Benjaminius wrote:I think you should create a simple project site/blog where you could evolve the project and collect a team.
Then you can link to this thread and use it as a devblog
These kind of "huge" projects usually won't get finished due to a lack of time / team but i dont want to be pessimistic!
The biggest problem I have with transport tycoon at all is the fact that there are no good scenario maps.
Don't get me wrong I like the game, its fun but after one our I ask myself: "Why do I play this? Whats the goal?"
Do you have any ideas how to make your "mod" more interesting than the original openttd?
That (fun to play) would definitively fit to the great graphics of this mod
I've actually been working quite a lot lately so there's a lot of art that I haven't posted here. I don't want people to grow tired of the project by spamming new images all the time.
Creating some kind of site seems like a great idea. Maybe it would be easier for people to get a good overview. Also, I will most likely need help with the coding process, because I think it will be too time consuming since I have very little knowledge about .nfo and hex editing.
One thing I agree about is the "no goal" thing. Right now, it's basically a sandbox. Another problem is that Transport Tycoon suffers heavily from the snowball effect; It can be really hard in the beginning, but after a while you can basically do whatever you want. This makes people quit the game after 10 years or so.
To address these issues, I would like to:
1) Add victory conditions, such as "Get a population of 10,000 in city x", "Deliver Y tons of cargo X", "Get Outstanding local authority rating in 10 cities", "Build a railroad between cities X and Y", "Found 5 new steel mills" etc.
2) Make the game change more over time by adding "events" such as gold rushes and civil wars, that affects interest, factory production etc. Some industry chains will become obsolete, and new, more prosperious, industry chains will appear. A player that just leaves the game running in the background should lose his momentum after a while.
3) Give the player more options. Let's face it, very few players actually use ships. But what if there were cargo that
only could be delivered by boat? For example, I'm thinking of adding a new "factory" called "Whales", simular to the Offshore Platform. The player will be able to build whaling boats to transport these whales, which then can be converted into Oil and Food.
I'm also thinking about adding very specialized vehicles, such as cable trams and "steam horses", that only should be used in very hilly locations.
4) One thing that would be very cool is to have some kind of "unlock feature", so that you have to complete each scenario before the next one becomes available. I have no idea if this will become possible (and it's probably not worth asking for either, since the usual respond is "Do it yourself or keep your mouth shut
).
Anyway, it's great to see that so many people are interested in this project. Hopefully this can increase the chances of some features becoming available.
I guess I'll add some newer screenshots as well:
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