2013

[george moromisato]

Here is my annual report for 2013, plus some tentative plans for the future:

http://multiverse.kronosaur.com/news.hexm?id=188

Thanks to everyone who made 2013 a great year!

[Shaman]

I'm following Transcendence for years now. I started with 0.97 or so..

It makes me happy to see how much it has grown and how much potential it has.
The community is active and now that I finally joined in, I feel like I belong.
It's a nice atmosphere and fun to take part.

My wish for this year is to see it become more popular among the internet.
I have a plan to participate, but there's a lot of work to do. Maybe I share it with the community in a few weeks or so.

To an even better year 2014 !

[RPC]

Congrats George!
Two things I am very stoked about (other than Part II and Sol):
- New Music
Yay! It would be awesome for the game currently lacks a soundtrack and new music and music functions would be nice. Would there be support for more media files that Transcendence can play?

-RTS
I'm currently working on modifying Star Genesis into a 4X game and news that you are doing something similar is great.
A couple potential problems I'd like to highlight before you venture into the genre:
-resources
Transcendence currently doesn't support multiple resources with <economytype. How will you solve this?
-managing fleets
Managing fleets is very hard with the current 'Q' and 'C' orders. How will you solve this as well?
-managing empire
How will research and technology be done? Upgrading ships?
-of course most of these would be addressed easily if there was mouse support.
It would be amazing to play as a CSC -- I can't wait to fly some Britannias >:D

[TVR]

I would congratulate you on starting Kronosaur Productions,
And making your first hundred sales,
But I know you are looking for more than just congratulations,
And a few hundred sales.

We need at least two thousand,
Downloads per year per extension,
Any less is not enough,
For player and modder retention.

Advertising is an easy answer,
But difficult in practice to do.
Trying to take something so old,
And making it sound brand new.

Perhaps we should add some persistence,
Making Transcendence a space RPG,
With a sandbox, missions, upgrades,
And deeply interwoven story.

Perhaps we could add multiplayer,
A development direction most bold,
Costly but very promising,
In increasing players tenfold.

Teenagers present a large market demographic,
Think of the millions who play consoles and MMOs,
Boorish, loud, and inattentive,
But dedicated and profitable as Nexon Co. Ltd knows.

Our modders are ready to help you,
Add more content to your game,
All you must do is say "Yes!"
And hear them and players say the same.

Another way to stand out of the crowd,
Would be to accept digital currency,
Who wouldn't want free exposure
Among those who now have plenty?

Anyways, we wish you all the best,
In all your electronic endeavors.
May your dreams find their success,
This journey is for more than just spectators.

(P.S. I always have this strange feeling,
That you would like to keep us at arms length.
I feel as if you were discounting,
That a name is an indie developer's greatest strength.)

[RPC]

To be honest I had a dream/fantasy thing where Anacreon was just an adventure implemented by the Transcendence engine o.o