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Genre: Simulator, Strategy, Indie

Concealed Intent

Version 0.9.23 Released
The first part of the new skirmish system is here. Now there are many more options for all your procedural battle needs. Unfortunately the AI is now a little weak as it doesn't handle the added complexities very well. Fixing that will be my next task.

Remember this is Early Access, work on improved skirmish scenarios is ongoing. If you have any ideas, suggestions or issues please let me know.

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Current Version: 0.9.23 (3rd February 2016)

Known Issues:
* Steam Overlay can sometimes cause some macs to hang on startup - need to disable Overlay

Immediate Roadmap:
* Balance/AI? Skirmish fixes.
* Look again at the tutorial/missions
* Suggestions/feedback?
* Display component stats on tooltip?
* Performance enhancements - client & server?

0.9.22 (15th January 2016) -> 0.9.23 (3rd February 2016)
* Fix bug where online games go to wait status after replay when still planning
* More specific wording in the tutorials
* Stacked entities display a single (combined) target marker
* Make uncontrolled controllables have a disruption probability of 100%
* Fix bug with stack selectors being destroyed rather than deleted if launch -> select -> cancel launch
* Stop scrolling views from rotating the camera
* Fix tooltips on flowtables appearing even if flowtable is not visible
* Allow all scrollviews to be dragged
* Add ordering to the running of enemy AI - more powerful ships go first (useful for future AI work)
* Rework of Skirmish settings
* Fix bug with "Move Towards" with intermediate waypoints where the path was calculated in reverse (so sometimes no LOS)
* Remove foreach in focus buttons and pool them

Version 0.9.22 Released
After the bug scare on New Year's day, I decided to get back into Concealed Intent development after the holidays by working through some issues & bugs (hopefully without adding too many new ones :). Existing players won't notice many changes to gameplay (other than shield & repairer stacks are nerfed to prevent undamagable ships), but with luck the game will seem just a little bit smoother.

Tomorrow I start on the skirmish changes. First up will be an arbitrary number of player and enemy ships.

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Current Version: 0.9.22 (15th January 2016)

Known Issues:
* Steam Overlay can sometimes cause some macs to hang on startup - need to disable Overlay

Immediate Roadmap:
* Look again at the tutorial
* More randomized skirmishes
* GUI setup (mainly for menus)
* Balance/AI suggestions/feedback?
* Display component stats on tooltip?
* Performance enhancements - client & server?

0.9.21 (1st January 2016) -> 0.9.22 (15th January 2016)
* Darken the narrative background to make it clearer in cluttered scenarios
* Move most in-mission narrative message to planning phase
* Fix bug where internal planet radius was too large
* Fix bug where switching teams means that bringing a focus button into view moves the wrong focus container
* Update Victory Stripe conditions in the campaign to be more realistic
* Only draw stats grid a maximum of once per frame
* Display plans during all non-playing phases
* Reload & display plans on online game reload
* Make stats panel 10px shorter and move hull/noise labels closer to their corresponding gui elements
* Nerf shields and repairers a little to prevent undamagable ships
* Enemies should spiral towards optimal range, rather than move in straight lines (but they may still appear to move in a straight line if optimal range is a long way from their current position - ie a very tight spiral)
* Don't add online placeholder entities into focus buttons (causing it to jump)
* Periodically reload Steam friend status & display Steam avatar
* Switch teams now works in replays
* Stop server automatically creating a default game if a steam friend challenge expires due to waiting time
* Add time remaining to online game button
* A successful challenge -> game transition no longer sometimes incorrectly display as cancelled
* Pool TargetMarker and StackSelector for performance
* Cache gui tweens
* Colour and make larger the "to hit percentage". Players can now shoot with lock's down to 0%. Make Gui firing system consistent.
* Highlight target drone only once at end of T1
* Prevent players being able to challenge themselves
* Updated audio settings to use less memory/cpu
* Object pool can now expand if necessary
* Adjust layers to remove unnecessary physics checks
* Remove hashsets from planners for performance
* Allow multiple feedback messages & clean up feedback screen
* Larger and more readable online wait screen font
* Click fallthrough added to targeting stats HUD
* Can now use either Delete or Backspace to remove a waypoint by default. Also fix up secondary controls a little.
* Another attempt to ensure "ALT" hint in tutorial and component grids are always shown correctly

Version 0.9.21 Released
This is just a quick patch release to fix a stupid bug that caused the game to lock up on the early missions, but not the tutorial or first mission. I am immensely sorry, I should have caught this before release. I am also immensely thankful to the player who wrote the bug report (unfortunately in their refund request).

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Current Version: 0.9.21 (1st January 2016)

Known Issues:
* Steam Overlay can sometimes cause some macs to hang on startup - need to disable Overlay
* One report of regular crashes, as yet unable to replicate

Immediate Roadmap:
* Look again at the tutorial
* More randomized skirmishes
* GUI setup (mainly for menus)
* Balance/AI suggestions/feedback?
* Display component stats on tooltip?
* Performance enhancements - client & server?

0.9.20 (24th December 2015) -> 0.9.21 (1st January 2016)
* Fix a stupid casting bug

Version 0.9.20 Released
It took a little longer than expected, but v0.9.20 is now up on Steam. The main addition in this build is the ability to challenge your Steam friends with a ship of your choosing, and a map of your choosing, with the turn time limit of your choosing. There are also a number of smaller fixes and improvements - many of which have been suggested by players. Thanks very much!

A word of warning. I have tested this release over the last few days and fixed all the known bugs. However, a large amount of the codebase has changed (particularly in online play) to accommodate the new functionality. There may still be bugs or issues.

If you find something broken or just "weird" please let me know.

Next up is an enforced break for xmas holiday! Then sometime next week I'll get started on more Skirmish options, the first community requested feature! Plus of course the standard list of bug fixes and improvements, also the continuous work improving the tutorial, missions and balance.

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Current Version: 0.9.20 (24th December 2015)

Known Issues:
* Steam Overlay can sometimes cause some macs to hang on startup - need to disable Overlay
* One report of regular crashes, as yet unable to replicate

Immediate Roadmap:
* Look again at the tutorial
* More randomized skirmishes
* GUI setup (mainly for menus)
* Balance/AI suggestions/feedback?
* Display component stats on tooltip?
* Performance enhancements - client & server?

0.9.19 (30th November 2015) -> 0.9.20 (24th December 2015)
* When checking stacks for unstacking immediately check newly created stack too, in order to prevent incorrect stacks
* Stricter online plan validation
* Action button flashes if online results ready to be played
* Fix positioning of turn marker in the menu on some resolutions
* Stop explosion camera shake if camera is rotating
* Possible now in Decode pick up the Codebreaker's pod the same turn their ship is destroyed
* Set background music to play continuously through the all phases (previously only played for planning)
* Set default SFX volume to 75% & Master volume to 80%. Also lowered volume on most weapons by 20%.
* Focus point for online games
* Fix bug where control options are sometimes all bunched up on top of each other
* Made hermit station model a little smaller so it doesn't extend beyond unknown sphere
* Mute music on application focus loss (thanks anonymous feedback person!)
* Fix colliders on End menu Next button (thanks anonymous feedback person!)
* Able to challenge Steam friends
* So many changes to the way online duels are set up I can't list them all here
* Don't recalculate threat map after a replay
* Server returns game time remaining in session status
* In tutorial, highlight player ship if it needs to be selected for commands to work
* Stop flickering when starting to move (mainly on macs)

Version 0.9.19 Released
Just a small update to add tips on tactics to the first 3 missions, as I'm hearing/seeing that people are having trouble working out how to play. As this was not my intention, the tips should help players get started.

Also, signature can now go down to 0, rather than 1. This means that is now possible for ships to be completely undetectable.

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Current Version: 0.9.19 (30th November 2015)

Known Issues:
* Steam Overlay can sometimes cause some macs to hang on startup - need to disable Overlay
* One report of regular crashes, as yet unable to replicate

Immediate Roadmap:
* Look again at the tutorial
* Online improvements
* More randomized skirmishes?
* Balance/AI suggestions/feedback?
* Display component stats on tooltip?
* Performance enhancements?

0.9.18 (27th November 2015) -> 0.9.19 (30th November 2015)
* Added tactical tips to early missions
* Cover more tutorial situations
* If highlighted entity is stacked then highlight its stack selector
* Set minimum signature to 0 rather than 1
* Ensure ring of move disc is drawn to correct proportions
* Better mission button positioning

Version 0.9.18 Released
Another new version. The main difference here is the addition of Steam Achievements. I have also made some balancing changes to hopefully aid stealth tactics (yours & the AI) and made the 3rd mission, Pickup, easier as it seems to be the place most people stop. A bunch of cosmetic issues and mission edge-cases have also been cleaned up.

Based on feedback, next will be some more work on the tutorial and trying to teach some of the basic tactics in the tutorial or early missions.

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Current Version: 0.9.18 (27th November 2015)

Known Issues:
* Steam Overlay can sometimes cause some macs to hang on startup - need to disable Overlay
* One report of regular crashes, as yet unable to replicate

Immediate Roadmap:
* Look again at the tutorial & give tactical hints in early missions
* Online improvements
* More randomized skirmishes?
* Balance/AI suggestions/feedback?
* Display component stats on tooltip?
* Performance enhancements?

0.9.17 (23rd November 2015) -> 0.9.18 (27th November 2015)
* Steam achievements
* Made Pickup a little easier
* Adjusted down detection boundaries
* Added heightmarkers to tutorial move targets
* Increased detection decay and decreased mid-range passive sensor sensitivity to encourage hiding
* Prevent delta location being inside naturals (move instead to nearest free space)
* AI targeting by most dangerous now orders by closest if danger levels are equal (so targeting only drones works better)
* Hide actions (like cm & sensors) for stacked entities so they do not appear as if the top-of-stack is planning them.
* Prevent overlap of text and completed tick on missions list for some resolutions
* Enable targetting of entities in the same stack as firer
* Reset Heightmarker layer when depreviewed (stopping height markers displaying randomly)
* Remove generated name tag from generated ships
* Clicking on offscreen indicators now selects & focuses, rather than just focus
* Clicking on stack selector now selects, rather than just moving to the top of the stack

Version 0.9.17 Released
Here is the first post-release update.

The main change is the addition of four new missions towards the end of the single-player campaign: Clear, Factory, Rescue & Last Stand. Now there are 20 missions total. In addition to the missions there are a number of potential bug fixes and cosmetic changes.

Next up is Steam Achievements (if possible), plus more cosmetic changes.

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Current Version: 0.9.17 (23rd November 2015)

Known Issues:
* Steam Overlay can sometimes cause some macs to hang on startup - need to disable Overlay
* One report of regular crashes, as yet unable to replicate - fixed?
* Sometimes the mouse jumps into distance preview mode during a Play Phase, as yet unable to consistently replicate - might be fixed in 0.9.17

Immediate Roadmap:
* Steam Achievements
* Look again at the tutorial
* Online improvements
* More randomized skirmishes?
* Balance/AI suggestions/feedback?
* Display component stats on tooltip?
* Performance enhancements?
* More missions?

0.9.16 (12th November 2015) -> 0.9.17 (23rd November 2015)
* Caught missed situations in Decode & Burglary scripting
* Updated component description text
* Make Loadout stats flash colour on load/unload & increased font size
* Only depreview mouse pointer if in preview mode
* Remove = gap in some < or > conditional tests
* Codebreaker in Decode now only targets drones
* Added text to say the 'F' key is for focus (as well as center) & the station in Layers has shields & the codebreaker has a jammer
* Position noise markers better on focus buttons (esp. for 1920 resolutions)
* Position "ALT+mouse" hint better (esp. for 1920 resolutions)
* Fix bug where drones launched from stations had no texture applied
* Fix bug where a corrupted .dat file (how did that happen?) can cause TurnPlayTime out of bounds and break the game
* Fix bug where use of the loadout filter may cause filtered components to be reused in the loadout grid causing the grid to act strangely
* Fix bug where replaying a turn in which a stacked entity is first detected and becomes Categorised or better causes crash
* Make it possible to skip the first two (introductory) missions
* Added 4 new SP missions: Clear, Factory, Rescue, Last Stand
* Remove SSL to speed online communication (no secret information is transmitted for Steam users)
* Force garbage collection during display of phase markers

Version 0.9.16 Released
A new version (0.9.16) has just been uploaded for PC/Mac. Baring any major bugs being discovered, this will be the version released to Early Access on the 19th. Be assured I'll be testing it at least a little everyday until then, and probably beyond!

Apart from more testing, my next task will be adding 3 more missions to the single-player campaign while waiting for feedback.

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Current Version: 0.9.16 (12th November 2015)

Known Issues:

  • Steam Overlay can sometimes cause some macs to hang on startup - need to disable Overlay
  • One report of regular crashes, as yet unable to replicate
  • Sometimes the mouse jumps into Distance Preview Mode during a Play Phase, as yet unable to replicate


Immediate Roadmap:

  • More missions
  • Steam Achievements
  • Online improvements
  • Balance/AI suggestions/feedback?
  • Display component stats on tooltip?
  • Performance enhancements


0.9.15 (4th November 2015) -> 0.9.16 (12th November 2015)

  • Enable rotation in vertical move mode
  • Adjusted Void skybox to remove sharp edges on galaxy image
  • Add message suggesting a Steam review when finishing the last mission
  • Show button prompts for move discs in tutorial
  • Make Illumination, Seizure & Burglary missions a bit harder
  • Fix bug where games crashes if starting a mission overcapacity due to (very lucky!) use of a usurper in the previous mission
  • Fix bug where component highlight could be showing even when required entity is not (sometimes caused crash)
  • Steam cards
  • Right-click + Alt now shown in entity highlight when required
  • Boost power of disruptors against uncontrolled drones
  • Stop HUD Selector going past left or bottom edge of screen
  • Prevent rotation of background camera due to mouse movement in scenario menus
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