Re: GZG List? FT Asteroids, anyone?

 ---- schoon you wrote: 

> The big questions are how many damage points to break asteroids to
smaller
> sizes, how many points each break is worth, and the speed of a given
size
> "chunk."

how about determining asteroid breakup by making a threshold check? if
you are teaching game mechanics, then this kills two birds with one
stone ('scuse the pun). in fact, this would be an opportunity to develop
some asteroid design/operation rules, which might also be useful in
regular games for asteroid bases, etc. maybe.

Tom

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