Colony Ship update #50: the first chapter is playable

[Major_Blackhart]

With each update will you continue to add locations, encounters, etc. to each chapter, or it's done when released?

 

[Nm6k]

How many of the 12 companions will be in chapter 1. Evans has been in a lot of screens shots and was mentioned in the combat demo and so was Dinah will there be any more then them.

 

[Vault Dweller]

With each update will you continue to add locations, encounters, etc. to each chapter...

Yes, of course.

How many of the 12 companions will be in chapter 1. Evans has been in a lot of screens shots and was mentioned in the combat demo and so was Dinah will there be any more then them.

Down to 10 now. You'll get 3 potential party members: Evans, Faythe (formerly known as Dinah), and Jed.

 

[Nm6k]

Is the droid Unit Romeo still in

 

[Vault Dweller]

Is the droid Unit Romeo still in

Still planned but modeling and animating it are a very high barrier at the moment. We even talked about cutting it (it sucks but what are you gonna do if you don't have the resources) but decided to keep it, at least for now. If we can't do a proper droid ED-209 style, we'll do a floating orb (Morte meets New Vegas' Eyebot).

 

[cb.spike]

$24.99 on release, $29.99 when we add chapter 2, $34.99 when we add chapter 3, $39.99 when it's done.


I have a feeling we'll be lucky to stay afloat.

Sad to hear this type of predictions directly from you. But I understand it. The Age of Decadence happened in different times. I will still do my part and post about Colony Ship wherever I can. And I´m buing the EA version and then I wil figure out how to get more money your way.

 

[Humanity has risen!]

I just don't know if I like a setting that consists of nothing dirty, poorly lit metallic warehouses. It seems to me the setting limits environmental variety and makes you feel very constrained.

 

[Vault Dweller]

Sad to hear this type of predictions directly from you. But I understand it.

So far the media has completely ignored the game. Maybe it will change when the game is released, maybe it won't, but right now I'd rate the media coverage as 10% at best (of the coverage AoD got) and the overall interest across the gaming forums at about 30-40%. Maybe it's not a decisive factor, but I'd rather be cautious than optimistic at this point.

I just don't know if I like a setting that consists of nothing dirty, poorly lit metallic warehouses. It seems to me the setting limits environmental variety and makes you feel very constrained.

It's a container town sitting in one of the cargo holds. As in one location, not all.

 

[Agesilaus]

Sad to hear this type of predictions directly from you. But I understand it.

So far the media has completely ignored the game. Maybe it will change when the game is released, maybe it won't, but right now I'd rate the media coverage as 10% at best (of the coverage AoD got) and the overall interest across the gaming forums at about 30-40%. Maybe it's not a decisive factor, but I'd rather be cautious than optimistic at this point.

But did AoD get much attention before Teron was released? I knew about the Gladiator demo and played it, but if memory serves I saw the game getting more and more attention the closer it got to full release.

 

[Daedalos]

Early Access titles seem to get more media attention than a combat demo, simply because of the more content there is, and because people finally have a chance to jump into the game and see parts of what there is, and then they got the game already when its eventually released.

25 bucks doesnt seem too bad for most people I would reckon. Here's to hoping for a great launch, though, y'all deserve every dolla

 

[Vault Dweller]

But did AoD get much attention before Teron was released? I knew about the Gladiator demo and played it, but if memory serves I saw the game getting more and more attention the closer it got to full release.

Quite a lot. Of course, it was years before Kickstarter so that's probably the main reason why. They had to write about something.

 

[Major_Blackhart]

Just downloaded the demo.

 

[Binky]

After stabbing mostly clean shaven dudes in AoD it'll be a pleasure to zap these Grizzly Adams-looking sons of bitches in Colony Ship. Will you be able to blast the Chief Justice in chapter one? I've been waiting to shoot that sleazy walrus since last April.

 

[Jedi Master Radek]

So far the media has completely ignored the game. Maybe it will change when the game is released, maybe it won't, but right now I'd rate the media coverage as 10% at best (of the coverage AoD got) and the overall interest across the gaming forums at about 30-40%. Maybe it's not a decisive factor, but I'd rather be cautious than optimistic at this point.

What you think is the cause of there being less interest?

 

[Vault Dweller]

What you think is the cause of there being less interest?

No idea. Could be the effect of 'indiepocalypse', could be that the game is just not exciting enough (no magic, no mystery, no over the top wacky stuff wasteland style), could be that people looked at the screens and thought it takes place in a warehouse. Anyway, we'll know soon enough.

 

[Daedalos]

Do a proper EA trailer, then, that could really kick things into gear I imagine

Showcase some of the cuul stuff to get the hypemachine running and things to that effect.

 

[Vault Dweller]

Do a proper EA trailer, then, that could really kick things into gear I imagine

Showcase some of the cuul stuff to get the hypemachine running and things to that effect.

We'll do a proper trailer, update the screens, hire a(n affordable) PR/marketing company, etc. My observations about the current situation doesn't mean we're giving up.

 

[Butter]

Just get one of those sweet Epic exclusivity deals.

 

[Tigranes]

What you think is the cause of there being less interest?

No idea. Could be the effect of 'indiepocalypse', could be that the game is just not exciting enough (no magic, no mystery, no over the top wacky stuff wasteland style), could be that people looked at the screens and thought it takes place in a warehouse. Anyway, we'll know soon enough.

It's hard to know, indeed, and a lot of it is beyond your control. One thing you can control is definitely to curate more visually attractive footage. I would play this game even if it actually took place entirely in superdark warehouses, but maybe what people see undersells the game. Perhaps you're waiting for some other areas to get more finished?

 

[blessed king of longing]

No idea. Could be the effect of 'indiepocalypse', could be that the game is just not exciting enough (no magic, no mystery, no over the top wacky stuff wasteland style), could be that people looked at the screens and thought it takes place in a warehouse. Anyway, we'll know soon enough.

Whatever the case may be, I think the name Colony Ship hurts it too, it's pretty generic. If I was more creative I'd come up with some ideas for another name Maybe something on the theme of humanity's last hope, rather than just "a ship" type of name.

There's a lot about the story worth getting excited about, so it kinda hurts that the name even has to matter

 

[Darth Canoli]

Whatever the case may be, I think the name Colony Ship hurts it too, it's pretty generic. If I was more creative I'd come up with some ideas for another name Maybe something on the theme of humanity's last hope, rather than just "a ship" type of name.

There's a lot about the story worth getting excited about, so it kinda hurts that the name even has to matter

First time i heard of the game, i wouldn't even check it, in my mind generic name = generic game.
It really took me a while to check it and i only did it because a couple of monocled codexers seemed pretty exited about it.

So, i get why it doesn't get so much hype outside of the codex.

A new name and some marketing with good timing would probably do the trick.

 

[Iluvcheezcake]

How about "I have no colony and i must ship" as a new name?

 

[MF]

The game is looking awesome. Really good job.

So far the media has completely ignored the game. Maybe it will change when the game is released, maybe it won't, but right now I'd rate the media coverage as 10% at best (of the coverage AoD got) and the overall interest across the gaming forums at about 30-40%. Maybe it's not a decisive factor, but I'd rather be cautious than optimistic at this point.

To the people harping on the name: I don't think that's the root of the issue.

From my perspective, traditional gaming journalism is dead as a doornail. There's a bunch of streamers knocking at the door begging for keys, but the larger written outlets are a vacuous cloud of cynical apathy towards content. They only care about political angles, which is probably a sign of a sector in decline.

VD, I took your advice to heart last year and I've learned a lot since, but I spent some time crawling all the AoD coverage and noticed that most of those outlets are now defunct or idle, even the ones verified by Metacritic.

It's gonna be organic reach all the way, people! Let's support these fine gentlemen.

 

[Major_Blackhart]

I think I'm gonna join Sseth's merchant guild and start paying for him to review AoD.

 

[HeatEXTEND]

Colony Ship hurts it too, it's pretty generic

Yeah like Predator, Alien, The thing, Terminator, Star Wars, Fallout, Might and Magic, Dungeons and Dragons, etcetc. lol.