Galaxy is a small game that is inspired by a game called "Galaxis electronic" originally released by Ravensburger™ in 1980. It was one of the first board games with electronic functionality, and was also a candidate for the "Game of the Year" award (in Germany) in that year (although it didn't win).

The game principle is similar to that of Minesweeper and battleships: you see a field in front of you with hidden starships. When you reveal a cell in that field, you see either a number that determines how many ships are visible from that cell, or a ship, if you're lucky.

This version is just a beta release that I wrote last weekend, it has quite a number of (missing) features though:

• almost no game play
• no sound
• no real graphics
• only one player games for now
• resizable interface and full screen mode
• no settings file
• no ability to change the size of the board
• no high scores
• no double buffering

Even in this early state, it's quite addictive, though. When I'll find the time, I plan to add a (LAN/internet) multi player game mode, as well as some real graphics (even though the current theme will be preserved, because it looks quite nice in my opinion), and eventually some sounds. I am open for suggestions, and would welcome any nice artwork (an icon would be nice for a start), even though I can't promise I'll integrate it in the game.