Way to teach noobs how to play

[Shores of Tripoli]

 Ok guys, so I think I've figured out a way to make this unlimited turn fantasy of mine work. Shadow, what if we made a downloadable game client that comes with a single player version were you get unlimited turns, and play against 20 or so bots. You already have the bot scrips. This would be a harmless way for newbs to try out all the strategies and get the hang of the game. The bots could buy and sell troops off a made up local market. Since it's a text based game that wouldn't take up much space on the hard drive either.  I know it would be hard to code but maybe it would be worth doing this summer. What do you think Shadow?

[Neobaron]

We've bounced training servers off of them before among other ideas. Now that there are bots, it is much more feasible.

[Shores of Tripoli]

 You wouldn't need an extra server for it, it could all be run, saved, and stored on the player's computer. Much like Minecraft is.

[windhound]

Yeah, we'll look into setting up a newbie server with the bots.

RWL is written in PHP and uses a MYSQL database, inorder to use it on your home computer you'd need to install a LAMP (or WAMP) [apache, mysql, php] and configure it.  Its not hard, mind.  But not newbie friendly, and making a newbie friendly version would require a complete rewrite. 

[Shores of Tripoli]

 Ouch, maybe it could come with a video tutorial on how to do it then?

[windhound]

Sure, we briefly looked into a step-by-step walkthrough

All it takes is time and a little effort.  Time is a big one for most of us

We will get something together though, if not just a usable gameguide  =)

edit:  unless, ofcourse, you meant a guide on how to setup your own webserver install.  If you're interested let me know, my MSN / AIM is in my profile.  I'll walk you through it, there's not nearly enough demand for me to make a guide for that ^_^

[Shores of Tripoli]

 If you can make a downloadable single player version of the game with bots I'll learn how to compile it and make a video guide. I've made a little over 400 youtube videos so I've gotten pretty good at it.

[Rakefur]

I'd say just have a server here on the site. People (especially our fan age group) would rather not download stuff.

[Shores of Tripoli]

 That's a good point, I find that to be a generalized truth as well.