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Re: Unciv

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Post by kej »

calvinmorrison wrote: post #30
duozerk wrote: post #3

Along with shattered pixel dungeon, this is one of the only worthwile games on Android I've found. They don't call home, they don't push ads, they don't spy on you, they're just good games, well implemented and open source.

Many years ago I found a pack of card games on f-Droid with a great solitare type game called Golf. I wish I could find it!

That reminds me that Zachtronics Solitaire is available on Android. It's the solitaire minigames from all the Zachtronics games, plus a new tarot-based solitaire just for this collection.

Re: Unciv

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Post by falserum »

Waterluvian wrote: post #10

Is there a genre of online grand strategy games that are designed from the ground up to be played asynchronously? One of my favourite things was playing scrabble online where I could just do a move and then move on with my day. It’d take a week to play a game but it was on our terms and that felt so good.

Chess

Re: Unciv

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Post by jcadam »

sinuhe69 wrote: post #102

After playing more than 20 years of all different kinds of CIV, especially switching back and forth between the versions, it dawned on me that the most important aspect of a game like CIV is the display of information, the UX. It all boils down to how I as player consumes the informations and forms my decisions. The second most important thing of any many hours long game is the number of times I have to click somethi…

I'd like to see a modern refresh of Civ2, which IMO is still the best in the series. Just update the graphics/sound/UI and leave the rest as-is.

Re: Unciv

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Post by cgriswald »

stavros wrote: post #7
duozerk wrote: post #3

Along with shattered pixel dungeon, this is one of the only worthwile games on Android I've found. They don't call home, they don't push ads, they don't spy on you, they're just good games, well implemented and open source.

http://nobsgames.stavros.io/

This is exactly what I’ve wanted. It’s impossible to find games on the app store. Other than a few publishers I trust, I’ve mostly stopped playing.

There appears to be a bug on your site. I can’t seem to both filter and sort at the same time on iOS Safari. Both work, but if I filter (I filtered on puzzle and free) it works, but if I then click the sort by “added” button it sorts and my filter is gone. If I sort and then apply the filter it goes back to the default order.

Re: Unciv

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Post by stavros »

cgriswald wrote: post #114
stavros wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

http://nobsgames.stavros.io/

This is exactly what I’ve wanted. It’s impossible to find games on the app store. Other than a few publishers I trust, I’ve mostly stopped playing. There appears to be a bug on your site. I can’t seem to both filter and sort at the same time on iOS Safari. Both work, but if I filter (I filtered on puzzle and free) it works, but if I then click the sort by “added” button it sorts and my filter is gone. If I sort and t…

Yeah, unfortunately I haven't added code to persist the filter. I'll fix it, but you can manually add the parameter to the url and it should work.

Re: Unciv

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Post by senkora »

Semaphor wrote: post #44

It’s sadly missing what, for me, makes Civ V the best Civ: Vox Populi [0] fka. Community Patch fka. Communitas, a very extensive mod that under different leadership has been in development for almost as long as Civ V exists. It overhauls the whole game, fixes bugs, balances things, improves the AI (usual recommendation is to play 2 difficulties lower than vanilla to start) and adds features. Recently they started doi…

I appreciate hearing about the modding scene for Civ V. My experience was growing up with Civ IV and great mods like the Rhyes and Fall mods, and Fall from Heaven, and Planetfall.

I remember eagerly awaiting Civ V, buying it on release day, and then being shocked by how different it was. At the time I had strong opinions on all the things that it did "wrong", but now I've concluded that Civ is one of those games where the first one you play will just always be special. Objectively, lots of people love Civ V and I'm happy for that.

But even though I stopped playing Civ V I kept following along in the civfanatics forums to see what kinds of awesome mods would develop around it.

We never saw the same kind of total conversion mods that were possible in Civ IV, I think because of modding limitations. But I either missed or disregarded Vox Populi and now I'm excited to read into its history!

Re: Unciv

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Post by jrm4 »

chongli wrote: post #38
jrm4 wrote: post #6

FWIW, and I'm sure a bunch of people would hate it, seems like a dash of AI art tools could go REAL far here.

I actually like the art a lot. I don’t have any interest in playing the new official Civ games. The fancy graphics don’t do anything at all for me. They consume system resources and just end up being a distraction and a source of slowdown. I’d much rather have a strategy game with a really nice, clean, polished UI and simple, legible graphics!

More I think about this:

This is just a variation on "Why TF did it take so long to get dark mode on phones?"

Which is -- why not swappable assets, like in a lot of simpler games?

Re: Unciv

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Post by Semaphor »

senkora wrote: post #117
Semaphor wrote: post #44

It’s sadly missing what, for me, makes Civ V the best Civ: Vox Populi [0] fka. Community Patch fka. Communitas, a very extensive mod that under different leadership has been in development for almost as long as Civ V exists. It overhauls the whole game, fixes bugs, balances things, improves the AI (usual recommendation is to play 2 difficulties lower than vanilla to start) and adds features. Recently they started doi…

I appreciate hearing about the modding scene for Civ V. My experience was growing up with Civ IV and great mods like the Rhyes and Fall mods, and Fall from Heaven, and Planetfall. I remember eagerly awaiting Civ V, buying it on release day, and then being shocked by how different it was. At the time I had strong opinions on all the things that it did "wrong", but now I've concluded that Civ is one of those games wher…

A difference is that it's absolutely not a total conversion. Afaik there are 2 or 3 of those, but VP is purely "Civ V, but better". Everything stays roughly the same, just fixed and expanded. It's a bit as if the devs never stopped working on the game.

FWIW, I started with Civ II (still have the thick manual), but prefer V ;)

Re: Unciv

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Post by ltbarcly3 »

s_dev wrote: post #108
ltbarcly3 wrote: post #91

I've probably played 1000 hours of Civ games. This looks horrifyingly garish. I can't imagine being able to stare at this. I notice it's a top down view, and I don't see an option for an isometric view. Maybe the AI is smart? The AI in Civ 5 was absolute trash, which is a pretty common theme in Civ games. Anyway, it's a pretty reasonable requirement for a game to not look horrific and off-putting, regardless of wheth…

Will you be making making the game pretty or simply demanding others do that? I see a fantastic effort here to replicate the Civ V mechanics. If people want to improve the graphical assets they're free to do so.

Yes, someone could TRY to do that.

What would be the point though? If whoever is making this can't tell it looks terrible, they will probably be like you and take any suggestion that it isn't perfect as a threat.

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