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So I've started making turn-based 2D games. Suggestions... - 8/8/2020 2:49:15 AM   
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I'm now semi-retired, and with more time on my hands, I've returned to an old passion for coding. I've made a Tetris clone that works nicely, a chess engine that beats me until it gets to the endgame, and a more original card game that is too easy right now -- but I'm working on making it tougher! I've got some experience with C#, but for these games I've been using Game Maker Studio 2, an engine dedicated to making 2D games. I was a computer-science major for a year in college before I gave it up for history. :P My favorite coding thing is AI.

As it happens, I've also got some art skills. I've been selling oil paintings for the past decade, and I also dabble in illustration using Procreate and (more recently) Adobe Fresco. And, of course, Photoshop.

One of my favorite genres is wargames. Currently I'm hooked on Vic's "Shadow Empire," which is a brilliant design. But I've also played WITP/AE, WITE/WITW, MWIF, and half the titles sold here by Matrix. Like many here, I've played board wargames since I was a kid -- my first game was AH's Gettysburg, I had an Advanced Squad Leader obsession for a decade, and right now I have World in Flames on my solo-gaming table.

So I think it would be fun to try my hand at a small, not-too-ambitious, turn-based, 2D hex-and-counter wargame. I know WW2 is done to death, but it's my favorite era. So I'm wondering: is there some under-served WW2 conflict you'd like to see in a 2D game? The Canadians at D-Day, say. Or a lesser-known naval battle in the Pacific. Or Crete, Greece, the Baltics? I'm open to suggestions for any scale or theater. Thanks in advance!

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RE: So I've started making turn-based 2D games. Suggest... - 8/8/2020 2:53:41 AM   
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RE: So I've started making turn-based 2D games. Suggest... - 8/8/2020 2:57:49 AM   
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Maybe check on some of the older yet still enjoyable board games and see if there is an electronic version. If not, that could be a start.

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RE: So I've started making turn-based 2D games. Suggest... - 8/8/2020 3:03:24 AM   
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how about Tarawa ?

I almost put Tarawa in my original post. Just the sort of thing I had in mind. Thanks for the suggestion. I wonder if it would be too ambitious to cover both naval and land aspects.

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The Winter War? The Med?

Maybe check on some of the older yet still enjoyable board games and see if there is an electron version. If not, that could be a start.


Also excellent ideas. In my current solo boardgame of WIF, the most fun bit for me has been the British-Italian naval/air war in the Med. And I know almost nothing about the Winter War, which might suggest it's an under-served conflict.

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RE: So I've started making turn-based 2D games. Suggest... - 8/8/2020 4:14:15 AM   
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how about Tarawa ?

I almost put Tarawa in my original post. Just the sort of thing I had in mind. Thanks for the suggestion. I wonder if it would be too ambitious to cover both naval and land aspects.

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The Winter War? The Med?

Maybe check on some of the older yet still enjoyable board games and see if there is an electronic version. If not, that could be a start.


Also excellent ideas. In my current solo boardgame of WIF, the most fun bit for me has been the British-Italian naval/air war in the Med. And I know almost nothing about the Winter War, which might suggest it's an under-served conflict.


Well, the Finns (Suomis) used reindeer and sleds but did not dress in red. They also invented the term "Molotov cocktail" for the gasoline bomb as an anti-tank weapon. They also had an excellent anti-tank rifle which was a 20mm that weighed about 20 pounds. It was much better than the Boys ATR. You would have it easy in one way, the Finns used captured Soviet tanks and artillery.

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RE: So I've started making turn-based 2D games. Suggest... - 8/8/2020 4:36:41 AM   
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_invasion_of_Manchuria


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RE: So I've started making turn-based 2D games. Suggest... - 8/8/2020 5:04:02 AM   
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Status: offline 		RangerJoe, thanks for those further comments. The Winter War sounds like a great subject.

Likewise, Neilster, thanks for your excellent suggestion. I read the entire Wikipedia entry you linked, and I learned (or relearned) a lot from it. I had forgotten, for example, that the timing of the Soviet attack was essentially set at Yalta. Fascinating stuff.

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RE: So I've started making turn-based 2D games. Suggest... - 8/8/2020 6:05:23 AM   
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RE: So I've started making turn-based 2D games. Suggest... - 8/8/2020 9:59:48 AM   
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Hi all,

I'm now semi-retired, and with more time on my hands, I've returned to an old passion for coding. I've made a Tetris clone that works nicely, a chess engine that beats me until it gets to the endgame, and a more original card game that is too easy right now -- but I'm working on making it tougher! I've got some experience with C#, but for these games I've been using Game Maker Studio 2, an engine dedicated to making 2D games. I was a computer-science major for a year in college before I gave it up for history. :P My favorite coding thing is AI.

As it happens, I've also got some art skills. I've been selling oil paintings for the past decade, and I also dabble in illustration using Procreate and (more recently) Adobe Fresco. And, of course, Photoshop.

One of my favorite genres is wargames. Currently I'm hooked on Vic's "Shadow Empire," which is a brilliant design. But I've also played WITP/AE, WITE/WITW, MWIF, and half the titles sold here by Matrix. Like many here, I've played board wargames since I was a kid -- my first game was AH's Gettysburg, I had an Advanced Squad Leader obsession for a decade, and right now I have World in Flames on my solo-gaming table.

So I think it would be fun to try my hand at a small, not-too-ambitious, turn-based, 2D hex-and-counter wargame. I know WW2 is done to death, but it's my favorite era. So I'm wondering: is there some under-served WW2 conflict you'd like to see in a 2D game? The Canadians at D-Day, say. Or a lesser-known naval battle in the Pacific. Or Crete, Greece, the Baltics? I'm open to suggestions for any scale or theater. Thanks in advance!
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Not sure what limitations you are under but here are three land, sea, air scenarios that NEED to be properly gamed:

War In The Mediterranean June 1940 - May 1943
Guadalcanal August 1942 - February 1943
Norway April - June 1940

Let me know when you've finished


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RE: So I've started making turn-based 2D games. Suggest... - 8/8/2020 10:46:17 AM   
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In the realm of Hypothetical, what might have happened AFTER Rommel took Suez?
Another, COULD the Axis have taken Malta at all costs?
What might have happened if Midway had been lost?
What might have happened if Stalingrad has not been fought at all?
What might have happened if Leningrad had fallen?

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RE: So I've started making turn-based 2D games. Suggest... - 8/8/2020 4:11:12 PM   
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RE: So I've started making turn-based 2D games. Suggest... - 8/8/2020 5:34:19 PM   
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Invasion of Crete/Malta (Avalon Hill board game) computerized as a start to the Med theatre, then consider a Greek scenario, then North Africa, possible other Eastern Med operations such as the Greek Islands and Cyprus as a springboard to the Near East.

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RE: So I've started making turn-based 2D games. Suggest... - 8/8/2020 5:42:15 PM   
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Salerno landings and breakout.


Avalon Hill had an Italian Campaign game.

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RE: So I've started making turn-based 2D games. Suggest... - 8/8/2020 5:59:28 PM   
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RE: So I've started making turn-based 2D games. Suggest... - 8/8/2020 6:10:13 PM   
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Not quite WW2, more a rehearsal, but there are plenty of neglected battles from the Spanish Civil War.

Indeed there are. In fact, in decades of wargaming, I've rarely gamed the Spanish Civil War. Good thought.


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Not sure what limitations you are under but here are three land, sea, air scenarios that NEED to be properly gamed:

War In The Mediterranean June 1940 - May 1943
Guadalcanal August 1942 - February 1943
Norway April - June 1940

Let me know when you've finished


lol, I'll give you a shout tomorrow or Monday, then. But seriously, those are all really interesting conflicts. Avalon Hill did a Guadalcanal game, and I guess there have been a couple computer treatments, plus of course AE and WIF. But I feel there's room for more. Norway strikes me as really neglected terrain. The war in the Med has games like WIF/MWIF and War in the West, but I can't think of a game dedicated to the Med itself. Of the three you mentioned, that's the one that grabs me most -- but possibly more complex than I should try for my first wargame.

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The Canadians at Ortona, also know as Little Stalingrad.

In the realm of Hypothetical ...


I mentioned Canadians at Normandy in my original post. I enjoyed a boardgame called "Canadian Crucible"; I didn't know much about Canada's important role on the beaches and thereafter in Normandy. In general, I'd like to know more about Canada's role in WW2, and your suggestion fits the bill perfectly.

I also like your hypothetical ideas. Now that I think about it, what-if scenarios are somewhat common in wargaming, but it's harder to find entire games dedicated to hypotheticals. Great thinking.


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Salerno landings and breakout.

Another subject I don't know a lot about. WiTW treats it, but that game has a pretty large scale. I like the idea of zooming in on a piece of a conflict, like this. I need to start with something manageable. Good suggestion.

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Surround Stalingrad, starve the defenders out.

Invasion of Crete/Malta (Avalon Hill board game) computerized as a start to the Med theatre,

The only Crete game I've played was the "Cauldron," part of Panther Games excellent real-time series of Airborn Assault games. I really enjoyed it. I haven't seen it much since, except as a minor theater in WIF. I really like the idea of doing a game in the Med.

Wow, I'm overwhelmed with all these great ideas! Keep 'em coming. I'm going to do more reading about a bunch of these suggestions.

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RE: So I've started making turn-based 2D games. Suggest... - 8/8/2020 9:45:14 PM   
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Guadalcanal, with equally deep treatment of air, sea, land -- yes, +1

Also consider an in-depth air, sea, land treatment of the CBI -- the China-Burma-India theater. Leave out China, maybe.

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RE: So I've started making turn-based 2D games. Suggest... - 8/8/2020 9:54:44 PM   
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I did enjoy this title back in the day.


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RE: So I've started making turn-based 2D games. Suggest... - 8/8/2020 10:02:06 PM   
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Maybe a brutal city fight in the model of Thermopylae or the Alamo to begin with? Major-General Frost's valiant but doomed paratrooper battalion at Arnhem.

I did enjoy this title back in the day.




I did like that game.

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RE: So I've started making turn-based 2D games. Suggest... - 8/9/2020 1:10:33 AM   
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Guadalcanal, with equally deep treatment of air, sea, land -- yes, +1

Also consider an in-depth air, sea, land treatment of the CBI -- the China-Burma-India theater. Leave out China, maybe.


Thanks for your suggestions. I'm especially glad for your advice because you have such extensive experience coding wargames. Both Guadalcanal and CBI (probably without much China) sound exciting to me.

I love naval/air stuff, but I'm not sure how I would handle naval assets in a small area like Guadalcanal. Does one just treat them as hard-coded reinforcements that come and go on a fixed schedule? Or maybe give the player some influence over when they arrive?

The CBI is a large enough theater that naval reinforcement isn't as much an issue, since naval assets would be based on-map. But it being a larger theater also would presumably make things more complex. Then again, Advanced Squad Leader is more complex than Axis & Allies, so scale isn't everything.

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Major-General Frost's valiant but doomed paratrooper battalion at Arnhem.

Yeah, good stuff, and certainly a manageable scale. I never played the game you guys mentioned. No mistaking that distinctive Rodger MacGowan cover art. What a genius that guy is. His art always emphasizes the human beings in the conflict.

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RE: So I've started making turn-based 2D games. Suggest... - 8/9/2020 6:31:49 AM   
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lol, I'll give you a shout tomorrow or Monday, then.

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Mmmmm I was rather hoping you'd have them finished by this evening... but okay - I'll give you till Monday


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RE: So I've started making turn-based 2D games. Suggest... - 8/9/2020 8:57:08 AM   
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Do you want to create a symmetrical game with both sides having roughly the same chance to win, or do you consider asymmetrical scenarios as well, with different victory conditions? Will both sides be playable? Complex scenarios, complex AI*

The risk of obscure battles is lack of interested players.
Famous battles, beaten track.

In the end it may be easier to develop your engine according to your taste and skill and adapt it from there. Just saying pick your own fight

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RE: So I've started making turn-based 2D games. Suggest... - 8/9/2020 10:35:58 AM   
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Thanks for your suggestions. I'm especially glad for your advice because you have such extensive experience coding wargames. Both Guadalcanal and CBI (probably without much China) sound exciting to me.

I am not suggesting that these topics are doable. They are just my selfish suggestions of some less well covered game topics.

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I love naval/air stuff, but I'm not sure how I would handle naval assets in a small area like Guadalcanal. Does one just treat them as hard-coded reinforcements that come and go on a fixed schedule? Or maybe give the player some influence over when they arrive?

The CBI is a large enough theater that naval reinforcement isn't as much an issue, since naval assets would be based on-map. But it being a larger theater also would presumably make things more complex. Then again, Advanced Squad Leader is more complex than Axis & Allies, so scale isn't everything.

My suggested Guadalcanal game would be about the larger campaign, not focusing on just the land battle for the island itself. So, not "small area like Guadalcanal". Think more like large area encompassing the Solomon Islands extending as far northwestward as Rabaul (Bougainville).

Whatever you do, get yourself a dedicated team in it for the long haul. Don't think you can do it all by yourself. Nowadays, most likely you can't.

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RE: So I've started making turn-based 2D games. Suggest... - 8/9/2020 5:39:52 PM   
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My suggested Guadalcanal game would be about the larger campaign, not focusing on just the land battle for the island itself. ...


Ah, well the South Pacific is probably my favorite theater in the entire war. It's also somewhat well-covered, though; "Uncommon Valor," the precursor to the WITP games, was terrific, and there are good board games on the subject too. But I'll think on it. Much as I enjoy the naval/air system in UV and the WITP series, there's still room for innovation there.

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Whatever you do, get yourself a dedicated team in it for the long haul. Don't think you can do it all by yourself. Nowadays, most likely you can't.

Most likely not. I have friends who are artists, sound engineers, musicians, and voice actors, and I would likely go to them. I myself have as much experience in 2D art as I do in programming, and I know I'd enjoy making art assets.

And the coding certainly has its challenges. Berto, you work with an established hex engine, but I'm looking at creating a hex grid from scratch. I've been reading various articles on how to represent hex grids -- with cube coordinates, axial coordinates, offset coordinates, or some other way. Then there's pathfinding, and AI. Huge challenges, but fascinating ones.




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RE: So I've started making turn-based 2D games. Suggest... - 8/9/2020 7:13:04 PM   
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The risk of obscure battles is lack of interested players.
Famous battles, beaten track.

Yep, something of a Catch-22. To borrow a term from a certain war-in-the-Med novel.

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RE: So I've started making turn-based 2D games. Suggest... - 8/9/2020 7:23:25 PM   
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The CBI is a large enough theater that naval reinforcement isn't as much an issue, since naval assets would be based on-map. But it being a larger theater also would presumably make things more complex. Then again, Advanced Squad Leader is more complex than Axis & Allies, so scale isn't everything.


That's the first time (and only I hope) that I've seen ASL being compated to Axis & Allies. The more appropriate comparison would be Rise and decline of the Third Reich (3rd Reich), or maybe even World in Flames.

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RE: So I've started making turn-based 2D games. Suggest... - 8/9/2020 8:46:26 PM   
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RE: So I've started making turn-based 2D games. Suggest... - 8/9/2020 10:30:57 PM   
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That's the first time (and only I hope) that I've seen ASL being compated to Axis & Allies. The more appropriate comparison would be Rise and decline of the Third Reich (3rd Reich), or maybe even World in Flames.

Good point! Thanks.

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A battle to look at would be Attu in 1943. Although largely one sided it was rather tough combat in the North Pacific.


Oooh, I would love to learn more about Attu. It's often fun in WITP/AE, even at that game's zoomed-out scale. Great idea. Thanks.



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RE: So I've started making turn-based 2D games. Suggest... - 8/11/2020 4:22:05 PM   
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I love naval/air stuff, but I'm not sure how I would handle naval assets in a small area like Guadalcanal. Does one just treat them as hard-coded reinforcements that come and go on a fixed schedule? Or maybe give the player some influence over when they arrive?


My personal preference would be against a hard-coded reinforcement schedule: the players then know exactly what ships the other side gets, and when. There is of course the idea of a point system, where each side gets a certain number of "influence" points and each ship has a specific cost. But one other possibility might be a request and probability system. The player can make requests, and they have a higher or lower chance of being granted according to the ship. If one side is behind, the grant probability might go up as HQ worries more about that theater. (And the game would be balanced towards the losing side.)

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RE: So I've started making turn-based 2D games. Suggest... - 8/11/2020 5:26:39 PM   
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So I think it would be fun to try my hand at a small, not-too-ambitious, turn-based, 2D hex-and-counter wargame. I know WW2 is done to death...


How about simple boardgame classics, like AH Afrika Korps or The Russian Campaign? Yes, WW2 is done to death but with more complexity. KISS. Those old classics were fun to play, and play over and over. Some of these new games are more like work than fun.

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RE: So I've started making turn-based 2D games. Suggest... - 8/11/2020 6:17:58 PM   
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