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Offline trekiejTopic starter

Games that have a hex shaped playing field
« on: January 22, 2009, 09:43:49 PM »
Does anyone know of any games that use the hex layout on the  game field?

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Re: Games that have a hex shaped playing field
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2009, 09:52:44 PM »
Any particular type of game? Does it have to be an Amiga game? If not, then there is WeeWar.

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Re: Games that have a hex shaped playing field
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2009, 10:01:26 PM »
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Re: Games that have a hex shaped playing field
« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2009, 10:05:52 PM »
The Settlers
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Re: Games that have a hex shaped playing field
« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2009, 10:10:38 PM »
I hate hexmaps and have banned them from all games I have ever made.  But if you really want a hex game then you might try Battle Isle or Perfect General or Mechforce.
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Re: Games that have a hex shaped playing field
« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2009, 11:24:46 PM »
Amiga and c64 games

I have played a game called Full Metal Planet.
You could turn off the hex.
I had part of a game for C64 that was a war game.
I just can not remember the name

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board games:
Also I played Mechwarrior on a fold out map.

I found a game from Game Designer's Workshop called
Assault Tactical Combat in Europe:1985.
It is not the full game.
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Re: Games that have a hex shaped playing field
« Reply #6 on: January 22, 2009, 11:37:20 PM »
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I hate hexmaps and have banned them from all games I have ever made.  /quote]

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Re: Games that have a hex shaped playing field
« Reply #7 on: January 23, 2009, 12:05:50 PM »
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Does anyone know of any games that use the hex layout on the  game field?

IIRC  Battle Isle (2) was hex based
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Re: Games that have a hex shaped playing field
« Reply #8 on: January 23, 2009, 12:19:03 PM »
KOEI games (Romance of Three Kingdoms, Genghis Khan, Bandit Kings Etc.) should have hexmaps (battle screen)
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Re: Games that have a hex shaped playing field
« Reply #9 on: January 23, 2009, 12:41:28 PM »
@weirdami

Because:
1. Hex games are 20x slower than square games.
2. Square unit gfx always look better than hex unit gfx.
 
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Re: Games that have a hex shaped playing field
« Reply #10 on: January 23, 2009, 05:03:26 PM »
History Line 1914-1918... excellent game with hex tiles.

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Re: Games that have a hex shaped playing field
« Reply #11 on: January 23, 2009, 05:24:42 PM »
Battleisle
 

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Re: Games that have a hex shaped playing field
« Reply #12 on: January 23, 2009, 06:26:43 PM »
Battle Isle seems to be the most memorable.
I believe it was also on Sega Genesis.

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Re: Games that have a hex shaped playing field
« Reply #13 on: January 23, 2009, 09:07:47 PM »
1. Make an announcment.
2. Wait a while.
3. Check if it can actually be done.
4. Wait for someone else to do it.
5. Start working on it while giving out hillarious progress-reports.
6. Deny that you have ever announced it
7. Blame someone else
 

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Re: Games that have a hex shaped playing field
« Reply #14 on: January 23, 2009, 09:47:48 PM »
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Because:
1. Hex games are 20x slower than square games.
2. Square unit gfx always look better than hex unit gfx.
 


Isn't the reason people use hex fields is so the characters can look like they are going diagonally?
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