Thread: Empire AI in C#

Hi people,

I'm going to dive into C# and for a first testing project,
I'll write a game. Does anyone know Empire ? Back in
the Atari ST ages ? Strategy game, simple, about 8
different units and 2 terrains ( land & water ).
I'll go for it

I will post the game AI's class here, so everyone can
derive an AI of their own. In the end we could have a
nice AI fight... anyone interested ?

The development will take some time
so it might be late october until I have a final version.

Please reply if you'd like to join in ...

Sounds good to me. It's a chance to do something fun and take a look at C#.

btw: is c# going to be able to compile for current systems, or is it only going to be .NET? And is .NET going to be like the old (and failed) plans to have a "computer utility", or will you still be able to buy and run standalone products? I don't think people want to "rent" products...

There is a project under way to convert the .NET framework for Linux. If this succeeds, C# programs
will run in Linux environments as well.

C# is a programming language like any other.
You can sell standalone apps. You can rent
apps. You can print your sourcecode and use
as wallpaper... whatever you like.

An asteroids game would be a lot more fun. Do you know the game? It's the one where you are the ship that travels thorugh the asteroid field. You can fire lazers and you have sheilds, plus you can get weapon upgrades or energy upgrades and stuff like that. Now that would be the game! Arcade Style action.

*g* yes, Asteroids might be more fun... I had that one
on my Atari, too. However, what made me play 'till dawn
were games like Empire

Plus it's not real time... some GDI+ graphics drawing
green and blue tiles and units on them shouldn't be
too hard

I've never played Empire although I am also a fan of role-playing games. I'm familiar with some titles on N64 such as Zelda64 and Mario64. Also, I tried out PSII, which was quite nice. Forgot which titles.

Whatever you come up with, I'd be happy to be a tester. Keep people updated, and good luck.

LOLOLOLOLOLZOZOZLOLZOLOZLZ!!!1 @# ROOOOOOFLE!!! C! C! C!

The Internet languages

When will you learn that Java and C# are not Internet languages ?
Could it be you are badmouthing things you never even tried ?

Why is it everyone here is getting into C# and Java

C# because I love to learn new things. I like to know
why I'm doing C++. You obviously use C++ because
you don't know how to use the other languages.
I like to have a reason why I use C++. I'm using it
because it's the best tool for the job. If a new tool
pops up, I have to test and reevaluate. Maybe the
new one is better.
Oh, and I use Java, because I have to. It's the best
tool for interfacing with our Oracle database when
creating stored procedures that are a little more
complex than normal.

I would love to see a professional game or ANYTHING made in Java

Well, install an Oracle database and administrate it.
All the tools are written in Java. Execution speed
sucks, but that's definetly a professional 'anything'
to notice.

I hope the real programmers on this board agree!

From my post starting this thread you might get the
impression I don't. And you are right. The 'real'
programmers, the professionals, the ones coding
40 hours a week will tell you to use the tool best
suited for the job. If that happens to be C#, tough
luck. But the 'real' coders don't have that much of
a problem switching languages. After all a language
is just a means of getting your program across.
The real work is not the syntax.

So, let's see... here are some easy questions for us.
Try to think about it.... how much basics do you know
about the languages in use today ?

Do
1) Java
2) C#
3) C++
4) VB

... have a keyword comparable to 'unsigned' ?
... have a keyword comparable to 'const' ?
... compilation products run on more than one system ?
... have libraries for Windows RAD ?
... have interfaces for DirectX ?
... have primitive datatypes ?
... have OOP ?
... have database tools that are part of the basic installation ?
... have the ability to create applets ?
... have the ability to drive webpages as 'codebehind' ?
... have opensource and/or free compilers available ?

Hint: C++ can NOT do all of it

So you're saying there are no professional apps for the internet? Go to www.oracle.com (that's it, right?) and see. DBs are extremely important, and these "internet" languages make it easier to manipulate and deal with them. Sometimes you have to.

And those languages provide such great time wasters, such as rogue remade:

www.hexatron.com/rogue/index.html

mmmm

I think that if anyone wants to make anything with any language and they have that ability to do so........then so be it! Just because you (anyone) can't do it, does not mean that someone else can't either. So if someone wants to create a game in C# GREAT!! I would like to learn C# just because it is new. I know java,VB,C++ and html. So adding C# would just make me a little more valuable.........

I don't think this is gonna be a professional game, more of a kind of hobby project to apply the langauge to. Regardless, I think it will be fun to see. I'd like to see more projects that people have completed/are working on from the posters on these boards.

Just to clarify that, my "first testing project" is
definetly NOT a professional game. Once it's ready,
anyone interested can have the source.

It will be small and simple, maybe it'll suck.

The way I planned it so far there will be a server
and multiple clients. The server runs the game.
Each client can be driven by a program or a
User Interface. Program driven Clients are
obviously computer opponents.