Hi Dark, Yeah, that would be awesome. I can see where Castaways could grow and be bigger and better than the current version if Aprone wants to go in that direction. We will have to see of course, but I too would like to be able to build a full sized city, perhaps engage in trade with other communities, and battle enemy hoards.
On 3/24/13, dark <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi john. > > As regards castaways, I'm afraid I disagree, not that it isn't small, but > that it is complete. > > Myself, I'd love! to see a full castaways Ii with similar mechanics, but on > > a far larger scale, so that you could go from your small population of > survivers, right up to a full city, could trade, develope new technologies, > > endure natural desasters or wars etc. > > I have a friend who is a big stratogy fan, and plays extensively the indi > graphical game (and sadly not accessible), dwarf fortress. I could never > myself see the appeal of such games, since all the experience I had ever had > > of them was abasially the stuff like ateraeon or 1000 ad, where you just set > > some resources to producing then sit back and watch, (not that > interesting), > > but the reactive gameplay in swamp, the need to change priorities, considder > > people, alter what your doing according to goals you want to accomplish, > rather than just set stuff up in an optimum way was something I found quite > > new, particularly since ulike some of the military stratogy games like Sound > > rts, in Castaways there was as much emphasis on the production and building > > end, and taking care of your population, keeping them safe through sickness > > desasters etc as there was of pure military attacks. > > so, while I'm a huge castaways fan, i can see so many ways in which the game > > could be expanded it's unbelievable, and I really do hope Aprone will work > on a more complete castaways in the future. > > Beware the grue! > > Dark. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
