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

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I am making an online game based on Squad Leader. Has anyone heard of Avalon Hill's Squad Leader? I'm making an online game in facebook that will work like the demo:

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Feedback, please.

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

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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!

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

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Worked for me after an intial NULL:2:2 error.

Some instructions (there's plenty of chrome on the RHS to put them in) would be handy. The game would be improved immensely by having some sound effects too. The objective wasn't at all clear nor how to improve the chances of defeating the opponent - I did notice a "woods modifier" mentioned on one turn.

I'd do single left-click to select the troops, have a cursor move then with the mouse movement highlighting the cell that is active, then single left-click to reposition them or to fire. That would remove the need to click a button to end your turn at the possible expense of people making a mistake occassionally (though I couldn't move troops back once I'd moved them anyway).

That said, I don't really care for games like this.

HTH

pbhj

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

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For someone like me that has never played this kind of game, I have no clue what to do. I don't even know which color is my team. The only thing I can get is NULL messages. I clicked a lot of times on "I am done" to see what happens, nothing moved and then game was over. I expected maybe my ennemy to do some movements. You should really include some help or instructions at start. At this point people will try just a few minutes and won't come back to your game again.
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