BlockShip Wars: Roguelike has been in Early Access for nearly a year now, and I think the game has enough core features to go ahead and starting working on the rest of the content.
One episode is complete, two more remain. These are roughly planned out, and most of the work involved is creating new ship components, special abilities and AI ships to fill out these episodes. All of the new components & specials for the second episode are planned out (however there may be additions, removals, and changes), and the plan is to have this 2nd episode in the game by the end of January, and the final episode within a few months of that.
In order to get started on this the first task was to redesign parts of the UI to allow for much larger number of ship components and special abilities, which is the majority of this update, as a result many parts of the UI have been redesigned to scroll, and to allow for better finding of things with a large number of items.
Here are some screenshots of some of the changed UI:
The new component palette in the Ship building mode:
The new crafting window:
Scrolling special abilities/unlock screen window:
And scrolling component lists for the blueprint builder and info section in the blueprint library:
Also in this update a test mode has been added to the free ship building mode, click a button to enter test mode, your current workspace is saved to memory, and you can spawn AI controlled enemy ships (currently 8 to choose from in the mode, and up to 3 at a time) to fight against. Clicking 'Stop Test' will exit out of test mode, despawn any enemy ships and scrap laying around, and return your ship to the state it was before starting the test.
My focus will be completing the content for the next several months, but I will still be releasing updates with bug fixes, smaller features, optimizations, etc. and still would love to hear your feedback.
Also looking forward to seeing and testing out some of your own ship designs in the Steam Workshop!
BlockShip Wars: Roguelike
Chadams Studios
Chadams Studios
2018-01-01
Indie RPG Simulation Singleplayer EA
Game News Posts 19
🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
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http://www.advancedmechanizedspacecraft.com/
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BlockShip Wars: Roguelike Content - Linux [241.64 M]
Ship Building
- Fully integrated and seamless ship construction, as soon as components are detached from an enemy ship they can be equipped onto yours.
- In total 76 types of components that can be welded to your ship, including; Shields, Railguns, EMP Launchers, Missile Launchers, Lasers.
- Multiple configurations for most weapons.
- Melee weapons, including; Spikes, Pikes, and Spinning Saws.
- Articulating pieces like Powered Hinges and Chain Links.
- Modular damage and power system.
- Interactive tutorial to get you started.
Game Modes
- Roguelike mode: Permadeth, no levelling/XP system, specials are randomly dropped by defeating enemies. All enemies are roughly the same level, bosses are a little stronger. Good ship design in this mode is key.
- RPG mode: Experience system, specials unlocked by levelling up and defeating bosses. Enemy levels and boss levels increase as you make your way through the game.
Secondary Missions & Space Stations
As well as the primary missions (bosses), there are now secondary missions which can help you level up faster and get higher level and harder to get components as rewards. There are missions available from every space station, and roughly 25 space stations (one in each area) in each game. Missions get replenished as you go through them, and are randomly generated and scaled based on the difficulty of the area you are in.- Cargo missions: Attach cargo containers to your ship, fly them safely to the destination space station to get a reward.
- Hunt missions: Destroy a certain number of a type of drone ship in the target area to get a reward.
- Trophy missions: Take a specific type of ship component from an enemy ship in the target area, and return with them to exchange them for a reward.
- Freight ships: Over 200 freight ships flying around all at once in the map. You can trade with them, and they can be useful in finding space stations you haven't discovered yet.
Enemies/AI
- Over 50 AI controlled drone ships to battle and salvage from.
- Each one is made entirely out of components that can be placed on your ships, and many have special abilities that you can unlock.
- Enemy ships now have pack dynamics, and each one has a different personality. Sometimes they will fight themselves if one accidentally attacks the other.
- 7 bosses
More
- 18 special abilities to give you an edge, including Torpedo, EMP missile, Shockwave, Singularity.
- Huge procedural generated maps to explore.
- 4 page inventory to store extra components and crafting materials.
- Crafting system, where elements are stored in stacks in your inventory and blueprints are unlocked by melting down components.
Music Credits
- Zamaster - "BSW:R Theme", "Dreamatron", "SpaceBlox"
- DotStarMoney - 7 tracks
Graphical Credits
- Jolenar - New BSW:R Logo, Communications screen HUD artwork
- OS: 64bit Linux
- Processor: 3.0ghz Dual CoreMemory: 4 GB RAM
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: GTX 745
- Storage: 500 MB available spaceAdditional Notes: *Tested on Ubuntu 18.04 & Fedora 28
- OS: 64bit Linux
- Processor: 4.0ghz Quad CoreMemory: 8 GB RAM
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: GTX 1050
- Storage: 1 GB available space
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