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Alpha w h e n?
It's June yo, get hype! If you missed it: Alpha trailer & gameplay June 9th on IGN!
Also, will there be alpha-only forums like with Everspace 1?
Also, will there be alpha-only forums like with Everspace 1?
Re: Alpha w h e n?
Hi, we can't give you an exact date right now, as it really depends on how many critical bugs still need to be fixed after testing an Alpha release candidate, but it looks like it will definitely happen this month.
We'll be moving discussions and bug reports/feedback to closed Alpha forums on Steam this time (as everyone will get a steam key, so no hurdles with registering etc. and we'd also like to have all feedback in one place as much as that's possible)
We'll be moving discussions and bug reports/feedback to closed Alpha forums on Steam this time (as everyone will get a steam key, so no hurdles with registering etc. and we'd also like to have all feedback in one place as much as that's possible)
Re: Demo Achievements thread!
Basic Achievements
- Bring the shadow creatures back together near the homebase.
- Return the evacuee to the nearby station.
- Procure the smuggler's stash and sell it.
- Destroy the outlaw base.
- Bring the shadow creatures back together in the outlaw territory.
- Adjust the panels per the scientist's request.
- Fix up and remove the station's outlaw madcap problem.
- Destroy the warped in outlaw destroyer.
- Finish detonating the asteroid.
- Track down the broken drone.
- Escape an interception.
- Visit all 4 locations.
- Find and equip a legendary item.
- Throw a barrel bomb at an enemy to destroy it.
- Destroy an outlaw madcap pod by throwing its own mine back at it.
- Let a sticky turret get the killing blow.
- Launch a piece of debris at an enemy to destroy it.
- Break all the containers of a G&B transport before destroying the transport itself.
- Protect the G&B transports at an unknown signal location.
- Crack open all 6 hidden asteroid secrets.
- Reach level 10.
- Collect 1,000,000 credits.
- Collect all 15 legendary items.
Re: Gravity Writeup/Planetary Gameplay
I wonder if we could make the thruster module be damaged in different ways? One way would reduce your boost speed, another would break your inertia dampeners, and the last would destabilize your gravitational compensation...
Re: HOW TO UPGRADE
Join the discord at discord.gg/rockfishgames and dm either RFG_Erik (Giraffasaur) or Shiuzan. Alternatively send an email to [email protected] 😊
Re: Ship's Ultimate Discussion
I've got another idea for an ultimate, this takes inspiration from Ratchet Gladiator/Deadlocked. There's a weapon called The Harbinger which would shoot missiles that would "paint the ground with targeting lasers, after which orbital ion cannons will fire" - wiki. This can be seen in action here .
I could see this being implemented as an ultimate (but to a lesser degree to avoid being overpowered and causing issues on lower-end hardware). A heavy class ship could activate this ultimate and mark either an area or specific units and after a couple of seconds massive orbital cannons could fire at them. This orbital weapon can either be somewhere in the vicinity or not be shown at all for simplicity purposes.
I guess if its not implemented as an ultimate, it could act as a mission specific weapon where you are required to build and use this to destroy something much bigger (something along the lines of the plasma array from gof2 supernova dlc). This would work especially well if you were to help make this weapon and have it stay above a planets atmosphere and whilst you are in the planet's atmosphere, you can activate this weapon.
I could see this being implemented as an ultimate (but to a lesser degree to avoid being overpowered and causing issues on lower-end hardware). A heavy class ship could activate this ultimate and mark either an area or specific units and after a couple of seconds massive orbital cannons could fire at them. This orbital weapon can either be somewhere in the vicinity or not be shown at all for simplicity purposes.
I guess if its not implemented as an ultimate, it could act as a mission specific weapon where you are required to build and use this to destroy something much bigger (something along the lines of the plasma array from gof2 supernova dlc). This would work especially well if you were to help make this weapon and have it stay above a planets atmosphere and whilst you are in the planet's atmosphere, you can activate this weapon.
Re: Is there still a way to pledge?
Join the discord at discord.gg/RockfishGames and pm RFG_Erik (Giraffasaur). Alternatively you can email them at [email protected]
Enemy drops.
After destroying an enemy ships, it would be nice to get only enemy drops, some item from their economy, guns, thrusters or alien drinks you name it.
Perhaps we could even mount their photon rail gun, their guns would of course be rare drops and even rarer if it's a legendary.
Perhaps we could even mount their photon rail gun, their guns would of course be rare drops and even rarer if it's a legendary.
Gravity Writeup/Planetary Gameplay
Gravity in planet locations has been discussed a lot but here are my thoughts on how it could work without compromising the "fun factor" for the game's pacing, and even make it part of the core gameplay in these locations.
In general, all ships "ignore" gravity, flying as if they were still in space. Whatever fluff/lore is appropriate here to make this happen, it wouldn't be too outlandish for the genre.
Capitals in atmosphere: if they have their orientation disrupted, i.e. by the magnetic push ability, they should gradually reorient themselves. There's a lot of people on those ships potentially, after all, so they wouldn't just stay upside down, right?
Faster fighters, drones, etc: They are willing to orient themselves however they please with no heavy restrictions on how fast they do it. Some special enemy units only found on planets could even fly like jets, instead! Not everything on the planet surfaces needs to be a spaceship, right?
Slower ships/fighters, i.e. bombers, gunships, etc: they should prefer to have their ship upright, but are willing to orient differently in maneuvers
Ground units: Beyond just turrets, there could be APCs (armored personnel carriers), hovercraft, tanks, missile crawlers, mobile AA batteries. Probably not infantry, though. It could interact with the grapple mechanic, i.e. picking up an enemy tank and dropping it to kill it with fall damage, or moving a friendly unit to a more useful area. Neutral entities will naturally be upset at you for picking them up without permission!
Missiles and mines!: When they run out of fuel, instead of disappearing, they could drop to the ground, following an arc along their trajectory. Mines could ignore gravity when deployed by you or enemy units, but some cheeky traps could be placed inside walls, scrap heaps, etc for catching players unaware during exploration if they aren't mindful.
Special weaponry, abilities: Special weapons, like missiles, EMP devices, etc could not only disable enemies, but cause them to be subject to gravity for the duration! Even capitals could be vulnerable to this, though they would need to raise back up relatively quickly.
Loot, containers They could "float" down to the ground more slowly than normal gravity for gameplay purposes, or could fall quickly. Loot should not be destroyed when it hits the ground. Tractor beam range on planets could be increased to compensate.
In general, all ships "ignore" gravity, flying as if they were still in space. Whatever fluff/lore is appropriate here to make this happen, it wouldn't be too outlandish for the genre.
Capitals in atmosphere: if they have their orientation disrupted, i.e. by the magnetic push ability, they should gradually reorient themselves. There's a lot of people on those ships potentially, after all, so they wouldn't just stay upside down, right?
Faster fighters, drones, etc: They are willing to orient themselves however they please with no heavy restrictions on how fast they do it. Some special enemy units only found on planets could even fly like jets, instead! Not everything on the planet surfaces needs to be a spaceship, right?
Slower ships/fighters, i.e. bombers, gunships, etc: they should prefer to have their ship upright, but are willing to orient differently in maneuvers
Ground units: Beyond just turrets, there could be APCs (armored personnel carriers), hovercraft, tanks, missile crawlers, mobile AA batteries. Probably not infantry, though. It could interact with the grapple mechanic, i.e. picking up an enemy tank and dropping it to kill it with fall damage, or moving a friendly unit to a more useful area. Neutral entities will naturally be upset at you for picking them up without permission!
Missiles and mines!: When they run out of fuel, instead of disappearing, they could drop to the ground, following an arc along their trajectory. Mines could ignore gravity when deployed by you or enemy units, but some cheeky traps could be placed inside walls, scrap heaps, etc for catching players unaware during exploration if they aren't mindful.
Special weaponry, abilities: Special weapons, like missiles, EMP devices, etc could not only disable enemies, but cause them to be subject to gravity for the duration! Even capitals could be vulnerable to this, though they would need to raise back up relatively quickly.
Loot, containers They could "float" down to the ground more slowly than normal gravity for gameplay purposes, or could fall quickly. Loot should not be destroyed when it hits the ground. Tractor beam range on planets could be increased to compensate.
