I'm developing a game!

[GuyManDude]

Hey everyone,

I’m doing some research to gauge the interest in an upcoming game I’m developing. The game is a throwback to the browser MMO strategy games I use to play when I was younger. After getting back into the genre earlier this year by playing Arch Battle, I was left a bit underwhelmed. I wanted something with a bit more depth and a UI that holds up to today’s standards of web design.

 

So that brings me to where I am now. I’m pumping a lot of my free time to code this game and I just want to ensure when it launches there will be a large enough user base to keep the game alive. I do actually have a Kickstarter going which will help out a lot if it gets funded - [link removed] - but whether the campaign is successful or not I am going to finish the game.

 

I hope this doesn’t come across as an ad for my Kickstarter because this is truly a passion project that I am making as much for myself to play as to hopefully create a successful game.

 

Thanks guys!

 

Heres a description of what the game will be:

 

What is Fleet Wars?

Fleet Wars is a browser based massively multiplayer turn based strategy game. The game is primarily text based, but will be packed full of beautiful 3D art and pre-rendered animations.

The aim of the game is to rise up the rankings and become the most powerful empire in the universe. You will achieve your ranking by exploring, acquiring new planets and exploiting their resources to grow your population and drive your need to create the most powerful ships with the most advanced technologies.

You will research your way through the tech tree to unlock the most powerful weapons and gain the knowledge to build ship classes like Dreadnoughts and the Star Destroyer. Once you have your first fleet, attack an opponent and fight for your place at the top of the leader board.

 

Monetisation Model:

Fleet Wars is free to play with nothing locked behind a paywall. The websites monetisation will be primarily driven by non-intrusive ads. In addition to this there will be a subscription model (advanced membership) which will remove the ads from all pages and unlock additional cosmetic customisation options.

 

What the Game Will Include:

Fleet Wars will forever be an evolving game. New features will constantly be added and balancing the game will be a top priority.  

Below is a list of the features that will be included in the initial release of the game.

 - Expeditions to find new planets
 - Planet Management
 - Economy Management

 - Design your own Ship
 - Commander leveling
 - Create a fleet of ships for each Commander

 - Research Tech Tree
 - Tech Tree will consist of passive bonuses, new weapons and new ship classes
 - Guilds 
 - Declare War on other Guilds
 - Guild Rankings

 - Attack other players and NPC's
 - Text summary of how the battle played out
 - Steal other players Technologies
 - Raid other players planets
 - Destroy or steal other players planets 

Edited January 8, 2016 by GuyManDude
Removed link.

[FAQBytes]

What is your experience in building games/coding?

[TacticalCuda]

i want to back the game but i dont have any money

[GuyManDude]

Thats fine TacticalCuda I'm just happy to see it's something you might be interested in playing!

 

I have several years of experience in coding web applications in javascript - mostly in jquery just because it's quicker. I have been very lucking in getting a job where a lot of my time is spent doing R&D and teaching myself to code web applications for the business. That is where I've learnt most of my javascript, html5 and SQL knowledge. I use to do a lot of actionscript 3 coding in flash but lets not talk about that

 

I'm also working with my brother who has played a lot of these games over the years and he will be helping design the tech tree and balancing the game.

 

And of course I will be taking a lot of feedback from players when I get an alpha up and running in a few months.

[baxtmann]

Have you ever developed a game before?

[Godlygamer23]

Even though you may not have intended it as advertisement, it still breaks our rules towards advertising. As a result, your link has been removed.

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