The early days of the Tidalis beta have been a bit interesting, as one of the first things we discovered was that our updater would actually kill the OSX version of Tidalis during updates. It was a Unix permissions thing that we somehow didn’t encounter in our prerelease testing. This took us days to solve…
DetailsOverall, early reactions to Tidalis have been extremely positive, for which our entire team is really gratified. However, there have been a few predictable reactions along the lines of “how do you go from making a hardcore strategy game to an [insert slur on casual or puzzle games, or games with cheerful graphics or music]?”…
DetailsAs you can read all about on the post below, Tidalis is now in beta and available for preorder. If you’d prefer a video introduction to the mechanics of the game before you download the demo, then this video covers the high points. Enjoy! View On Youtube
DetailsWhat happens when a notable indie strategy developer makes a puzzle game? We have no idea. Our first game happened to be a notable indie strategy game, but we’ve never considered ourselves tied to any particular genre. Truth is, we made Tidalis because we like puzzle games and we wanted to take our opportunity to…
DetailsTidalis is the second standalone game from indie developer Arcen Games, known originally for their hardcore RTS/4X hybrid, AI War: Fleet Command. Not wishing to be typecast, and having game and level design backgrounds in a wide variety of genres, Arcen chose pretty much the exact opposite genre for their second game. The final game…
DetailsIndie review site Bytten was among the first three sites to review AI War last year. Today the 2010 iteration of their annual Ernie awards has come out, and (spoiler alert) AI War: Fleet Command received the Best Overall Game award from them. We’re couldn’t be more pleased, as they were one of Arcen’s earliest…
DetailsIf you or someone you know hasn’t yet taken the plunge into AI War or its first expansion, now’s a great time to pick it up! Today is the start of a week-long sale at Steam on both AI War: Fleet Command and AI War: The Zenith Remnant. If you’re already an AI War player,…
DetailsOver at Indie Game News, where Arcen’s Chris Park is a contributing writer, we’ve revealed a new screenshot of our upcoming puzzle game Tidalis, along with major news: Arcen is going cross-platform with a move to Unity 3D. It is not yet certain whether or not that will affect AI War down the road, but…
DetailsI get mail from time to time from aspiring indies, and recently I was asked an intriguing question: “The fact is that I have no idea what is the average number of sales for indie pc games… more like 10,000 or 30,000? More? Less? I know it’s around 50 000 for XBLA titles but I…
DetailsIndie developers Arcen Games, Cryptic Comet, and Positech Games have joined forces to bring strategy fans the ultimate bundle: Gratuitous Space Battles + The Tribe Expansion, Solium Infernum, and AI War + The Zenith Remnant Expansion. This weekend only, the three companies are offering this special package for a mere $49.99 (for the math impaired,…
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