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Re: AskHN: Feedback for online game: "Squad Leader" by Avalon Hill.

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Post by philh » Wed, Mar 25, 2009, 12:50 PM UTC

Ideally, the game board should be small enough that you can see everything without having to scroll. That probably isn't possible in this case without sacrificing too much clarity, but reducing it would be worthwhile.

Have you tried putting the board on its side? It looks like if you did that and put the sidebar on top, it would fit (maybe with a little shrinking) in a horizontal browser window 1000px across, and players wouldn't need as much vertical space.

Re: AskHN: Feedback for online game: "Squad Leader" by Avalon Hill.

#12

Post by adsyoung » Wed, Mar 25, 2009, 12:50 PM UTC

I was more of a panzer general fan. Is that all there was to squad leader's gameplay? I just moved them into cover and then fired back and forth turn after turn hoping for a hit which very rarely came.

Re: AskHN: Feedback for online game: "Squad Leader" by Avalon Hill.

#13

Post by mynameishere » Wed, Mar 25, 2009, 1:03 PM UTC

Got the NULL:1:2 errors in ff. IE7 wouldn't load up the map.

Re: AskHN: Feedback for online game: "Squad Leader" by Avalon Hill.

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Post by mroman » Wed, Mar 25, 2009, 1:06 PM UTC

I love the concept, I played Squad Leader a few times and enjoyed it quite a bit. I think that PanzerBlitz would also be great to see online like this. Too bad I don't have enough time to check it out today.

Re: AskHN: Feedback for online game: "Squad Leader" by Avalon Hill.

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Post by blogimus » Wed, Mar 25, 2009, 2:00 PM UTC

Is Squad Leader still copyrighted by Avalon Hill or someone else now? Or has it been put into the public domain?

Re: AskHN: Feedback for online game: "Squad Leader" by Avalon Hill.

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Post by blue1 » Wed, Mar 25, 2009, 2:13 PM UTC

blogimus wrote: post #15

Is Squad Leader still copyrighted by Avalon Hill or someone else now? Or has it been put into the public domain?

The original squad leader is long out of print. I suspect Hasbro owns the rights to it, since they acquired AH. Advanced Squad Leader instead is alive and well, being republished and expanded by MultiManPublishing. http://www.multimanpublishing.com/ASL/asl.php

Re: AskHN: Feedback for online game: "Squad Leader" by Avalon Hill.

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Post by e1ven » Wed, Mar 25, 2009, 2:23 PM UTC

Robert, I'm very interested in how you got the rights to do this game. I don't see any contact information in your account here.

Can you please contact me- cdavis@darkenedsky.com?

Re: AskHN: Feedback for online game: "Squad Leader" by Avalon Hill.

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Post by robertmrangel » Wed, Mar 25, 2009, 4:10 PM UTC

Thanks for the input. I got rid of the javascript alert(NULL:2:2) and added simple instructions to the left panel.

I should have been more specific in the title: This is only a demonstration of the UI I am building and wanted feedback on the general concept.

Re: AskHN: Feedback for online game: "Squad Leader" by Avalon Hill.

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Post by robertmrangel » Wed, Mar 25, 2009, 5:07 PM UTC

endtime wrote: post #6

ars wrote: post #3

I don't think you are ready for this game to be reviewed. Mainly because I could not make the game do anything except tell me NULL:2:2 in an alert popup.

I did even better - "NULL:NaN:NaN" I'd be more than happy to review your game, but in addition to debugging, please include instructions!

The alert messages have been removed and instructions added. It's not a full fledged game, only a demonstration of UI ideas to solicit feedback. Should have been more clear about that.

Re: AskHN: Feedback for online game: "Squad Leader" by Avalon Hill.

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Post by thejash » Wed, Mar 25, 2009, 5:43 PM UTC

I've always loved these games. You have a nice start and I'd love to see more. Email me if you feel like it, maybe I can help somehow (I'm pretty busy with work though, so no promises)