This one has the lately-omitted AI Hunter/Killer ships returning to take up a role in exo-galactic strike forces. Perhaps more interesting to more people are the forcefield changes: the blocking effect that was removed in the last patch is now back, but the various other forcefield improvements from the last patch have been retained: regarding…
It’s been a couple of weeks since our last update, but we’ve been hard at work! No video this time, but I wanted to tell you about a few things that are new or altered in the game, since we’re getting close to public beta. We’re hoping to hit that stage in about another week…
This one has some really substantial changes to forcefield balance. First of all, the player forcefields are buffed and increased in ship cap. Then players also get a new line of mark I-III hardened forcefields, which are high-armor but lower-heath alternatives to regular forcefields. Next, the way that enemy ships collide at the edge of…
As of September 1st, 2011, we have so far raised and donated $27,779.12 for Child’s Play! That’s $7,098.82 since our July update, all of which has already gone directly to the charity. This means that we’re just a hair away from doubling the original goal of $14,000.00 raised for Child’s Play, which we could not…
This one has a number of balanced tweaks that are notable, as well as one performance tweak that may or may not actually do anything. We’ll be curious to hear more feedback on the performance thing a wider variety of scenarios and machine setups. In terms of the balance changes: 1. The Spirecraft Martyrs have…
With the last day of PAX Prime several hours away, it may seem a bit late to mention that Arcen Games is in fact represented at the expo! While, unfortunately, we’re boothless as the timing didn’t work out for us to present a build of A Valley Without Wind; we still want to be a…
Arcen Games’ addicting puzzle game Tidalis is on sale for 85% off as Steam’s Daily Deal for today, and today only. That means until 10 AM PDT tomorrow–Wednesday, August 24–anyone can grab a copy (or copies) of Tidalis for just $1.50/€1.20/£1.05. For those new to the game, Tidalis is a block-based puzzler with casual appeal,…
It’s been so busy around here prepping for the A Valley Without Wind beta that we’ve slipped a bit in keeping up with sharing reviews of our games. Let’s remedy the situation right now! Two favorable reviews for Tidalis have hit relatively recently via Digital Hippos and DarkstarMatryx. Here’s a bit from each (both are…
Several “Let’s Play” video series for AI War have been popping up and we wanted to share! A big thanks goes out to these guys for taking the time to put all this good stuff together. YT User TheBlackworth 28-Part Let’s Play Series (Over 7 hours of footage!) YT User Upuauta’s 7-Part SMPTG Series YT…
This time the video is all narration, and covers just about everything I would have said in a blog post after this past week. So very short post this time, and here’s the video: Video NotesGameplay footage after about 30 weeks of development. No music this time, sorry, as the voiceover runs throughout and is…
