03-07-2011, 07:07 PM
(03-06-2011, 10:30 PM)Ramblurr Wrote: Awesome! Can't wait to learn more about it.
Since I am not a programmer, my approach is looking at three different options.
(1) PFS: First Choice - This is what I used to run a play by mail game in the old days. I ran it using an Emerson 386SX PC compatible with a 40MB hard drive and 1MB of RAM in conjunction with a Panasonic 1124i dot matrix printer. Since I used it before, I know that this approach can be used, although computer and printer combination would be different, now.
(2) Alpha Five relational database software - I purchased Alpha Five several years ago for this very purpose, but I have never bothered to take the time to actually figure out how to set everything up as I need it set up. I e-mailed an Alpha Five programmer type fellow a few weeks ago, inquiring about setting things up for me, but I have never heard back form him, as of yet.
(3) Open Office - More recently, I have lightly experimented with using Open Office, since I use it on my computer at home. The database aspect of it can probably be tied into the game, so that the turn results can be at least partially updated in a quasi-automated way.
For a theme/setting for the game, I have pondered space conquest, prehistoric era, inner-Earth scenario, Martian invasion, and even a Biblical off-take, to include a few.
The Biblical off-takes that I have pondered as a theme/setting include a Mark of the Beast scenario, for one, and a mid-Genesis or post-Genesis event.