Genic is in essence a 2D space RPG with a 3D visualisation. Creating levels around a center sphere (which can be a planet, asteroid belt, space station...) the game's level management becomes easy to handle and more effort can be put in creating plot, extending weapons and the like.


*** Weapons ***

• Weapons shooting bullets, bullet collision handling and destroying ships


• Give and display cooldown counter for rate of weapon fire


• More types of weapons with bullets to mount on ships


• Make weapons drain and depend on energy

*** Ships ***

• More types of ships to fly around


• Construct ships in more modules (engine, shields, weapons, boosters, ...)


• Make ship movement dependend on key modules (such as engine thrust, rotation speed, ...)


• When destroyed, respawn at station


• Make ship movement dependend on key modules (such as engine thrust, rotation speed, ...)


• Integrate energy in ship, all modules should depend on it

*** Levels ***

• Starcluster generator for generating levels


• Loading proper levels when orbiting a star


• More levels accessible through warpgates


• Level warpgates for jumping to other stars


• Extending level assets for building a more variety of levels

*** Stations ***

• Ability to dock at stations


• Marketplace station for buying goods, tools, ships, ...


• Stations containing missions/quests to play


• Stations containing enemy spawn

*** Celestial geology ***

• Planets need geologic layers and hidden materials


• Materials should become visible depending on the type of scanner the player deploys


• stations containing missions/quests to play

*** Interfaces ***

• Main menu, options


• [Character - avatar] display current character avatar


• [Character - info] display current character info


• [Character - info] character skill interactions


• [Phase timeline] interaction


• [Phase timeline] game phase display


• [Phase timeline] interaction


• [Object display - visual] display object visual interface


• [Object display - visual] interact with visual interface


• [Object display - info] display object info interface


• [main screen - phases] Character selection and team assemblation


• [main screen - phases] Next turn interface


• [main screen - phases] Final statistics interface


• [main screen - phases] Game over interfaces


• [main screen - flight] Ship status interface


• [main screen - flight] Station docking interface


• [main screen - flight] Inventory interface

*** AI ***

• Create Artificial Intelligence controlling ships


• Create NPC ships who are peaceful until fired at


• Create enemy ships who will always attack

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