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Space Empires Expansions?

Posted: 17 January 2023, 10:42
by Jambo
Just wondered if there's any roadmap to develop Space Empires expansions in the future?

Great implementation by the way!

Re: Space Empires Expansions?

Posted: 17 January 2023, 12:24
by Lunalol
Short answer : no.

Re: Space Empires Expansions?

Posted: 18 January 2023, 06:35
by GopherJoe
Don't mean to pry, but is there a bit of a longer answer. Love the game, and really like how playing on BGA saves a lot of the bookkeeping complexity of the game. Is this something that encouraging the designer would help?

Re: Space Empires Expansions?

Posted: 18 January 2023, 21:41
by Lunalol
Is this something that encouraging the designer would help?
It can't hurt, but...
...I need something more concrete, perhaps SE4X could go premium, but...
...expansion rules are a real nightmare to implement and are not "well" written.
I explain, you need a perfect logic and to consider all edge cases when you go to program it, it is not the case for SE4X rules.
There are too many rules to clarify before going to code.

Re: Space Empires Expansions?

Posted: 31 March 2024, 19:36
by Joe
Lunalol wrote: 18 January 2023, 21:41
Is this something that encouraging the designer would help?
It can't hurt, but...
...I need something more concrete, perhaps SE4X could go premium, but...
...expansion rules are a real nightmare to implement and are not "well" written.
I explain, you need a perfect logic and to consider all edge cases when you go to program it, it is not the case for SE4X rules.
There are too many rules to clarify before going to code.
Does this relate to some specific rules from the expansions more, than others? Are there perhaps some that are "clear' enough to be considered for potential inclusion?

Re: Space Empires Expansions?

Posted: 01 April 2024, 11:12
by Lunalol
In all cases, it was too much time.
When I will have time to spend, I will first fix some SE4X bugs (logs problem, player elimination bug).

Re: Space Empires Expansions?

Posted: 01 April 2024, 20:44
by Joe
Thx! Yeah, the logs are pretty much unusable except combat 8-)

Re: Space Empires Expansions?

Posted: 04 May 2024, 19:52
by P L M
For those interested in playing the Space Empires 4X expansions online, there is a VASSAL module.
There's a server on Discord for finding opponents. PM me for details.

Re: Space Empires Expansions?

Posted: 18 June 2024, 23:32
by fbarrocal
If somebody is willing to expand the game rules to add Expansions, what is the steps to do it ? Is there a way to load the current code and start improving it or would that be a from scratch ?

Re: Space Empires Expansions?

Posted: 18 June 2024, 23:57
by greenjacket124
fbarrocal wrote: 18 June 2024, 23:32 If somebody is willing to expand the game rules to add Expansions, what is the steps to do it ? Is there a way to load the current code and start improving it or would that be a from scratch ?
First, you have to get publisher approval.