Version 1.0 now out!

[x4000]

I downloaded the game off the Humble Store, but when I tried to play it told me that there needed to be a 'LastFederation_Data' file next to the executable. I tried unzipping again, with the same result.
And now I can't find it to redownload in my humble library - even though searching for the word Arcen gives one result, taking me to the part of the list where it should be, but where there is nothing to be seen. Your game is haunting my computer.

(This isn't a problem for me because steam keys! But still, something weird is happening in humbleland.)

Yeah, sorry about that -- I sent them one convenient zip file with all the stuff in there, and they decided to split it apart.  In so doing, they split it in a bit of an incorrect way.  They then realized that, asked me about it, and are fixing that as we speak.  Apologies!

[nat_401]

Congratulations on another unique game released, I'm hoping this one grows and expands for a long time to come.

[Logorouge]

Question: Is the Humble Widget link in the store the most direct way to buy the game or do I wait for a Fastspring link to show up? I want as much of my money to reach Arcen!

[cupogoodness]

Question: Is the Humble Widget link in the store the most direct way to buy the game or do I wait for a Fastspring link to show up? I want as much of my money to reach Arcen!

Humble Widget gives us the biggest cut.

[Logorouge]

Humble Widget gives us the biggest cut.

Excellent! Thanks for the reply.

[PokerChen]

Congrats. This is what we were busy with instead of final testing.

[Hyfrydle]

Congratulations on the release it was great testing and watching the game change and develop, thanks for the opportunity.

So annoying that I'm away for 4 days so can't play the release version, I have everything crossed that the release is successful so you can continue making fantastic innovative games.

[Billick]

Anybody else think the balance seems a bit out of whack on the combat for the release version.  It seems way harder to me now.

[dersquatch]

Just wanting to say congratulations on the release, and thank you ever so much for allowing me the opportunity to test for you. It was a fun trip, and I'm super-happy with the final version.

Congratulations, and even more success in the future.

[chemical_art]

Wow, congrats on getting almost all in!  For the Boarines, if you don't have a federation tab with them right now, then probably what you should do is visit the skylaxians or similar and use them to convince the boarines to get in.

I tried, got bored, then just shot some conspiracy theories. The end result was the same. Very good.

I will have to try again with these slowed down relations.

[Mick]

Anybody else think the balance seems a bit out of whack on the combat for the release version.  It seems way harder to me now.

I did notice that ships seemed to be able to kite me, which was not really difficult, but kinda annoying. It was frustrating trying to follow them and having my energy blasters poof out right before hitting them every time. I even tried chasing at full engine power but that didn't seem to help.

I seemed to hit them a lot better if I pretended like I was trying to get away from them, or fly parallel to them.

[Pepisolo]

I notice TLF is in position 13 on the sellers chart! It'd be a huge boon if it could crack the top 10. Fingers crossed.

[kosmoface]

Just bought the game, but I am away from home up until Tuesday.

But I post now, because I wanted to say this: Even though I only read the forum, wasn't an Alpha Tester, it was an amazing ride. Seeing the game transform from Sideways scroller to Shmup to Wego TB (incredible!), reading the many open minded discussions between Arcen and the community, watching the videos- it was really something. On top of that: the insights and transparancy from Keith and Chris about the inner workings of Arcen Games are one of a kind. This is how it should be, how games should be made. As a player, fan and customer one feels always heard. This is no small feat to complete.

Thanks for all of that and compliments, your honest, great and creative work has built a great community, too (props to the peeps here, too).

After having said that, I can't wait to get home and finally play TLF. My "Batman in Space"-Batsuit is waiting for me.

Congrats on the release!

[cupogoodness]

We're at #11 now! So incredibly close to the big boy table...

[Pepisolo]

We're at #11 now! So incredibly close to the big boy table...

Quick someone buy 1000 copies or something, heh!

... actually to drop off without breaking the top 10 now would suck.

Edit: Question. How much of a difference would it make in breaking the top 10 or not? Or is that impossible to answer? It does make me curious.