We're one step closer to knowing who our espionage faction is! Last week, you upvoted the names you liked best so we could pick our favorite three. We have to say, there's a lot of heated debate going on still about which ones we like best, so while we're taking our time to pick a selection that does the faction justice, we're moving on to the next step, Ship Design!
We're very happy to finally release the Unfallen comic, which has been co-authored by YOU, our community! As a special treat, and to make them more readily accessible to our players everywhere, we are putting all our Endless Space 2 Stories comics up on Steam. The comics will automatically download to your installation folder, in a subfolder called "Stories". Note that the Unfallen comic will also be made available on the Wiki at a later date.
While we're on the subject of Endless Space 2 Stories, we've put together a special treat to show you how we create comics, and give you a chance to meet some of the Amplitude people who have been behind the scenes!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIsUCTtTCnk
INTRODUCING BRANCHING PATHS, OUR COMMUNITY CO-AUTHORED UNFALLEN COMIC!
Given that the Unfallen comic came about via a creative collaboration between the community and the studio, making this one was a little bit different to the normal process ...
Prior to beginning the comic, we'd already decided that we'd approach the Unfallen from an outsider's perspective, and with the community's help we came up with our main character, Karv Jezet--an experienced, cynical Haroshem adventurer with perfect memory.
By the way, we chose to tell the story from a non-Unfallen POV because we thought it would be very difficult to do justice to the culture and psychology of a sentient species of trees in an 8-page comic format! Often, alien races in science-fiction are nothing more than humans in fancy-dress, and we didn't want to reduce such an interesting species like the Unfallen into such a role. By letting the audience see the Unfallen through Karv's eyes, we could still explore some of their most striking aspects, while keeping their inherent "alienness".
Of course, lone adventurers rarely make interesting protagonists, so we quickly came up with the idea of Karv having a partner. And who better than teaming Karv up with everyone's favourite photobomber, Ryhnc Raggiodri? But where we would they start their adventures? How about a seemingly virgin world, where Unfallen tendrils were about to make planetfall in a matter of days ...
Since the community would have a vote on the protagonists' choices every couple of pages, and we wanted them to have a genuine input into the direction of the story, we didn't think too much about what would unfold on the page. We knew the world had certain, unique features, but we had no idea how things would pan out.
Give it a read, and tell us what you think!
-StoryEngine
We hope you enjoy this story! If you have any questions or comments, you can shoot them in this thread at Arkel, who leads the project. And if you want to learn more about our comics, you can rewatch our comics livestream on Youtube!
Join us for Beer2Gether London!
Hi everyone,
We're hosting our very first BEER2GETHER in the UK and we want you to be there! For those of you unfamiliar with BEER2GETHER, it's an event we organize where players and devs can hang out and talk games around their beverages of choice.
It's a long-standing Amplitude tradition that's always taken place at our home base in Paris, but this year we've decided to branch out & switch our baguettes & cheese for fish & chips! (For our French friends, not to worry, les B2Gs Parisiens will continue as always).
Our senior writer StoryEngine and two of our game designers, Jhell & Kynrael, will be shuttling under the channel on Saturday, April 14th to check out EGX Rezzed. The plan is to meet up at a nearby bar after the event wraps up. Food & drinks will be provided! space is limited and available on a first come, first served basis.
If you'd like to sign-up to attend, please fill out the following form. You will receive a confirmation email letting you know if your reservation has been accepted.
Looking forward to seeing everyone IRL!
[1.2.23] Patch Notes
[FIXES]
[BALANCE]
[1.2.20] Patch Notes
1.2.20 - 21/03/2018
Fixes
Fixed the "Preserve" reward of the "Ghoul or Gourmand" quest.
Fixed the completion prerequisites of "The Gunfather" quest.
Fixed the second part of the "To do, or not to do" quest trigger.
Fixed a bug preventing the Sefaloros to appear in-game.
Fixed a bug preventing the “Developer of Talent” quest of being validated.
Fixed a bug where the "Take arms" objective of the "To do, or not to do" quest was able to target unique planets.
Fixed a bug generating an error message after completing the “Take arms" objective from the "To do or not to do" quest.
Fixed the "To do or not to do... (Part 2)" quest progress counter.
Balancing
Adjusted trade buff; trade companies should start with a higher initial income while still being reasonable in late-game
Miscellaneous
Sower pop quest artwork has been flipped left for a better view.
Lost Symphony, Untold Tales, & patch 1.2.18!
Hey everyone,
We are very happy to be releasing two new content packs, Untold Tales, & Lost Symphony. Aimed at increasing immersion, and modeled after Endless Legend's The Lost Tales & Echoes of Auriga, these two new pieces are aimed at players who love Endless Space 2's rich universe, and want to fill their eyes and ears with MORE of it. Both content packs are priced at $2.99 / 2.99€ / £2.49, with a 10% discount until March 19th! At the same time, Endless Space 2 is a whopping 50% off for the same duration, so if you've been looking for an occasion to rope your friends in, now's a great time!
The Endless galaxy might be governed by a few powerful forces, but it is still inhabited by masses of minority species, with their own history, heroes and purpose. In Endless Space 2: Untold Tales, uncover hidden secrets, intriguing stories and endearing characters scattered across your Empire with 21 exclusive Quests, 4 new Minor Factions and 4 new Heroes.
One of our main goals with this patch was to rebalance weapon & support modules following your feedback. Energy weapons should now be on par with their projectile counterparts, and Blast Effect Batteries will no longer be able to one-shot bigger ships. We also gave some much needed buffs to some supports modules that were seeing little use while imposing some limitations to those that were too prominent in combat or could stack too high.
The other main aspect was to rebalance governments, also following player feedback. Republic was king and the idea was to bring the other governments to its level, by increasing their strengths and make them able to fit different playstyles. Along with the purely numerical changes on political event values (building many military ships will no longer force you to become militarist!), we feel this brings new stakes to the political game of Endless Space 2!
BALANCE
Vaulters:
Space Battle:
Politics:
Economy
FIXES
We hope you guys are excited by the added immersive content we're offering! Once you've given Lost Symphony a listen, tell us what your favorite track is!
[FOR YOUR EYES ONLY] THE NEXT MAJOR FACTION WILL BE...
Click the picture to vote
Date: REDACTED Clearance level: TOP SECRET
To the attention of REDACTED
Dear REDACTED,
We have received critical intel on the Endless Space 2 project. Based on our findings, it seems likely that an upcoming major faction will be created through community votes.
Our agents monitored the creation of the Eyder minor faction in late 2015, and you might be familiar with the process. A series of votes progressively shapes various aspects of the faction, until its personality and looks emerge. We suspect the methods employed will be similar.
Here are the critical facts we have gathered, based on reliable sources:
SPECIES TYPE => ORIGIN => HOME PLANET => CIVILIAN DESIGN => SHIP DESIGN
It is our belief that influencing the outcome of this process is of paramount importance to the well-being of our society. We recommend proceeding to the Votes section and throwing our weight behind our preferred option, starting with [Species Type].
We remain confident that final victory will be ours.
Sincerely,
REDACTED
Update 1.2.11 -- Guardians & the Galaxy
Update 1.2.11 -- Guardians & the Galaxy
[ADDITIONS & IMPROVEMENTS]
[QUESTS]
[PERFORMANCE]
[MODDING]
[FIXES]
Make War Not Love 5
Hey everyone!
This week is Valentine's day. Again. To combat the existential dread brought on by this commercial holiday, we've decided that once again and in a spirit of camaraderie, it would be much more preferable to make war, not love.
Make War, Not Love is a SEGA event that gathers all strategy studios (that's us, Creative Assembly, and Relic) for a long week-end of events, challenges and giveaways. Starting on the 14th at 9AM GMT, we'll need you to play our games (Endless Space 2, Total War Warhammer 2, Dawn of War 3 or Company of Heroes 2) for as long as possible to unlock rewards for everyone! We'll also be streaming our games several times this week, one of which might even pit us against the community... and you?
On top of that, we have some solid discounts going on on all these games for the duration of the event (until the 18th). Make sure you check out the Make War Not Love website for all info and to register as a participant.
Cancel all your plans, sharpen your guns, we're staying in and we're having fun!
