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[Texashawk]

Love the trade mechanics explanation, as well as the provision that kinder administrators might run less profitable trades if the planet is in dire need of food.

Thanks! It's what separates this game from even a game like CK- stats and traits affect the decisions your leaders will make, and they aren't always in your control. It's true management, not fiddling with build queues and dials.

[Texashawk]

And a new post, with new screenshots! https://imperiagame.wordpress.com/2017/07/26/screenshot-day-updated-screenshots-from-5-0-0/

-Steve

[Texashawk]

New DD out for this week: https://imperiagame.wordpress.com/2017/08/01/dd-3-economy-production-and-the-circle-of-life-part-1/

Enjoy!

-Steve

[Zangi]

New DD out for this week: https://imperiagame.wordpress.com/2017/08/01/dd-3-economy-production-and-the-circle-of-life-part-1/

Enjoy!

-Steve

Kinda weird to point it out like that. 
I suspect no food = less and/or unhappy/unproductive workers.

Would a planet or whatever ever be able to drop down into some sort of equilibrium if they produce some materials on their own? 
Or does it all go into the mass grave and won't be able to ever recover by itself?

[Texashawk]

New DD out for this week: https://imperiagame.wordpress.com/2017/08/01/dd-3-economy-production-and-the-circle-of-life-part-1/

Enjoy!

-Steve

Kinda weird to point it out like that. 
I suspect no food = less and/or unhappy/unproductive workers.

Would a planet or whatever ever be able to drop down into some sort of equilibrium if they produce some materials on their own? 
Or does it all go into the mass grave and won't be able to ever recover by itself?

Hopefully I understand your question. So food is separate from this cycle. It is produce by farms and they are the last thing to 'shut down' (the order is labs, academies, starship factories, government buildings, factories, mines, power stations, and farms) so the people's basic needs are last. You are right - no food will lead to riots and eventually migration, as will no power (to a lesser extent). This doesn't happen immediately though and you should have plenty of time to fix things prior to that point.

[Zireael]

Re: the mention of beta testers a page back, I was a beta tester once, I would still like to test but my time is now much more limited than it used to (I got a job)

[Texashawk]

Hey all! 2 big pieces of news - we're still on track for an early October alpha release, and we're in need of testers! Read more about it here: https://imperiagame.wordpress.com/2017/09/19/update-archimedes-is-still-on-schedule-for-early-october-initial-alpha-release/

-Steve

[Whivy]

Thanks for the update! One suggestion, but I think the save system or any sort of save NEEDS to be present before any sort of release for a 4X game. They are simply too long and complex to play in one sitting, so waiting three releases is going to put a serious dent in your betatester community.

Yeah, no doubt. There's a chance it will be in .7, but with the type of game AotSS is and using Unity, you kind of have to 'roll your own' save and load system due to GameObjects and how data is stored in that engine. You can serialize/deserialize data, but it's not as easy to do as it is in other engines. I don't want to overpromise on that end. You can't 'sort of' have a save load system - it either works, or not.

-Steve

As a unity dev myself, Surrogates man ! It's quite annoying, espacially when basic objets are not serializable (such as Vector or Hashset), but surrogates allow you to implement your own save implementation easily. Well, you may already know that already anyway.

I'm quite interested in joining as a tester, i sent you a mail. Do you know when you will start to select testers ? And by the way, what the hell is the answers of the capcha verification for signing up on the forum ?

"What do any of the 4 'x's stand for in a 4X-themed game?"

I gave up after trying "Exploration" "exploration" "xploration" ...

[Culise]

I gave up after trying "Exploration" "exploration" "xploration" ...

Exploration, Expansion, Exploitation, and Extermination.  Alternately, Explore, Expand, Exploit, and Exterminate, or various other grammatical permutations therein.  I couldn't say which particular forms the captcha desires.

[Texashawk]

Thanks for the update! One suggestion, but I think the save system or any sort of save NEEDS to be present before any sort of release for a 4X game. They are simply too long and complex to play in one sitting, so waiting three releases is going to put a serious dent in your betatester community.

Yeah, no doubt. There's a chance it will be in .7, but with the type of game AotSS is and using Unity, you kind of have to 'roll your own' save and load system due to GameObjects and how data is stored in that engine. You can serialize/deserialize data, but it's not as easy to do as it is in other engines. I don't want to overpromise on that end. You can't 'sort of' have a save load system - it either works, or not.

-Steve

As a unity dev myself, Surrogates man ! It's quite annoying, espacially when basic objets are not serializable (such as Vector or Hashset), but surrogates allow you to implement your own save implementation easily. Well, you may already know that already anyway.

I'm quite interested in joining as a tester, i sent you a mail. Do you know when you will start to select testers ? And by the way, what the hell is the answers of the capcha verification for signing up on the forum ?

"What do any of the 4 'x's stand for in a 4X-themed game?"

I gave up after trying "Exploration" "exploration" "xploration" ...

Hmmm... I have already created the foundation of a save/load system that should work, but I'll have to research surrogates. As for the captcha, it's Explore, Exploit, Exterminate, and Expand. That said, I could probably make the answers more friendly. I'll change that tonight!

-Steve

[A Thing]

You may want to change the about page's bit about "free empire simulator" as it seems you're asking for money for this now. Kinda confusing for someone who hasn't looked at this much to figure out what you're going for. I haven't looked too hard though, so if I'm wrong please correct me.

[Zireael]

I *think* I tested the Unity version too, but I'm not certain - do I need to drop you a mail, Steve?

[se5a]

the website and forums seem to be dead for a few days now, though the wordpress site appears to be still up.
I'm guessing you're rebuilding the site? if so, could you look at using https for the forum login?
having to use a non secure login always makes me grind me teeth :p. 

Edit: Oh, I was still trying to find it at imperia5x.com duh.

[Texashawk]

Hey everyone - sorry for the late response - but if you didn't already know, we're live and selling the .6 version of Alliance of the Sacred Suns!! We're going with a tiered release system -basically the earlier you purchase the game, the cheaper it is, and the more say you have in its development! Right now, the game is selling on our website www.allianceofthesacredsuns.com for $7.99 (or you can buy on itch.io if you support that portal at https://texashawk76.itch.io/alliance-of-the-sacred-suns)

For more information about our roadmap and pricing structure, please read this post: https://imperiagame.wordpress.com/2017/07/09/update-apology-explanations-and-the-rebirth-of-aotss/

We're very excited to see the interest even at this early release! Our sales have greatly exceeded our expectations and we're looking to bringing out the full potential of AotSS over the next year or so. We release a new features and bugs patch about every week and the executable now has an auto-patcher so no need to wonder if you have the most recent version.

Anyway, even if the game isn't up your alley, if you know someone who might enjoy a game like this, we'd love for them to know about it! And most importantly, thanks to this community for your feedback and support up to this point!

-Steve

[forsaken1111]

Good to see you're still at it Steve! I'm pretty much guaranteed to pick this up at some point.

Do you have some help? Burnout is real and I hope it's not just you working on this.

How mod-able will the game be?