OFFWORLD : Mining Outpost

Genre: Management / Turn Based Strategy

 
 

Description

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In Off world Mining Simulator you are in control of a terminal which monitors all of the bases activities and the numerous drones operating within the various mines. It is your job to allocate resources where needed and maintain a high level of efficiency. Failure to do so will result in a docking of pay of your yearly galactic contract.

 This game is ran via the Windows CMD terminal.
 

History

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This was my attempt to re-imagine a board game I created way back in college, which was played on a hexagonal grid. This time however it incorporated some 4X elements and the entire game play was changed from squad combat to indirect control over each deployed unit.

Without spoiling too much the game simulates both a cosmic cataclysm and the awakening of a dormant hostile species. The main goal of the game is to survive long enough to be rescued. How you achieve this is only limited by your imagination to use mining equipment as Ad-hoc weapons.

This project grew in scope and complexity over the course of a winter season. It helped teach me how to create large dynamic world maps and populate them with entities.

 
 

Influences

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Games: Absolute Zero, Battlezone 2 Combat Commander.

 
 

Status

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Beta Phase. Development Postponed.