Originally posted by Nasarog:

Anything new with this one?

Hi!
We added a tutorial, reworked the AI and combat mechanisms, and improved optimization (there is still a good margin for progress, though). We also added things like traps and teleporters.

The strategic elements have still to be added back, but that should come "soon" (the plan is to have the first skeleton back for Summer).

Originally posted by BBB:

Originally posted by Galdred:

Thank you, BBB! I still have to add the "lite 4X" elements. The plan is to have 4X operations (like battles, infiltration) being played as chained missions (a bit like the influence in Twilight Struggle, but with mission outcomes used to increase/resolve influence in an area).

You're welcome!

There is a demo guys, I think you should all have a go :).

Just a word of warning! The demo is still quite "raw", and lacks progression(it is a combat demo only) and explanations.

Thank you, BBB! I still have to add the "lite 4X" elements. The plan is to have 4X operations (like battles, infiltration) being played as chained missions (a bit like the influence in Twilight Struggle, but with mission outcomes used to increase/resolve influence in an area).

Originally posted by Chris Koźmik:

O! Didn't know you resumed work on it :)

I never really stopped! I just had to take a few months-long breaks to get contract work money at some points.

Hey there! As no one has been posting about my game here, but I hope it may still be of interest to some of you:
I started to make Zodiac Legion because there was no game combining turn-based dungeon crawler with an X-COM like geoscape.
On the tactical part of the game, you lead your party of champions in deadly dungeon raids (but we also have outdoor missions!), plundering ancient ruins for magic lore, or taking control of sources of magic power.
On the strategic part, you take command of the order, choose your foes and allies, your missions, and decide where to direct your research and magic crafting efforts. The "geoscape" is also turn-based, with each turn being one month of the Zodiac.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/812910/Zodiac_Legion/

Originally posted by athelasloraiel:

I wish for a Twilight Imperium.
Twilight Struggle is awesome, even against AI!

1v1 is much harder to translate, because MP usually have opposite goals on TT and on digital format:
In Tabletop, player elimination is dreadful, and most games have been trying to remove it, however, the last thing you want in digital form is to let someone ruin the game because he doesn't have any chance to play it (so he can stall his turns, disappear and go AI, or do things much worse than the usual kingmaking).

Also, talbetop usually works better if players all have frequent but shorter turns, while asynchronous digital requires the reverse (ie, long chunky turns so that the game doesn't go too often from one player to another for a small action).

Originally posted by Mezmorki:

Root is one of my favorite games. Super excellent. It's sort of a streamlined version of a COIN game, which are asymmetric geopolitical war games. The sides all operate very differently and have totally different objectives and means of scoring. Pretty cool.

How is the digital port? Is it suited to Asynch play or is it live only (or worse, half-baked asynch like Eclipse)?

Originally posted by PengoPaddy:

Iirc there have been times in Dominions where there was a bug when your dominion could be reduced to zero (and thus game over) on turn 2.

My point was that in Dominions, you can techincally lose the game at the pretender design stage, before even beginning :)

Originally posted by melkathi:

Originally posted by PengoPaddy:

To be fair many of us lose on turn two but it takes another 50 turns for us to realise it.

A bit like Dominions then?

Unlike Dominions, you cannot really lose before turn 1!

Originally posted by DevildogFF:

That's, like, just your opinion, maaaaaaaaan.

I much prefer MoO1.

MOO1 has a greater focus on macro (empire scale et all), while MOO2 is more focused on micromanagement (more stuff to do in your colonies, longer tactical battles).
I too prefer the focus of MOO, but MOO2 has better UI, presentation, and cool stuff to do, so it is a really tough choice. I still prefer MoO in the end, and it is a shame there are not enough games that try to focus on the big picture. Micromanagement is something I end up disliking in 4X.