@gofrit said in Unity has blocked SpatialOS - What's up and what it means for us:
(...) EULA-TOS could change drastically with no-warning(...)
That's why I hate licensing. If you buy a product and the associated contract(s) are fine with you, there's little leeway to go back on it later on. Most unfortunately, I am not aware of any 'client'-engine that would be purchase without a license.
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@specter said in Unity has blocked SpatialOS - What's up and what it means for us:
If Fractured were to switch to a different engine, it would set the development of Fractured back by 2 years because the devs would effectively have to start over again(...)
Most of the graphical and animation assets could be reused with some degree of assimilation to UE and a good deal of the logic that resembles around SpatialOS should be modular. And while the developers would have to learn the ropes of UE, I'm sure that a considerable amount of cash from the UE-SpatialOS fund would allow them to hire/outsource some in the meantime, right?
That said, have Prometheus and his team taken up the contact offer by Unity? And if so, what was the response?
Fascinating blame game by both sides, sadly Fractured gets stuck in the middle.
I have faith that you guys can work it out with the parties involved. Good luck!
@dragomok said in Let's take a poll:
So getting your town (...) besieged (...) is "oodles of fun"(...)
@target said in Let's take a poll:
Demons have sieges too
My point was more from a gameplay perspective. In my humble opinion Beastman have 'unique' gameplay elements compared to the other races, Humans have 'unique' gameplay elements compared to the other races, but the only 'unique' gameplay mechanic of demons is not suffering a debuff during certain times when raiding humans.
Hence for a min maxer, it appears far more logic to choose either Beastman or Human.
@gothix said in Let's take a poll:
I think it may end up pretty balanced because every race has something interesting.
I doubt that, beastman 55%, humans 40%, demons 5% is my humble guesstimate.
Beastman have a clear gameplay advantage over demons and a good deal of people is interested in PvE. Humans have a special mechanic (siege). Demons are rather useless (sadly 
).
@gibbx said in Developer updates, any updates...:
(...)Personally I think its more important for them to actually work on the game. I can be patient.
I concur!
That said, it is going to be a matter of the current 'development phase'. Since pre-alpha (right now) is under NDA, it is a lot more 'additional' work for them to release public statements. With Alpha 1 (end of January/beginning of February hopefully), progress is going to be a lot more 'visible', since people are going to stream their experience.
@00 said in Post Kickstarter Funding is Going Well:
2k from getting the Enhanced Character Creation
Just wait for the first Alpha 1 footage to appear on Youtube in January/February and we're going to breeze through these stretch goals (if the stretch goals last as long ).
(...) Everyone can travel, but with some restrictions.
And traveling supposedly requires some preparations in form of collecting and using the resources required for a star gate. From what we know it is most likely a team effort.
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Welcome to Fractured!
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Welcome to Fractured!
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Exploration most certainly! The rest heavily depends on how gameplay turns out for different races and their interactions.
@eurav said in Is the game playable in the pre alpha and alpha 1?:
The Pre - Alpha players have singed a NDA, so the chosen players are not allowed to say anything about it.(...)
And even if they could, it would still depend on his computer.
That said, you should never expect an optimized product during any alpha phase.
'Make it work, make it right, make it fast.' — Kent Beck
@specter said in Anyone else dying to know how Pre-Alpha testing is going?:
@solaris SpatialOS isn't something you just implement, it's the very foundation of the game and intertwined with the code.
Just an explanation of what I think @Solaris meant:
Some companies set different priorities and spend time developing the client first (an example of that strategy would be Chronicles of Elyria, which had been announced as planning to use SpatialOS as well).
@dagimir said in Mentor system:
(...)how far you are in the talent trees can determine just how powerful you are.
That is exactly not how the knowledge system is planned to work. A character you just created an hour ago is on equal terms with a character that has unlocked all possible skills in the game combat wise. First of all, you have to select which skills you want to use, so there's the first limitation on horizontal 'power' (compared to vertical). Everything you have unlocked past that is moot for the current battle, since you can not change during a battle. Furthermore, skills allow you to react to a specific scenario and situation in a certain way, but are not giving you more 'power'. It is diversity, not strength you gain.
@dagimir said in Mentor system:
(...) player level (...)
That's what people in this thread are trying to point out though. You are basing your assumptions on experience with games that track and gate advancing through content based on level and/or skill progress. This is not the case with Fractured though.
Hence why the system would have a significant different impact on playstyle here.
Thanks for the neat content pill! The models are looking great and I'm already curious on how you're going to model the other races
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