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'''With the Fleet''' will be a massively-multiplayer naval simulation with a first-person perspective set in the period 1890-1925.  It is under active development and is currently in a demonstrable prototype form.
 
'''With the Fleet''' will be a massively-multiplayer naval simulation with a first-person perspective set in the period 1890-1925.  It is under active development and is currently in a demonstrable prototype form.
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'''I would like to collaborate with talented 3D artists who are familiar with Unity3D.'''
 
  
 
==What is the Status?==
 
==What is the Status?==
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Recent Windows and Mac OS playtests demonstrate multiple player- and AI-actuated sailors walking the deck of a destroyer, using the equipment on board and conversing via VOIP and speech recognition.  Development continues toward creating a global game continuously running and able to support large battles with multiple players aboard each ship.
  
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I can demonstrate multiple player- and AI-actuated sailors walking the deck of a destroyer, using literal representations of the equipment on board and conversing via VOIP and speech recognition. That alone makes this unique.  This networked experience occurs on an architecture designed to permit large scale battles with a thousand players across a hundred ships.  It can run on Windows and MacOS, with other platforms being possible. 
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Anyone who feels they might be able to contribute artwork, coding, or other expertise are welcome to inquire to join a playtest.
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Anyone who feels they might be able to contribute artwork, coding, or other expertise are welcome to inquire to join a playtest.  I have no doubt you'd sign on.
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==Design Principles==
 
==Design Principles==
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These are my general beliefs.  Most are flexible, and some clearly written as a reversal of but they guide my decision-making.
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My design tenets repudiate those of pretty much every other naval game.
  
 
* each player is a sailor, not a ship
 
* each player is a sailor, not a ship
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* you have a role &ndash; not every player is a peer
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* you have a role &ndash; some players command others
 
* you see from your sailor's eyes, not from a voyeuristic ship-orbiting camera
 
* you see from your sailor's eyes, not from a voyeuristic ship-orbiting camera
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* there will be little neon of "HUDs"
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* there will no neon "HUDs" overlaying the screen
 
* you will feel like you belong to a "band of brothers"
 
* you will feel like you belong to a "band of brothers"
 
* you will learn something
 
* you will learn something
 
* the pace will be slow &ndash; the action will be momentous
 
* the pace will be slow &ndash; the action will be momentous
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* submarines and aircraft are ancillary to the real fun
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==Bragging Points==
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There is a lot in place.
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* a global game is possible.  Ship positions are handled as 64 bit floating point values.
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* Super-scalable design:  Ships are clients to the World, and Players are clients to their Ship.
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* Voice-over-IP is built in, and essential.  The player-sailors near you hear you &ndash; voicepipes and telephones to come.
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* Speech recognition allows you to speak in expressive fashion to AI sailors.
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==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 07:43, 30 September 2020

"Every successful video game is eventually reduced to an acronym in the popular lexicon."
—Tony Lovell
Demo, August 2016

With the Fleet will be a massively-multiplayer naval simulation with a first-person perspective set in the period 1890-1925. It is under active development and is currently in a demonstrable prototype form.

What is the Status?

Recent Windows and Mac OS playtests demonstrate multiple player- and AI-actuated sailors walking the deck of a destroyer, using the equipment on board and conversing via VOIP and speech recognition. Development continues toward creating a global game continuously running and able to support large battles with multiple players aboard each ship.

Anyone who feels they might be able to contribute artwork, coding, or other expertise are welcome to inquire to join a playtest.

Design Principles

My design tenets repudiate those of pretty much every other naval game.

  • each player is a sailor, not a ship
  • you have a role – some players command others
  • you see from your sailor's eyes, not from a voyeuristic ship-orbiting camera
  • there will no neon "HUDs" overlaying the screen
  • you will feel like you belong to a "band of brothers"
  • you will learn something
  • the pace will be slow – the action will be momentous
  • submarines and aircraft are ancillary to the real fun

See Also

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