Galactic Civilizations II: Dreadlords
Shipyards
Executive Summary
The Shipyard is created when a player builds a space-port on one of their planets. The Shipyard exists on the galactic map adjacent to the planet that built the space-port.
Shipyards are what are used to build ships that, when completed, orbit the planet. They also provide a link to the ship design screen.
Shipyards can be destroyed but are protected by an energy shield from the space port on the planet. So destroying them is much tougher than destroying a typical unit. However, shipyards do not need to be destroyed to conquer a planet.
Concept
When a user clicks on the planet, if a shipyard is in orbit of the planet they can see what the shipyard is building.
If the user clicks on the shipyard, the context area of the map displays what’s being built and allows them to easily change what’s being built. It also lets them queue up ship to be built.
The screen also includes a checkbox that says “Continuous Construction” which tells the game to keep building what is selected.
