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New Blog post, and an interactive video: The Pitfalls of Politics & Ethics in Video Games quote:What we also discovered though, and this is something we considered important as designers, is that it made players sit back and think about what decision they should make. Because the decisions you make aren’t simply ethical ones. Dragon Commander remains a game and decisions influence gameplay. That means that what you consider to be ‘the right thing to do’ may not bring you the rewards you’d have liked. It's a really good entry, and the game probably will make you think: At what price victory?. Political decision simulator: (Make sure you have annotations enabled.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfBN3jLzT1Y What would you do? Stabbey_the_Clown fucked around with this message at 17:35 on Jul 8, 2013 |
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Stabbey_the_Clown posted:Political decision simulator: (Make sure you have annotations enabled.) Watch it twice, because I kept laughing at the annotations and didn't pay attention to anything it said.
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Jul 8, 2013 17:08
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Stabbey_the_Clown posted:What would you do? Is the coinflip random each time? Because if it's not, that's just unacceptable and you should fix that before the game ships. Speaking of which, do the advisors ever take different stances on different playthroughs on issues they don't really care that much about? Also, no offense, but the newspaper could use better typography. Like, Sim City 2000 did it better and that was dinosaur times. The font used for the race names is especially glaring to my eyes. I guess my issue is: these feel like computer screen fonts, not newspaper header mods. Also, only a third of the newspaper being filled in and the webdings-y font for "poo poo you can't read" both look like rear end. I understand this isn't exactly your top priority, but hey, feedback. EDIT: Wait, aren't lizards supposed to be libertarians? Asking for censorship isn't very libertarian... although libertarians being all "freedom, freedom, rah rah!" except when there's something they don't like and then banning it is perfectly fine is realistic, I suppose. Megazver fucked around with this message at 11:29 on Jul 9, 2013 |
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Jul 9, 2013 09:07
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I'll be the most beloved emperor and have a whole society based on coin flips, it's so fair. I don't know why any civilization hasn't tried it.
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Jul 9, 2013 10:38
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Megazver posted:EDIT: Wait, aren't lizards supposed to be libertarians? Asking for censorship isn't very libertarian... although libertarians being all "freedom, freedom, rah rah!" except when there's something they don't like and then banning it is perfectly fine is realistic, I suppose. I got the impression that the lizard lady was just pissed at the newspaper for writing a bad article about her, and wasn't even thinking about freedom of speech issues or whatever. It was only the other councilors that mentioned it at all.
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GloriousDemon posted:I'll be the most beloved emperor and have a whole society based on coin flips, it's so fair. I don't know why any civilization hasn't tried it. I don't think anyone really wants to be ruled by Harvey Dent anyway vvv You're perfectly welcome you weirdly hostile person. Darkhold fucked around with this message at 12:38 on Jul 9, 2013 |
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Jul 9, 2013 12:07
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Darkhold posted:Because nobody wants a society where they only get their way half the time. They much prefer all or nothing. At least with nothing you can rally your base and play the martyr. Thank you for this illuminating answer. You have convinced me with your logic and insight into the human condition. 
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Jul 9, 2013 12:31
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Don't forget, Today Larian is showing a match between two of its team members, live in 4 hours and 10 minutes! I may not be able to post your 30 minute warning, so here is one now.quote:The inevitable has happened. An unstoppable rivarly has emerged here in our offices. Our most recent talent in the QA department, Lorean, has declared that he's better than his lead, the man with experience, our ex-pro-gamer, Octaaf. Megazver posted:EDIT: Wait, aren't lizards supposed to be libertarians? Asking for censorship isn't very libertarian... although libertarians being all "freedom, freedom, rah rah!" except when there's something they don't like and then banning it is perfectly fine is realistic, I suppose. The coin flip probably isn't random. Passed your feedback on, Megazver. The game has been changing the fonts over the course of the beta, so they can probably do something about it. Nomikos posted:I got the impression that the lizard lady was just pissed at the newspaper for writing a bad article about her, and wasn't even thinking about freedom of speech issues or whatever. It was only the other councilors that mentioned it at all. It was kinda the same with the Elf, he was less interested in the truth and more upset about embarrassing stories about him appearing in the paper.
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Jul 9, 2013 12:48
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Stabbey_the_Clown posted:The coin flip probably isn't random. Not buying this, telling my friends to not buy this, tattooing "DO NOT BUY DRAGON COMMANDER" on my forehead.  I wondered whether that was random because with four versus one, that decision is a total no-brainer. If the imp just doesn't give a gently caress and it's three versus two half the time you have to make this decision (and others), poo poo gets more interesting. And it seems it wouldn't require much editing of content. quote:It was kinda the same with the Elf, he was less interested in the truth and more upset about embarrassing stories about him appearing in the paper. Admittedly, gardens are srsbsns. Megazver fucked around with this message at 12:56 on Jul 9, 2013 |
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Jul 9, 2013 12:53
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So the match is in fifteen minutes? I'm tuning in to watch this.
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quote:Broadcaster Larianstudios: We bought a new fancy sound capture card and rehearsed the entire afternoon Wait, there's sound now, and the pregame show is starting. It's going to be an entire campaign. Oh boy, this'll take a while.
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Jul 9, 2013 17:16
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I'm already learning new things. Build Hunters in the beginning, because they've got more movement points.
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Jul 9, 2013 17:20
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It seems very weird to me that in the multiplayer campaign you start with the map full of independent provinces. Seems like it will make the very early game just a lot of boring expansion without any player vs player interaction. I guess you can crank through those turns very quickly though once you know what you're doing at least. Maybe the issue is more that this map is too big for only 2 players. The combat reminds me a lot of a combination of Supreme Commander and something like LoL, except with a Dragon instead of an RTS hero unit. Although SupCom is probably not a fair comparison because it looks like the combat in this is super heavy on Micro. It's pretty cool, but it definitely confirms my suspicion that a multiplayer campaign would be literally unplayable with more than 2 people. Gwyrgyn Blood fucked around with this message at 18:08 on Jul 9, 2013 |
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Jul 9, 2013 17:25
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They're going to be giving away new beta keys later, so watch the stream if you're interested in that.
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Jul 9, 2013 18:10
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They're up already: http://na.alienwarearena.com/giveaways/dragon-commander-closed-beta-key-giveaway
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Jul 9, 2013 18:16
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Only 9,968 keys left! Hurry!
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Jul 9, 2013 18:21
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They answered a few questions.
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Jul 9, 2013 19:02
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Megazver posted:
I'm not a dev or anything, but at least from my perspective that decision isn't so simple to me because freedom of the press is something that I see as very important and necessary for a free society. For me, at least, I'd be judging my RP concerns with restricting rights compared to my game concerns of keeping the factions happy.
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Jul 9, 2013 19:24
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Got this game on steam, and I wish I was good at RTS games, but drat is it fun! It's actually kind of amazing seeing how the divinity games have evolved into all these genres and do it really well.
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Jul 9, 2013 19:33
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Nifty, free beta access to Dragon Commander. Not gonna lie, though, I'd rather have early beta access to D:OS.
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Jul 9, 2013 19:34
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New patch dropped. I'll add specific balance changes in a bit.quote:Hello, Leb posted:Nifty, free beta access to Dragon Commander. There might be something like that at some point, but they aren't even at Alpha level completion for D:OS yet. Stabbey_the_Clown fucked around with this message at 19:44 on Jul 9, 2013 |
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Jul 9, 2013 19:40
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Cool. So, to be clear, the beta that's going out to random dudes right now is the MP beta, right?
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Jul 9, 2013 19:47
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Leb posted:Cool. So, to be clear, the beta that's going out to random dudes right now is the MP beta, right? I had thought the beta is all one thing. MP and SP, right? SP is more limited, of course.
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Jul 9, 2013 19:48
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Drifter posted:I had thought the beta is all one thing. MP and SP, right? SP is more limited, of course. The one on steam at least has no singleplayer. Not sure if those of us that got it through there are on an earlier version or not, but it's supposed to be multiplayer only.
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Jul 9, 2013 19:51
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Stabbey_the_Clown posted:New patch dropped. I'll add specific balance changes in a bit. Grr, no mentioning of display resolution fixes? Am I the only one that can't change the resolution of the game, and have to play the game in window mode since the fake window mode would result in my mouse completely stop working even in the menu?
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Jul 9, 2013 19:52
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Zain posted:The one on steam at least has no singleplayer. Not sure if those of us that got it through there are on an earlier version or not, but it's supposed to be multiplayer only. The beta is just multi, though you can sort of imitate the single player by having only ai enemies. 
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Just in case anyone is interested, in a couple hours (11pm GMT), I'll be streaming some Dragon Commander over on the IndieStatik Twitch channel. This will be the press beta version, which means I'll be playing the campaign mode from the start (I think it's just the first act/campaign map in the current build) and probably letting folks in chat vote on key decisions.
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Larian Studios Dragon Commander grudge match: Round 1 (Part 2, post crash) recording is now up. The beta currently only has multiplayer in two modes: Skirmish (single map) and Campaign, in which Single-player of the first chapter is probably coming at some point. I say 2 factions, even though 4 are available because currently the game crashes if you enter RTS mode from a Campaign which has 3 or 4 factions. The just-released patch didn't fix that one, so only play 1v1 or 2v2 for the moment. Last patch revamped the Campaign Dragon Skill research, this one revamps the unit research. All kinds of things have been changed in tier, and now there are some upgrades which are at a lower research cost than the unit themselves. Hunters now need to be researched. Ironclads are down to 10 research points, Bomber Balloons are up to 20. You also start out with less money and research points than you did before. Unit balance hasn't changed much, but the Imp Fighter has increased health, armour, damage and range. The Warlock's cost in recruits and support has been lowered to 6, and with the lower-cost polymorph spell, they're more tempting to get, especially with the last patch's change to let Shamans and Warlocks float over water. Rock Paper Shotgun beta build preview quote:Dragon Commander’s a bit like an over-friendly dog that jumps up at you, headbutts you in the crotch, licks you on the eye and then farts in helpless excitement when you come home. While it can be exasperating, its loveable nature and repertoire of charming tricks absolutely wins the day. I’m really looking forward to trying out the more expansive finished product later this year. Stabbey_the_Clown fucked around with this message at 01:27 on Jul 10, 2013 |
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lethial posted:Am I the only one that can't change the resolution of the game Do you not have the option to change the resolution, or is there a problem or no effect when you try? You can manually set the resolution by editing the graphicsettings.lsx file in Wordpad, or other text editor, located in the folder: C:/Users/ %username% /My Documents/Larian Studios/Dragon Commander Look for the section <node id="ConfigEntry"> <attribute id="MapKey" value="ScreenHeight" type="22" /> <attribute id="Type" value="0" type="5" /> <attribute id="Value" value="960" type="4" /> </node> <node id="ConfigEntry"> <attribute id="MapKey" value="ScreenWidth" type="22" /> <attribute id="Type" value="0" type="5" /> <attribute id="Value" value="1280" type="4" /> </node> Raze_Larian fucked around with this message at 21:25 on Jul 9, 2013 |
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Raze_Larian posted:Do you not have the option to change the resolution, or is there a problem or no effect when you try? Nope, I don't have the option to select any resolution. The game defaults to 1440x900 (DX9). Here is what I have in the config file: <node id="ConfigEntry"> <attribute id="MapKey" value="ScreenHeight" type="22" /> <attribute id="Type" value="0" type="5" /> <attribute id="Value" value="0" type="4" /> </node> <node id="ConfigEntry"> <attribute id="MapKey" value="ScreenWidth" type="22" /> <attribute id="Type" value="0" type="5" /> <attribute id="Value" value="0" type="4" /> Is there a DX10 or DX11 exe that I can use or something? thanks much.
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lethial posted:Nope, I don't have the option to select any resolution. The game defaults to 1440x900 (DX9). Here is what I have in the config file: So you can't just write in the necessary values? When you restart the game, it ignores when you edit and save the config?
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Boy was I surprised when my two ironclads moving to intercept the single enemy transport in a water tile discovered that the water tile was actually a heavily industrialized island chain, and that the enemy transport was authorized to negotiate a mercenary contract with wizards in blimps.
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Drifter posted:So you can't just write in the necessary values? When you restart the game, it ignores when you edit and save the config? Oh no, I could set it, and it worked but I posted that to hopefully show that there is something weird going on with the config file/game with respect to resolution setting.
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Here's the link to Dominic White's stream. (Actual start of the game at 17:50) Some people from Larian studios actually stayed up really late to watch this, so thumbs up to them (but get some sleep, guys!). I got a chance to re-watch the Larian Twitch stream, and so some points are clarified here:
Rock Paper Shotgun beta build preview quote:Dragon Commander’s a bit like an over-friendly dog that jumps up at you, headbutts you in the crotch, licks you on the eye and then farts in helpless excitement when you come home. While it can be exasperating, its loveable nature and repertoire of charming tricks absolutely wins the day. I’m really looking forward to trying out the more expansive finished product later this year. I'll be away for a few days, so someone else will have to have to handle any Dragon Commander news, previews, beta updates and the link to the rematch on Thursday.
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Anyone else unable to even start a skirmish of any sort? I tried different maps and numbers of AIs and even graphics settings and it still just crashes after the load screen.
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Gwyrgyn Blood posted:Anyone else unable to even start a skirmish of any sort? I tried different maps and numbers of AIs and even graphics settings and it still just crashes after the load screen. I haven't played the game recently, but three of my friends on steam came to me with that exact same issue, yesterday. I don't know what to tell you other than wait and hope they patch it.
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It's the Flemish national holiday tomorrow, but something tells me Swen & co. aren't going to be taking the day off. Also, just 1,800 beta keys for DC left. Grab one while you still can. Here's the link again. Mzbundifund posted:Boy was I surprised when my two ironclads moving to intercept the single enemy transport in a water tile discovered that the water tile was actually a heavily industrialized island chain, and that the enemy transport was authorized to negotiate a mercenary contract with wizards in blimps. It's all good as long as you don't forget your promise ( ) to co-op D:OS with Bacter.
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Gwyrgyn Blood posted:Anyone else unable to even start a skirmish of any sort? Were you locking the slots in the lobby before you added the AIs? If so, that would cause a crash entering combat, but was fixed in the recent patch (v1.0.120.9727). You can switch to LAN, rather than Online, before creating a lobby if you just want to practice against the AI. The crash in campaign mode when entering combat with more than 2 factions should also be fixed. Phlegmish posted:Also, just 1,800 beta keys for DC left. Grab one while you still can. Here's the link again. Looks like they added another batch of keys; it's down to about 9350 now, with a couple hundred given away in the last half hour.
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Do these beta keys give you access to anything that you wouldn't have access to if you pre-ordered the game on steam? I'm already playing what I assume is a beta, I'm wondering if there's any reason I should grab one of these keys or not...
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Ainsley McTree posted:Do these beta keys give you access to anything that you wouldn't have access to if you pre-ordered the game on steam? I'm already playing what I assume is a beta, I'm wondering if there's any reason I should grab one of these keys or not... Probably not. A new patch dropped, which fixes a couple crash bugs, including the 3/4 factions crash bug. A few balance tweaks, most notably that Juggernauts and Ironclads have had their range reduced. Juggernauts no longer outrage Devastators, which is probably to balance out that Shamans can go over water and heal your naval boats now.
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