Re: [Rails-devel] Rails-devel Digest, Vol 2, Issue 1

[brett l. <wak...@gm...>]

On 7/1/06, Bill Skulley <bsk...@ho...> wrote:
> >Being that few people have expressed more than passing interest, we
> >are the only "customers" that we really need to worry about pleasing
> >at this point.
>
> Don't underestimate the amount of interest in what you are accomplishing
> here.  I am a longtime lurker (wishing I had the skills to contribute) and
> am much impressed by what you've gotten done in Version 1.0 (I've not gotten
> time to run a game all the way through but so far... wow!).
>

You already have plenty of skills if you're interested in
contributing. We need much more than just coders. There are things
like writing documentation, or even simply playtesting and reporting
any bugs you may find. Anyone can do these without any technical
ability.

I definitely didn't mean to imply that there wasn't anyone else
interested, but simply that only a small few have been at all vocal
about where they'd like to see this project going.  Despite being
project leader and guiding the project, I'm definitely interested in
hearing what others have to say, especially about how we prioritize
certain features.


> I would say one thing that is needed (at least something I couldn't find) is
> an "undo" feature. Ideally this would be both buffered (undo the last n
> actions in order, once per click) as well as some kind of manual correction
> mode but the latter could probably be forgone.  I'd also like to throw in a
> shameless plug for my favorite game 18EU but I understand the differences
> there from 1830 are quite radical and may not make the most sense for the
> next game.

Excellent ideas.  I know 18EU has been extremely popular, so it
certainly makes sense to include it sooner rather than later.   I've
only played it once, so I'm not familiar enough with how different it
is to those that I have played more frequently.

> In any case.... great work!
>

Thanks!


---Brett