Hi, Kuokkanen!

In simpler terms, just visit the link and look at what pretty ways we can show information these days. It is well beyond pie-charts and line-graphs.


https://observablehq.com/@d3

<r> Data Visibility is a huge part of the enjoyment of games. I hope that all the developers who publish with Slitherine have a look at D3, which is becoming widely popular in displaying information.<br/>
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I think a large part of games is representing the information and allowing the player ...

Do units dig in just by being left alone and not asked to move or fire?

Is the amount a unit is dug in indicated somehow?

Which folder/file/field needs editing for this fun idea?

Well spotted!

I hope it will be possible to ensure that engagements of the smallest possible size can be created. (For example, one unit against one unit.) This would be very helpful for creating tutorial scenarios

What is the indication that a map location has been successfully targetted?

For example, you might anticipate troops arriving at a point and wish to start firing there before they arrive so later on, the moment the enemy has appeared there, you can hit them first time.

It is often difficult to click a unit in such a way that it becomes draggable to a new location, or to give it a movement order.

What is the special technique? Exactly which part of the unit needs to be clicked?

<t> Steve McClaire,<br/>
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When you were creating the game, did you all get together and create a list of audio combat messages that you thought would be useful and wanted in the game? <br/>
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I wonder what the situation was like during that phase of development. Did you have many voice ...

<r> What about saving a game before committing to a counter-attack as in this situation?<br/>
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How can you get the mortar team to spot for itself?<br/>
How can you have it cease fire?<br/>
Also, if you target a unit for mortar fire, then sort some other battlefield issue, when you return, the target might have moved. Will the mortar crew be tracking that target, or ...

<r> I think they asked survivors of WWI about the Battlefield I game. IIRC, they felt the terrain was very similar. I don't know whether it was particularly for a game, but they put surviving american fighter aces into combat flight simulators. They found that one area where they were distinctly ...

<t> Regarding movement, it might be helpful to be able to "add markers" to the terrain. (This would be like a stake in the ground or a daub of paint.) <br/>
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If you are preparing a position, you would spot which locations offered cover or were a liability and mark them accordingly. On a the ...

<r> Thanks, Steve McClaire and werewolf13.<br/>
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I think I have "solved" Kasserine Pass: don't be there! I am going to start from the beginning again, and next time, I shall have just one scout unit on the hill camouflaged and calling in artillery. When that is gone, even they are bugging-out ...

<r> Haha! Yes, I have heard that too. Also, "We are doomed!" It is quite funny when you think about it. At the time, you feel bad, though are glad they are still speaking to you!<br/>
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It is difficult to work out which of the units is "doomed" though. You want to try and move them into better ...

<r> I have had the same issue, and thought as wodin said, that it was due to lack of ammunition.<br/>
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There ought to be some alternative audio feedback, "Out of ammo!" Perhaps Matrix can start making a list of additional audio cues, and put this as item number one.<br/>
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Whilst on ...

<t> I wonder if any of you have played a campaign long enough to become attached to any of the men under your command.<br/>
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If so, what sparked your interest? <br/>
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In my attempts, everybody is so badly killed by Kesserine Pass that I start from the beginning again.<br/>
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Have ...

Thanks yet again for answering so many of my questions, Steve McClaire!

I wonder if during the making of this game the team ever actually spoke to somebody from the Bloody First and asked them what they hoped the game would capture.

Ammunition & Pioneer squads have some sticky bombs. Is that it? Will their presence help replenish ammunition within a radius or something like that?

<t> Yes, it is a great fun battle! After reading this thread and after attempting it a few times, it makes me want to hear somebody who was at Kasserine Pass tell us what it was like.<br/>
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Seeing the fun videos elsewhere on how infantry can defeat a tank, I can well imagine telling that to ...