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[Myroc]

I had a pretty decent run as the Type A engi ship on easy earlier, managed to find a scrap and drone recovery arms pretty early on, as well as a second ion blast and a decent laser. Just needed to find a few more weapon drones and I could tear everything apart more than I already did.

Then I jump into sector 5.

Automated drone with three shields, two hull lasers, an anti ship-drone and a beam drone, and a freaking hermes missile launcher.

Easier enemy generation my ass.

Also, is it only me, or do enemies start with a higher weapon charge than you do? I can never seem to get a volley off before they do with anything besides the Mk II Ion Blast, no matter what weapon they are using.

[MrWiggles]

I am really enjoying this game.

But this game doesnt feel like its 180k dollars. It does feel like a 9k dollar game though.

[forsaken1111]

I am really enjoying this game.

But this game doesnt feel like its 180k dollars. It does feel like a 9k dollar game though.

Really? The game is extremely polished, balanced(Well, balanced towards a roguelike ideal) and smooth. That level of polish isn't easy. I think you're underestimating the costs to make even a 'simple' game like this. Talent costs money, art assets cost money, everything costs money. 9k wouldn't get you much of a game at all unless your employees have some other revenue stream and are working on the game as a hobby, not their primary job.

[Sirus]

@ Shadowlord: You're right, a good defensive drone can work minor miracles.

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For instance, the Defense II drone here not only shoots faster and more accurately, but can also destroy laser blasts as well as missiles. Combined with good evasion and shields, you're the next best thing to invincible (unless, of course, the RNG decides to kill you).

[Shades]

Really? The game is extremely polished, balanced(Well, balanced towards a roguelike ideal) and smooth. That level of polish isn't easy. I think you're underestimating the costs to make even a 'simple' game like this. Talent costs money, art assets cost money, everything costs money. 9k wouldn't get you much of a game at all unless your employees have some other revenue stream and are working on the game as a hobby, not their primary job.

I wouldn't have said extremely polished. It has nice, if simplistic, graphics and it is well balanced, at least as far as choices of what to keep and what to drop go, but the interface is still quite clunky and the amount of content isn't huge.

I'd agree it's a good deal most than 9k worth of development though. For a comparison that is about 3 months of DF development.

[MrWiggles]

And there are some oddities, like there fair amont of folks that experience slow fps. (As I do.) And other performance issues.

And there lots of random events that the players should be abe to have a lot more active control. Such as any fire mission or spider mission, should let you control the crew members during it. I only bring up, as half the game is about managing your crew.

[Levi]

And there are some oddities, like there fair amont of folks that experience slow fps. (As I do.) And other performance issues.

And there lots of random events that the players should be abe to have a lot more active control. Such as any fire mission or spider mission, should let you control the crew members during it. I only bring up, as half the game is about managing your crew.

Yeah, actually that is probably my only complaint.  It is annoying to get things like the spider mission where you simply have a random chance of a crew member dying.  I always just skip it, but that isn't really fun either.

[MrWiggles]

And its the game, just being a dick to you without you have control over it.

[LoSboccacc]

FTL does play dice with the universe

[Tellemurius]

Really? The game is extremely polished, balanced(Well, balanced towards a roguelike ideal) and smooth. That level of polish isn't easy. I think you're underestimating the costs to make even a 'simple' game like this. Talent costs money, art assets cost money, everything costs money. 9k wouldn't get you much of a game at all unless your employees have some other revenue stream and are working on the game as a hobby, not their primary job.

I wouldn't have said extremely polished. It has nice, if simplistic, graphics and it is well balanced, at least as far as choices of what to keep and what to drop go, but the interface is still quite clunky and the amount of content isn't huge.

I'd agree it's a good deal most than 9k worth of development though. For a comparison that is about 3 months of DF development.

I would also

I am really enjoying this game.

But this game doesnt feel like its 180k dollars. It does feel like a 9k dollar game though.

I would like to note that their Kickstarter funding goal was initially set to $10,000 but people love the idea so much is the reason they got $200k

[timferius]

Really? The game is extremely polished, balanced(Well, balanced towards a roguelike ideal) and smooth. That level of polish isn't easy. I think you're underestimating the costs to make even a 'simple' game like this. Talent costs money, art assets cost money, everything costs money. 9k wouldn't get you much of a game at all unless your employees have some other revenue stream and are working on the game as a hobby, not their primary job.

I wouldn't have said extremely polished. It has nice, if simplistic, graphics and it is well balanced, at least as far as choices of what to keep and what to drop go, but the interface is still quite clunky and the amount of content isn't huge.

I'd agree it's a good deal most than 9k worth of development though. For a comparison that is about 3 months of DF development.

I would also

I am really enjoying this game.

But this game doesnt feel like its 180k dollars. It does feel like a 9k dollar game though.

I would like to note that their Kickstarter funding goal was initially set to $10,000 but people love the idea so much is the reason they got $200k

Another thing to keep in mind is that, while they raked in a lot of money on that, every donation is also a sale of the game they won't get come release.

[Mephansteras]

Man, the federation cruiser is kind of difficult to start off with. That artillery beam is cool, but the loadout on the Kestrel is honestly better for getting out of a fight without taking too much damage. Upgraded shields help, but fighting ships with missiles is just painful.

[Sirus]

It's difficult to start with, but you can beat the final boss without ever putting points into your weapon room if you want. See my previous post.

[Levi]

Maaan.  The layout of the Rock Ship is so cool.  You can vent pretty much any system room to space without venting any other system room.

[Mephansteras]

It's difficult to start with, but you can beat the final boss without ever putting points into your weapon room if you want. See my previous post.

Yeah, it's surviving the first few sectors that can be the tricky part. I keep getting stuck in the quandary of spending scrap on repairs or upgrades/outfitting but not having anywhere close to enough to do both. The RNG has not been kind so far.