After months of updates we present you with the last update of our patch program in 2015. For those that want to keep discovering things in the new year, we have just announced great news on our Twitch channel:

We're busy working on an expansion for Renowned Explorers!

Its release is still far away and we can't give many details yet. We can say that we will be focusing on content by working on 2 exotic new expeditions. We also want to look into a feature that puts a lot more focus on relationships inside your crew, but this is not guaranteed yet. Make sure to keep an eye on our channels to stay informed! For example, sign up for our newsletter. Since playing the expansion will change the game, we will start an Alpha program at some point, so that we can work with you to keep all current value intact. Since we'll be focusing our efforts on the expansion, we will stop the bi-weekly update. We'll keep supporting, so expect 1 or 2 more patches until the expansion, but it won't be every two weeks! And now, the contents of Patch #11. We focused on two frequent requests you had for the game. Read the detailed patch notes here or just the highlights below!

Freeplay after 5th Expedition

Renowned Explorers is about gaining as much Renown as possible before the Exploration Year is over. To this end you have come up with many creative, smart and powerful strategies. Since you are judged for your score after 5 expeditions (which is important for the game design) you sometimes don't get to enjoy your full power when your strategy's end game kicked in. With this Patch we introduced the option to continue playing after your 5th expedition. This allows you to buy that one extra item, or finish the research tree, reach max level or test out your crew in Shangri-La without losing the game. It's important to note that you won't get another chance at beating Rivaleux' score: you are judged after 5 expeditions and any new expeditions are purely for your own fun, as the challenge of time pressure is gone. But still, you get to explore the entire world with your crew!

Encounter movement

Renowned Explorers is a Turn-based Strategy game. This makes it about making interesting choices, rather than hand eye coordination. Sometimes you (and we as well) had the problem of misclicking a tile during movement. In a dangerous situation this could end your entire adventure. To relieve this we introduced the Undo Move button which allows you to redo your very last movement (not action!). Together with the ability to spend movement in multiple clicks, this will definitely ease your encounter play.

[ 2015-12-17 17:25:33 CET ] [ Original post ]

Renowned Explorers: International Society
Abbey Games

Developer

Abbey Games

Publisher

2015-09-02

Release

Indie Strategy RPG Singleplayer

Key Features

Endless New Adventures - Explore the far corners of fictitious 19th century world in procedurally generated expeditions to Egypt, the Caribbean and much more.
Compose your Crew - Choose 3 experts out of 20. Fighters are Aggressive but Speakers can solve tactical conflicts with Speech actions.
Personality = Gameplay - Each conflict can be solved in different ways, depending on your crew's personality and strategy. 'Mood' is one of the most important gameplay elements.
Fight them with Melee, Ranged and Area of Effect attacks,
win them over using Cheers, Charms and Compliments,
or scare them away by Insults, Taunts and Humiliation

Optimize your Economy - Collect Insight, Research, Gold and Status on your expeditions. Use them to build economy and support for your next expedition.
Vivid Stories - Find more than a hundred treasures in hundreds of visual events that adapt to the characters and have multiple outcomes.
Build a reputation - Become a Diplomat, Aggressor or Manipulator. Go for Science, Wealth or Status. Fame is your goal, but the way there is entirely up to you.
Permadeath? - In Adventure mode you cannot load after failure. Discovery mode lets you reload. Choose difficulties from Easy through Impossible to customize the challenge.

MINIMAL SETUPOS: Ubuntu 14.04. Mint 17
Processor: AMD Dual-Core running at 2.6 GHz / Intel Dual-Core processor running at ~1.9 GHz (AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ and Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 or newer series are the oldest CPU architectures recommended).Memory: 4096 MB RAM
Memory: 4096 MB RAM
Graphics: AMD/NVIDIA dedicated/integrated or mobile graphic card. with at least 512MB of dedicated VRAM ATI/AMD Radeon HD 5000 series. NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GT and above are minimum required graphic cards. With vendor-supported graphics drivers. For open source drivers you have to use Mesa 10.3 driver or newer (it applies to Intel cards. Intel HD Sandy Bridge is a minimum).
Storage: 1 GB available space
RECOMMENDED SETUPOS: Ubuntu 14.04. Mint 17
Processor: AMD Triple-Core / Intel Dual-Core 3.2 GHz (AMD Athlon II X3 450 or Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 or newer architectures are recommended).Memory: 4096 MB RAM
Memory: 4096 MB RAM
Graphics: AMD/NVIDIA dedicated with at least 1024MB of dedicated VRAM. ATI/AMD Radeon HD 5000 series. NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250 and above are recommended graphic cards. With vendor-supported graphics drivers. For open source drivers you have to use Mesa 10.3 driver or newer (it applies to Intel cards. Intel HD4400 or newer is recommended).
Storage: 1 GB available space

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