I was originally planning to let you repair ships within your spawn area, but this proved technically tricky and probably needs to wait until I have ship construction properly networked. (If you have FoW turned on.) Let me know what you think of this! (I could potentially make it an option.) Unlike all other game modes, you can't see the locations of enemy ships within the fog of war. To reduce your fleet value and free up value to buy more ships, destroy your existing ships in combat or using self-destruct. In the official rulesets, there is a maximum fleet value that you can't exceed at any given point in time (essentially a 'supply cap' from RTS games). (If both teams have an equal number of control points when the time expires, the game will enter sudden death and the next team to capture a control point wins.) To win the battle, capture all control points, or have more control points than the other team when the time limit expires. Each of the two maps has a single larger control point that provides double the income (and also takes longer to capture).

To take an enemy's control point, contest it with your own ship to turn it neutral and then eliminate the enemy ships to make it yours.Ĭontrol points provide income every 10 seconds while captured. To capture a control point, just move a ship onto it and make sure there are no enemy ships contesting it. (You can also change your loadout during battle.) To buy a ship during the battle, just click on its button and it'll warp in inside your spawn area.

They are your 'loadout' essentially ships that you can purchase during the battle. The ships you select on the pre-match screen are NOT your starting ships (you do not start with any ships). I am planning to add more maps (including more that 1v1) in the final version. Each map has a spawn area for each team and some number of control points that start neutral and can be captured. There are currently two testing maps, a small one and a big one. There are missing icons, sound effects, U.I. Some notes on this prototype as I think of them:Īs with all my prototypes, it's very non-final and unpolished. You will still have access to your existing ships, saved games, and settings.) issues, bugs, etc.ĭownload 'Domination' Mode Prototype #1 (This prototype will install to a different directory by default and is treated as a different app by Windows, so it won't overwrite you existing Cosmoteer installation. I'd really appreciate getting your feedback on it before next week's release candidate, such as balance problems, U.I. It's basically a cross between Dalas's proposal and the game Istrolid. In it, players vie for domination over 'control points' which will provide a steady income (which can be used to warp in additional ships) and, once all are captured, win that player the game. This past week, I've been working on a new multiplayer mode for Cosmoteer called 'Domination'.

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