Development of AE2 has been going well and we're happy to announce the Steam Store page is up!

We're excited to share the trailer with you which shows you some of the early development footage. We hope you enjoy it! As the game progresses we will update the trailer and release more footage.

Onto other news! With the launch of the AE2 store page, all update posts concerning the game will be posted there. To keep up to date, join us in that community to see future announcements. We will be releasing a post sharing details about the turrets fairly soon. Currently there are 8 different turret classes, each with their own function. Stay tuned for that post!


We will be focusing on the resource aspects of the game. Resources will be needed to build, upgrade and repair your defenses. The resource mining process is vastly improved from AE1 and will encourage the player to expand their territory. There will be an extensive Tech Tree for upgrading your weaponry which will require a Technology Centre and Power Plants.

We are always available on Discord to discuss your ideas and contributions. Thank you to the awesome community you've created! You are truly helping us shape the game and bring the concept to it's fullest potential. Thank You!

Please show us your support and Wishlist the game now!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1570450/Artificial_Extinction_2/

Discord Link: https://discord.gg/p62Afqr

Development has been going very well, we are working on more complicated features that take more time to code. One of them will be featured today! Thanks to all the valuable feedback the community has given us, it's been very beneficial towards the development process.


The Dropship concept gives the Mechs the ability to call in re-inforcements upon engagement. The way it works is that the Mech can signal for support, drop a smoke grenade to mark a landing spot and a Dropship will fly in and deliver up to 8 Ground Troops at a time. Currently there is only one mech that can do this, the Scout Mech, but depending on how testing will go, this can definitely change!

Currently, there are 3 different types of Ground Troops, each with their own behavior. The Sniper will engage at a farther distance and behave more cautiously. The Machine Gunner will engage at a medium distance and not advance too close. The Assault soldier will behave most agressively and advance with a sacrificial behavior. These troops may distract your Turrets from the more valuable Mechs in a strategic move to overwhelm your defenses. While individually these won't prove too much of a threat, in groups they can be devastating if unchallenged!

There are three enemy drone classes each with their own weapon system and threat level. First you will encounter the lower level drones, but as time goes on expect to suffer the more powerful drones!

All these enemies! Time to start working on the vast arsenal you will have to combat this army of enemy AI. This 'Emergency Drone' is on your side. Feel like your being overrun? Need some backup? This emergency drone is extremely powerful and devastating, but it's also got it's disadvantages such as long reload time as well needing lots of Tech upgrades to perform it's best!


Turrets, turrets and more turrets. With such a vast array of enemy classes, you will need just as equal a variety of weaponry to defend against their attacks. Initially quite basic, there will be many upgradable features on each Turret to transform them into efficient machines of destruction. There are currently plans for up to 8 different turrets all with differing roles on the battlefield. Keep in mine, it's still early in development and anything can change!

If you would like early sneak peaks at what we work on before the monthly post, join our discord to see them!

Thanks again for all of your support and suggestions!

Discord link: https://discord.gg/p62Afqr

It's been quite a while since our last update post announcing the sequel, so we would just like to update all of you on the new content we have worked on!

I'm sure from the title, you know what the topic is about, so let's get into it straightaway!


Over the last month we have worked extensively on developing different types of Mechs that have different roles in the battlefield. While we have shown the Mechs on discord, we would like to also share them here for your opinions :)

We have designated all of the Mechs into different levels based on their difficulty. At the moment, there are 4 levels. As the levels go up, the difficulty and sophistication of enemies increase. The Scouts are the basic enemy you encounter at the start of a game, so it'll be the easiest to deal with! But towards the end of the game, you'll meet enemies like the well rounded Battle Mech, which are universally strong and have a wide array of weaponry. So far, it is the most dangerous of the mechs as of yet. However, while it is well rounded, it doesn't excel at specific tasks like breaking shields like the Laser Mech can.

The new drones are functional but their weaponry has not yet been added. We will talk more about Drones on a later date once they are more developed.


As described on the Mech Spec Sheets, their defenses are broken down into categories Shields, Armour and Health. Turrets and enemies will both have this system. As of right now, shields take more damage from energy weapons. Armour absorbs more heavy damage and non-energy weapons and health is the primary health bar on which everything survives. As of right now, all of this is still in development and can change at any point!


Hard at work developing individual Mech abilities! For example, the Scout Mech can now expel a smoke
grenade that acts as a beacon to bring in reinforcement ground troops. We aim to create abilities like this for all of the Mechs, to make each one unique and a completely different challenge from the other!

A question we have asked on discord was what we should name the sequel. Should we stick with Artificial Extinction 2? Or perhaps Artificial Extinction: Retribution or Artificial Extinction: Retaliation? We would love to know your opinion on this topic!

And finally, we aim to make a post once a month detailing over what we have worked on so far so that you can keep up to date :) of course, if you would like early sneak peaks at what we work on before the monthly post, join our discord to see them!

Discord link: https://discord.gg/p62Afqr

It has been months of silence since our last update post, but we would like to announce that we have begun development of Artificial Extinction 2!

As stated in some other community posts, a full rewrite of the original game would be necessary to bring the game to it's fullest potential. The sequel will keep the best features of the original game but will add many crucial elements and depth. We listened to your feedback!

A few of the improvements will include a much broader array of Mech based enemies, both in appearance and skills. For instance, you might encounter a Railgun Mech, Gatling Mech or a Tesla Mech to name a few. They are smarter and will operate on their own logic system, each having their own strengths and weaknesses.

Along with a more comprehensive variety of turrets and enemies, we also want to further the strategic aspects and depth of the game. With a comprehensive Tech Tree, you will have many decisions to make to play the game however you choose. Do you want to hunker down and defend? Aggressively occupy larger terrain and expand instead?

Of course, we are still very early in development. We will talk more on other aspects of this game, such as terrain generation, and the more sophisticated and expanded features in the coming update posts.

We hope you will choose to support us, and join the discord community for further mini-updates on development progress. We are also aiming for monthly posts on everything we have worked until that point, so stay tuned for that!

Discord: https://discord.gg/p62Afqr

Until next time!

We are really excited to release first Advanced Level April 30th! This new level is one of our first steps in the Roadmap and we really hope you have fun with it. Here is a trailer for the new Advanced Level (full of spoilers, watch at your own risk):

This level is different compared to the first 9 days because of the 1 hour play time with an auto save triggered at 50% Fuel. So you can resume the game from midway through the level in case you make a mistake in the second half. This level is also substantially harder than other levels you've faced before. You will be encountering more sophisticated enemies and new environmental events.

This level will also present to you the first version of the Tech Tree! Note that while this is not the final version of the Tech Tree, we are eagerly waiting community feedback. If you think a more advanced Tech Tree would add to the fun, this can be fully fleshed out! Currently, you operate the Tech Tree by collecting tech points from destroyed enemies, they will blink blue on the mini-map to show you where they are. Use 10 points to unlock the advanced Sentry's such as the Flak or Mortar Sentry! You can also unlock Nukes which can be aimed and dropped from the ship! Careful with those... :)

Please note this level is only unlocked after completing the first 9 days.

Thanks very much to everyone’s kind words and support in the reviews and forums. A positive review really encourages us to work hard and keep going! Please do make sure to post some ideas of weapons and new features you want to be added into the next level or the Tech Tree down in the comments!

Thanks again for supporting an Indie Dev!

We are proud to present you our Roadmap for our future plans for Artificial Extinction! There are a lot of exciting things coming to the game, namely the Advanced Levels unlocked after beating the 9 days.

Before we talk about the upcoming Advanced Levels, here is the Roadmap:

We're hard at work on the first Advanced Level. It's adding new systems and components which takes time to create but rest assured that it will be released as soon as it's ready. As a rough guide, we're expecting to release the first Advanced Level in the 2 week range.

We hope you are as excited as we are about the future of Artificial Extinction!

Now let’s talk about the Advanced Levels.

The Advanced Levels are only unlocked for players who have finished the 9 days. Therefore, the levels will be a lot more challenging which we are sure you will enjoy! The levels will be longer, introduce special events such as darkness or weather, new sentry types, new terrain challenges, new enemy classes and enemy abilities to keep you on your toes.

Each level will be 1 hour long with an automatic trigger for level saving at 50% fuel. So if you die at 51% fuel, you will have the option to restart the level from the beginning or resume playing from 50% fuel.

We are planning on releasing the first Advanced Level as Roadmap update 1. We love your feedback and once you've beaten Advanced Level 1 let us know what you think in the Discussion Forum! That will help us with planning the next Advanced Levels.

Thank you to everyone for your support and kind words, we can’t wait to make this game even better! If you're enjoying the game, nothing motivates us more than to see a positive review. Thank you to everyone who contributes with their ideas, bug reports and suggestions!

I really liked your suggestions about some kind of longer range artillery/mortar sentry and I'm really excited to share it with you!

In fact, a video was *accidentally* leaked on to the games YouTube channel that you can watch here:
The Mortar Sentry does not require line of sight to find it's target. It estimates the necessary trajectory to launch it's mortars and then releases the 6 projectiles. It adjusts it's aim between salvos trying to improve it's accuracy.

Each projectile contains a High Explosive that's deadly to armored targets within 5 meters and inflicts damage up to 20 meters.

The Sentry is upgrade-able 2 levels just like the other Sentry classes. The details of each upgrade are still Top Secret but it may include improved accuracy, faster reloading times and a higher rate of fire.

Ideally used against slow moving ground targets at 600m.

These Mortar Sentries will be accessible in the upcoming Advanced Levels currently under development.

Future Plans - Advanced Levels
I'll do a more thorough post on the upcoming Advanced Levels currently under development but I just wanted to let you know that I'm hard at work on them. I want to make them the best levels yet with new challenges, more depth and more difficulty. You will have to complete the 9 Day campaign to have access to these Advanced Levels.

Shield System Implemented
A shield system has been implemented on the Prototype Max Test Level. It greatly reduces the amount of damage received from those stray rounds. One round disables the shield for 30 seconds though so don't rely on it too much. The shield system will also be implemented on the Advanced Levels.

Stay tuned!

If you're enjoying the game and you feel the game is worth a positive review, that's a great way you can support me to keep adding to the game and it's really appreciated!

The contest was a great success!!!

In total we had 41 submissions, so that's about a 1/4 chance of winning, not bad at all!

Even more importantly, I received about 123 suggestions on what to work on next.

With 7 patches under my belt, the game is getting better and better. Sometimes it's hard to step back and look at the game with a fresh set of eyes and your constructive feedback has been invaluable.

I'm so pumped to build the bonus levels. I want to make them the best levels of the game, longer and more challenging in a fun way. I can't let you guys down!

All the submissions for the Colony Survival contest were added to the hat and my little daughter randomly pulled out 10 winners... congrats to:

- projoe
- GawronAssassinPL
- bosuns
- RenegadedDragon
- Flourescent Sandwich
- Gamerhell
- triminion
- Baoht Z'uqqa-Mogg
- Sp1ke789the1
- Machy234

To get your winning key, I'll send you a friend request to accept and I can then send you a private message with your key for Colony Survival.

The second part of the contest was naming the drone. Lots of good ideas, some funny, some tributes and some very original. It was a tough choice but I had to choose one... the winning name for the service drone is 'DEXTER', aren't all psychopaths named Dexter? Congrats to SeniLiX! I'll send you a friend request to accept and then I'll send you a key to Colony Survival.

Now I know what to incorporate into the Bonus Levels and that's now my priority. I don't want to reveal any spoilers but all of your ideas have been an influence.

You guys have been really great and I really want to AE to keep evolving to it's full potential!

First, thank you to the whole community for your feedback and ideas in making AE better and better!

We're off to a great start and I've had so much fun reading your reviews, discussing ideas and even watching some of the videos.

As a thank you, we've arranged a cross promotion with a really talented team of three friends behind Colony Survival. They started working on this game back in 2014, launched it in 2017 and still continue to develop it! It has a recent review rating of 93%. Colony Survival Steam Page.

This is an inspiring story of other passionate dev's who stick with their game to bring it to it's fullest potential. It's an honor for me to be able to run this promotion for the awesome community we've started in AE.

So here's how to be entered into the draw. I've pinned a thread in the Discussions sub-forum called 'Colony Survival Contest'. Submit your answers to the following three questions to qualify. Your name will be added to the hat and my 7 yr old girl will randomly pull out 10 names. The contest begins now and will run until 6pm EST Friday March 27th. Then the draw will take place and the winners will be announced 2 hours later at 8pm.

Three questions:

A) One new type of sentry/tech you would like the player to have?
B) One new tech/weapon you would like the enemy to have?
C) One other suggestion you'd like to see implemented?

Some ideas to get you started... ship can drop a nuke, artillery sentry, weather such as fog... etc. Please keep each answer to 1 sentence.

Optional Bonus Question:
I never decided a name for the service drone that 'helps' you. Choose a name and submit it. I will decide the winning name and the winner gets 1 key to Colony Survival!

Submit your answers in the Discussion sub-forum Colony Survival Contest found in the Discussions page, right side. Or just click here.

In the long run, I'd like to add Bonus Levels to the game that implement many of the suggestions I receive. I think this game has a lot of potential to grow.

So thanks again for all your help, patience and suggestions. Bug hunting is continuing quickly and this contest will help me decide what to focus on next!

If you're enjoying Artificial Extinction and haven't yet written a review, a positive review is the best way you can support the continuing growth of the game.

Thank You!