AI & Difficulty
-- Patrol
-- Return
-- Guard Harvesters
-- Attack

Programming the AI should be challenging but not impossible. I'm trying to do it without the game taking too much of a performance hit.

More updates soon!

Gameplay video

Posted 9th Aug 12, by SolarB