emPYre

(should change as soon as the game is more complete)

About

EmPYre is an (experimental) python 3 implementation of the old Empire game.

Why?

The current port on Ubuntu is slow AF and also the control-scheme like many tools from that era it didn't era very well. (ignoring features we see in modern open-source RTS-games these days)

Requirements

• Python 3.4+

Developer notes

TODO:

• Look into how the original version did the battle system ( units vs units vs cities )
• Look into ASCII, Colours, blinking and other flashy things
  • • land
  • . sea
  • ^ (mountains?)
• Look into nCurses to deal with the interface issues
  • Different parts of the screen
  • Pop-up a window if something is required?
• Look into how to do this
  • Separate the logic from the interface?
  • Multiple opponents?
  • Multi-player?
  • Multi-session multi-player?
• Modern systems
  • Waypoints?
  • Build-queues?
  • Patrols?

Combat

        if (irand (2) == 0) /* defender hits? */
            att_obj->hits -= piece_attr[def_obj->type].strength;
        else def_obj->hits -= piece_attr[att_obj->type].strength;
    }

Piece	You	Enemy	Moves	Hits	Str	Cost
Army	A	a	1	1	1	5(6)
Fighter	F	f	8	1	1	10(12)
Patrol Boat	P	p	4	1	1	15(18)
Destroyer	D	d	2	3	1	20(24)
Submarine	S	s	2	2	3	20(24)
Troop Transport	T	t	2	1	1	30(36)
Aircraft Carrier	C	c	2	8	1	30(36)
Battleship	B	b	2	10	2	40(48)
Satellite	Z	z	10	--	--	50(60)

Other details: http://www.catb.org/~esr/vms-empire/vms-empire.html

typedef struct piece_attr {
        char sname; /* eg 'C' */
        char name[20]; /* eg "aircraft carrier" */
        char nickname[20]; /* eg "carrier" */
        char article[20]; /* eg "an aircraft carrier" */
        char plural[20]; /* eg "aircraft carriers" */
        char terrain[4]; /* terrain piece can pass over eg "." */
        uchar build_time; /* time needed to build unit */
        uchar strength; /* attack strength */
        uchar max_hits; /* number of hits when completely repaired */
        uchar speed; /* number of squares moved per turn */
        uchar capacity; /* max objects that can be held */
        long range; /* range of piece */
} piece_attr_t;