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Farlanders
Andriy Bychkovskyi Developer
Crytivo Publisher
2023-01-17 Release
Game News Posts: 17
🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
🕹️ Partial Controller Support
🎮 Full Controller Support
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Beta 3 - Campaign, Sound design

Greetings , Im presenting you the final major update to Farlanders before the release. We have 1 more major update planned which will introduce Daily Challenge & Sandbox game modes but thats after the release.

Campaign & Narration


My main focus in this update was the campaign. This means implementing the story and working on actual missions. Thats a huge challenge to make missions not only interesting and diverse but also with the right difficulty and learning curve.
We will have 7 missions in the campaign, currently, 3 are available (Ill be adding the rest soon). It would be the good old desktoppunk (my invention ) that you had a chance to experience in Farlanders: Prologue but this time with:
  • Various media (chat messengers, emails, video blogs, video calls, and even actual offline meetings between characters)
  • Good writing (thanks to Shervin)!
  • Lovely characters drawn by Anna
  • Mars colonization, mystery, secrets, and a little bit of drama
Not sure why I decided to present info in this section as it is some kind of an ad, but I believe thats a huge step forward to what was done in Prologue, and you will enjoy the story. And btw, some of the media would have a voiceover.

Sound design & Music


A lot of work was done on the game sound. So now we have a complete soundtrack and sound design, by which I mean:
  • Visiting sounds for most of the buildings which is played when you select or construct the building
  • Sound loops synced with building animations
  • New SFXs and updates to old sounds so that everything sounds good together
Thats the first time Im putting so much effort into game sound, but it seems it was worth it and Im proud of the result. All credits to Danil Dunets and Ivan Turmenko! Ah, and you can check the game sound yourself in the video below. [previewyoutube=x1eNAvICSHU;full][/previewyoutube]

Building upgrade mechanic


I decided to go back to the old building upgrade mechanic. This means that instead of gradual growth (wait for a few turns for the building to develop) buildings will be developed immediately if conditions are met. It just feels better and fits the nature of the game which is about direct dependencies between terrains and buildings. But its not a simple revert to the old mechanic. First, we have a new animation for buildings upgrades.
And second, we took the good part from the old-new mechanic. Buildings might have more different bonuses from various types of buildings. For example, Greenhouse gets bonuses from both Greenhouses and Food silos, although Food silos give fewer points. This creates more possible interactions between buildings which leads to more possible game scenarios. Imagine you need to build a Spices greenhouse for which you need to have Greenhouse level 3. You can achieve level 3 by constructing 3 greenhouses nearby, but that might be tricky, so instead, you can build 2 greenhouses + 2 food silos nearby.

Other changes


As the game gets closer to the release we get more and more tasks in the polishing area. Ill try to mention the most important changes from what come to my mind:
  • Complete revisit of the game text; new names and flavor text for buildings and terrains
  • Robotics gallery, a new underground happiness building
  • Adjustments to the plants (and other life forms) logic according to the changed buildings upgrade system. Plants require time to grow to the highest level
  • Reworked technology tree; no more building level-ups in the tech tree, when you research a new building you get all the levels that are available
  • Updated main menu; campaign difficulty selection
  • Level generator improvement: rooms that are generated on the surface have softer edges, which means that there might be a passage between rooms that are not blocked by a canyon or mountain

Release date & final notes


Ill be honest with you I feel burned out and tired of working on this game for so long. Thats mostly because the game scope become too big. Now I understand that it was too ambitious for the budget and experience that I had. When I started working on Farlanders I never thought that the game would grow so much. But my conscience is clear, I think currently every game mechanic is in its place. And we got the most out of the original concept. As for the release date, it will be announced after:
  • Playtests are complete and were sure that the tutorial is properly implemented and there is nothing fundamentally wrong with the game
  • Trailer is complete
  • The localization process is started
Also, I made a feedback and bug report thread on our forums. They would especially make sense after we release a new demo. And as always, join our discord. Thank you for following and #standwithukraine! Andriy


[ 2022-10-14 20:30:09 CET ] [ Original post ]



Lead the charge in establishing a colony on Mars in this turn-based strategy game with a nostalgic look but fresh gameplay. Use specialized tools to terraform the planet, build residential areas for your colonizers, and construct resource-producing factories in an effort to become a self-sustaining society.

BUILD A COLONY


Create a viable habitat for your settlers by building water pumps, establishing farms on fertile ground, harnessing the power of the sun, and mining for precious minerals. Make sure to plan carefully before building. The position of each building will provide additional bonuses based on their placement. For example, placing a wind turbine near mountains will provide an increase in electricity output.

GO UNDERGROUND


In case you run out of space on the surface or are in need of further resources, you can always choose to expand below. Utilize terraforming tools to dig underground and uncover new areas for expansion, discover artifacts, and harness rare minerals. The more resources you collect, the more your colonists will prosper.

TERRAFORMING SYSTEM


Use a turn to select a terraforming kit and shape the landscape to your colony’s advantage. Need a water source? Place a water drop tile into a canyon and watch the surrounding flat land become fertile. Not enough resources? Create new mineral deposits or simply expand pre-existing ones.



Terraforming tiles have preset shapes, so be careful when configuring where to place them! You may end up with ice if you place a water drop tile on flat ground instead of a canyon. Be wise in your choices and always plan two steps ahead.

REPLAYABILITY


Each playthrough a new map will be procedurally generated and will provide fresh challenges to overcome. The same applies to terraforming patterns that you are getting, trading proposals, and even weather conditions.

MINIMAL SETUP
  • OS: Ubuntu 20.04 & Steam OS 2.0 (64bit. Versions Steam itself supports)
  • Processor: 2.0 GHz Dual Core ProcessorMemory: 4 GB RAM
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000 or greater
  • Storage: 1 GB available space
RECOMMENDED SETUP
  • OS: Ubuntu 20.04 & Steam OS 2.0 (64bit. Versions Steam itself supports)
  • Processor: 3.0 GHz Quad Core ProcessorMemory: 4 GB RAM
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: NVidia GeForce GT640 / AMD R7 Series or greater
  • Storage: 1 GB available space

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