0.4 Design Pad/0.4 Roadmap

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These game design issues need to be discussed for v0.4. This excludes art-related implementation or game content details.

• Ship Sizes and Shapes
  • How many sizes and shapes?
  • What pros/cons/properties of each size and shape?
    • Slot Sizes and Facings
    • Supply/Range/Fuel
    • Travel Speed
    • Battle Effectiveness
    • Stealth

• Engines
  • Interstellar vs In-Battle distinctions?
  • Separate engines types for different situations?
    • In battle vs. map travel
  • Multiple options (different speed, stealth, fuel use?)
    • Pick one to use, or all contribute when moving?

• Non-ship Objects in Combat
  • Planets
    • Planetary Shields
      • Buildings or meter-dependent?
      • Interaction with ship weapons
    • Planetary Weapons
      • Buildings or meter-dependent?
    • Interactions with Ship Weapons
      • Specialized Siege Ships / Bombs?
    • Interactions with Ground Troops (without details of ground combat)
    • Non-Military Buildings
      • Damaged by Space Combat?
  • Other In-System Objects?
    • Shipyards
    • Defensive Orbitals
    • Asteroid Mines (and similar)

• Shipyards
  • How do they work?
  • How are the defined / described?
  • How are they built?

• Battle UI
  • Informative Overlays?
  • Order-giving Interface?

• Battle map layout
  • Relative scale of objects on screen?
    • Planets arranged in space?
    • Star size w.r.t. other objects?
  • Starlane openings at specific locations?
  • Terrain effects
    • of planets, asteroid belts, star, anomalies, nebulae?

• When to fight?
  • If multiple battles occur simultaneously, with many players?
  • For single player