Galactic Conquest 4K

[Pit]

Very cool game
And the space monster is much less frustrating now. The only thing I was wondering about: Sometimes I have one star that produces red instead of green ships. Bug or feature?^^

[Localhorst]

This might be a bug, if you want to make sure that this does not happen add the following line:

int imgIndex = starOwner[s];
...
// Render ships in orbit
random.setSeed(starSeed[s]);
g.setColor(starColors[imgIndex]); //this one has to be added :)

Oh by the way, i played a bit with some Perlin Noise to create a nice looking space nebulae background. I used this paper as starting point:
http://www.infiniverse-game.com/?p=articles-creating_nebulae.php

It is not that complicated at all and it looks quite cool. Anyway i doubt that this would fit into the existing 4k game…

Regards

[Grunnt]

@Localhurst

Thanks a lot for the bugfix suggestion! I’ll see if it fixes the problem as soon as I get the chance (I’m away from home for a few days). The Perlin Noise effect looks quite cool indeed, but it may be a bit too much for 4K.

@Pit

Thanks The incorrectly colored ships are not a feature, so I’ll see if I can fix that.

[Abuse]

If you need to save a few bytes, avoid using Random & just inline the implementation of Random.next(…); it’s very simple, and will cut a load of String entries in the constants pool.

[Nyhm]

I know I’m late in the game (so to speak) on this topic, but I just found Galactic Conquest 4K, and I’m now completely addicted. I love this genre, but many 4x games go way overboard with complex micro-management. You’ve successfully boiled it down to the core essentials that make this genre fun. (I gave it 5 points in Java4K 2012 community voting.)

By the way, I can consistently win at Easy level, but still only about 50% success rate at Normal.

[davidllanos22]

What an addictive game! I’ve lost but it’s a good game! haha

[Grunnt]

@Nyhm

I know I’m late in the game (so to speak) on this topic, but I just found Galactic Conquest 4K, and I’m now completely addicted. I love this genre, but many 4x games go way overboard with complex micro-management. You’ve successfully boiled it down to the core essentials that make this genre fun. (I gave it 5 points in Java4K 2012 community voting.)

By the way, I can consistently win at Easy level, but still only about 50% success rate at Normal.

Thank you! I’ve been struggling in getting the controls as simple as they are, so it’s glad someone appreciates this The challenge is to make things (interestingly) complex without making it overly complicated.

[Nyhm]

@Grunnt

@Nyhm

I know I’m late in the game (so to speak) on this topic, but I just found Galactic Conquest 4K, and I’m now completely addicted. I love this genre, but many 4x games go way overboard with complex micro-management. You’ve successfully boiled it down to the core essentials that make this genre fun. (I gave it 5 points in Java4K 2012 community voting.)

By the way, I can consistently win at Easy level, but still only about 50% success rate at Normal.

Thank you! I’ve been struggling in getting the controls as simple as they are, so it’s glad someone appreciates this The challenge is to make things (interestingly) complex without making it overly complicated.

Well put - that’s exactly how I like to think about game design. The most elegant games have the most variety from the simplest rules.

[StephR]

Between Galcon and a complex 4X, your game is really distinct from previous entries on the same topic ( 2011’s War of Wars and Moo4k ).

And it is very challenging, which is impressive for a 4 Kb strategy game. I have beaten it once in normal difficulty, and it was a hard fight against the last opponent. I wonder if anyone has already finished the game in higher difficulty levels.

[Grunnt]

@StephR

Between Galcon and a complex 4X, your game is really distinct from previous entries on the same topic ( 2011’s War of Wars and Moo4k ).

And it is very challenging, which is impressive for a 4 Kb strategy game. I have beaten it once in normal difficulty, and it was a hard fight against the last opponent. I wonder if anyone has already finished the game in higher difficulty levels.

Thank you ;D “Challenge” is such an interesting word… It’s easy to make something difficult, but that’s not necessarily fun or interesting. Challenge is like difficult + Sid Meier’s “a game is a series of interesting choices”. Anyway, I’m in a philosophical mood I guess.

I didnt manage to win the game at difficulty above normal. Also, I’ve started doing some work on making an improved (bigger-than-4k) version of this game, using nicer graphics and sounds (using slick 2d), and maybe making things a little bit more complex. But that may take a while.