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A notebook for challenge ideas & a repository for prototype implementations
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Ad Astra: theme & overview #12

Open lhaze opened 6 years ago

lhaze commented 6 years ago

Theme: Space Race. This might mean the main space race (USSR vs USA to outer/inner planets, '57-'75) or the minor ones (eg. ESA small body exploration '80s-10s or Chinese vs Japan vs India, lunar exploration, '90s-'30s). The game focuses on mission planning, launch vehicle & probe construction, trajectory planning and plan execution / risk management.

lhaze commented 6 years ago

Example situation during the play: a player completes research on launching vehicle design (booster rocket, transport vehicle, launching installation, etc.). He has chosen a mission for Venus flyby and is about to set it. He decides what tasks is the mission going to fulfill. He picks construction of the probe and its equipment. He builds a plan for trajectory, calculating orbits and velocities. Then he tries to execute the plan, facing hazards and unexpected conditions. Because of the mission might take several years, the cycle begins again on another mission before the first one concludes to the end.