In my permadeath run I'm now in the Ungoverned Territories, so I thought I'd focus tomorrow's Twitch session on the Sung Slavers: lore, mechanics, strategy, etc. If you've got ideas for new mechanics or missions, or if you've got questions about the Slavers, please tune in and contribute. Post respo...

Related to the marketing question, here is a model for categorizing player motivation. Which do you think best fit Transcendence players?

Thanks to everyone who tuned in today! One thing we talked about was focusing on the strengths of Transcendence. For example, I think the size of the universe (number items, encounters, etc.), plus the variety of activities (exploring, escorting, mining, etc.) make for a great experience. This is so...

Every Thursday at 4 PM Pacific Time I broadcast a Twitch session in which I play the game and answer questions from anyone. Every week I'm going to pick a main topic for discussion, and tomorrow's topic will be about how to get more people to play Transcendence. Marketing Transcendence (or any indie...

MDFification wrote: ↑

Sun Jul 22, 2018 4:19 pm

New update on the defection bug: third parties can trigger defections too! Bugzzz was in the midst of putting someone else to siege when Imperator attacked his fleet from orbit, causing Bugzzz infantry to defect to the planets owner (not Imperator).

Thanks, that's helpful. I'll try to reproduce.

FYI: I believe this bug is fixed in the latest release.

The problem seemed to be a bug in sieges--if an empire was destroyed, we didn't abandon all sieges.

The two worlds with the problem have been fixed.

gc2 wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 14, 2018 7:15 pm

Where the era 4 game? I see alpha 1, beta 1, beta 2, and era 3 but no era 4.

Era 4 Alpha is full right now (all capital worlds are taken).

But,

a) I'm starting a new Era 4 game soon (probably this week)
b) The current Era 4 Alpha will soon open up as various empires decay.

I just updated the Era 4.5 and made the following fixes: 1. I've introduced warp transports (2 regular and 2 ramships). These carry 5 infantry brigades each. 2. I've changed starship speeds to 1 ly per watch (per Imperator and others). 3. I've fixed the ghost-worlds bug (but if it happens again, let...

I'll look into it. I'm sure I'll be able to fix the zombie worlds. But I'm hoping to find the root cause.

I've added an experimental map option to view military forces. At the top, you'll see a menu labeled "Standard". If you click, you can switch to "Military" view, which shows space forces and ground forces for each world. [The third option, "Resources" is not yet implemented.] Let me know if you find...

I've updated the server with the new Siege Mechanics. They turned out to be much more complicated than I thought, so there's still a few rough edges. Here's how it works (roughly): 1. If you're conquering independent worlds, nothing changes (no siege). 2. If you're conquering another empire's world,...

George, I'm thinking that more savvy players will be able to gain some unfair advantages over others with this. It's possible to automate many of the more tedious parts of the game, such as: 1. Deploying reinforcements to the capital from all the shipyards (what I'm doing) 2. Looking for worlds at ...

I've published the JavaScript source on GitHub, in case you want to look at it for reference: https://github.com/kronosaur/Anacreon-Service

Look here: https://github.com/kronosaur/Anacreon-S ... /Site/code

FYI: I definitely support this effort. The official policy on scripts/bots is designed to be permissive, as long as it does not interfere with the experience for other players. More here: https://forums.kronosaur.com/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=8610

FYI: I just updated the Terms of Service to include a section on writing scripts and bots. The section reads: You may write non-commercial scripts and/or bots to access any of our services, provided you adhere to community rules: don't try to gain unauthorized access, don't degrade the service for o...