L3O Horizon Game

I hope everyone's holidays were enjoyable! We just moved to our new studio office and Horizon's progress is proceeding very well with a recently updated graphics engine among other things. We will be Beta (I) testing for the next few months and I will talk much more about the game and a first look a...

Hello Jordan, welcome to our forum and thanks! Horizon is currently in final alpha and we're planning to begin internal beta testing in January. I will keep you in mind (along with everyone who is active in our forums) for early access possibilities. I don't know yet when and how this will happen, i...

Also, do you plan to make a public a beta or something like pre-order beta access? I think there were many people interested in. Anyway, keep up the good work. :) Thanks! We are currently looking at this. I don't know exactly what form it will take yet. There will certainly be a pre-order / access ...

Horizon is coming along nicely but we still need to do proper beta testing which will take some time and push things into next year. We are also talking with publishers which all takes time. In the meantime though we want to get more of Horizon revealed as we progress and get your feedback which is ...

What kind of Galactic Council does the game have.An interactive council like AlphaCentauri with various treaties or just a voting block ala MOO2. The galactic council is similar to MOO2 with a twist. Instead of two choices of leaders you can also nominate yourself for galactic leader (if you so cho...

Diplomacy Model: Interaction with alien ambassadors is done with a series of choices that lead you to specific options based on your choice, current relations and tolerance. Some of these options are: . Different levels of trade agreements that facilitate trade . Intelligence and research sharing ....

Thanks. I know people are looking to see some combat screenies and in-game video, those should be on the next update in a few weeks.

Hello Traker, things are coming along very nicely. We're still on track and the game is getting better with every build. Horizon is a true sandbox game but it also has rich in lore races and a story, that's one of the things we are working on right now. So when you explore the galaxy these elements ...

Long overdue, we are excited to bring you our updated site. We hope you like it!

Much of the content was updated along with the website with a few exceptions. More to come in the coming weeks and months.

I sure hope so. We should have some soon starting in end of July or August.

A quick update: Overall things are progressing very well. We've been busy updating the graphics system, cutscenes and implementing the remaining gameplay features from the original design. We are very close to feature complete (end of the alpha stage). But we're not done yet. There are still several...

With regards to "When will the game be ready?". With a little luck the game could be ready before the end of 2012. This is not an announcement just my best estimate for now. I am happy to report that everything is going as planned and my earlier estimate is on target (as in the above quot...

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