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Ivy Matt wrote: So this is going to be an iPhone/iPad game?

Not necessarily: I’m available for that kind of coding, plus this initial phase that’s independent from the actual platform, but if a Flash developer gets on board, things can go on in parallel.

Well, I know people who have iPhones, and at least one person who has an iPad.

Yes, there are a few millions of them around (including iPod Touch)… 🙂
What’s best for our purpose is also that the typical iPhone user likes to experiment and explore, and show others what he’s able to achieve!

If you go the cocos2d route, the new Particle Designer looks like it may come in handy.

I’ve already played (and extended for my own purposes) that part: it’s very nice, however I wouldn’t use it for more than visual effects… What I expect from the output power formula is an approximate and empirical result, calculated in discrete steps with not much computing power: after all, we have no supercomputer at hand to do the real work, and we don’t want the player to wait forever!

What’s the next step? Settling on the 4-5 technologies?

Yes, of course, and possibly ideas for the components and factors for each of them. No need to think about levels right now, let’s get to the point where we have a running reactor of each type to test the game.

That would probably be another good topic for a poll, once the current poll has run its course.

I’m not sure about the poll… While the name is definitely something that has to appeal to as many players as possible, and therefore a poll is useful, the technologies need a bit more thought: there must be enough public knowledge available in order to build the pseudo-simulation, be intuitive enough for the player to understand them with no physics degree, and so on.

Yes, I can run the poll, but I wouldn’t rely too much on it for the final choice…