Did we ever reach any kind of consensus on what should be done to units? I wouldn't be concerned about there not being many people in the alpha; it's not particularly playable because of the background color overlay issues. I've confirmed that some of the pushed changes are working as expected (jum...

FYI: Just updated the server to fix the problem with exploration regions.

Exploration region now matches the nebula hex grid, so it is higher resolution and should be both more accurate and more reliable.

This happened about 5 minutes after starting an empire. It was previously open space, not sure if it is now a bright nebula or if it's just a weird display bug: https://vgy.me/alS0pD.png It's a glitch with the exploration region display (intersecting the exploration region with the nebula region le...

I've started a new Era 4 Alpha game. It's got a few changes: 1. The first pass on the new nebula code is done. Nebulae are implemented as a hex grid. This will prevent problems such as gaps when crossing nebula types. I've also fixed the bug with nav paths outside the map. 2. I will continue to work...

I definitely support the idea of two-phase combat, with a prolonged ground-conquest phase. I'll try to get that in Era 4. In addition, what do you think about the following ideas: * Introduce a new structure for defenders. E.g., a structure called "fortification" or something, which gives a bonus to...

Q: Do unit roles affect unit behavior in combat? For example, is jumptransport combat behavior (blocked from targeting other units) determined by role or by, e.g., canLand? Unit behavior is generally determined by unit capabilities. For example, to determine combat behavior we check whether a unit ...

I experimented with the sysCreateEffec t improvements, except the parameters struct given seems to be ignored. I pass a length, but the effect drawn uses the default or whatever was defined within the effect type. In other words, sysCreateEffect has effectively remained unchanged since prior API. I...

A question for George: is changing labor/resource costs for units an option? Sure--that can be controlled from the core library files. But I want to be cautious about changing both the combat values and the labor/resource cost since they are correlated. That is, we usually want to compare units in ...

This thread is about changes to unit stats or the introduction of new units to the game--basically anything that can be changed without touching any code. Please make your suggestions as a response and let's discuss. My hope is that we reach (rough) consensus pretty quickly and start a new game ("Er...

Watch TV, Do Nothing wrote: ↑

Wed Jun 06, 2018 8:36 pm

0. GET HYPE

Made an announcement: https://forums.kronosaur.com/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=8595
I'll post to Twitter too.

Now that Transcendence 1.8 Beta 2 has shipped, I'll be spending a couple of weeks working on Anacreon. If you haven't yet played Anacreon, I encourage you to give it a try. Anacreon is a real-time, multiplayer game of galactic conquest with huge ambition. A single game includes 5,000 worlds, and emp...

I've finally (two weeks late) shipped Transcendence 1.8 Beta 2 and I'm excited to get back to Anacreon. My dev plan for this era is roughly as follows: 1. First, I'd love to reach consensus on any balance changes to the units. For example, there has been some talk about increasing the power or attri...

Finally, I've released 1.8 Beta 2! This build contains lots bug fixes and minor updates. The complete list of changes is in the usual place: Fixes: https://ministry.kronosaur.com/program.hexm?id=1&status=closed&tag=101 API 41: https://ministry.kronosaur.com/record.hexm?id=78005 I've also updated Cor...

Watch TV, Do Nothing wrote: ↑

Mon May 28, 2018 2:04 pm

Direct question for George: do any steps need to be taken to ensure that Multiverse is GDPR-compliant?

We need to update the privacy policy to be explicit, but GDPR does not really affect us because we never share user data with 3rd parties.

These are great ideas! Thank you! My current plan is to do two weeks of development after the release of Transcendence 1.8 Beta 2, which should be no more than two weeks from now. I haven't yet come up with a plan of what to fix (two weeks is not a lot of time), so the list that you're all talking a...