Backstory Simulator: TO DO

[Pandaqi]

This is a specific to-do list for the backstory simulator. (It's such a large, complex system that I really need this list.)

QUESTION: Do relationships strengthen every time a trade route is completed (once every two turns), or only once at the start of the route?

Implement fighting

• [x] use relationships between players
• [x] let war break out if relationship is too bad
• [x] plan timed event to end war ("people were exhausted/tired"), just to be sure
• [ ] improve/deteriorate based on current events (MOSTLY DONE)
• [x] if you have (almost) no space left to explore, or a certain player is becoming too big, you may start invading their territory. (If it comes to a war, you'll be invading a lot, but this is a "friendly invasion", so to speak :p)

War

• [x] repurpose all their ships to actively explore/conquer territory from the warring player.
• [x] the player has a "war" flag set to TRUE
• [x] A player at war does not keep track of relationships anymore (and doesn't start extra wars of course)
• [x] friendly players will join the war (at the side they are friendly with)
• [x] A war is global, if someone wants to join the fight later (because of bad relations), he can (with the join-war event)

Conquer event

• [x] Check all tiles within range (spiral search? or just a rectangle?).
• [x] Tiles that are NOT our territory, should be saved (as potential follow-ups), and changed to our territory. (Only if it's an enemy. If it's just another player, we can traverse their land, but not claim it.)
• [x] The first unit it finds, is attacked.
  • [x] If it dies, call sinkShip(), then move
  • [x] If it doesn't die, save the target, and stay where you are
• [x] If allowed, move to an enemy tile that is as far away as possible.
• [x] Otherwise, pick a random tile at the edge of your range

Battling

• [x] Ships have health. A battle might not end with one ship sinking (because both still have health left)
• [x] Ships simply shoot the first thing they find with a random chance of missing/damage changing
• [x] If a ship sinks, the player that owns the ship loses a lot of resources. (The player that won, gains a slight amount of resources? I mean, those resources have sunk into the ocean, they can't be recovered!)
• [ ] If a PIRATE makes a ship sink, the resources are gained as treasure. If a pirate has a treasure, it will hide it somewhere, at the first possible moment. (And that's how we get treasures in the game.)

How does a war end? Multiple options:

• [ ] A truce. At random points, one of the sides may offer a truce, which has a certain probability of being accepted.
• [ ] A retreat. Similarly, a side may choose to retreat and back out of the war.
• [ ] One side has become TOO small (too little ships/territory left)

Implement backstory saving:

• [ ] Find a good structure for saving the backstory (What do we save? Units? Events?)
• [ ] Whenever something important happens, save the 5 w's in the structure (the why will be hardest to do; we'll need a large list of predetermined reasons)

Implement pirates:

• [ ] They always come into the world by taking over a city/dock. Sometimes, they come randomly. Other times, they are born out of a bad situation (right after a war, for example)
• [ ] Pirates will aggressively expand territory (they don't need to keep track of resources), but up to a certain maximum size.
• [ ] Only if there's a war, will pirates get out of their territory and join the fight.
• [ ] After they've won a fight, there's a certain chance of pirates burying their loot (as a treasure).
• [ ] Pirates don't attack each other => the only exception is during a large sea battle (during war times)

IDEA: Ships can carry (magical/special) items. There are clues that refer to this: "it is said that Queen Anne's Revenge had the trident of Poseidon, which allows you to move at a speed of 4!" Now the player knows what he can find if he finds this wreckage.

IDEA: If a dock is not friendly, you can't trade. If a city is not friendly, you can't ask around.

[Pandaqi]

Positive events (relationships)

• Give resource aid (+2)
• Start trade route (+3)
• (TO DO) Give aid in a battle (against pirate/monster)
• Diplomacy (+3)

Negative events (relationships)

• Deny resource aid (-0.5)

• Explore close to other player's territory (-0.5)

• Deny trade route (-1)

• Failed diplomacy (-1)

• Take other player's territory (-2)

• (TO DO) Take over another player's building (city/dock)

• Attack other player's ship (-3)

• (TO DO) Another player grows too strong (army+docks/cities+territory) (-5)

• (TO DO) Deny aid in a battle

The events are made in such a way that war is inevitable. Even if you do lots of good things and make lots of friends, the sum of event rewards is negative (by a large margin), and will eventually lead to conflict.