Thank you for all the feedback you’ve provided. We take this feedback seriously and have been hard at work incorporating it into our next build...which is now ready! Here is a list of the updates we have included:
New Additions
Manual save option to save your progress and reload from the main menu or in game
Restart option to restart a scenario from scratch
Customizable player/team colors
Luck-based dice roll battle system for a more “board game” feel
Card targeting system that allows you to target individual ships, planets and players with action cards
13 new cards to play with
Additional icon tooltips and dialogue boxes
What Will Be Fixed/Updated?
AI lockups
GUI lockups when inspecting certain ships
Double triggering keyboard shortcuts
Disappearing card button glitch
Game rendering a faulty outcome after battles
Lobby repopulation logic
We’re excited to hear how you think we did, so if you have a moment, please leave us a review on Starion’s game page and/or a comment in this thread.
On a related note, Starion is 75% off through May 18. If you know anyone who you think might enjoy our game, now would be a great time to try it out :)
Enjoy!
The Corncrow Team
New update released for Starion Tactics
V1.0.5401.40673
- The player can now enable Advanced values, which adds Speed and Shield values, as well as allows ships to gain experience from battles and level up their stats.
- A dialog for notifying the player of ships that levelled up since last round has been added.
Updated to v1.0.5394.38107
After a player is deemed defeated according to the current winning conditions, their forces will be removed from gameplay.
Once a player is defeated, a dialog will notify the other players that this player has been eliminated.
An option for setting up your desired amount of starting resources has been added to the setup screen.
Minor fixes regarding the home planet winning condition not functioning as expected.
New update with more features!
New update with added features!
V1.0.5392.35598
A preset system, making it easier to get a quick game going
New easier to distinguish leader and faction emblems
More options in the setup menu as well as a redesign of this screen
A dialog has been added that presents the current winning conditions to people at the start of their first round
Starion Tactics updated with new features + Fixes
Another week. Another update. And this is a juicy one :)
V1.0.5378.34911
GUI:
- Fix for occasional flashing battle GUI
- Fix for the portraits sometimes not changing correctly
- Fix for misc sound issues
- Fix for camera jumping to the upper left after loading a saved game
- Added end turn button to tool menu
- Added clear victory conditions to the end screen
- Graphical tweaks to the in-game GUI
- Added additional card info dialogs
Logic:
- Fixed the behavior of the Idle Ship and Idle Planet Buttons
- Separated moving ships from idle ships
- Fix for ship names not having correct IDs
Server:
- Synchs state on game start
- Cannot start game w/o server running
Card Dialogs:
- All dialogs now appear before player round start
Starion Tactics updated with new features
v1.0.5368.33724
Hi guys,
There have been some updates made to Starion Tactics as of today as well as some new features added. Check them out if you haven't already!
-Battles can now take place between planets which reduces the time spend chasing other ships.
-Battle GUI bars now indicate accurate values and the battle outcomes better reflect that.
-The outcome of a battle isn't shown before the battle commences.
-Players now have an overview summary of the current game once they're eliminated and then they're given the option to continue or to exit.
-There are now screens to indicate which cards and artifacts you have picked up from planets.
-A switch has been added to the player card screen in order to allow them to check which artifacts have been uncovered by who as well as which cards are currently in play or about to come into play
-A button has been added to the title of the single player and multiplayer lobbies which allows people to fill up their lobby with random leaders.
-A new screen has been added to the manual explaining the current winning conditions for the game.
Update just released to fix save games + more
Version 1.0.5364.32819
09/08/2014
Save function fix. Now saves automatically at the end of each turn. Use the load button to access any of the five previous turns.
Player starting planets are now random each new game.
