Planetary Annihilation 2D?

Hi Guys, I've been working on a project (that still doesn't have a name) for a few weeks and I guess it is time to share what is my plan. The main objective of this thread is to get feedback and ideas.
The game will be a mix of FTL and PA and you will play in a huge galaxy, exploring the many solar system, planets, moons and asteroids. Lets start with a few screenshots to give an ideia of what I'm talking about:

oh, just another point: I'm not an artist, currently, all sprites used in this project are from the internet. I hope to find an artits that can help me in the near future.

- Galaxy Generator:
You will be able to random generate galaxy using as input some parâmeter to define the shape of the galaxy:


Standard galaxy


Playing with the parameters


Each white point is a star that cointain planets, moons and asteroids.Point your mouse over one of the stars to see information about the system and the stars that are linked (based on the players galaxy fuel, that allows him to travel to another solar system)


Playing with the parameters


Playing with the parameters


Non spiral galaxy is also possible

System Viewer


When you select a system, you are redirected to the system view where you can see the planets and others


Of course the planets orbit its star


Select a planet (or moon) to center the view on.

My current plans are:
- The player will be able to build bases, armies and defences on each planet and moon. So there will be a "body viewer" where you can plan your base., build your arm an gather resources;
- The player will be able to attack others planets/moons (be aware of planets that are already colonized);
- The player needs to defend from attacks comming from the AI;
- Build engines on asteroids and.... and you know!
- There will be multiple goals, like: destroy this especific alian race, free a especific system from its rulers, colonize the whole galaxy (is it possible? lol). There are MANY possible objectives here, help me decide what will be in the game.

Well, that is it for now. I could write a very long tread with all my ideas, but actually my plan is to get ideias from the community.

=)

can i ask where you read up on galaxy formation?

Sure: http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/0908/0908.0892.pdf
I've made a few changes, but the overrall concept is described here.

Good read =)

Neat, I hope it goes well for you!

I can't find it atm, but I remember a video on youtube that showed what an 8 bit total annihilation would look like

Chase your dream and make the game!

THIS. IS. AWWWWWESOME!

Thanx guys! Gonna release a video in few days! =)

I always liked games with starmaps. I don't know why such a vague thing, but Starbound, Star Control...

I would definitely like to see this sort of thing.

On that note, it sucks someone is sitting on the liscense for Star Control somewhere out there, and aren't doing anything with it. I hate things like that. Then again, it really is just a name, when a game can take any shape and have any name and actually be what I want. Still, infuriating when games don't get sequels because liscenseholder just sits for years.

New galaxy generator parameter: Quantity of Arms


2 arms


3 arms


5 arms

The next parameter will be star density.

hello guys, just added two more parameters (the last ones):

Density - Controls the amount of stars per arm angle;
Proximity - Controls how close each star can be from one to another.

Some samples below:


High density and high proximity


High density and medium proximity


High density and low proximity

I've plans to add some effects on the galaxy arm to look cool, but I will do this late in the development process.

Ops, double post.

Cool dude, but no need to re-invent the wheel:

http://predestinationgame.com/gameplay/

http://www.matrixgames.com/products/379/details/Distant.Worlds

http://www.stardrivegame.com/

You are better off modding unless you're bringing something unique to the table...

Star drive was never finished was it?

You can buy it on steam... so I hope so! lol

http://store.steampowered.com/app/220660/

Predestination - Turn based.
Distant Worlds - Yeah, the galaxy/systems are pretty much alike, but the gameplay is different. More info when I got it working
Star Drive - Nothing to do with what I'm doing..

=)

Unless it gets a couple more major patches, wouldn't recommend.

You say turn based like its a bad thing...

Not a bad thing, but I really really dont like turn based games =(

stardrive itself is "pretty much" finished itself, playable but could need a bit of polish and content.

but it got ditched in an effort to create a "pseudo" sequel,SDU (StarDriveUnity), which is 1. built anew ontop of the unity engine, and 2. a true 4x turn based game, where the original StarDrive is a "realtime actions RTS" with a "turn" counter which is pretty much just a timer in seconds... for some things like income or research.