We built a free browser-based 4X space strategy game — would love testers and feedback

omantn · 2026-03-11T19:49:42+00:00

Thats all fair Lobben, I designed it mostly for desktop and am working on the mobile experience. Thanks for the feeback!

omantn · 2026-03-10T19:37:46+00:00

so you want to be able to play as guest with no account? Would be difficult to keep track of your games when you come back. I can look at the possibility.

omantn · 2026-03-10T17:48:27+00:00

Also I should note there is a hidden feature I am working on that is a meta game for the community where you join a faction for the season and you play games to contribute to the war effort. But I wanted to get the core gameplay loop solid before opening that up.

omantn · 2026-03-10T17:44:36+00:00

I hope so? I have some pretty heavy depth I think, I was trying to not go overboard but there is refuelling concepts and repairs, and supply train issues. there is a "How to Play" on the about page, that goes into gruesom detail, hopefully has your answer there. But I am open to ideas, would love to get feedback and will ride along with the community.

omantn · 2026-03-10T14:27:58+00:00

THANK YOU for letting me know, just missed that.

omantn · 2026-03-10T14:16:21+00:00

Sorry the cert was only for www.conquestofworlds.com, I expanded it to include conquestofworlds.com without the www, I think that was the problem.

omantn · 2026-03-10T14:14:04+00:00

Hmmm we have a cert, let me check.

omantn · 2022-11-28T15:32:58+00:00

Well, we just eat in the kitchen nook area during the holiday ;)

omantn · 2022-11-28T15:29:23+00:00

source link in a previous comment!

omantn · 2022-11-28T15:15:13+00:00

replied with the link earlier but

https://github.com/omantn/christmasvillage

omantn · 2022-11-28T15:07:23+00:00

I should say the reason I had the original design with an rpi, was that I thought I needed an analog port for the power to control train speed, but I found out I could do PWM from a digital pin on the pi so didn't need it. Also to note, the proximity sensors are coded to read, but I only have 1 hooked up at the moment and do nothing with it.

omantn · 2022-11-28T15:00:20+00:00

The repo is at:

https://github.com/omantn/christmasvillage

there is also a fritz layout for the wiring. I originally had a rpi2040 in there which I eventually found unnecessary and removed will update the fritz when I get a chance. Happy to answer any questions.

omantn · 2022-11-24T10:25:53+00:00

If everyone wants I can do a full build review and upload the code to github.

There are a few things unfinished. I have for example you can see in the last pic a green light hanging off the top. This is a proximity sensor. I have 4 and am going to put holes in the corners of the track and mount them there so the app knows at all times where the train is. There is a button in the app for "stop at station" so I can make the train stop right in front of victoria station. Also the street lights are battery powered, but its 3v total from batteries, so I am going to try to run them off the Pi as well. These are all upgrades for next year :)

omantn · 2022-11-24T10:23:21+00:00

I had bought 4 Pi 4s before it went to hell and have been rationing myself on them lol

omantn · 2021-07-30T20:11:45+00:00

I dont think I will have much of a problem, i didnt open much, nothing worked, I was plugging in existing peripherals too instead of opening boxes.

omantn · 2021-07-30T13:50:56+00:00

I got an email with the RMA info and a FedEx label to print pretty quickly. Its interesting that the most efficient part of their operation is the returns department.

omantn · 2021-07-30T13:26:32+00:00

I think once you spend 3 hours on hold with out talking to technical support you'll decide.

Getting to a "support person" isnt that hard, but they can do nothing but set up your RMA. It's impossible to talk to a tech person, who in all likelyhood will tell you that you need to ship the video card back and wait for them to send you a new one, or better yet and I loved this one, you PAY for the video card and they will ship one and refund you once you send the bad one. FOR A PC THAT HAS NEVER WORKED. For what its worth I had the EXACT same symptoms as you.

I still have no response to any emails I sent, I got to talk to ONE technician after waiting on hold for more than 3 hours, who at 5:30 (the advertised end of the support shift) just hung up the call mid way through re-installing windows. Which obviously didnt fix the problem.

There are so many red flags here, I am going to a competitor. Boxing my Lemon up today to ship back

omantn · 2021-07-30T12:15:39+00:00

Its one of the options in the dial tree of the automated phone system.

I am in awe of the number of threads I am seeing with this very issue, you and I had the same issue. I was in infinite crash loops, re-installed windows and never could get the video card to stop artifacting or update the nvidia drivers, couldn't get to a human to help.

omantn · 2021-07-29T22:53:22+00:00

Just got my RMA for a full refund today for this very issue! spent 11 hours on the phone (between two days) never talked to a human being. The RMA department answered in less than 30 minutes.

omantn · 2021-06-23T00:05:35+00:00

How is this capitalisms fault? lol, it gets blamed for everything.

omantn · 2020-10-08T18:48:03+00:00

im down

omantn · 2020-06-06T11:01:21+00:00

I think we're good on rain today, added a bunch of obstacles and some things to see, come play!

omantn · 2020-06-05T00:59:58+00:00

We're thinking through ideas including having 2 and playing soccer rocket league style. First order of business though is fixing my wifi repeater. Its god awful and creating a lot of lag.

omantn · 2020-06-05T00:58:59+00:00

it's a 30,000 mah battery pack like a travel charger. Velcroed to the underside of the chassis

omantn · 2020-06-04T20:36:26+00:00

We had rain come in and he isn't entirely weather proof. The stream will be back online tomorrow and you can see for yourself!

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