Progress Updates

Here at the Fleets project, we've been working on a very important part of the game: the map.

Screen shot can be found here. Be advised it's a large image.

In the screen shot you can see a sample of some of the work we've done, and how it's going to look in-game. This map is the strategic overview, which shows all the systems on the current game board. Note that it is not finished yet, and there are still some things we're working out and nailing down with it.

At the top you have the overall game information-- the information on resources that your empire currently controls is displayed on the right side. In the middle you find current time and tick information. On the left you can see the number of systems you control along with your total number of working fleets.

Below that is the interesting part-- the map itself. This particular map is a 25x16, with each hex in the map representing a particular system. You will be able to click on the individual system hexes in order to get a detail map of that system. A link to the tactical map can be seen just above the map itself. This map will allow you to see a smaller chunk of the strategic overview in greater detail, and is also the one from which you will be able to issue commands such as movement.

The color on the hex shows what type of system it is, and hence the quantities of which resources it yields:

Orange - Asteroids
Black - Deep Space
Yellow - Dust Clouds
Purple - Nebula
Red - Gas Clouds
Dark Blue - Crystalline Asteroids
Light Blue - Ice Clouds