20-08-2008 06:32	edit | quote	#1 | report |
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It would be a very very entertaining since the economic model of col is better suited for this kind of game than that of BtS.

Also the concept of the motherland is very much appropriate.


I think there was a mod called Song of the Moon which already did a lot of the needed graphics for a lunar colonization mod.


There would be some problems like the fact that there are no
natives on Mars or the Moon. But perhaps this could be ameliorated by having more civs compete?


Would the colonization of an extrasolar planet which would have "natives" be a better project?

Last edited by Heraclitus on 20-08-2008 at 06:46

20-08-2008 11:48	edit | quote	#3 | report |
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Hmm, to be honest I don't quite see why this would be a lot of work compared to the many extreme mods done for Civ4.

1. Most of the graphics (units, terrain) are already available
2. Wikipedia provides enough info on space & its potential exploitation


Question: Do the homeland plots need to be on the edge of the map? If not, we can have a "spaceport" plot next to the starting spot of the civ on the Lunar/Martian surface.

Also, the problem of natives can be resolved with an appropriate back story. Perhaps robots that where supposed to colonize Mars/ the moon went "wild" and split into "hives" (=tribes) and now the goverments of Earth are sending expeditions to reestablish production of Helium 3 or whatever.

Or perhaps, the "natives" are more or less space pirates who lived off the land and occasional raiding the ships that brought material from the asteorid belt to Earth.


Speaking of that an asteroid belt Space Colonization mod seems ridiculously simple:

Think of a cool name

Ocean/Water= Space
Land= Asteorids, Dwarf Planets, Planets

Rename everything, change graphics, write a map script voila a stable playable space game that can be easily upgraded into something unique.

Ok, setting the mod in 2075-2275:

Civs:
Russia (=France works better with the illegal pirates/robots/corporations )
America (=Holland, corporations are at the forefront of the endeavor )
Europe (=England)
China (=Spain, has no problems with "nationalizing" space pirate/robot/corporate holdings)


Or should we drop Russia since it isn't going to be a major power in 2075?

Last edited by Heraclitus on 20-08-2008 at 11:55