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[ollobrains]

hasant been any updates on this one for a while, development on the website is slowly grinding along wondering if its neared completion ?

[EsKa]

Hi,

It has been a couple of very busy months between my recovery from the hospital and the paperwork required to make my business more official. As such, the publishing rate decreased a bit. But, don't worry, a devlog should be out by Sunday.

Also, most of what I am doing at the moment isn't exactly riveting stuff to read or write about. There's a lot of user interface improvements, tons of "ease of use" changes, many bug-fixes, code optimization, but no major new feature like the colony stuff.

1.1 release is still planned for the end of October.

Cheers,
EsKa

[Gabeux]

Good to know man, and welcome back.

[EsKa]

Thanks, and because you asked for it, here's the devlog 

[Paul]

Game just had its Steam debut. People who already bought it will get Steam keys. New version is pretty great, lots of nice UI improvements. Better faction AI too. Here's a link to the change log:

http://www.anarkisgaming.com/2016/02/unending-galaxy-1-2-released/#more-2470

[ductape]

Bought on steam. Smooth animations in the update sold me.

[Gabeux]

Been having lots of fun with it. Not sure how long it will take to take over a 1300+ sector map, but with a lot of chaotic strategy and tactics I'm advancing quite well. 

[Paul]

I managed to take over the Swarm Hiveworld map using the neutral trader start and allying with the Humans early on so I could focus on other targets one at a time. Did some pretty erratic conquering, I flew around with a big fleet in my personal control and left my empire to be defended by the AI patrols. I piloted a construction ship to keep it safe while ordering my fleet to wipe out capital sectors, built my own shipyard and military base there with my fleet on defense, then left it to the AI to defend. By sweeping through and taking all the capitals I was able to conquer a faction much quicker than trying to slowly wear them down, as I stopped their ship production right off and just had to mop the rest of their fleets and bases up.

My first attempt at jumping into a capital sector ended badly though; when I didn't bring enough ships and got overwhelmed by forces coming through the gate while constructing a shipyard. I had to bring my entire supply value in battleships and carriers.

[Mephansteras]

PTW

[puke]

So, this thing has had two recent patches and is currently on sale for under $10...

[Mattk50]

How does this compare to similar games?

[puke]

Similar in what way?

Similar to other 2D EV-likes? You can build industry and effect large scale economics and wage war.

Similar to the X series? It's in 2D.

[Paul]

How does this compare to similar games?

Well, it plays kind of like a 2D sandbox mode X3 but with an economy that doesn't spawn ships and resources out of nowhere and the ability to actually affect the world (destroy stations, conquer territory, eliminate factions, etc.). The creator is an X series modder, so it definitely bears a resemblance to the X series.

Somewhat similar to Distant worlds in that your empire can be automated with the same AI that the other empires use and you can pick what to leave on autopilot (including everything if you just want to watch).

Somewhat similar to Distant Sky in that you can fly as an individual ship and get more ships, but ship to ship combat isn't as complex since it's not just an RPG.

Try the free version first if you want to make sure it's going to be something you're interested in. It's a fun game and still in active post-release development.

[EsKa]

Hi guys, sorry i've not been more active but it has been a very busy couple of weeks for me IRL. I moved to a new flat, and of course i had to move my furniture, get a new internet connection and so on and so forth. I still have to clean up the old flat too.

Anyway, I just released the beta version of Unending Galaxy 1.2.5. It allows you to play any faction, it fixes crashes that would happen in long games on large maps, it also include a bunch of new ships types, improve the UI and AI all across the board

For more information about the last update you should check the official topic here.

ps: oh wait you can buy the game for too much money on steam at $11.99 or you can buy it at itch.io for $9.99 and still get a steam key (please use itch.io)

Cheers,
EsKa.

[ductape]

Did this game die?