• Prev/Next buttons in tutorial are now in a consistent location.
• Button to reset file screen filter.
• Ship naming dialog size and button overlap fixes.
• Escape now backs out of help, fleet selection, and city selection.
• Zooming out in combat when maximum zoom out has been achieved no longer scrolls the view.
• Zoom speed settings.
• Removed clear button from tutorials where it can break the tutorial.

More exciting updates to come. If you want to play something completely different by me, check out Occult Defence Agency Budgeting Simulator - it's a free little browser game where you try to deal with budget cuts while keeping the UK safe from vampire covens, werewolves, cults, and ravenous pixie clans.

[ 2018-12-08 20:03:28 CET ] [ Original post ]

Design steampunk pixel airships out of functional modules and conquer the skies!

In the game, ships are viewed side-on, and their modules are operated by individual crew members. During combat, players give high-level commands to a small fleet, positioning their ships, ramming and boarding others. Ships and terrain are fully destructible: they can catch fire, explode, break apart, and fall. Players can also compete against one another in Internet and LAN matches.

The ships are highly detailed, teeming with sailors moving around at their individual tasks, like an ant farm or a cut-away drawing. The player's choices in ship layout are crucial, and an important part of the game is exploring the design space of different airships and their matching tactics.