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That is sick, I'd love to play some wackier AOE environments, or do "space station vs jumping castle" battles. Units would be hard because there's a sprite for

That is sick, I'd love to play some wackier AOE environments, or do "space station vs jumping castle" battles. Units would be hard because there's a sprite for each direction which you'll have to keep consistent, but it would be great to see if it's possible to do, maybe as a sprite sheet

Dalewyn 3y ago
Funny you mention space stations, because the Genie engine that powers the Age of Empires line of games was also used for Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds. Further reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genie_Engine#Games_using_the_Genie_Engine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genie_Engine#Games_using_the_G...
- alternatetwo 3y ago
  And even more interesting, before Age of Empires was Age of Empires, but was called "Tribe", there used to be a space age version developed alongside called "Stratos". Here are some demo/concept screenshots: http://aoe.heavengames.com/cgi-bin/forums/display.cgi?action=ct&f=1,6514,50,all http://aoe.heavengames.com/cgi-bin/forums/display.cgi?action... I swear, there used to be more, but I keep misplacing them. Maybe they are in an album on there which I can't find. The concept art was by Ralph McQuarrie, who notably did the concept art for Star Wars. A very, very old exe version called "ptribe" still has some STRATOS function names, and a cmdline argument seeminly specifying which game is being started.
  - alternatetwo 3y ago
    I am just blind. They were linked in that post all along: http://aoe.heavengames.com/aoegallery/?occur=1&lang=en&cover=0&album=75&photo=1251 http://aoe.heavengames.com/aoegallery/?occur=1&lang=en&cover...
- 9dev 3y ago
  I didn’t know that! Just googled and was slightly disappointed - that looks just like AoE with the sprites swapped out, down to the same trees. Well. Still interesting to know this happened!
  - hn92726819 3y ago
    I've played this game and never played aoe2. As I understand it, aoe2 has no aircraft while swgb has classic star wars ships (x wing, y wing, tie fighter, etc). If you like star wars and aoe2, I'd recommend it. Goes on sale for like 2 bucks on gog
    - arrow7000 3y ago
      aoe2 takes place in the middle ages so indeed has no aircraft
      - Dalewyn 3y ago
        It does, however, have an AC Cobra[1] that comes equipped with gatling guns in its headlights. [1]: https://ageofempires.fandom.com/wiki/Cobra_Car https://ageofempires.fandom.com/wiki/Cobra_Car
bombcar 3y ago
Reminds me of the SimCity texture pack which made it look like outer space (or maybe it was SC2000). It did nothing but replace the graphics, but it blew my mind.

Dalewyn 3y ago

Funny you mention space stations, because the Genie engine that powers the Age of Empires line of games was also used for Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds. Further reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genie_Engine#Games_using_the_Genie_Engine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genie_Engine#Games_using_the_G...

alternatetwo 3y ago
And even more interesting, before Age of Empires was Age of Empires, but was called "Tribe", there used to be a space age version developed alongside called "Stratos". Here are some demo/concept screenshots: http://aoe.heavengames.com/cgi-bin/forums/display.cgi?action=ct&f=1,6514,50,all http://aoe.heavengames.com/cgi-bin/forums/display.cgi?action... I swear, there used to be more, but I keep misplacing them. Maybe they are in an album on there which I can't find. The concept art was by Ralph McQuarrie, who notably did the concept art for Star Wars. A very, very old exe version called "ptribe" still has some STRATOS function names, and a cmdline argument seeminly specifying which game is being started.
- alternatetwo 3y ago
  I am just blind. They were linked in that post all along: http://aoe.heavengames.com/aoegallery/?occur=1&lang=en&cover=0&album=75&photo=1251 http://aoe.heavengames.com/aoegallery/?occur=1&lang=en&cover...
9dev 3y ago
I didn’t know that! Just googled and was slightly disappointed - that looks just like AoE with the sprites swapped out, down to the same trees. Well. Still interesting to know this happened!
- hn92726819 3y ago
  I've played this game and never played aoe2. As I understand it, aoe2 has no aircraft while swgb has classic star wars ships (x wing, y wing, tie fighter, etc). If you like star wars and aoe2, I'd recommend it. Goes on sale for like 2 bucks on gog
  - arrow7000 3y ago
    aoe2 takes place in the middle ages so indeed has no aircraft
    - Dalewyn 3y ago
      It does, however, have an AC Cobra[1] that comes equipped with gatling guns in its headlights. [1]: https://ageofempires.fandom.com/wiki/Cobra_Car https://ageofempires.fandom.com/wiki/Cobra_Car

bombcar 3y ago

Reminds me of the SimCity texture pack which made it look like outer space (or maybe it was SC2000). It did nothing but replace the graphics, but it blew my mind.