Very proud of my first win, about five games in. ;)
http://generals.io/replays/ryYQqycme
My wife was standing over my shoulder asking why I wasn't doing chores, so she motivated me. Also she gave me strategy advice.
Generals.io – Capture enemy generals to defeat them
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Re: Generals.io – Capture enemy generals to defeat them
#102Earlier quoted context omitted.
great suggestions, thanks (if you didn't see my comment i'm the creator of generals.io)
Please reveal the map when the game ends, specifically when the final player forfeits.
You can see the whole game when it ends, in the replay (e.g. http://generals.io/replays/HkfABJ9Xl).
But it would be great to see the game evolve without fog, once you are killed.
Re: Generals.io – Capture enemy generals to defeat them
#103I won my first game. So I think it's great.
Re: Generals.io – Capture enemy generals to defeat them
#104Really fun game. I love it.
I believe taking an enemy general gives you control over that player's entire army. However, if a player quits, then his army becomes neutral.
The difference between those two is extremely significant and not something the player has much control over. For example, I'm hoping to capture an enemy general, but praying the people my opponents are capturing will disconnect.
In my opinion, either a disconnect or a capture should result in all pieces going neutral. One final anecdote, I was just in an 8 player ffa. 1st was slightly ahead and me and the other person were very close together. The 1st place guy captured the other person's general, and then, what might have been a close game where I was behind instantly switched into a blowout in a way that wasn't especially satisfying.
Re: Generals.io – Capture enemy generals to defeat them
#105I love this game. I lost the whole afternoon to it, even with the huge lag that I'm suffering.
One great thing about it is that is very balanced. In my last match (http://generals.io/replays/HkfABJ9Xl, I'm bob, lower right corner), there was a player that had a very easy path to victory. But another player and I made an alliance, and the result changed completely! So very, very fun to play.
Re: Generals.io – Capture enemy generals to defeat them
#106Played this a bit, and the dynamic is good, there's an excellent mechanic here.
In fact, it's very similar to and old X11 game named "XBattle" I used to play. ftp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/x11/x.org/R5contrib/xbattle-4.0.README
XBattle has many, many parameters you can tune (growth rate of "armies", decay rates, as well as persistent movement on production, etc.) All of these can be combined in different ways to get some really great game variants.
Re: Generals.io – Capture enemy generals to defeat them
#107Anyone remember xbattle?
+1 What a great game! Been waiting for decade(s) for a resurrection of that game mechanic!
Re: Generals.io – Capture enemy generals to defeat them
#108Earlier quoted context omitted.
Please reveal the map when the game ends, specifically when the final player forfeits.
You can see the whole game when it ends, in the replay (e.g. http://generals.io/replays/HkfABJ9Xl ). But it would be great to see the game evolve without fog, once you are killed.
I mean when you are one of the last two players and win (or lose) the game (and thus the game ends), it should immediately reveal the entire map.
Re: Generals.io – Capture enemy generals to defeat them
#109Super fun game! I only figured out the importance of using WASD (i.e. chaining) in my 3rd game. Maybe you can make it more clear in the tutorial why it's a good idea to use them.
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#110Do some players get more turns than others?
I have like 30 moves queued, but the other guys gets 10 in the time I get 2.