Basse
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posted 06-23-12 04:10 PM
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Did someone say interest required?
So what do you guys think this is all about?
AOE_IS_SWEET
Squire
posted 06-23-12 04:45 PM
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855 / 1201
I'm definitely excited to hear this annoucment, which is why I'm doing my part to boost the post count!
(From a long time lurker (on these boards) and lover of the game...)
ES_MattP
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posted 06-23-12 04:59 PM
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856 / 1201
Elite Raider : A free iPad ?
You know... do you think AoK could work with a touch UI like iPad or an upcoming Windows 8 Tablet?
I think it would not be too difficult to accept touch input and support all the functionality we have right now... but.. would it slow things down too much to be using fingers and swipes instead of mouse and keyboard?
Just a thought exercise... I mean: could the classic RTS experience work on a tablet?
AOE_IS_SWEET
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posted 06-23-12 05:05 PM
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857 / 1201
@Matt I think it could work. It would take a bit of getting used to only having one 'click' (tapping), rather than left click and right click, and I guess you wouldn't have hot-keys.... But for people who don't live and die by hotkeys I think it could work.
ES_MattP
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posted 06-23-12 06:34 PM
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861 / 1201
@Tetsuo Shima: I have no idea.
All I know is that the artists would render the buildings out to a specific 256 color palette (and remember the game palette was changed at the last minute to about +10% brighter, so the original renderings wouldn't have been to final game palette. Some things could have been re-rendered, but I have no idea if any were). I believe all the assets were rendered to .flc format files (256 color, animated frames)
also, many items were manually touched up after being rendered in photoshop or the like.
I know nothing of how the artists did their materials.
dnwq
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posted 06-23-12 10:05 PM
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864 / 1201
It's possible, certainly. It's just clunky.
Basse
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posted 06-24-12 08:19 AM
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Ofcourse it has to be a lot more simplified than the PC RTS games, since you can't do everything on a tablet that you can do on a PC with keyboard and mouse.
There are tons of turn based strategy games for tablets and smart phones, because it takes turns, and you can take your time (in most cases). So I think the problem in an RTS would be that you need to do things quickly, and then it easily gets confusing or chaotic.
AOE_IS_SWEET
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posted 06-24-12 05:05 PM
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869 / 1201
>Alexastor Yeah, that would be great!
Basse
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posted 06-25-12 10:39 AM
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872 / 1201
How well does the aoe1 play on console compared to the PC version? I've never played it, but it looks pretty much the same.