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I have some ideas for RTS games that are somewhat different from the usual norm. I've been thinking about doing something with Spring RTS and old Total Annihila
by tomc1985 4y ago
I have some ideas for RTS games that are somewhat different from the usual norm. I've been thinking about doing something with Spring RTS and old Total Annihilation assets. Wondering if this engine might be more amenable to conceptual experimentation?
- frozenlettuce 4y agoIf your idea involves ballistic physics, then it will be better to use Spring RTS. You can try making a prototype of your idea using the map editors from Warcraft 3 or Starcraft 2, as they let you do a ton of customization.
- Melatonic 4y agoA new Total Annihilation could be pretty awesome. Especially if you could zoom in and control a unit first person
- tomc1985 4y agoNot TA but there is an old Unreal Engine mod that brings is essentially C&C Renegade. Called Renegade X (https://www.moddb.com/games/renegade-x https://www.moddb.com/games/renegade-x)
- throwaway888abc 4y agoThanks for all the tips in thread. Big fan OpenRA / TA.
- slowmovintarget 4y agoVoila: https://zero-k.info/ https://zero-k.info/ Even available through Steam, gratis.
- Melatonic 4y agocool!
- poutine 4y agoYou're in luck https://www.beyondallreason.info/ https://www.beyondallreason.info/
- Teifion 4y agoI'm one of the devs for that, thanks for mentioning it!
- Melatonic 4y agoInterseting - I had not heard of this one!
- nirav72 4y agoBeen playing BAR for a few months now. So far I think its one of the best TA inspired games Ive come across. Great work! Any plans to allow third party unit mods or AI mods similar to TA?
- randtrain34 4y agoThis looks really similar to Zero-K (https://zero-k.info/ https://zero-k.info/), would you mind giving a quick list of key differentiators?
- Pxtl 4y agoZK deviates far further from Total Annihilation, while BAR is much more of a successor. 2 factions with tiered factories instead of the "flat" balancing, and instead of using the local energy grid for Overdrive you build Metal Makers that convert energy to metal for you.
- tomc1985 4y agoI like Zero-K but the maps the game takes place on seem to be very small. (And the music is awful) That said the enemy AI seems to have a bunch of neat tricks up its sleeve. And it feels like TA-in-3D. Also, I wish the developers would spend some time making the UI feel a little more lively.
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- poutine 4y agoAnd if you like Supreme Commander there's https://www.sanctuary-rts.com/ https://www.sanctuary-rts.com/
- Nition 4y agoThere is at least one other RTS in development using the OpenRA engine: Dorf RTS. https://twitter.com/dorfrts https://twitter.com/dorfrts