Sean O'Connor's Games

I didn't think speed played a part in missile damage. I find being hit by plectrons after head on collisions just as nasty as being hit by them at full speed. Doesn't make much sense that speed would influence it either, after all it?s a nuclear warhead that does the damage, speed of impact is somew...

As far as I know you can always make yourself a larger target if you want to. I don't think this is the case, I made a ship consisting of a full size square, when going past asteroids, the ship's corners could overlap an asteroid. Not sure about the relationship between mass and actual size of ship...

I don't like the time idea, you might just as well make it non-turn based and the turn based nature of it is what realy sets it apart from other space shooters. Also it would make the game less of a 'tea-break' game as you wouldnt be able to pause until the end of the mission. Having at least 2 comm...

I was under the impression that the hit boxes for the ships were the same size regardless. So therefore shrinking the ship would have no effect on missile/asteroid evasion.

Otherwise I could just make a ship with no triangles at all and I would be impossible to hit...

Not anoher 'I hate it when I get killed by friendly fire!!' Thread!

Let's keep on topic guys!

Did you blow up a drone? If so it was likely the enemy wing leader was flying that drone. That would cause the remaining ships to hyperspace.

I think it could simply be done without changing the graphics of the ship window at all. Missiles should be fired in the order you select them, but instead of selecting a missile you can click on a missile bay and it empties it, turning it into its reloading state for the turn(clicking again would n...

Heh, I'll comment first then. They are good! I recognise the enterprise design (obviously ). Do the other designs have any specific inspiration or are they just off the top of your head?

Also, its hard to see the stealth cruiser. Lives up to its name.

Given that critical mass is turn based. I think audio would be too much trouble for what it was worth. Its not the same as in a real-time game where you have to focus on so many things at once. You can stop at anytime to review the situation, plan to hyperspace/eject, read the chat log, heck even go...

Networking is most important. Cooperative as well as competitive. It would be great to have wingmen, who won't blow me to bits.

And yes, the missile limit need to go right up! I had to scrap my massive fleet war mission i made, because I just couldn't fire missiles.

The force field would be weak as a normal shield and expensive. Its huge advantage is that if your constantly hit from one direction all your force fields assist in taking damage. However a ship worth an equivilent points cost of normal armour, carefully distributed around, would be much better at s...

I like the radio chatter added in version 4. I think it would be good if the radio chatter was enhanced. Enemy wing leaders could fire off a taunt at you on first contact and command could radio to tell you when an objective was acomplished. Crippled ships could radio distress signals, hospitals cou...

31 pairs of triangles.

I have seen several people discussing chaff as anti-missile defense. I have a suggestion that I feel would add similar results without adding extra clutter to the screen and seriously complicating the game (though it may be complicated to program :)). The solution, why ECM of course, an added intern...

Well personally I usually withdraw from combat to hyperspace, when I've taken too much damage or run out of missiles. Waiting 7 turns to get out in a dog fight is too long. If im in serious trouble and cant withdraw I usually eject.