Exodus To Kobe 2.0

This version allows domestication of animal herds.

Click "Update Radar" any time you move over or next to a new herd.

Click "Show All my Herds" to view all the animals you have domesticated.

Click "Show my Fastest Herds" to view your movement cost over different terrain.

You can play as either Germany, Russia, or Korea (single or multi-player).
Your goal is still to find Kobe.

For single player mode, simply delete the contents of rows 7 & 8 (col 1) in "Maps" tab.  

You must enable macros for this game to run in Excel.  Never run Excel macros from questionable or unverified websites.

Copyright 2016 Matthew J Curran.  Full license details in Module 1 of the VBA code.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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Co-Ex World Explorer - Third Release: Exodus To Kobe

In this mini-game, you can play as either Germany or Korea (single or multi-player).  Your goal is to find Kobe.

Most of the key game features (e.g. domestication and evolution of animals) still remain to be implemented.  This fully functional mini-game serves primarily to illustrate the power of Dynamic Map Generation (行動的ダイナミック地図開発).

Here are five unique starting maps, all dynamically generated from the same seed map (with the location of Japan semi-randomized):

Germany in NW, Korea in NE, Japan to the south.

In this map, the Korean peninsula may turn out to be an island.

In this map, a Denmark-like formation separates the North Sea and the Baltic. 

In this map, Germany and Japan have grown together to form a single continent.

The Osaka plain is clearly visible to the east of Kobe (forested tile).

For single player mode, simply delete the contents of row 7, col 1 in "Maps" tab.  

To add a third player, type "Germany", "Korea", or "random" in row 8, col 1 of "Maps" tab, and also make sure to create three additional tabs, which you must "move to end".  Type a color index in row 8, col 2.  Of course, due to the semi-randomized location of Japan, the third player will be at a disadvantage.

You must enable macros for this game to run in Excel.  Never run Excel macros from questionable or unverified websites.

Copyright 2016.  Full license details in Module 1 of the VBA code.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.

Preview of New Features: Graphics (Medium Map)

Preview of New Features: Graphics

The next release will feature (optional) fancy graphics:

These can be very easily customized simply by editing the "Painter" tab:

Columbian Exchange World Explorer: Second Release

This second release features some major new features:

1. Advanced Map Generation.  The Map is now created dynamically by a swarm of autonomous map generators (henceforth "animals").
2. Animals.  For now you can enjoy watching them migrate.  In future versions, you can domesticate and evolve them - or hunt them to extinction.
3. Terrain.  The game now features a variety of terrains: forest will slow you down; snow capped mountains will bring you to a crawl.

Watching the animals migrate. 

A game in progress.

Example game (single player).

Use the buttons on the "Map" tab to start a new game, resume a game in progress, or simply watch the animals migrate.

You must enable macros for this game to run in Excel.  Never run Excel macros from questionable or unverified websites.

Copyright 2016.  Full license details in Module 1 of the VBA code.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
limitations under the License.

Preview of New Features: Animals

The next release will feature migrating animals!  Here is a sneak peek:

The animals are represented by dashed diagonal lines.  Here we can see a single herd of sheep, five herds of dolphins, and five herds of forest elephants.

Preview of New Features: Terrain

The next release will feature new terrain types:

• Forest (dark green)
• Desert (orange)
• Mountains (ice blue)