Yes, I agree, I spent a few hours going through his work today, very inventive compositionaly and tactically in additional to the great watercolor washes and beautiful palettes.
Even if it takes more time than you expect, with good aesthetics and good gameplay, I think a strategic game has more long term viability than a graphically focused one with less strategic focus.
I love also the reverence to tolkien's natural style that he's using for Ilkor and will enjoy seeing the lower level tiles.
How many players are you hoping for initially for the alpha? and after a full game has filled? Do you have a design planned for the granularity of turns?
I do think that if you can properly automate a game like this, that there is a good market for it. Too many of us like games but have difficult schedules to accomodate.
I think of even games like "Heros of Might and Magic III", a game like that, the biggest problem with it is whether or not it will run on a modern OS.
Even if it takes more time than you expect, with good aesthetics and good gameplay, I think a strategic game has more long term viability than a graphically focused one with less strategic focus.
I love also the reverence to tolkien's natural style that he's using for Ilkor and will enjoy seeing the lower level tiles.
How many players are you hoping for initially for the alpha? and after a full game has filled? Do you have a design planned for the granularity of turns?
I do think that if you can properly automate a game like this, that there is a good market for it. Too many of us like games but have difficult schedules to accomodate.
I think of even games like "Heros of Might and Magic III", a game like that, the biggest problem with it is whether or not it will run on a modern OS.