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Hiya everyone, I am told this is the right place to post ideas? I had an idea for this game, maybe as a mod for it.

Dune - Battle for Arkkas style Shadow Empire mechanics.

I know it’s laced with copyrighted issues and wouldn’t make any money without that being solved, however the look and feel of this game is already prime for a mod styled on the Dune franchise.

There is a whole wealth of options that could be explored if I was any good at programming I would do it myself alas I’m not.

Thoughts welcome?

Edit: moved here on the advice of:

mroyer
Re: Mod idea
Post Tue Jul 11, 2023 2:13 am

xerjin wrote: ↑
Have I posted this in the right place?
Kinda'. There's a subforum for "graphics" mods, but no real place for true mods. Most people have been putting mod information in the "War Room" subforum. Also, the idea of doing some sort of dune-like thingy has been talked about before - quite some time ago, if I recall correctly. It is a good idea.

-Mark R.

Fair idea, but funnily enough, this very game started out as a 'Desert Planet' concept game. That was about three years ago (2020ish).

The dry planet class was the most challenging, and water scarcity was a serious problem. One reason I looked at this game the first time was seeing it recommended on a list of "Dune-like games" on reddit, again around 2020. Another game on that list was the Civ 4 mod "Dune Wars - Revival", which I also played. Can recommend.

Afaik movie copyrights are not an issue for video game mods.

I have been able to generate planets resembling Arrakis but have not been able to find a way to edit the planets' names using the S&S Editor.

Thank you both for the feedback I really appreciate it. It’s helps me decide what to do.

So is this something I need to ask the developer to unlock do we think? If it’s not achievable then I won’t keep the thread alive..

I played too much Dune 2 as a kid. (Dune "1" was also a masterpiece..)

It would be interesting to imagine a version of SE that has a Harvester to grab resources, and versions of the various special units (Devastator Tank, etc). In some ways it could simplify SE by giving you pre-made units that you can build (at reasonable costs, in larger quantities).

Would definitely need modded Secretaries that look like the Mentats from those original games