Greetings everyone. Well, it has been a great learning experience, and I think a true testament to the Dark Basic language in general. Using the DarkGDK.net package and Visual Studio 2008 (VB.NET), I have completed my new 3d board game called "Airline Sharks". This game is an aviation/airport themed financial game with monopoly-type gameplay. 1-6 players choose from 12 different airlines and start at the central "airport hub". Surrounding the hub are satelite airports divided into 6 regions (A-E). With each turn, you move around the board to lease airports. Once you acquire any complete region, you can expand each airport through the construction of 3 passenger terminals and an air traffic control tower. The impact of these additions raises the amount of revenue your competition will pay you in rental payments when stopped at your airports. The goal of the game is to acquire all of the airports and dominate the airline industry with your chosen airline. This is a family oriented game and offers hours of play. It can be a single player against AI opponents, or 6 humans can battle it out. For demo purposes, I set all players as AI and let it run. After 3 hours, the strongest player had attained 75% of the leases with $1.5 million USD and 3 players had filed bankruptcy. For more information, or to order, visit
http://www.atcsimulator.com/airline-sharks.htm
Russell B. Davis/aerostudios