Rescue missions are subtly different. With multiple hostages to find, some of whom have useful skills, you can recruit the hostages themselves to help. You also score per hostage freed. #starcadre #ibmpc #msdos #cga
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Knights are your main attack force. One is the equal of 10 footmen and 10 are the equal of a castle. Knights on attack will take over enemy castles. Knights at home are an ineffectivedefence, though. #amarchickingdom #ibmpc #msdos #cga
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The Laser Cannon is a mobile gun platform. It mounts a fixed high-power laser gun that can cause a lot of damage to units at medium range. It can take a moderate amount of damage and is lightly armoured. This unit is best deployed in protective terrain. #barrenplanet #msdos #ibmpc #cga
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Most of the robots have an inventory. Just a single slot, this allows the robot to carry items around. Robots without an inventory can still manipulate items by pushing them around, Sokoban-style. #teamdroid #ibmpc #msdos #cga
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If you're stumped by a clue, fill in one of the blanks by each letter of the alphabet in turn. This might jog your memory about words you've forgotten. http://dos.cyningstan.org.uk/post/319/pyms-daily-word-square-tactics-letter-substitution #pym #ibmpc #msdos #cga
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Down to level 3, and the vermin have begun to appear. I haven't levelled up yet; it'll be interesting to see which stat gets increased. #ossuary #ibmpc #msdos #cga
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The VOD is now on YouTube, where it will remain after it disappears from Twitch. Watch it at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3NuKnxI-Zk
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The stream is finished! I finished the rest of the Easy level missions, most of them with a very good score! You can see how I did it on the VOD here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/2364413373
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The Sunday evening stream is live! I'll continue my playthrough of Star Cadre: Combat Class, having just released its source code today. Join me at https://twitch.tv/cyningstan to see how well I do on Easy level.
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Today I'm releasing the source code for Star Cadre: Combat Class. You can check it out on GitHub: https://github.com/cyningstan/sccc #starcadre #ibmpc #msdos #cga
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The Hostage mission has a clear focus: find the named individual and get them out alive. Hostages need to be cut free; if your team doesn't have a blade you'll need to find one. #starcadre #ibmpc #msdos #cga
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Castles are the main defences of your barony. They cannot help in attacking your neighbours, but each castle stands up to 10 knights or 100 footmen in defence. #anarchickingdom #ibmpc #msdos #cga
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The Laser Tank is a heavy tracked combat unit. It mounts a turret bearing a powerful laser cannon, that can fire at medium range. Its bulk can take a lot of damage, and it is heavily armoured for extra protection. It can move rapidly across the battlefield. #barrenplanet #ibmpc #msdos #cga
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Most of the robots have a ROM. This contains an action that's always available to the robot, no matter what actions are currently available in the library. This can be useful in keeping things moving. #teamdroid #ibmpc #msdos #cga
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You'll get used to seeing some words more often than you'd expect. Learn to recognise them, so you can try them ut first when their clues appear. http://dos.cyningstan.org.uk/post/315/pyms-daily-word-square-tactics-common-words #pym #ibmpc #msdos #cga
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My high defence prevented the level 1 bats doing any harm. There are more bats on level 2, but they'll be tougher and more aggressive. #ossuary #ibmpc #msdos #cga
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I used to make and sell seega boards. It might one day make an appearance as a game for MS-DOS with CGA graphics.
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I just found a relatively new channel on historic board games, publishing the sort of videos I'd want to make if I was still actively doing board game stuff. The latest video was on the Egyptian game of seega. The channel is at https://www.youtube.com/@TheGamingBench2024/videos
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If you like games where you kill everything that moves, the Annihilation mission is for you. Hunt them all down, and leave none alive! In this mission, every kill contributes to your score. #starcadre #ibmpc #msdos #cga
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The #anarchickingdom has three distinct military units. You see them on the Forces screen, accessed with the Spend menu option. You can download The Anarchic Kingdom from http://dos.cyningstan.org.uk/downloads/64/the-anarchic-kingdom #ibmpc #msdos #cga
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