Clockwork Empires 1.0 - Having A Roanoke Time!

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Wolfgang Pauli: Mar 26, 2008; One Three Seven

It's gotta be hard to combat feature creep when half the bugs would be pretty cool features.

# ? Jul 3, 2014 21:57

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# ? Apr 28, 2024 21:55

nvining: May 30, 2011; tunnels through walls with its odd, rubbery nasal appliance

Some useful comments from Daniel, our CEO, over at Bay 12:

quote:

(on target date for early access) Still this summer. Very much this summer.

We were waiting until we hit that exponential rate of content submission, and we're there. We've got a good roadmap for where we're going, and we finally have a great technology base to be able to take advantage of early access player input.

At this point, we're just making sure that the initial content is deep enough, and the gameplay is smooth enough, that you'll feel like you bought a real game that you can play and have a good time with as soon as you buy it, in addition to the early access benefits of helping us test, suggest, and vote on features.

...

quote:

I'm just hoping we succeed at that in as many peoples' eyes as we can! It's hard not to over-promise when you're really excited about a game you're making

We've started adding changelogs to the blog posts as proof that we can and will provide constant, substantive additions and balances to the game once early access is out, so even for the people who buy the game and are disappointed in the current status (which we'll do our best to explicitly outline), they'll know that we're working very hard on it, and they can point us at the parts of our roadmap that they want to see first.

Today's bug: an Aurochs got stuck in a carpentry workshop and was unable to leave. Possibly in response to this, the overseer (recently seen hanging out with cultists in search of forbidden knowledge) renamed his carpentry workshop to "The Unfortunate Grinding Teeth Company".

# ? Jul 3, 2014 22:59

nvining: May 30, 2011; tunnels through walls with its odd, rubbery nasal appliance

I need four brave volunteers to play the @#$@ out of this thing this weekend.

# ? Jul 5, 2014 01:08

MadFriarAvelyn: Sep 25, 2007

I will totally play the @#$@ out of a thing this weekend.

[Edit] Steam profile:
http://steamcommunity.com/id/madfriaravelyn/

MadFriarAvelyn fucked around with this message at 01:14 on Jul 5, 2014

# ? Jul 5, 2014 01:10

Gunner3579: Jul 25, 2008

nvining posted:

I need four brave volunteers to play the @#$@ out of this thing this weekend.

I'm up for that!

http://steamcommunity.com/id/Gunner3579/

# ? Jul 5, 2014 01:10

Death by Chickens: Jan 12, 2012

nvining posted:

I need four brave volunteers to play the @#$@ out of this thing this weekend.

Off all weekend and would totally play for the glory of His Imperial Majesty.

http://steamcommunity.com/id/deathbychickens/

Death by Chickens fucked around with this message at 01:18 on Jul 5, 2014

# ? Jul 5, 2014 01:11

Normal Adult Human: Feb 12, 2012; by FactsAreUseless

nvining posted:

I need four brave volunteers to play the @#$@ out of this thing this weekend.

I'll try it.
http://steamcommunity.com/id/cryle

# ? Jul 5, 2014 01:12

Mokinokaro: Sep 11, 2001; At the end of everything, hold onto anything; Fun Shoe

nvining posted:

I need four brave volunteers to play the @#$@ out of this thing this weekend.

I'm up for sure

http://www.steamcommunity.com/id/mokinokaro

EDIT: Welp, looks like I'm fifth. Have fun guys.

# ? Jul 5, 2014 01:13

Ceciltron: Jan 11, 2007; Text BEEP to 43527 for the dancing robot!; Pillbug

I was going to volunteer but alas, poor understanding of time and temporality have meant that I essentially am trapped in a Temporal Sexagonic Neoplatonic Non-Solid posting backwards in time to when I am still too late to get a coveted spot.

Any idea if this will happen again any time soon?

# ? Jul 5, 2014 01:25

GotDonuts: Apr 28, 2008; Karbohydrate Kitteh

I am game to volunteer, this game has had my attention for quite a while.

# ? Jul 5, 2014 01:30

nvining: May 30, 2011; tunnels through walls with its odd, rubbery nasal appliance

Mokinokaro posted:

EDIT: Welp, looks like I'm fifth. Have fun guys.

I'm more likely to pick people for stuff who are actually folks I know (for instance, I don't mind giving it to Mr. Mad Friar, who I know from the Bad old Dredmor Days as a Good Tester) So you are meted for consideration.

nvining fucked around with this message at 01:35 on Jul 5, 2014

# ? Jul 5, 2014 01:32

Mokinokaro: Sep 11, 2001; At the end of everything, hold onto anything; Fun Shoe

It's the gentlemanly thing then (as it would be in the Colonies,) to thank you then whether or not I am ultimately chosen.

EDIT: \/ that IS a brilliant idea. Especially if the article is something really mundane looking

Mokinokaro fucked around with this message at 01:42 on Jul 5, 2014

# ? Jul 5, 2014 01:36

Galaga Galaxian: Apr 23, 2009; What a childish tactic!
Don't you think you should put more thought into your battleplan?!

And then murder him to obtain that which you covet? And then be murdered in turn by someone else coveting it?

Oh, there is a good one. An artifact that does absolutely nothing except make others willing to do anything to obtain it.

# ? Jul 5, 2014 01:40

Dr. Arbitrary: Mar 15, 2006; Bleak Gremlin

Galaga Galaxian posted:

And then murder him to obtain that which you covet? And then be murdered in turn by someone else coveting it?

Oh, there is a good one. An artifact that does absolutely nothing except make others willing to do anything to obtain it.

A cow creamer

Edit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Code_of_the_Woosters

Dr. Arbitrary fucked around with this message at 01:49 on Jul 5, 2014

# ? Jul 5, 2014 01:46

LtSmash: Dec 18, 2005; Will we next create false gods to rule over us? How proud we have become, and how blind.

-Sister Miriam Godwinson,
"We Must Dissent"

Ceciltron posted:

Any idea if this will happen again any time soon?

I can't and wouldn't be able to say if I knew for sure but as Nvining quoted they are really pushing for EA this summer. I would expect a steady flow of fresh meat for the cubulizer to make sure any kinks get worked out.

# ? Jul 5, 2014 01:46

Mokinokaro: Sep 11, 2001; At the end of everything, hold onto anything; Fun Shoe

LtSmash posted:

I would expect a steady flow of fresh meat for the cubulizer to make sure any kinks get worked out.

Be warned though, some may just be used for construction material rather than testers.

EDIT: Especially for Steam. The secret the Elder Gaben does not reveal is that his infernal distribution platform is fueled by sanguine.

Mokinokaro fucked around with this message at 01:55 on Jul 5, 2014

# ? Jul 5, 2014 01:48

nvining: May 30, 2011; tunnels through walls with its odd, rubbery nasal appliance

Dr. Arbitrary posted:

A cow creamer

Bah, drat thing is probably Modern Dutch, anyway. T'chah!

# ? Jul 5, 2014 01:52

eonwe: Aug 11, 2008; Lipstick Apathy

Well perhaps a goon beta might be in order closer to release.

Also put me on whatever list you probably aren't keeping.

eonwe fucked around with this message at 02:52 on Jul 5, 2014

# ? Jul 5, 2014 02:50

nvining: May 30, 2011; tunnels through walls with its odd, rubbery nasal appliance

MadFriarAvelyn and Mokinokaro, do you guys want to shoot me an e-mail at [first name].[last name]@gaslampgames.com?

# ? Jul 5, 2014 03:57

endlessmonotony: Nov 4, 2009; by Fritz the Horse

I'd be up for playing a fair bit of video games this weekend.

# ? Jul 5, 2014 04:03

Admiral Funk: Oct 1, 2012; Please send them a very large crate marked "SCIENCE. PROBABLY DANGEROUS. BUT VERY SCIENTIFIC. YES."

I know it's a long shot but hey I have nothing but time this weekend.

# ? Jul 5, 2014 04:04

oddium: Feb 21, 2006; end of the 4.5 tatami age

Hello please let me test your video game.

# ? Jul 5, 2014 04:05

Robzilla: Jul 28, 2003; READ IT AND WEEP JEWBOY!; Fun Shoe

I will redouble my efforts in sacrificing chickens to test.

Or maybe I need to step up my game....

Any of you fine gentleman want to come out to my place these weekend. I need you guys to tell me how my chloroform smells.

# ? Jul 5, 2014 04:28

Orv: May 4, 2011

One of these days I won't sleep through someone asking for goon testers.

# ? Jul 5, 2014 04:32

Skyl3lazer: Aug 27, 2007; [Dooting Stealthily]

I miss every one of these too

# ? Jul 5, 2014 05:04

Wolfgang Pauli: Mar 26, 2008; One Three Seven

Early Access will be soon enough.

# ? Jul 5, 2014 05:08

LtSmash: Dec 18, 2005; Will we next create false gods to rule over us? How proud we have become, and how blind.

-Sister Miriam Godwinson,
"We Must Dissent"

For the 4th here is a colonist celebrating with the two most American things on the frontier. A huge piece of meat and a huge piece.

_{(posted with permission, you can't have my testing slot)}

# ? Jul 5, 2014 08:17

Mokinokaro: Sep 11, 2001; At the end of everything, hold onto anything; Fun Shoe

nvining posted:

MadFriarAvelyn and Mokinokaro, do you guys want to shoot me an e-mail at [first name].[last name]@gaslampgames.com?

Sent.

(Something is calling from the deep...it compels me)

# ? Jul 5, 2014 12:10

Tuxedo Catfish: Mar 17, 2007; You've got guts! Come to my village, I'll buy you lunch.

Skyl3lazer posted:

I miss every one of these too

Give it to this guy.

I'd vote for myself but I'm really picky about games and would probably sperg the gently caress out over some UI decision or the way you arranged your industry trees and decide I hated it on the spot.

_{unless that's what you look for in a tester}

# ? Jul 5, 2014 12:28

Dr. Fraiser Chain: May 18, 2004; Redlining my shit posting machine

I'm jobless and have lots of time!

# ? Jul 5, 2014 12:50

Dareon: Apr 6, 2009; by vyelkin

I'm jobless, have lots of time, and have a terrible computer so you can adjust your low end appropriately!

But I'm not very good at ticketing. I'll carefully test things to try and recreate a crash or bug, then post about it like, in the comments of a youtube video or an unrelated thread.

e: That's hyperbole, I've made decent bug posts in actual game threads. If given proper instructions, I can follow them.

Dareon fucked around with this message at 14:54 on Jul 5, 2014

# ? Jul 5, 2014 14:52

nvining: May 30, 2011; tunnels through walls with its odd, rubbery nasal appliance

A choice piece of entertaining Tester Flotsam:

quote:

New strange behavior. Colonist will pick up plans of wood, walk one step, put them down, then pick them up, and repeat.

Update: Ida Mudd has now placed the planks in the middle of the field and is staring at them, disregarding all hunger or outside stimuli. These are apparently very special planks.

Update 2: Ida has died, but refuses to stop standing and staring intently at the planks.

# ? Jul 5, 2014 20:01

Gooses and Geeses: Jan 1, 2005; OH GOD WHY DIDN'T I LISTEN?

This game has better bugs than Dwarf Fortress, and that game had geese laying iron chairs. That's saying something.

# ? Jul 5, 2014 20:05

nvining: May 30, 2011; tunnels through walls with its odd, rubbery nasal appliance

Gooses and Geeses posted:

This game has better bugs than Dwarf Fortress, and that game had geese laying iron chairs. That's saying something.

StarkRavingMad also apparently built an invisible kitchen this morning.

*sigh* gonna be a fun weekend.

# ? Jul 5, 2014 20:14

Mokinokaro: Sep 11, 2001; At the end of everything, hold onto anything; Fun Shoe

nvining posted:

StarkRavingMad also apparently built an invisible kitchen this morning.

It only appeared invisible. In truth it was merely non-euclidean, like the Beyond section of your local Bed, Bath and Beyond (never venture beyond the towels. That way madness lies.)

# ? Jul 5, 2014 20:18

Gooses and Geeses: Jan 1, 2005; OH GOD WHY DIDN'T I LISTEN?

nvining posted:

StarkRavingMad also apparently built an invisible kitchen this morning.

*sigh* gonna be a fun weekend.

I'm a little sad you're not just chalking that up to working as intended. Seems to fit.

# ? Jul 5, 2014 20:47

nvining: May 30, 2011; tunnels through walls with its odd, rubbery nasal appliance

Admiral Funk and Tuxedo Catfish: Care to join us in the Pool of Fun?

# ? Jul 5, 2014 21:04

1stGear: Jan 16, 2010; Here's to the new us.

I have posted in this thread once and it was a post about a different game but I will test the poo poo out of this game whenever it is needed.

# ? Jul 5, 2014 21:13

Pseudoscorpion: Jul 26, 2011

Oh is it too late to ask the nice man if I can test too? I hope not.

# ? Jul 5, 2014 21:25

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# ? Apr 28, 2024 21:55

Heliosicle: May 16, 2013; Arigato, Racists.

I remember seeing the initial trailer for this on RPS a long time ago (2 years :stare:

), and it really appealed to me, then I forgot it existed until now. Given the early access release is soon ish, does anyone know how it will be priced?

# ? Jul 5, 2014 21:25

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