Vapourware End State - turn-based tactics by Finnish lunatic - now available on Early Access(!)

[SmartCheetah]

Beta when. Do you guys need testers?

 

[norolim]

What I can tell you is that the game is set in a fictional wartorn eastern-european country.

Is it Krakozhia, by any chance?

 

[Goldhawk]

Yes it was meant for you, I wanted to share it to others as well.

What I can tell you is that the game is set in a fictional wartorn eastern-european country, where your group is tasked to hunt down members of a terrorist network. The strategic map is realized as a "real-time satellite image" that you use to explore, investigate leads and plan missions.

It's a cool looking game, good-luck with it!

 

[ERYFKRAD]

What I can tell you is that the game is set in a fictional wartorn eastern-european country.

Is it Krakozhia, by any chance?

No, is Arstotzka.

 

[Ninjerk]

Latveria

 

[xmd1997]

Yes it was meant for you, I wanted to share it to others as well.

What I can tell you is that the game is set in a fictional wartorn eastern-european country, where your group is tasked to hunt down members of a terrorist network. The strategic map is realized as a "real-time satellite image" that you use to explore, investigate leads and plan missions.

I appreciate the response!
At this point, I'm just happy that ya'll seem to be alive and well.

 

[Joined on the 4th of July]

If the information on their site is still current it's Brekovia. Between the Ukraine, Romania and the Black Sea.

and they have drained most of the marshlands of the Danube Delta

 

[phosphorus]

It's a cool looking game, good-luck with it!

Thanks! I am also happy to see Xenonauts 2 having such success in Kickstarter.

If the information on their site is still current it's Brekovia. Between the Ukraine, Romania and the Black Sea.

and they have drained most of the marshlands of the Danube Delta

Brekovia is correct. The information on the site might be bit dated, the actual location is not so specific as in that old illustration.

Here is a low-resolution preview of the current map:

 

[norolim]

If the information on their site is still current it's Brekovia.

Damn, I was hoping it would be Krakozhia and the main campaign goal would be to get pills for goat.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

So there's a map, but how it's planned to be used in game?
Will it be broken into sectors Jagged Alliance style (I think this is unlikely because the massive amount of work needed to create content to every sector), or will it show mission centric hotspots like Fallout Tactics and Silent Storms did (with or without random encounters), perhaps its "just" a screen where you pick next mission?

 

[phosphorus]

So there's a map, but how it's planned to be used in game?
Will it be broken into sectors Jagged Alliance style (I think this is unlikely because the massive amount of work needed to create content to every sector), or will it show mission centric hotspots like Fallout Tactics and Silent Storms did (with or without random encounters), perhaps its "just" a screen where you pick next mission?

You are right, there won't be sectors. There is movement along the roads to mission locations and encounters might happen on the way. It is real-time with pause kind of thing (PS. my favorite old school X-Com is Apocalypse).

 

[xmd1997]

New preview screens on facebook. Damm 3 updates in one month? That's a new record for you guys.
https://www.facebook.com/EndStateGame

 

[Haba]

DIE ANTIFA SCUM!

*ahem*

 

[phosphorus]

Ask a lunatic anything: https://discord.gg/KjdhP6n

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

New pictures from Discord:

 

[AdolfSatan]

Can't believe it's only now that I come across this. It looks amazing! Far more excited to see what comes from this than any modern snuff game featuring the repeated rape of JA's corpse.

Isn't "Finnish lunatic" kind of tautological, though?

 

[Burning Bridges]

Just popping in, and nice to see "Finnish lunatic" taking on this holy grail of games.

I wanted to remark that the presented indoor areas require very heavy computing with line of sight, deformation and ultimately AI. So I don't know if this is really thought through to the end.

 

[phosphorus]

Can't believe it's only now that I come across this. It looks amazing! Far more excited to see what comes from this than any modern snuff game featuring the repeated rape of JA's corpse.

Isn't "Finnish lunatic" kind of tautological, though?

Nice to hear it!

Just popping in, and nice to see "Finnish lunatic" taking on this holy grail of games.

I wanted to remark that the presented indoor areas require very heavy computing with line of sight, deformation and ultimately AI. So I don't know if this is really thought through to the end.

Yeah I have been on this quest for a long time.

You are correct, the calculations can get pretty complex. In case you are interested, I will write few random technical details here:

• The tile system in End State is based on 1m*1m*1m tiles (basically voxels, though we don't render them that way).
• The large building in the above pictures technically has nine floors that each are 1 meter high.
  
• Most buildings are made from 1 meter wide architectural pieces (positioned between tiles), for example 10 meter wall often is 10 separate pieces.
  
• All architectural and other objects are destructable, only exception is the ground.
• There is a structure integrity system, which calculates whether architectural pieces have enough support, if not they will collapse.
• There are breaching charges and other explosives that you can use to take advantage of these systems.
  
• There is a bullet penetration system, where each level object has a resistance value that is used to calculate if and how well each projectile will penetrate. High-powered rifle rounds often penetrate through multiple walls.
• There is a fog-of-war system that illuminates all tiles seen by unit each time it moves or turns, this means calculating through a lot of tiles. It is a multithreaded operation and pretty fast.

 

[phosphorus]

Can't believe it's only now that I come across this.

Well you did save yourself a couple of years of waiting. Not everyone has been so lucky.

 

[Harry Easter]

This looks ... awesome! Will there be a story or are you connecting the game through single missions, like SWAT 4? Can we expect some Sci-Fi-Aspects or are all enemies variation of armed military people? Do we get rocket launchers and destructable environments?

 

[xmd1997]

This looks ... awesome! Will there be a story or are you connecting the game through single missions, like SWAT 4? Can we expect some Sci-Fi-Aspects or are all enemies variation of armed military people. Do we get rocket launchers and destructable environments?

Yes/No, No, Yes, NO and Yes.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

Discord stuff:

HenchaLast Thursday at 2:30 PM
I was playtesting it yesterday for hours, the tactical gameplay is best I've ever seen, but the strategic / metagame still needs work before you peeps can try it

HenchaLast Thursday at 3:56 PM
I would love to post videos and pics, but I think @phosphorous would bust my balls for doing it prematurely

 

[anus_pounder]

Looking good. How far along is the development?

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

 

[Haba]

Can we have watermelon heads, please? Pretty please?