Hi, this is Maxime & Adrien from Black Flag, if you are reading this, it's because a new version of Orphan Age and its demo is available! So, what's on the menu? Lots of good news!
First of all, we have started the complete redesign of the interface: the texts are larger, more spaced and more readable. We have also reorganized the information to make it easier to read. We have also improved the tutorial and the general ergonomics.
In order to enter the more pleasant controls, there is no longer any need to right-click on the objects to interact with them, a simple hover is enough!
We have started to completely redesign the quest system and we hope to be able to publish it next month! The next update will focus on HOPE. Hope represents the willingness of orphans to continue to search for their parents. Each event, each successful or failed quest will affect everyone's Hope. But if Hope falls to zero, the Orphans will abandon the orphanage and the game will be over.
Hope will put the emphasis on survival and it is the last major gameplay brick missing from Orphan Age. This means that from May onwards, we hope to focus on adding content and polish in order to consider a release later in the year!
In the middle of these important announcements, we also fixed a lot of bugs, here is a non-exhaustive list:
- Non responsive or bugged buttons
- You can now delete your previous save game
- The auto saves are now limited to 5
- The Button to select an Orphan has been fixed
- The looted objects now have their proper names displayed
- Most of the numerous exploration bugs has been squashed
- You now start without a resource storage you have to survive on your own now!
[ 2019-04-09 09:20:02 CET ] [ Original post ]
Orphan Age is a life-sim game where you look after a band of orphans in a cyberpunk warzone.
Set against the backdrop of an unforgiving, neon-lit dystopian warzone, your only battle is the fight for survival, scraping out a living in the face of extreme danger. You will guide a band of orphans, each with their own skills, emotions, strengths, weaknesses and fears, through a dangerous and ever-changing city in a bitter struggle for survival. Constantly balancing risk and reward, you must make the big decisions to ensure the group stays alive. Build up your base, scavenge, craft and explore the city for new recruits, whilst ensuring there are enough supplies to keep going, even when it seems all hope might be lost.
Orphan Age plays as a single player campaign with a lot of replayability inspired by the 4X genre. But there’s a twist! 4X stands for Exploration, Exploitation, Expansion and Extermination. In Orphan Age, we replace Extermination with Empathy, bending the 4X genre into a 4E.
The city of Orphan Age is ever-changing and procedural. You won't find the same building twice. There are high risks and high rewards when you explore. You can find rare resources, Orphans to recruit, but you can also get wounded or worse...
Exploration is similar to the expeditions of Fallout Shelter: procedural text adventures. They offer more complexity though, because you have to make decisive choices while you're out of the orphanage.
Hundreds of resources are left to be scavenged in the Orphanage or in the city. They are classified in 6 categories that allow you to eat, drink, take care of wounds and to craft the items and resources you need to build your Orphanage.
The Orphanage is the place your Orphans call home. The environment surrounding the Orphans greatly affects their moods. Try to keep the rooms lit, warm, furnished and clean for the happiness of all!
There are 38 different items of furniture to build (beds, playgrounds, science mats, campfire, heaters...) and each one can be upgraded.
Research allows you to discover better furniture and improve living conditions for the orphans.
Orphan Age is a deep micro-simulation making each Orphan unique in personality and in gameplay. The Orphans have different ages, set of skills, backgrounds and personality traits. Depending on who they are and how well they are, the Orphans will take different paths anytime there is an issue to be discussed.
INFO:
- Available in Early Access this winter
- For PC, Mac & Linux
- Comes with a companion visual novel Orphan Age: Diaries
- OS: 64 bits
- Processor: Intel Core i3 / AMD Ryzen 3Memory: 4 MB RAM
- Memory: 4 MB RAM
- Graphics: DX11 Compatible
- Storage: 2 MB available space
- OS: 64 bits
- Processor: Intel Core i5 / AMD Ryzen 5Memory: 8 MB RAM
- Memory: 8 MB RAM
- Graphics: DX12 Compatible
- Storage: 4 MB available space
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