Posts made by Logain

Welcome to Fractured @SirApetus!
Pity you're no longer part of TTC
I hope you're going to enjoy your time over here though.

I hope people are going to enjoy messing around during these times

1. What parts of the city functionality do you plan to have available for Alpha 2 Test 3?
2. How do you plan to ensure various people testing all the 'mayor' functionality in these 2 weeks (you likely want to have a high amount of 'fluctuation' in that position, but not too much to stop people from testing what they should test)?

@Callgirl said in If you buy BETA 2 access, can you play NOW:

(...)No point in waisting the cash then(...)

I agree with @Manaia, it doesn't sound like you want to participate in the creation of a game, but simply want to consume it when it's finished. That said, just to explain, you wouldn't 'waste money', since that money is used to help fund the creation of a game. The sad part is, if nobody pays developers to create games, they have to work with Publishers, who want to simply get the most money and are less interested in getting people good games, but instead would rather have cash shop, lootboxes and whatever else might work to get more money out of players for the same old games over and over again.

Welcome to Fractured!
I hope you're going to enjoy the final game as much as you did with the open test!

@Recoil said in Coming from CoE:

(...) you'll have to wait a while before full release(...)

That was a main part of the problem with CoE though. Telling people the game would release in a year and a half, then nothing, telling people the game would now release in 2 more years and again nothing tangible (other then 'web events' and a parkour single player demo at the very end). The Fractured roadmap told people flat out they'd have to wait for a good while and there is a 'basic game' to test right now (with Alpha 2 access).

That said, I fully understand the issues CoE had, as it is far, far easier to display curated content than it is to display procedural generated content in what people consider a reasonable amount of time.

webRequest is a mean API

Prometheus actually confirmed that in the last AMA Twitch stream where it was asked as question
So, rest assured it is going to be possible in the future, but I wouldn't hold my breath for that to happen soon, since it's not really a required functionality and likely rather late on the list.

Welcome to Fractured!
I hope you're going to enjoy your time here!

Congratulations to all winners!
Happy posting and game testing!

@Marovec said in Graphics Question:

(...)it looks far sharper, with richer colors(...)

Does that perception persist through multiple areas of the game, or is it 'only' around the starting areas?

Which areas of the game have you been visiting @Althalus? As an example, is the wood in Heartwood dense? How many interactable objects do you expect per screen?

Welcome to Fractured!
I'm a CoE backer as well, so I guess I can give you a bit of a comparison there if you want.
First and most important, there is never a warranty that a game makes it to release. Even AAA studios fail more often than you might think (you're just less often to read about it). If you want to be 100% adamant sure that there's going to be a game, you'll have to wait even a few month after release to see how things are going, that's the price you'd have to pay in order to prevent a broken heart.
That said, there are a couple core differences between CoE and Fractured. There are plenty of investors for Fractured, so they didn't need to live of their Kickstarter funding. Fractured's scope is far less ambitious (and hence far more likely). Fractured has had delays and issues in development, but we're talking like 3 month behind schedule there, so I guess comparing this to CoE you'd kind of laugh. There is a game in testing right now, played by hundreds of people, yes, it's still rough, no, it is nowhere near finished, but it is miles from a single player parkour run.
There'd be more points, but that would get too long of a posting, so if you have specific questions, feel free to ask.

Good luck with the stream!
And it's great to see that you're spreading some keys.

Welcome to Fractured!
I hope you're going to enjoy your time here!

stressed out

Congratulations to all winners!
And remember, be save, stay at home and keep the posts coming!

I like the fact how your story highlights how much certain design pillars of a game can intervene and effect each other. I'd say that's the key point, ideas aren't bad, it's rather that they might not blend well with other design decisions in a game and could very well turn out great under other conditions

HDR dynamic terrain

To be object oriented or data oriented...