I have been inspired by the likes of Solar Conquest and Space Command to make my own space map! But, mine will be set in the Warhammer 40'000 universe.
The idea is that you start the game and choose one of the six factions: Space Marines, Imperial Guard, Necrons, Chaos Space Marines, Dark Eldar or Orks.
Then you start wiht a fleet of ships in a random place in one of the 4 sectors. the sectors are separated from each other by a wall of pathng and sight blockers, simulating the fact that they are pretty far apart.
The only way to get from one sector to the other is by giving one of your ships a Warp Generator (ill explain later), entering the Warp, (a dimension inhabited by hostile daemons) and going through one of the four warp gates inside the Warp, each one leading to a random place within their respective sectors.
The Daemons in the warp are invulnerable (since they are pure energy inside the warp and cannot be hurt) So it is best to leave the warp quickly. They also have very small sight, so unless you run into them they wont see you. As soon as a Daemon leaves the warp it is instantly sent back in, so they wont escape.
You cannot build ships and gain more only occasionally, so strategy and conservation is vital (but ships are very powerful, so you should be fine).
Ships are given abilities and increased capabilities by giving them items known as modules. Modules are bought for free from a Shipyard that you start with (unique to each race) and can move.
Most planets are unenterable and can be taken over by using the Invade ability that some higher-level ships have. Invade has quite a long cooldown and it takes a few minutes to work on a planet.
However, there are multiple planets that must be taken over the hard way.
If you do the Invade ability on an enterable planet then a battle on the planets surface will commence. The camera will go to the planet's area (space on the map separate from the rest representing the planer) and a base for your faction will appear.
This base will spawn units that automatically go to the opposite side of the area, where the defender's base is. The defender will also spawn units to try and kill the invader's base. The defender can upgrade his planet to include turrets and extra troops.
The more powerful the ship you Invade a planert with, the easier it is to take a planet. If you Invade a planet with your Flagship (a hero with abilities) then you get a Commander who can help your troops and call airstrikes etc.
Those are the basics, if anyone has any suggestions or feedback, i would appreciate that greatly.
The idea is that you start the game and choose one of the six factions: Space Marines, Imperial Guard, Necrons, Chaos Space Marines, Dark Eldar or Orks.
Then you start wiht a fleet of ships in a random place in one of the 4 sectors. the sectors are separated from each other by a wall of pathng and sight blockers, simulating the fact that they are pretty far apart.
The only way to get from one sector to the other is by giving one of your ships a Warp Generator (ill explain later), entering the Warp, (a dimension inhabited by hostile daemons) and going through one of the four warp gates inside the Warp, each one leading to a random place within their respective sectors.
The Daemons in the warp are invulnerable (since they are pure energy inside the warp and cannot be hurt) So it is best to leave the warp quickly. They also have very small sight, so unless you run into them they wont see you. As soon as a Daemon leaves the warp it is instantly sent back in, so they wont escape.
You cannot build ships and gain more only occasionally, so strategy and conservation is vital (but ships are very powerful, so you should be fine).
Ships are given abilities and increased capabilities by giving them items known as modules. Modules are bought for free from a Shipyard that you start with (unique to each race) and can move.
Most planets are unenterable and can be taken over by using the Invade ability that some higher-level ships have. Invade has quite a long cooldown and it takes a few minutes to work on a planet.
However, there are multiple planets that must be taken over the hard way.
If you do the Invade ability on an enterable planet then a battle on the planets surface will commence. The camera will go to the planet's area (space on the map separate from the rest representing the planer) and a base for your faction will appear.
This base will spawn units that automatically go to the opposite side of the area, where the defender's base is. The defender will also spawn units to try and kill the invader's base. The defender can upgrade his planet to include turrets and extra troops.
The more powerful the ship you Invade a planert with, the easier it is to take a planet. If you Invade a planet with your Flagship (a hero with abilities) then you get a Commander who can help your troops and call airstrikes etc.
Those are the basics, if anyone has any suggestions or feedback, i would appreciate that greatly.