New Game?

[jack54]

Sorry to hear you had to put the new game on hold, but thanks for letting us know...hopefully all goes well.

I'd like to make an avatar from some of the tile counters taken from the new game... if that's ok with you....if you could post some tiles I'll use them but if not I can grab some some screens from Forced March web site.

Thanks and All the BEST!
Jack

[mercenarius]

Hi Jack,

Thanks for the encouragement.

Yes, the avatar is fine with me. What specific tiles did you want?

[Orm]

ORIGINAL: mercenarius

Greetings Orm the Strong!

Do you think the game will be released in time for Christmas, this year?

Well, I don't know. I've had to take contract work and put Fall of Rome on the back burner. But I hope to get back to putting more time into it.

That's a somewhat weak answer, but it's the best that I can do right now.

Can I expect the game to be released with Matrix

I certainly hope and expect that this will be the case. You don't need to check anywhere else. But I will also post something on forcedmarchgames.com when the time is right.

Thanks for your interest!

Thank you, Mercenarius the Wise.

After all the joy I have had with this game I am eagerly awaiting the next game. [:)]

[jack54]

ORIGINAL: mercenarius

Hi Jack,

Thanks for the encouragement.

Yes, the avatar is fine with me. What specific tiles did you want?

This is what I wanted to do...OK? My signature will say what game it's been adapted from...

[mercenarius]

That sounds good. Here is your tile. I hope that it helps.

I upgraded your command rating - why not? [:D]

[jack54]

ORIGINAL: mercenarius

That sounds good. Here is your tile. I hope that it helps.

I upgraded your command rating - why not? [:D]

Thank You VERY MUCH [&o]....as for the command rating; you've never seen me play lol

[Selus]

Hi, any news for The fall of Rome because im very interested, some progress and release date?

[mercenarius]

Hi, any news for The fall of Rome because im very interested, some progress and release date?

Well, right now I am still doing paid work on another project, unfortunately. But I do expect to do some work on the battle system and post new screen shots in next couple of weeks.

I don't have a release date right now, unfortunately.

Thanks for asking!

[Selus]

oki thanks.
I follow the product with interest and good to know that not canceled!

[Alikchi2]

I'm also terrifically excited about this and hope you find time for work on the project soon. Take care!

[Orm]

Have there been any progress on the new game?

[mercenarius]

Have there been any progress on the new game?

Yes, there has.

Now, I had promised some screen shots. Then I didn't provide them. [:(]

The short answer is that I realized that I needed to add something to the tactical battle system before I can give you guys a taste of it.

The long answer is that I had to program a way to generate double-sized tiles and all of their icons and markers. That took quite a bit of time.

Now I am back on track and I hope to provide some screen shots of the tactical battle system very soon. Maybe by next weekend.

Thanks for your continued interest!

[SteveD64]

Good news!

Thanks for the update.

[Selus]

that good, I thought the project was dead.still much to finish the game?

[mercenarius]

still much to finish the game?

Yeah. A decent amount. But here is a sign of progress:

[mercenarius]

That is taken from the battle of Watling Street, which is one of the
battle scenarios. I don't know if the battle system is going to be
complex enough to provide a lot of interest by itself, but I'd
like to have something a little more detailed than in "Hannibal" and
with more command and movement.

Some of the graphics are placeholders. When I finish the current
contract that I am working on I'm going to arrange for some new
battle graphics. The artists who did the work on the strategy
map did a good job on it, I think. But the first generation of
graphics for the battle system did not hit the target.

Anyway, I'll post more samples as I program functionality into
the battle system.

[jack54]

Thanks for the progress update. More movement and detail to the combat seems like a great idea. Still a 'day one buy' for me; I continue to wait ahhh...'patiently' lol

All the BEST!

[SteveD64]

The battle graphics look great to me!

Godspeed on this project.

[PJJ]

Looks very interesting!

Since the Battle of Watling Street took place during the Boudicca Rebellion in Britain in AD 60 (or 61), does this mean the game will also have grand campaigns for multiple periods of Roman history?

In any case, I'm sure this will be a day one purchase for me. [:)]

[mercenarius]

Looks very interesting!

Thanks for your kind words!

Since the Battle of Watling Street took place during the Boudicca Rebellion in Britain in AD 60 (or 61), does this mean the game will also have grand campaigns for multiple periods of Roman history?

Well, how Grand is Grand? [:)]

I certainly intend to have a number of shorter scenarios, which would run from about 20 turns to a maximum of about 80 turns (20 years).

I also hope to have about 3 longer scenarios as well. But I will have to finish the battle system and a few of the shorter scenarios before I can tackle the issue of the grand campaigns.