General Update #14

Hey there everyone!

This week we have some news to share with you about the major updates coming to both games.

Starwatch Academy

We spoke about it in previous updates, and we're happy to say that Silent Echo's combat system has been ported to Starwatch as danger is about to be a real thing. What you probably did not see coming is space combat!

In addition to normal combat encounters with your squad, there are occasions in which you will not meet the enemy on the ground, but in space. We're still working out the extent to which we want to have these encounters fill time and content, and given that the cruiser is going to be primarily serving as a player home, we don't want to paint ourselves into any corners on what it can and can't do yet.

As a result, we've made sure that you'll be able to upgrade parts of the ship's interior to make living aboard a more pleasant experience for you and your crew as well as being able to upgrade its systems to increase its combat performance and take on bigger foes.

Further more, the story content is coming along well, with the first introductions to both ground and space expeditions in place, as we slowly tie in all the various systems that have been in place well in advance of their use.

The stats that we gave a few early chances to increase are finally getting a place to become relevant, and in no time you'll be able to navigate new encounters in different ways, truly making your adventure your own.

Silent Echo

Based on the feedback we've received on 0.1.5's release and the poll from a few days ago, we're currently preparing changes for the player paperdoll.

The current system was designed with simplicity in mind for the TFGames competition, it did the job, but with these changes we will have more creative freedom as we'll be able to implement a wider array of transformations, including partial/progressive transformations which is what a lot of players are asking for.

We'll keep you up to date on that stuff!

That's it for this week!
Have fun!