Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865)
Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865) Release Stream
Grand Tactician is Out Today in Early Access!
A Very Special Dispatch, August 21, 2020.
Gen'l,
The highly anticipated real-time strategy game Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865) is now released in Early Access on Steam, at the price of 39,99 (EUR/USD), some 10% less than the final release price (44,90 EUR/USD). Also the game's Soundtrack by Wasel and the Weasels is available on Steam - and you may purchase the game and the soundtrack as a bundle for discounted price.
Early Access means the game is not yet in its final, intended form. Instead, we want to improve it further before calling it “ready”. By purchasing the Early Access version (for a discounted price), the player can already play the game, but for a more complete and polished experience, it is recommended to wait for the full release. If you’re marching with us with the Early Access release, the going will not be smooth and there will be many hardships along the way. But, instead of turning back when facing adversity, the march will continue until the final victory – the full release of the game – is achieved!
First Impressions:
"Grand Tactician: The Civil War is shaping up to be the definitive American Civil War strategy game."
- Wargamer.com
"Grand Tactician: The Civil War threatens to make all previous ACW wargames redundant."
- Rock Paper Shotgun
"Grand Tactician: The Civil War combines real-time tactical battles with a huge strategic and political layer, putting it in a league of its own in the historical strategy games genre."
- PCGamesN
The Road Map.
The Early Access road map is shown above. It shows the major milestones from Early Access release to full release.
What is constantly ongoing in the background are bug fixes, optimization, battle AI fixes, and so on. The road map includes the larger additions to game content, that are currently still missing from the Early Access version.
For further information about the road map content, please see the latest developer's blog here:
THE EARLY ACCESS ROAD MAP
In case you want to know more about the development of Grand Tactician, join the conversation at the game's Steam Discussion forum.
I am, sir, Your very ob't se'v't,
O. KEPPELMÜLLER, Gen'l. Engineer Corps.
Grand Tactician Releases in Early Access on the 21st of August.
Grand Tactician Releases in Early Access on the 21st of August.
A Very Special Dispatch, July 21, 2020.
Gen'l,
Sir, we know you have patiently waited for the order to attack. Now it's the time to make the preparations, as the attack is imminent!
On the 21st of August Grand Tactician: The Civil War 1861-1865 will be released on Steam, in Early Access, at the price of 39,99 (EUR/USD), some 10% less than the final release price (44,90 EUR/USD).
This version of the game will include three different campaign starting points (1861, 1862, and 1863), plus eleven (11) stand-alone battles.
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Why Early Access?
Though the game is playable, we are still hard at work to make the players' experience the best it can be. Specifically, due to the complexity of the game, bugs are still there, and the campaign game-play is not yet balanced well enough for us to be completely happy with it. A save option during battles is also one of the main improvements that the team aims at introducing as soon as possible.
For players waiting for a more refined and complete game play experience, waiting for the final release is recommended.
The game will be in Early Access for approximately the rest of the year - until we are happy with it. The time will be used for bug-fixing, balancing, adding more battle maps, and an 1864 campaign scenario.
Finally, during the early access period, players' feedback will be carefully monitored to improve the game-play experience.
After the final release, a post-release roadmap will be published, including additional features, maps, and playable content – which will be free to all owners of the game.
The soundtrack of Grand Tactician is a feature we are particularly proud of. Including only thematic songs of the period and performed by Wasel and the Weasels, the soundtrack will also be sold separately and in a special bundle with the game. This will allow listening to the songs also outside of the game, and supporting the talented volunteer musicians.
In case you want to know more about the development of Grand Tactician, don't hesitate to contact the team.
I am, sir, Your very ob't se'v't,
O. KEPPELMÜLLER, Gen'l. Engineer Corps.
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Gen'l,
Sir, news from the development front of Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865)! We're happy to announce to all our followers, that the game has reached Beta-stage during June. To celebrate this, we've released a new game play video on our YouTube channel, showing the historic battle feature in the game. See the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dslT5bE-Bo&t=1772s
We have also released a wealth of behind the scenes information about the game in our developer's blog http://www.grandtactician.com/thecivilwar/blog/articles/who-are-the-grand-tacticians
The forced march towards release has started, but the morale is still holding. During the coming weeks we will be sharing information about the game's initial release!
We thank You for the continuous support! Fix Bayonets - and Happy 4th of July!
I am, sir, Your very ob't se'v't,
O. KEPPELMÜLLER, Gen'l. Engineer Corps.
Alpha Reached.
Special dispatch, April 15, 2020.
Gen'l,
We're glad to report, that Grand Tactician: The Civil War (1861-1865) development is advancing as planned and we have reached Alpha-stage. This means that the game has now all the main features implemented. The final leg of the march towards Summer 2020 is now underway. Huzzah!
During the coming months we will be adding the final assets in the game and will be busy hunting and squashing bugs, improving the code, optimizing, and adding the playable content. We will also be sharing more information in our development blog, as well as releasing some new images and footage from the game - so stay tuned.
Recently we have released two new videos, which You can find below. They show the last pre-alpha -footage of the game, in form of a trailer, as well as a campaign story video, where you can see the epic re-enactment footage from Richmond, Virginia based LionHeart FilmWorks - be sure to also check out their YouTube channel, which is full of great historical videos from the Civil War to modern times! These campaign videos will be used to tell the story of the Civil War, as it unfolds.
We thank You for the continuous support! Onwards to Summer!
I am, sir, Your very ob't se'v't,
O. KEPPELMÜLLER, Gen'l. Engineer Corps.
PS. A lot of followers have asked about the historical fonts we're using in the game UI. For some, 19th-Century cursive is difficult to read, so we've lately added an option to switch to an easier to read font, if one wishes to. We'll keep on tracking the feedback and taking it into account the best we can!
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Campaign Game-Play
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Release Date set to Summer 2020!
When we started the work on Grand Tactician, in late 2016, we had quite a clear view of what kind of a game we’d like to create. Busy development has been underway ever since. Though not everything has gone according to plan.
Actually, we’ve been fortunate enough to run into great, generous and creative people, with whom we’ve had the pleasure to work with, to further improve our game.
For example, when we started the audiovisual aspects of the game were much more humble. But with brilliant efforts from the artists we work with, and of course our own Peter, who joined the team on the move, we’ve been able to add a lot to the game, from original soundtrack to the beautiful colorized commander images, historic style drawn maps and campaign videos, which we did not dare to dream of when starting the project.
We’ve also received a lot of positive feedback from our followers, including some really interesting ideas for game play. We’ve already been adding some of this into the game.
But unfortunately, as a small team of independent developers with day jobs, all this means some more development time is needed. We want to make things properly, so instead of cutting content and rushing production, we’ve decided to push the originally planned release date of late 2019 a bit further, to summer 2020. This will allow us to deliver good quality and balanced game play without risking another unfinished early access title.
Though, for the eagerly awaiting future Grand Tacticians the situation could be as nerve wrecking as waiting for McClellan to move was for mr. Lincoln, we feel the wait will be worth the unfortunate disappointment, as the other option has 2nd Bull Run written all over it. At this point we’ve locked all the features, so it’s easier to estimate the remaining development time. And we’ve also stored a good bunch of ideas for free post-release implementation!
So one more season in winter quarters, and then prepare to move through the gap!
We will continue spilling the beans as we progress, like before. And we’d like to take this opportunity to thank all our followers for the great support given to our humble project of passion!
And as before, we will keep you updated on the development progress via our Developer's Blog. With 2019 drawing to end, we are planning on releasing more information about the campaign game play, as well as first campaign footage from the game.
General, thank You for supporting Grand Tactician!
I am, sir, Your very ob't se'v't,
O. KEPPELMÜLLER, Gen'l. Engineer Corps.
www.grandtactician.com