Hey everyone! It’s been quite a while since I posted a comprehensive update, but with the holidays in full swing, and a clear path towards 1.0, I wanted to talk about where we’ve (and I’ve) been, where we are, and where we’re going. To begin, I guess it’s telling to understand where we’ve been. Born […]
Hey everyone! I wanted to take this time to write a quick dev blog about the concept of Character and Emperor Power. It’s actually critically important to the game, but I don’t think I’ve spent that much time on it. It will be very important to understand how you win and lose Challenges, how likely […]
Hey everyone! HUGE update inbound! It should be out in the next day or so. Without further ado, here’s the list! 7.4.0 Changelog Notes – WIP 6.14.19 MAJOR ADDITIONS/CHANGES Added: Intel System Major new gameplay system has now been added and is about 80% complete. This will break down the highlights: Inquisitors added Intel Progress […]
Hello everyone! It’s Steve with a new dev diary. It’s been a while but I’ve been hard at work on a major new system that will be implement fully over the next several weeks. I am super proud of this system, and I think it will expand game play significantly without being overly ‘fiddly’. Anyway, […]
Hello! This is Steve with another blog post about an important topic of AotSS. This time, we’re going to talk about viceroys, since they play an incredibly important part of the game and in order to be successful, you need to understand how they work. First, what do Viceroys do? Basically, they head your planetary […]
Hey everyone! Well, it took a little longer than I intended, but finally .7 is out the door and ready to be played! Now, please remember that this is still an alpha version, so there are still plenty of things to do and fix! I wanted to give you a revised update of what’s to […]
Hello everyone! For this second installment of trade, we’re going to finish explaining how trade works and go into some detail of how you can use trade to your advantage! When we left, all of the trades in the Empire had been reviewed for the ability to fufill; i.e. does a planet have the resources […]
Hey everyone! Looks like we’re going to launch .7 any day now, but I wanted to showcase a few either new or vastly improved/updated elements of the game. The first one is trade. It’s been upgraded and tweaked, and now it’s a powerful part of the game but even though the underlying process is pretty […]
Good morning everyone! Just so you know, as we get closer to launch, you will see more and more blogs explaining various things about AotSS, and this particular blog was inspired by a comment on the YouTube channel – basically, the question was ‘Who are you playing against?” It seemed like a silly question, […]
Great House List Neomerican Culture House Hawken Holding: Throneworld: Illitch Constellation history Neo1 may only be generated for the constellation containing Illitch ‘Francia, Grand Duchess of the Hawkens 2998-present day Born: 12/9/2951 Throneworld: Illitch, home of the famed Illitch shipyards. Parents: Grand Duke Altus Hawken, Duchess Consort Lydia Hawken Ancestry: Great-niece of Grand Duchess (formerly […]
