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TurnBasedFest and a New Demo Update!
This update gives a first taste of the new game modes that will be important to generating replayability in the Early Access release. A new difficulty level, called 'Extinction', will provide an extra level of challenge for veteran players who are finding 'Tactical' difficulty too straighforward. And there's now a full-on 'Ironman' mode where, as usual, you are limited to only one save slot, which is automatically updated as you progress and is deleted if you die. Death is permanent.
A lot of streamers have been picking up Relic Space over the last few months, and watching those streams has made clear that a number of people are attracted to playing the game using the 'manual' as opposed to 'automatic' weapons mode. That's completely understandable, as tactical players often love to drill down into the details of game mechanics by making every small choice themselves. But before this update, the user interface had been a lot more geared towards automatic mode. No more! This update brings a big overhaul to manual mode, making it fully playable for the first time by removing some unnecessary delays and required keypresses, as well as by introducing a new weapon-range indicator (see the red hexes in the gif below) that simultaneously serves to make clear when your weapons have yet to be fired in manual mode.
The lore for Relic Space has been planned out in some detail, though to date has been mostly limited to some dialogs in the scripted tutorial missions. This update for the first time brings lore dialogs to random NPCs. Although these are still quite small in number and limited in scope, they offer a taste of the rich and suprising sci-fi narrative still to come.
Change log Full details of the changes can be viewed on the (see Demo 211) website. Join the community To discuss the game with fellow fans - and the developer - and get free early access to bleeding-edge builds, join the Discord. Alternatively sign-up to the low-volume newsletter to be notified of key updates and new releases.
[ 2022-12-08 22:59:16 CET ] [ Original post ]
TurnBasedFest has just got going and were honoured that Relic Space is being featured among the fantastic selection of other tactical gems!
As our contribution to this celebration of turn-based goodness, we're releasing another major Demo update. This update reflects the hard work that has gone towards adding polish to the game in recent months, as we gear up for a Q1 2023 launch into Early Access.
Here are some of the key new features in the update:
New challenging game modes
This update gives a first taste of the new game modes that will be important to generating replayability in the Early Access release. A new difficulty level, called 'Extinction', will provide an extra level of challenge for veteran players who are finding 'Tactical' difficulty too straighforward. And there's now a full-on 'Ironman' mode where, as usual, you are limited to only one save slot, which is automatically updated as you progress and is deleted if you die. Death is permanent.
Improvements to manual mode
A lot of streamers have been picking up Relic Space over the last few months, and watching those streams has made clear that a number of people are attracted to playing the game using the 'manual' as opposed to 'automatic' weapons mode. That's completely understandable, as tactical players often love to drill down into the details of game mechanics by making every small choice themselves. But before this update, the user interface had been a lot more geared towards automatic mode. No more! This update brings a big overhaul to manual mode, making it fully playable for the first time by removing some unnecessary delays and required keypresses, as well as by introducing a new weapon-range indicator (see the red hexes in the gif below) that simultaneously serves to make clear when your weapons have yet to be fired in manual mode.
Lore
The lore for Relic Space has been planned out in some detail, though to date has been mostly limited to some dialogs in the scripted tutorial missions. This update for the first time brings lore dialogs to random NPCs. Although these are still quite small in number and limited in scope, they offer a taste of the rich and suprising sci-fi narrative still to come.
Change log Full details of the changes can be viewed on the (see Demo 211) website. Join the community To discuss the game with fellow fans - and the developer - and get free early access to bleeding-edge builds, join the Discord. Alternatively sign-up to the low-volume newsletter to be notified of key updates and new releases.
[ 2022-12-08 22:59:16 CET ] [ Original post ]
Relic Space
Fourfold Games
Developer
Fourfold Games
Publisher
tbc
Release
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🎹🖱️Keyboard + Mouse
Positive
(35 reviews)
Public Linux Depots:
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Tactical turn-based space combat
Use your tactical skills on a hex grid with ‘one-tile-per-turn’ mechanics inspired by traditional roguelikes.Flexible development
Use your growing reputation and influence to acquire more powerful ships and equip them with countless weapon and utility combinations. Acquire new piloting abilities through a flexible skill tree.Deep Simulation
Realistic combat mechanics simulate damage to individual ship components. Each weapon, engine or utility item can catch fire, leak power, and acquire many more status effects.Immersive setting
Uncover a rich, branching narrative threaded with endless procedurally generated stories in a detailed setting inspired by hard sci-fi.Open World
Explore a vast procedurally generated solar system with handcrafted elements. Factions and NPCs pursue research, trade, construction projects, and other goals irrespective of your actions – though your actions affect their success or failure!It is the year 2612 and the galaxy lies in ruins. You are a member of Omega, the elite pilot wing of a community of survivors known as the Order.
Originally an elite military organization set up to protect posthumanity from high-impact, low-probability threats, the Order is a community of genetically engineered supersoldiers with a fierce sense of tradition.
After failing to prevent the devastation known as the Fall, their core aim is to recover lost knowledge and rebuild civilization. But recent events show an emergent new threat to their very existence...
The early Alpha version of the game contains a tutorial, followed by a limited selection of randomized mission types in the open-world solar system.
The full single-player campaign is not yet available. Ship and pilot development is limited to a few pieces of equipment and pilot skills.
There are only two main factions, whereas the full game will have four main factions as well as numerous minor factions.
Sign up to take part in the testing and join the game Discord via the Website (click 'Visit the Website' on the right-hand side of this page).
MINIMAL SETUP
- OS: Ubuntu 12.04+ / Steam OS+
- Processor: 2.2Ghz Dual CoreMemory: 4 MB RAM
- Memory: 4 MB RAM
- Graphics: 1024mb Dedicated VRAM
- Storage: 1 GB available space
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