Least we have some general timelines for stuff. I'm not holding them to it as teh gamedev gods are capricious. But still its exciting stuff :) Also since I actually like sausage and charcuterie is it weird that I 'like' how the sausage is made? :P
[quote who="wizisi2k" reply="64" id="3654524"] What Steam does now is have a display for reviews with options for ones bought on steam and product activation as well as the option to see both. The question is how they would handle it for ones bought before early access started (ie bought today or anytime before EA as well as keys for the people who couldn't get a Steam key from the get go). That is a major question. It seems that keys bought and activated
Really until I see more gameplay whether a minimap is relevant or not is a bit of a toss up. You could use a mini-map or you could simply have 'sensor arrows' that point to specific resources off screen. The better your sensors the farther they can see and the more resources you can track. Having 'too many' mini-maps in different modes can create confusion if you're not extremely careful about hwo you design the UI. Because your brain will see the mini map but may
I guess my issue is more that there's too many Pinned threads that the entire top fold is basically pinned threads. Generally I've seen Steam forums address this by creating the 'landing' forum page be the stickies, then the 'main' forum has like 1-2 ultra current/relevant stickies. Thta's obviously a bit harder here though.
Note this is NOT a complaint about the price just to get that out of the way. But what I did notice is that the founders edition will be priced at $35 USD. I think that's a pretty good price point. I did have a question though about that price point and the budget of the game. In one of the previous Founder posts they talked about how this was Stardock's biggest budget game to date, that was larger than several other games combines (i'm paraphrasing but so don'
[quote who="Darksxx" reply="5" id="3654439"] Well, I really wish I could be excited about this but I'm not!! Seriously Stardock, where is Sins 2? why another turned based game when you all just released one??? This is so lame, either make a new Sins 2 or sell the IP to someone who will. [/quote] Sins is done by IronClad. You're totally free to go talk to them about where their sequel is. Ironclad doesnt seem to be in any hurry to make one. St
[quote who="Hunam_" reply="59" id="3652280"] Bought Civ 6 on greenmangaming yesterday for $48. Sean Bean convinced me. RIP time. And Sean Bean. [/quote] The only movie where Sean Bean doesn't die too!
[quote who="Hunam_" reply="12" id="3652384"] ^ And who's gonna sift through all those emails?... [e digicons] [/quote] I nominate you :)
[quote who="Frogboy" reply="8" id="3654390"] We love giving you the reports each month. Then, we collect your comments and feedback, print them out and go over them. [/quote] And that's why as a Founder I'm super stoked for what Super Melee has in store!
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[quote who="sendingsignal" reply="50" id="3651170"] Someone in this thread seemed to imply they had a key in their profile, or were looking for the game in their steam client already. Which seemed to contradict the original post and I got a little confused. But I think I've got a handle on it now! [e digicons]:)[/e] [/quote] Oh I see. That's certainly not the case at this time. If Super Melee gets announced and keys distributed, you can be sure there will be LOTS of threa
[quote who="sendingsignal" reply="47" id="3651078"] Wait, where is the steam key they mentioned? Or is that not up yet either. Sorry, just a little confused. [/quote] Uh like in the title of this post [quote] Upcoming Star Control: Origins steam keys notice[/quote] And in the body [quote] The good news is that we are on schedule to start delivering Steam keys for testing multiplayer Super Melee this Fall. The bad news is that Steam giv
I'm just outlining the potential pitfalls. If something is fun hell I'll take it. But it really depends on how exploration as a whole works from a mechanics standpoint. It could be fun, but it may not be relevant or necessary depending on the design decisions made.
[quote who="IBNobody" reply="13" id="3651032"] Quoting satoru1, reply 12 I think there's a fundamental limit as to what they can share at this stage. Probably because lots of stuff is changing and such. they dont want to say "we are owrking on X" then suddenly say "uh yeah that was a totally bad idea we can't do it
[quote]^ Does a crashed ship with salvageable tech or quest artifact on the bottom of the ocean qualify for a "useful gameplay"? The one you can't reach without certain upgrade? Or progress your quest without? The one you can't scan to locate without a certain Magellan upgrade?[/quote] But then you're essentially again creating a thing where you create an entirely different tech, thta has literally a single purpose on a quest? I don't really have an issu
From my perspective its more important to consider whether underwater exploration actually represents a useful gameplay choice. Aka what is the point of underwater exploration? Is there an actual useful gameplay exploration mechanic that makes that useful/necessary. If it is then how does that impact how you upgrade your ship? Would this necessitate you 'back tracking' to planets to find stuff? Is such back tracking useful or just annoying?
[quote who="IBNobody" reply="42" id="3650583"] Quoting RonPimpster, reply 41 I believe it is Dec 20th. If you google when does Fall end in 2016. It will tell you Dec. 20th What tech job does any work in December? Everybody is OOO half the month due to vacation carryover
I think there's a fundamental limit as to what they can share at this stage. Probably because lots of stuff is changing and such. they dont want to say "we are owrking on X" then suddenly say "uh yeah that was a totally bad idea we can't do it" kind of thing
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[quote quoting="post"] Based on the yelling and cursing going on at Mohawk and Stardock, it appears Super Melee is working as designed in MP now. [/quote] WEll the last time there was much cursing and screaming, it was because of Stardock employees playing the pre-alpha-alpha of Offworld Trading Company Thus it would appear things are going very well with Super Melee :)
Sounds good Though does that impact how you do "Phase 2" of the Founders rollout?
[quote who="MusM" reply="25" id="3605964"] So are we getting Steam Codes for this game? That was definitely an aspect that made me hesitate before purchasing this as I figured it was highly possible Stardock would skip steam with the Founder's program. I hope they don't as I have a Steam Link and Steam controller. [/quote] Pretty much the only practical way to do Early Access kinds of things is to do it via Steam. Its the only real way right now to
It'll probably be similar to how GalCiv3 worked
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I'm not so sure about #2. I mean Civ save game are less than 1MB. But lordy lord that game takes FOREVER to load Yet a game like The Long Dark loads almost instantaneously with a 100k save file Realisticfally the size of the save is only one small factor that goes into game load times.