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A topic by Dějiny created Jan 06, 2024 Views: 27 Replies: 1
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Hello, I tried the game and finished the tutorial campaign. I absolutely love the setting! Ogniem i mieczem is one of my favourite movies (I haven't read the book yet, but I have to). The encyclopedia is useful resource and adds a lot to educational potential of the game. Also using the paintings for units is a good idea (although the 19th century painters didn't always paint everything correctly).

Now some ideas:

  • In battle, it would be nice to be able to show some information about  enemy units. Either in the right panel when clicked on it, or atleast some tooltip with unit name when hovering over the unit.
  • When placing the units before the battle, there should be way to change the position of a unit once placed.
  • Artillery range of 2 hexes seems as a bit too small. Maybe 3 hexes would be better?
  • Even most basic sounds would add a lot to battle immersion.

Now something not related to gameplay. I am pretty sure, that Skrzetuski wasn't colonel, but namiestnik (could be translated probably as "deputy"?). Also, pancerni didn't form regiments, but chorągwie ("banner"?, "battalion"?). 

Developer(+1)

Hello Dejiny!

First of all, thank You for the post, opinion and advice. Hard to say, but the project of the strategy hex game in reality of XVII century central europe overwhelmed me, and so I`m sad to admit that for now it is abandoned for a while. But your review for me is a quite a impulse, maybe I`ll come back and start to add new scenarios and battles. 

If I will come back to this messy code (I`m really a bad coder) first things I`ll do will be add Your ideas (opponent info, better placement, art range and add sound and music).

In a Sienkiewicz novel Skrzetuski was named a colonel, but I think after I think it`s mostly fictional character. The english translation of the chorągięw  I really didn`t know how to manage, maybe You are right, I`ll try to change it.

I have a question for You and maybe other Indie fans. Would be better to add some Card-Game system to manage army? I was thinking for a long time over a mixing cardgame and classic hex battle.

Thanks a lot for your support, I`ll try to play your games if I manage some free time. For know I`m really busy with my primary job and familiy so I have only few minutes daily to continue developing and browsing games. 

Kris