





We’re getting into the final month before the a0.9 update. Lots of things to do and build, but overall, we’re getting ever closer. In this build, the biggest update is the ability to export custom armor. There are still some small problems here and there, but overall it works pretty well. We’ll be adding in custom armor stats over the next few updates. We’ve also gave aerial enemies a lot more punch. In the next build, we’ll also try to give you a look at co-op story mode, as well as more robot bosses. Here’s a familiar custom armor made by a player: http://planetexplorers.pathea.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/001.jpg http://planetexplorers.pathea.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/002.jpg http://planetexplorers.pathea.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/003.jpg http://planetexplorers.pathea.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/004.jpg Changelist: Fixed player position consistency in multiplayer Fixed NPC falling to the ground in cliff mission Fixed issue with freezing animal group behavior Fixed disease cool down time issue Fixed issue with water display Updated pathfinding programming, allows for differences between small and large animals Added new bird behavior and animation Added new Paja robot animation, effects, and behavior Added building damage Added the chainsaw and related animation Added some new animation for first person view Added NPC wait and run behavior Added some new AI skills Added animal droppings Added custom armor export (single player only) Story can now proceed all the way to GRV ship
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- Planet Explorers Linux [2.88 G]
- Planet Explorers - OST
Game Modes
Planet Explorers will feature single and multiplayer modes.
In single player there are 3 distinct selections
- Story Mode – Story mode is the main meat and bones of the game, it is the action-adventure-rpg-somewhat-4X segment, offering npcs, missions, colony building, farming, ranching, training, diplomacy, and of course, a storyline that you can follow or ignore. This story features a 17X8km world map with many unique character, landscapes, biomes, locations, and over 100 types of potential enemies. Even though we’ve made it seem like a very action oriented game in the trailers, in reality, players can choose to not fight so much as to just plant a farm, make some food, keep the colonists alive, negotiate with the sentient aliens, and defend the perimeter from the local life forms. That can still eventually arrive at the ending. And yes, there is an ending. Story mode also features coop with other players.
- Adventure Mode – This mode is based on a procedural map generated from a seed. Currently, it comes in a 40X40 kilometer map. Players will be able to complete random missions, defeat bosses, and explore different landscapes in the mode and eventually be able to setup conditions that they want to play (such as tower defense or attack an alien camp). This mode will also feature survival gameplay. The randomization in this mode will eventually pull in player made objects and locations so that a world will always feature something new and unique.
- Build Mode – In this mode, there are no enemies and an infinite amount of building material. It also currently comes in a 40X40km map. Players will be able to build whatever they want in this mode, including everything in the Creations Editor. Think of this as the perfect testing ground to test everything you build. Or…it’s your place to build your garden without ever worrying about the pesky aliens.
Multiplayer allows Local Area Network and player hosted servers. It features several modes but some are still on the drawing board or going through technical trials so the final result is still in flux. Players playing multiplayer should be able to bring at least one of their created objects into multiplayer games, be it a sword, gun, or vehicle.
- Coop – Coop comes in many selections, such as adventure mode, tower defense mode, build mode, etc. This is pretty much an open world sandbox with a max of 32 players (this number still needs to be stress tested).
- Versus – This mode allows teams of up to 16 players to battle against 16 players from another team. We allow full terrain manipulation in this mode. Currently, it's a point based system where one team wins if they reach a certain point level based on kills, built objects, resources mined, etc.
Game Features
Current
- 20+ hours of storyline
- 70+ types of enemies
- 20+ unique mainline NPCs
- Able to dig
- Able to build
- Able to plant farm
- Able to build colony
- Able to have followers
- Creation Editor to create vehicles, weapons, objects, vtols, and more
- Day/night cycle with realistic moon cycles
- Weather system
- 15+ types of mineral types
- 200+ unique items
- Resource scanner
- Realtime AI pathfinding
- Multiplayer COOP
- Multiplayer VS
- Realtime water physics
Planned
- Finish up the single player storyline
- 30+ more enemy types
- More mainline NPCs
- Multiple boss types
- Story Editor
- Herding
- AI bot followers
- Ingame music player
- Hardcore survival mode
- Negotiation with aliens
- War with aliens
- Missions to the moons
- More objects in Creation Editor (boats, mechs, armor, etc.)
Maybe
- Riding animals
- NPC Marrying
- NPC Procreation
- Season system
- OS: Linux Kernal 3.2
- Processor: i3+Memory: 6 GB RAM
- Memory: 6 GB RAM
- Graphics: GTX 460+ HD 5770+Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 6 GB available spaceAdditional Notes: Must have OpenCL compatible CPU or GPU (DX10.1)
- OS: Linux Kernal 3.2+
- Processor: i5+Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: GTX 760+ HD7000+Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 8 GB available spaceAdditional Notes: Must have OpenCL compatible CPU or GPU (DX10.1)
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