Found you through the Usenet archive. I would like to play the Hobbit nation.
Green phosphor over the mountains
The design system for Conquer: a green monitor from a 1987 computing centre, set under the mountains and pine forests of Middle-earth. This page is a sample of every component, not part of the site.
Race
Each race tints the phosphor, the surfaces, stone and gold. Nothing else moves. Open with #race=elf.
The game screen
Each race looks at the world through its own lit, textured architecture: white-stone Gondor with its kings, silver Rivendell with swans, the dwarf hall with its hammer, the black gate of Mordor. The 80 by 24 terminal inside is untouched.
Phone, 390 px
Tablet, 1024 px
Desktop, 1280 px, ledge as a column
Wide, 1920 px
The frame is architecture, baked into lit stone, bronze, silver and iron (raster pieces from tools/arch/bake.py; friezes are built from the ends inwards and never cut), sized by the width of its own block, not the window: columns 72 / 44 / 6 px, lintel 88 / 56 / 36 px, sill 56 / 36 / 18 px (large, medium, phone). Corner sculptures appear from 700 px. Hover or focus the Dwarf terminal to light the runes; click the Elf terminal to ripple the water.
The gate
The Doors of Durin, closed: the future login dialog, the same for every race. The archway is the dwarf frame: lintel with the crown of seven stars, anvil-capped pillars, axe-heads above and guardians below.
Colour
The phosphor is the only accent (green for Humans). Gold marks scores, ranks and founded nations, never buttons. Brick red appears only when something is wrong.
Type
Hall of fame
Ask for your seat
Section name in IM Fell English SC
Body text is the system font: Create your account and ask the administrator for a seat in the game. A link is phosphor green and underlines on hover.
K7QM-3XPA · Gold 1,240 · Mono (VT323) is for keys, codes and numbers.
Dim text for hints: letters, digits, dots, dashes and underscores.
Keys
Primary, secondary, small, disabled. Press one to see it sink. Tab to see the focus ring.
Chip bar (map)
D-pad
Options sheet
Options
Terminal
80 by 24 in VT323. The bezel is always there; the scanlines and vignette follow the CRT toggle.
Forms
Cards
Hall of fame
| Place | Ruler | Nation | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | gandalf_grey | Rohan | 12,480 |
| 2nd | boromir | Gondor | 11,902 |
| 3rd | frodo_b | Shire | 9,317 |
Notices
Your seat is pending. The administrator approves seats by hand. Your website account works already: Play shows the practice world.
Rotate your phone for a bigger map.
Seat approved. Found your nation at any turn.
Rohan founded. Your nation is on the map: turn 1 of 50.
Parchment reading mode
The first turn
Conquer is a strategy game of nations. You rule a realm in a world of Middle-earth: you raise armies, tend the land and make war or peace with the other players. Each turn is a season; the world moves when everyone has ended theirs.
Tip. Press ? at any screen to see the keys you can use there.
Read the full guide, or press to open the practice world.
12sectors1,240gold
Parchment is only for long-reading pages. Use the toggle at the top to switch this block.