choppinlt Posted December 12, 2020 Author Share Posted December 12, 2020 Hello Agusto, and thanks for your reply and interest! BLUF(Bottom Line Up Front)- I have gotten very serious about attaining funding for this project. In fact as of yesterday I have a few different funding offers on the table, so I am currently evaluating them. With funding will come full time professional computer development, so at the moment things are looking good for getting this fully under way...but nothing is guaranteed yet... Please read on as I address the rest of your post. It sounds like you have a skill set that could be of great benefit to this project. If you would like to discuss further, send me a PM. My operational game's name is Theater of Operations (TOO). TOO will be a fully functioning standalone/independent operational level game. That means no other game/software is needed to play it, HOWEVER I am designing TOO in such a way that it can give an order of battle (OOB) to players that *want* to play out the battle on the tactical battlefield i.e. you don't have to play it out. Most battles will probably NOT be played out on the tactical battlefield for sheer time purposes, but TOO would automatically resolve the battles with its combat engine. Most likely the early version of TOO won't include a fully automated data transfer process between TOO and CM, BUT the goal is to have one eventually. I have talked to the guys here are BFC and this is definitely all on the table, but I need to get TOO developed first. So when a battle of interest occurs players can get the OOB and set up the battles in CM i.e. they manually set up the battles. This is all a means to an end, because I want to stress that the attainable goal will be to have an automatic data transfer process. A good example of what I am talking about exists. Some of you may be familiar with Field of Glory: Empires which came out in 2019. This is a standalone diplomatic level game, but if a player wants to fight out a battle tactically, a process was developed to let them play it out using Field of Glory 2. Despite the similarity in names, they are 2 completely different games...they share the same publisher, so this is a fair comparison. Where does TOO stand? I have developed 90% of the game mechanics and algorithms. It is ready for beta testing. I have a fully functioning combat resolution system that gives very reasonable results. Go to my forum (link is at my footer) and you can see a manual playthrough we did of a St. Lo scenario. A battle or two was played out with CM to demonstrate that concept as well. While the game mechanics are mature, I need professionals to make it in to software. The plan is to use Unity. Why am I wanting to develop a full game? Because that is where my interest lies for one. Secondly it has to do with the market. I can create a operational level game that will appeal to the operational market and the portion of the tactical market that is looking for a campaign system. There is more, but I will leave it there for now. Check out the forum, look around and feel free to join the conversation over there! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vergeltungswaffe Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 Your progress is incredibly encouraging. None of the previous "attempts" at this ever really got off the ground, to the best of my knowledge, so I am thrilled you seem to be committed to seeing this through to success. I sincerely hope you're able to finish the product to the point of fully automated data transfer to CM, market it, and have healthy sales. I know I'll buy it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choppinlt Posted December 13, 2020 Author Share Posted December 13, 2020 Thanks, I appreciate the well wishes and support. CMC got quite a ways through production, but landed just short of the finish as I recall. Anyway, we have a LONG way to go! Keep your fingers crossed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choppinlt Posted January 22, 2021 Author Share Posted January 22, 2021 Hey all, I just wanted to give a quick update. We have come to tentative agreement to start full development in approximately 2 weeks! The devs are people I know and have dealt with before, and they live locally. This has several obvious advantages going forward. While nothing is guaranteed yet, I'm confident enough to make this announcement. Check out the forum link below so you can stay up to date on the project. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 An operational level would breathe new life into the game. Good luck! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vacillator Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 +1 from me, good luck with your endeavours. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slippy Posted January 22, 2021 Share Posted January 22, 2021 Great news choppinlt, hope it works out for you mate, been following this since the start, you have my total admiration for taking this on. As mentioned above this will indeed breathe new life int the game. Good luck. Regards 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snarre Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vergeltungswaffe Posted January 23, 2021 Share Posted January 23, 2021 That is fantastic news. What a great blessing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malaspina Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Looking forward to this ever since CMBB came out Really, really hope you're going to pull it through. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazing 88's Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Yep, take my money! I've been following with interest. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choppinlt Posted March 2, 2021 Author Share Posted March 2, 2021 Hi all, development has begun! We have only been going at this for about 4 weeks, so there isn't anything to show. Feel free to follow along on the forum below and watch how things are taking shape. Again there isn't much to talk about at the moment, but give it another month and there should be some things to see. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vergeltungswaffe Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 This CM year just gets better and better... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snarre Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 anything new ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choppinlt Posted April 25, 2021 Author Share Posted April 25, 2021 Yes, we are continuing development and progress is good. Not too much else to say at this point, but come over to our forum below and join in the conversation or see more updates. In the meantime wish us luck! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snarre Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 how close you start to be for game play demo ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vergeltungswaffe Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 Here is his update from July 1 at their forums. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 Really hoping this works out. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choppinlt Posted July 14, 2021 Author Share Posted July 14, 2021 Thanks gents! Our forum is the best place to see updates, and the status of the game. Progress is being made, and we are closer every day to a very rough/basic game play demo. As a reminder, Theater of Operations is an operational level game. As a long time CM player myself, I have always wanted a campaign layer. So a feature of the operational level game will allow players to give inputs on tactical battles that develop (being able to use it as a campaign layer). The concepts are shown in different threads on our forum for those that have not seen it. On initial release, battle data will be input manually by players. We *hope* to develop an automated feature for battle data transfer with CM, but nothing happens until we get TOO released. Love the questions and the interest. Success depends on this community's support! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snarre Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 yah im reading forum time to time , ceep up good work . hoply you get demo up soon . btw where it is then possible to buy this game in future ? if you get game done. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choppinlt Posted July 14, 2021 Author Share Posted July 14, 2021 Hi snarre, that has yet to be determined, but when the time comes we will make sure the word gets out! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snarre Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 nice 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snarre Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 how it is going ? anything new soon on forum ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vergeltungswaffe Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 He posted an update on November 28th on the forum in his signature here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snarre Posted April 14, 2022 Share Posted April 14, 2022 any new info coming on some point ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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