About the Jovian Wars Fleet Builder
The Jovian Wars Fleet Builder web application has been built as a fan project for players of the Jovian Wars fleet combat game by Dream Pod 9. It allows you to pick the capital ships and squadrons for your fleet and check that they make a valid game force according to the Force Selection rules of the game.
It's important to say that the Fleet Builder is still work in progress and does not yet contain all the options players have in the Jovian Wars game. Most importantly, in this initial version you can only add 'stock' capital ships and squadrons to your fleets; you cannot yet upgrade your ships to make them truly unique. However, I wanted to get an early version in front of players as soon as possible to get feedback while it was still in development. Also, initial reseach showed that at the time of writing only half of Jovian Wars players were using upgrades on their ships and squadrons, so it felt like plenty of people would find it genuinely useful at the current level of functionality.
Rules Version Used
The Fleet Builder App uses the Beta Version 1.2 of the Jovian Wars rules that came out in May 2017. For including the Venus faction, the Alpha Version 1.0 Rules are being used that are from February 2018. Both of these together represent the most recent and up to date versions of the Jovian Wars ruleset. You can get both these rules documents together in Pdf format for free from DriveThruRPG.com.
There are some errors in these rules documents that are fairly straightforward to correct, and so we have done so for the Fleet Builder. These include the following:
Planned Enhancements
The following enhancements are planned for future releases of the Fleet Builder app:
- The facility to add upgrades and modules to the units in your fleet.
- Include boxes against System Traits so they can be easily marked as damaged or used.
- An option to show the stats of both available and chosen units within the fleet builder, perhaps in an expandable section below the unit's bar.
- The option to change the fleet's game level and total points value after the fleet has been created.
- The ability to easily compare the stats and traits of two units while deciding which to choose for your fleet.
- Increased on-screen help and guidance in the form of tool-tips, etc..
- Add an icon or other visual indicator to overused-units, so color is not the only indicator of a problem.
- Add the rules for all traits a fleet's units use to the Fleet List export.
- Include a picture of each unit on its card.