Planetary Annihilation: Total Annihilation IN SPACE

[keith.lamothe]

Will PA have a procedural campaign/map generator, or are these campaigns going to be a series of handmade, closed-circuit maps?

From the kickstarter page ( http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/659943965/planetary-annihilation-a-next-generation-rts ) :

Procedural Planet Creator
Create custom or randomized maps with our procedural planet creator. Like what you see? Save them and share them with the Planetary Annihilation community.

And from an post on their kickstarter page describing the Galactic War mode ( http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/659943965/planetary-annihilation-a-next-generation-rts/posts/303555 ) :

The Galactic War is a replayable single and multiplayer metagame. Play locally by yourself or co-op with your friends against our world class Skirmish AI’s. Or play on the live multiplayer servers and try to conquer the galaxy!

  Features include:

    Procedurally generated galaxy map, play a different galaxy every time!
    Single player and co-op for local play
    Online multiplayer mega-battles. Join a faction and plunder the universe!
    Clan wars servers for fighting the galactic war between clans
    Dynamic story system that logs your fight and generates exciting counter attacks and special missions that up the challenge level

[Mánagarmr]

they've clearly stated that the Galactic War is completely procedural

[doctorfrog]

Sorry, Kickstarter's blocked at my jibby jobby and I just had to know.

[keith.lamothe]

Sorry, Kickstarter's blocked at my jibby jobby and I just had to know.

Ah, makes sense

[Aklyon]

Updaaaaate!

(From the kickstarter update.)

[eRe4s3r]

So does anyone know when exactly they will send our the surveys for kickstarter supporters?

[keith.lamothe]

The surveys won't do all of what they want so they've been putting together a website instead.  I think it's taken like 3x as long as they thought it would, already.

[eRe4s3r]

ah well... figured that would happen with the huge amount of backers ,)

[Aklyon]

Behold, the metal planet!

Full list of resolutions in here: http://planetaryannihilation.com/assets/wallpaper/PA_WALLPAPERS.zip

[keith.lamothe]

We need to make that thing go boom, mm'kay?

[Mánagarmr]

Did anyone else get the mail from the "Uber Store" with an option to preorder the game? I was under the impression that by backing, you'd get teh game, and now they want me to preorder for $40-90?

The reason I'm asking is because the page states:

*FAQ: Do early backers from Kickstarter and PayPal get the Theta commander?
You bet! You'll automatically get the Theta Commander if you pledged $20 (or $15 early bird) or more via Kickstarter or PayPal.

Now I'm confused. So if I pledged $20, the Kickstarter page says I get the game. Yet now I have to preorder one of the versions to get the game. Whatta?

[keith.lamothe]

I think it's a case of imprecise mailing.  Everyone on their list probably got the preorder email, not just the backers.  It doesn't really apply to the backers unless you want more or different copies, etc.

At least, that's my guess.

If, somehow, the game comes released and I don't get a copy for my pledge... well, I'll probably just vicariously and metaphorically slaughter them through a very specific scenario and AI Plot combination.

[LaughingThesaurus]

I think it's a case of imprecise mailing.  Everyone on their list probably got the preorder email, not just the backers.  It doesn't really apply to the backers unless you want more or different copies, etc.

At least, that's my guess.

If, somehow, the game comes released and I don't get a copy for my pledge... well, I'll probably just vicariously and metaphorically slaughter them through a very specific scenario and AI Plot combination.

Set them to difficulty 1 and nuke every one of their planets in a stroke of irony.

[icepick37]

Yeah, that was just a general email methinks.

Was nice to see that all the backers get that pre-order commander. So that makes it somewhat relevant in a way.

[RCIX]

*Launches Zenith Necrobomb MkIV*

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugz7I8Z1bkI