Ok, before you flame me, most of the work that has gone into this game cannot be seen yet because its the background coding and not the game coding.
However I thought it was still worth posting this as a WIP so you can see and comment on the ideas and GUI i am working on.
Sioux is a Real Time Strategy game set in 1870's in the Wild West. It is based around the unrealism of Hollywood Westerns as I thought this would make a change from all the FPS and WW2 games i see everywhere.
You play as the American Forces with General J. Wayne based in Fort Laramie.
The main aim of the game is to protect the civlian homesteads outside of Laramie from the Hostiles (Sioux Indians). There are also several other mini-objectives such as destroying the Hostile Reservation, protecting the Stagecoach and Ringo Kid, and other special characters such as the Lone Ranger and War Wagon.
You also need to prevent the Gun Runners from reaching any hostile forces, as they will supply them with guns.
To stop it from being a walk over for the Americans, they are going to be outnumbered almost all the time. At various times in the game groups of 10 to 100 Hostiles from will arrive on the map and start looking for American Troops to attack etc.
Other little things include, limited ammunition resulting in saving the last bullet for the women (there are no children in the game, just as there are none (more or less) in hollywood).
You can command gatling guns, get scared when the Hostile Drums start beating, and other similiar things.
The structure to the game is not like any normal RTS. You cannot select a single soldier, instead the game works around the Section (5 Troopers) being the smallest unit. I have yet to work on the AI but that will come when I purchase DarkAI in a few weeks time.
Current Progress (1466 lines (with comments):
- Done
- Working on
- To Do
Players Setup
Hostile Setup
Cursor [ic: amiga]
Map
Menu's
Compass (Radar)
Models
currently using simple box modelled placeholders
Movement and AI
awaiting response for DarkAI order
Screens of GUI
Main Menu
New Game Menu
In Game HUD
I wont be able to progress further on this until about a weeks time due to exams and stuff
