Game News Age of Decadence September Update

[Crooked Bee]

Vault Dweller So is the new demo backer-only? (By backers i mean those who preordered of course.) I can't recall.

Or are you going to release a new version of the public demo too?

 

[Vault Dweller]

Vault Dweller So is the new demo backer-only? (By backers i mean those who preordered of course.) I can't recall.

Yes.

Or are you going to release a new version of the public demo too?

Most likely.

 

[Crooked Bee]

Awesome.

 

[Infinitron]

'early access'.

As in, Steam Early Access?

 

[Vault Dweller]

Wouldn't say no to that.

 

[Infinitron]

Wouldn't say no to that.

Well then do it. It's all the rage these days. Styg can tell you how.

 

[Vault Dweller]

I will ask them when the demo's ready. I assume they will want to evaluate it.

 

[hiver]

Hoods balls.... did you change the engine? (i know you didnt but... i didnt think that old thing was even capable of such heights)

- it looks... surprisingly awesome - and i do mean both in graphical and much more importantly in art quality department.
icons... so pretty...
its gonna sell like hotcakes on steam. mark my words.

cant wait to taste the good stuff.

 

[cherry blossom]

Looks like the "camera minigame" from the public demos will be back:

Can't wait to keep wrestling with the camera and the scenery just to have a decent view of the game and still have stuff look huge and obscure my view immerse me in the scene because of the butt ugly expressionist perspective.

Could you, at the very least, tone down the Field of View angle to give a more even look to prevent nearby geometry "explode" into the view or make FOV angle adjustable, whether via the game menu or the config file? I really hated that in the demo and that the camera was a physical object which got stuck when it collided with nearby objects added salt to the injury.

Chaos Chronicles, for example, did an excellent job with a narrow FOV in perspective.




The perspective and visibility in those scenes look just right.

Surprised nobody else pointed to the depth of field blur. Vault Dweller?

No need to point out since it can be turned off.

It stands to question its inclusion in the first place. A feature that is ridiculed into hall of fame, standing right next to the likes of bloom, is all of a sudden a default feature in screenshots to promote the game?

 

[Vault Dweller]

Hoods balls.... did you change the engine? (i know you didnt but... i didnt think that old thing was even capable of such heights)

Endure [Torque] and in enduring grow strong.

 

[mikaelis]

Vault Dweller, is this like a real "chapter" release that you mentioned? I mean, if I go for the second demo, can I continue in the final release from my save game? Or is it just pure beta testing, and I need to start from scratch in the final release?

Great work by the way.

 

[Vault Dweller]

Vault Dweller, is this like a real "chapter" release that you mentioned? I mean, if I go for the second demo, can I continue in the final release from my save game? Or is it just pure beta testing, and I need to start from scratch in the final release?

Beta testing is what we're doing right now. The list of things we fixed is mile-long now. This release is for people who want to enjoy the game, well, the next 'chapter' of it at least.

As for save games, not sure. In theory, yes, in reality, we might decide to fuck around with the systems some more, based on the feedback we get and such, so I can't make any promises.

 

[Elhoim]

You could use few more polys for the telescope ( in before tire models ), but overall these shots look great.

That's an old model from the TGE days, I didn't update it yet (you can even see the ugly low res texture too!).

 

[General Maxson]

I know visual aspect isn't the main selling point of this game, but damn does it look surprisingly good!

 

[Kem0sabe]

Looking better than anything Wasteland 2 has managed to show till now. Can't wait for the .

 

[Flacracker]

The second demo has 7: Maadoran, the Abyss, the tomb, the mountain pass, the Ordu camp, the tower of Zamedi, and another raiders' camp. So, that's 10, which is 50%. If you like exploring old places that should have stayed buried (similar to the tower and the Abyss), the endgame is where it's at."

Does this mean it is going to be another 3 years till the full release?

 

[Severian Silk]

Can't wait to play this teleportation simulator!

Spoiler

He said his list of fixes was a mile long. Need to be able to teleport to the end.

 

[SuicideBunny]

how many more years until this beats duke nukem forever in terms of development time?

 

[Vault Dweller]

Does it matter?

 

[SuicideBunny]

Does it matter?

not much point in playing a 50% demo that doesn't allow playing from the beginning or savegame importing into full game unless you intend to work on the game and change stuff around for a few years more.

 

[Vault Dweller]

Don't play. Simple solutions for simple problems.

 

[Infinitron]

Does it matter?

Vault Dweller, people have paid you money.

 

[Vault Dweller]

They paid for a quality game which we intend to deliver. We gave them the combat demo, the 'full' demo, which was updated 3 times to reflect the criticism and suggestions (took us more than 6 months to do that), and now they will get an extended demo, giving them 60% of the game and assuring them that they are getting exactly what they paid for.

I think that all in all, we're treating our customers with a lot more respect than most companies.

 

[Infinitron]

They paid for a quality game which we intend to deliver. We gave them the combat demo, the 'full' demo, which was updated 3 times to reflect the criticism and suggestions (took us more than 6 months to do that), and now they will get an extended demo, giving them 60% of the game and assuring them that they are getting exactly what they paid for.

I think that all in all, we're treating our customers with a lot more respect than most companies.

That's not the point. The release date matters. Your "does it matter?" is an inappropriately glib dismissal.

 

[J_C]

They paid for a quality game which we intend to deliver. We gave them the combat demo, the 'full' demo, which was updated 3 times to reflect the criticism and suggestions (took us more than 6 months to do that), and now they will get an extended demo, giving them 60% of the game and assuring them that they are getting exactly what they paid for.

I think that all in all, we're treating our customers with a lot more respect than most companies.

Paying for a mediocre game that is actually released, or playing the demo of a good game, which never will be released. Which is better and why? Discuss!