Game News Indie X-COM: Xenonauts Kickstarter Now Live

[EG]

No human psionics and blaster bombs in the main game?

I'll never support this! Still . . . Deity bless their thieving hearts.

 

[sgc_meltdown]

$25k for tall, flammable grass.

Sounds about right for AAA graphical assets

 

[DwarvenFood]

Now we are left with painful waiting period before it finally alllow us once again to save earth from *alien scum*. In Turns<as it ought to be with Xcom>

The wait was going on for quite a while already...


Also, what happened to the female soldiers goal ??

 

[OSK]

Now we are left with painful waiting period before it finally alllow us once again to save earth from *alien scum*. In Turns<as it ought to be with Xcom>

The wait was going on for quite a while already...


Also, what happened to the female soldiers goal ??

We’ll also be putting female soldiers into the game, and providing a Mac and Linux version of the game too.

Though a fair amount of the debate on female soldiers consisted of needlessly aggressive and largely counter-productive internet rage, a few people made the reasoned argument that if we use the unisex sprites soldier solution, it’ll only cost a few thousand dollars to female soldiers to the game. As we’ve put ethnic soldiers in the game to be more inclusive, should we not do the same for female soldiers?

Having mulled that over for a day or two, I’m inclined to agree. The final game will include 25 female portraits and modified Basic Armour art (the other armour types are too bulky for it to make a difference), though the sprites will remain unisex for all soldiers.

 

[mindx2]

They made the Level Designer goal already!! So glad that was their first stretch goal as it shows their backers actually "get it" by wanting better game play... not silly romances/bloom/big breasted soldiers/etc. :p!

 

[Jaesun]

Sweet. I just hope they can get more tile sets.