Uncharted Waters New Horizons

i typed out this whole 'development speach' the other day, but i can't find the textfile now :s

For now i'll stick to telling you about version 0.1
http://geocities.com/rianvoogt
http://geocities.com/rianvoogt/uw/download.html

[if you visited there already today you may want to clear your browser cache/cookies to refresh the page completely.]

To run the game, simply extract the zipfile to a folder of your choise, then run the executable.
take note that only a few ports are 'active' & use <enter> to get on/off ships. 'Esc' to quit/save.

you my find pirate encounters - its simply based on the old 'pirates!tm' - the 2 captains will dual it out.
Same for attacking caribbean ports. just remembered, only caribbean ports may be attacked. i was thinking of having the caribbean work like pirates: <attack to take over>
& the rest of the world's ports like uncharted waters: < investments>
you may also notice that you can only enter capital ports in "uncharted water's style"
[simply cause it would take years to develop each port..]
not much going on in the capitals yet...

Development:
i'll have a whole list of issues ready by wednesday - tomorrow's our year-end function, then you lot can start helping.

To be able to edit anything you would need to download a copy of 'rpg maker 2003'
[i know there's a new version out, but its combat system works different]

The port-code is finished, however, it requires a lot of copy/paste/edit;

eg. you can copy havana [caribbean]'s event/code & paste it on the port of Tortuga, then you simply would need to change all the variables in that code from '0001:havana' to '0005:tortuga'...
easy, just a lot to do since you need to edit 5+ pages on each encounter because of the different countries.
if everyone could just do one port & mail me the event, i can put it all together nicely in the next version. i'll put a set-by-step tutorial or something up soon.

Investments work, you can see port's alliances change, but no money is yet removed from the player. therefore Algier's investment code needs work.
Post edited by: webrv, at: 2005/11/28 12:21

Post edited by: webrv, at: 2005/11/28 12:25

Just downloaded the game. But when I try to run the exe-file, there is a pop-up screen telling me that rpg-maker 2003 runtime package is missing.

[img size=444]http://www.unchartedwatersnewhorizons.com/components/com_mamboboard/uploaded/images/rpg.jpg[/img]

I try to do so. But generally I prefer games I can play straight from my usb-stick in the break of my work. Games like UWNH, C-evo or Atlas (if I ever would understand how to play it)

I just installed that rpg maker 2003. That brought me to: [img size=285]http://www.unchartedwatersnewhorizons.com/components/com_mamboboard/uploaded/images/UWR.jpg[/img]

Same sad song. I stole the pics and dropped the game and the rpg-maker. Perhaps another time...