A strategy game where you are a space emperor (not just a simulation of an empire, but also an emperor as a person). What kind of events could there be?
Related topic:
http://www.gamedev.net/topic/642909-what-an-emperor-of-a-space-empire-does/
Events for a space empire game
Some thoughts
A supernova threatens a sector of your population
A wormhole is discovered opening up new sector of space
Intelligent life is discovered on a planet you have already colonised
Discovery of ancient ruins proves that empire may have originated from one planet - the legendary "Dirt"
A plague being spread through intersystem travel
The emperor's birthday
Empire foundation day
Victory over the vile Escargot empire day
The revealing of the Emperor's new portrait
The Grand derby Solar sailing race day
Mad Mandric's day -- a variation on Guy Fawke's day but utilising thermite fireworks in space
The annual orphans picnic -- your charitable donation to the empire raising awareness of the plight of orphans despite you being the predominate reason for most orphans being orphans
The emperor's wedding
The emperor's attendance at a neighbouring wedding
Signing congratulatory texts for humans who have aged to 200
Changing palaces from the winter palace on one system to the summer palace on another
The Grand Tour -- visiting planets in your empire
Delivering speeches
Wearing ceremonial regalia that has important significance but leaves you looking like a twit
Promoting and rewarding (knighthoods, medals etc)
Rebellion
Usurpation attempts
public disapproval
premature balding
diplomatic incidents
scandal
monument building
hope this helps
This would be an interesting idea. However, it would require some serious planning to prevent it from becoming boring.
Some ideas could be negoiations with other space traveling people
The defense of colonies
Budget planning
Events...
The AI threat - an intelligent AI has begun spreading through the empire.
- Ships go rogue
- Production and research drops unexpectedly
- Constructions orders changed without order
- Eventually if left unchecked it will convert a colony in a mechanized world and emerge as a new hostile race.
The Quest - The emperor is dying and needs to track down an ancient relic.
- Charlatans will offer fake leads
- Fragments and maps will generate new research topics
- Races and individuals will offer fragments for favorites
What kind of strategy game are we talking about? Build troops and conquer (star craft) of more of a manage resources game (sim city)?
I like the ideas from Stormynature.
Some addition to that could be
- preperations for a deep space colony expedition
- An alliance gone bad
- a love story
Anything I could think of would be heavily inspired by Master of Orion, so just look at this: http://www.gamefaqs.com/pc/197873-master-of-orion-ii-battle-at-antares/faqs/14668, and Ctrl+F to "random events list" for some inspiration. I particularly liked the space dragon who would show up and threaten to attack you unless you paid it (and would then let you direct it to another player's system if you could cough up the dough).
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