This is a short post on an Angular application I'm early on in building for fun and to keep my Angular skillset from my past job up to date.
I plan on posting periodic updates focused on specific technical lessons and so I wanted to share it in its early state before then.
The Tech
Technology wise, I'm using Angular 8 with NgRx for Redux-based state with Bootstrap 4 styling. It's my first time working with Redux state and that's a primary learning goal for me. I've written up some early thoughts on this already.
I do not yet use an external API or any sort of a data storage mechanism. That will come later.
What is this thing?
As far as what this project is, that's harder to explain. Imagine a web-browser based work simulation game where you manage an IT troubleshooting / support team - working on priorities and assignments for your staff, encouraging them to grow, keeping their morale up, etc.
Now imagine that this takes place on a starship with your staff basically being the guys keeping the starship running.
It's nebulous and hard to explain, but it's a fun sandbox of Angular development topics.
Ultimately, I picture this thing where you manage a small team, then get more responsibilities such as a pair of teams, then a department, then an entire starship.
It's hard to say what it will wind up being as I'm going to take the concept in whatever way feels the most fun and/or interesting.
What's the status of this thing?
I'm working on it as I can in the evenings, and it's very early on and not even a game in so much as:
- there's no win condition
- there's no lose condition
- there's no way to interact with your staff
- no new tickets are created
- nobody resolves any tickets
So yeah, it's kinda a very early placeholder, but it's fun to tinker with, and I should find some opportunities to share some code as time goes on.
Can I see?
This is open source with GitHub source code available.
IntegerMan
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Starship-Tech-Support
A computer UI based management simulation game. In spaaaaace!
Starship Tech Support
Overview
A computer UI based management simulation game. In spaaaaace!
Technical Details
Platform
Angular 8 with TypeScript and NgRx for state management
Possibly reliant on a back-end web server written in NodeJS
Targets
This targets a web-based delivery mechanism with possibilities of mobile or desktop (via Electron) support.
This will be deployed to Itch.io as well as to a third-party site of my choosing.
Device Considerations
This will need to support IE 11, Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Opera.
Gameplay
Turn-Based
This is a turn-based management game with the player able to make decisions before clicking "Begin Shift". Once a shift begins, it will complete and you'll see the time cards and updates made by everyone on your team
Work Items
The crew will have a variety of work items to work on including
Crew Members
Player Interactions
Players will take on various interactions:
- Reviewing the result of…
Additionally, you can view the most recent version in your browser via GitHub pages at https://integerman.github.io/Starship-Tech-Support/
Top comments (2)
This is awesome!! (At least for me)
I love Space stuff, and work with Angular+NGRX. Nice combination of both worlds haha 😄
Looking forward to hearing updates on the app/game!
Thank you! Encouragement is always nice. I'm a huge simulation fan and a big fan of things like Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek, etc. My bachelor's party involved a game of Artemis Spaceship Bridge Simulator. This is significantly more turn-based, but... hopefully I can find the fun.