Scen Announcement: Capitalism, I know...its been a while....

[Benjammn]

Hello to all of the ECG!! Many of you haven't seen in a while but I think most of you know me...but I have some time on my hands and I figured I want to put it to good use for this community. To do this, I wanted to create a scen, but something different. So I thought about different ideas and finally settled on this idea. And now for.......



"We are all animated with the spirit of an industry which is unfettered and unrestrain...we are the most perfect society in the world." - John de Crevecoeur

Overview
The United States in its infant stages and much throughout its history had a frontier. Many seized this opportunity for land and fortune and succeded as the frontier and civilization moved westward. I want to capture the European coming to America and seizing his immense opportunity for wealth.
The basic idea of Capitalism is essentially to amass wealth for yourself. This game is essentially an RPG where you control an European immigrant and to begin with your land and family and to finally control towns and even cities with your economic might. A good goal for this game is to a ) control most of the game map and b ) to acquire a certain amount of resources (ie 100000 of each resource). Most of the decisions are going to be economic but you might use military force as well to secure your fortune. There will be others competing against you so you must seize what you can in order to get ahead. More information to come...

Needs
I would like some help on this. Some of my needs are...
-IDEAS : If you have a good idea for me to include, I will definitely consider it. Remember that this is an economic power RPG, not military so much. This would be the most help to me now as I try to figure out what Im doing.
-Mods : Some mods would be cool. Some different houses (5-7) would be nice as there are only 3-4.
-Triggers : I might need help with this later..
-SUPPORT : You need to keep me going on this project, considering I have never finished one.

I am probably going to design this on vanilla AoE3, considering all of the stuff people have unlocked for it and the fact that not everyone has WC. Post questions/comments/ideas/support!!

[Ultramar (zeuslord5000)]

Glad to see you back, at least for a bit, Ben.

And I suggest that you make a version for TWC (or standalone) also, as TWC offers some pretty awesome objects like the frontier fort walls and waterfall. Just a suggestion.

[Botolf]

Interesting idea ben

Perhaps you could have land grabs and land auctions.

[Twoqtimes2]

Good to see you back, Ben . Missed you a ton. Interesting idea for gameplay. My first thought is how ambitious this idea is. The string of triggs could be long. I see many QV's in your future

[Benjammn]

I figured this needed an update to ensure everyone that I'm still working on it....
Map: 50%
Triggers: 0%
I have the base terrain of the map set and now I am working on the various villages and buildings etc., after which I will go through the long, arduous task of triggers. But I made a promise to myself to release something so I hope to have a playable demo by Christmas. Screen coming soon...

[Custergrant]

Who could ask for a better type of game? Capitalism...As soon as I saw it, my blood starting pouring through my veins, I love you. I'm sure this is going to be awesome (expect a good review at HG ), I know I'm going to love it!

Btw, welcome back! Just wondering...did that little email I sent last week about the music give any prompts?

[Benjammn]

Yeah it did, and I will do as you ask. Just to make sure, you want me to play the theme on my keyboard, right? Or do you want me to flesh out the theme? Either way, I just need the midi and were good to go.
ADDED: Also, I am making this with Warchiefs. I began the map that way, and i really dont feel like making it again

[Custergrant]

I'm your man for crazy ideas.

What kind of houses would you want for a mod?

[Benjammn]

I think a couple of rustic looking houses would be nice, and if you could some of the homecity ones (for TWC) would be nice too.

[Custergrant]

Added to Projects page.