Need gamer advice, questions for game I am designing!

[xenomorph555]

Ah hello, I will make this quick. I am planning and designing a game, this game will be a turn based micro/macro management game for a fictional space program. The game is similar to Buzz Aldrin's race to space (good game+it's free go play it!) where you must research and manage your missions except this game will feature much more, going into deep micro and large macro management. The point of the game is to gain points through missions, you be versus against 2 other entities (AI, other players), at the end of the game the one with the most points wins.

Here are the actual questions:

1.In the game you play as a fictional country which you can customise, the question is should the other two countries in the game be US/USSR or fictional as well?

2.Should the countries follow a set development plan (historical for US/USSR, my own one for the fictional) or should it be random AI deviating from history and being more unpredictable?

3.The game is turn based, it starts in 1945 and ends in 2020, should the turns be 4 quarters/turns each year, 2 halfs/turns or 1 turn for 1 year.

Thank you for answering

[Beowolf]

1. With three players, I'd go with all fictional.

2. I actually like a mix; each country would have a development plan with AI room left for occasional surprise decisions. Adds to replay value.

3. In my opinion, that's the wrong perspective. Decide on how many hours you want a typical game to take, then work backwards. We have no way to know how long a turn will take yet. Think of the Civilization games for example, where a turn starts out taking no time at all, but by the end-game you're spending half an hour moving units around.

Best of luck!

[xenomorph555]

1. With three players, I'd go with all fictional.

2. I actually like a mix; each country would have a development plan with AI room left for occasional surprise decisions. Adds to replay value.

3. In my opinion, that's the wrong perspective. Decide on how many hours you want a typical game to take, then work backwards. We have no way to know how long a turn will take yet. Think of the Civilization games for example, where a turn starts out taking no time at all, but by the end-game you're spending half an hour moving units around.

Best of luck!

Thanks alot that was very good advice