So I’ve been working on the prototype and realized that I’ve been focusing on the details too much, not something quick and simple.  In one the prototypes I’ve made, you fly a ship around and capture points, and in the other you can spawn ships from planets and direct them around the map.

Anyway, I dont think I really need to go too indepth with this prototype.  Its a fairly tried and true game style, it has been done plenty of times by now in a variety of games: TF2, Battlefield, Undertow,  etc.  I just wanted to at least attempt doing a prototype before committing myself to the real thing. I’m also thinking at the moment that C++ is probably the best choice for development.  I tried some multiplayer browser games and I’m not totally convinced that Flash handles net games all that well.