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by Zaimat
Mon May 20, 2013 1:42 am
Forum: Main
Topic: Late game steam rolling?
Replies: 2
Views: 4482

Re: Late game steam rolling?

A really good point! I also have done the same with some strategy games (like MOO) where upon reaching a certain point usually in technology and fleet size there is no longer a challenge to finish the game. It's a really tough nut to crack. I think it has to do with game balance and also requires a ...
by Zaimat
Sat May 11, 2013 5:32 pm
Forum: Main
Topic: Developer Notes - cross-posted from Facebook
Replies: 3
Views: 10043

Re: Developer Notes

Posted on Saturday, May 11, 2013 at 5:08pm... Greetings all, I wanted to give a little update on what we have been working on lately. As I mentioned in my previous note we started Quality assurance (QA) testing of Horizon. Although testing goes on throughout development, QA is a much more systematic...
by Zaimat
Sat May 11, 2013 5:31 pm
Forum: Main
Topic: Developer Notes - cross-posted from Facebook
Replies: 3
Views: 10043

Developer Notes - cross-posted from Facebook

Originally posted on Facebook on Tuesday, March 26, 2013 at 4:55pm... Hello everyone, it has been an exciting time for us the past week and we hope you are as excited about as we are! Horizon has been a grand project close to our heart from the start. A game we wanted to make for ourselves as well a...
by Zaimat
Wed May 01, 2013 6:47 pm
Forum: Main
Topic: An Interview with Strategy Informer
Replies: 7
Views: 8161

Re: An Interview with Strategy Informer

The tactical combat view looks a little strange with that side on view.Why not have the top down moo2 style? The view is 2.5d (isometric) and it is a lot more interesting than just flat top view. You can also show 3d depth this way, so planets are further back, the sun even further etc with paralla...
by Zaimat
Wed May 01, 2013 11:28 am
Forum: Main
Topic: An Interview with Strategy Informer
Replies: 7
Views: 8161

An Interview with Strategy Informer

I had a nice chat with Joe Robinson over at Strategy Informer a short while ago, he had some really interesting questions for me. You can read the Interview here:

http://www.strategyinformer.com/pc/hori ... rview.html
by Zaimat
Mon Apr 22, 2013 10:48 pm
Forum: Gameplay
Topic: Sobriquet’s Guide to the ‘Horizon’ Galaxy – Part I
Replies: 5
Views: 7839

Re: Sobriquet’s Guide to the ‘Horizon’ Galaxy – Part I

When we will get a video showing the gameplay like tactical combat? Should be sooner than later. We are working hard to bring it all together and if we can open up the game to the community early like we want to this will also be taken care of but I plan on making a video regardless if this happens...
by Zaimat
Sun Apr 14, 2013 9:34 pm
Forum: Gameplay
Topic: Sobriquet’s Guide to the ‘Horizon’ Galaxy – Part I
Replies: 5
Views: 7839

Sobriquet’s Guide to the ‘Horizon’ Galaxy – Part I

Personal Note As part of the first group to study the recovered Kor’tahz computer data discs; I was tasked to write a primer for all new Earth Alliance officers. Because my original work “What We Know So Far” became HUGE and untenable, it was decided to split it up into several parts that can provi...
by Zaimat
Fri Mar 22, 2013 4:27 pm
Forum: Main
Topic: Gameplay questions
Replies: 1
Views: 4140

Re: Gameplay questions

1. Is combat occurring on a separate map or is it happening in a system map? The Horizon map (galaxy) is one huge persistent map on all levels. So movement, combat, everything is happening on the same map. There are no artificial restrictions like instanced combat (eg: like in Master of Orion). So ...
by Zaimat
Wed Mar 20, 2013 6:22 pm
Forum: Main
Topic: Introduction Thread
Replies: 47
Views: 82035

Re: Introduction Thread

DevildogFF great idea starting this! As for a little description about myself: My first computer was a Commodore 128 and later an Amiga, had some of the best time of my life gaming with those machines. Played Star Control 1+2, later found Master of Orion 1 on PC. I would then mod MOO in a Hex editor...
by Zaimat
Wed Mar 20, 2013 5:46 pm
Forum: Main
Topic: Woot for the publishing deal and release date!!
Replies: 14
Views: 13475

Re: Woot for the publishing deal and release date!!

Thanks and welcome to all! We will be working to give you guys updates as much as we can throughout the next few months so ask us anything you want to know and we will be happy to give info as much as we can. We are just starting the external QA process this week being arranged by Iceberg. This is t...
by Zaimat
Wed Mar 20, 2013 5:13 pm
Forum: Main
Topic: Please make the screens easy to see and text readable
Replies: 1
Views: 4139

Re: Please make the screens easy to see and text readable

I think there is some confusion with some developers who think in order for UI to be good and modern everything needs to be iconized, small or hidden.. While there is a good argument for less clutter, I think we also want to see well laid out pertinent information at a quick glance. A more balanced ...
by Zaimat
Wed Mar 20, 2013 3:44 pm
Forum: Main
Topic: Suggestion for gameplay ideal
Replies: 7
Views: 7886

Re: Suggestion for gameplay ideal

It's an interesting idea. I see the dynamic expansion (size of galaxy) as potentially "a new level of the game". You fight and expand in your little corner of the galaxy and once you 'win' you then move on to the next level. Almost like an rpg (start in the local town dungeon) then move on...
by Zaimat
Wed Mar 20, 2013 3:24 pm
Forum: Main
Topic: Suggestion/Question
Replies: 4
Views: 6785

Re: Suggestion/Question

I use dual monitors and work hard at using the second screen when playing some of my favorite games. Agreed, dual monitors work great both for gaming and general use. I think Bigleon was suggesting a dual monitor/screen setup built into the game as a feature similar to how it is in Supreme Commande...
by Zaimat
Wed Mar 13, 2013 12:49 pm
Forum: Main
Topic: Suggestion/Question
Replies: 4
Views: 6785

Re: Suggestion/Question

Welcome Bigleon and thanks for the comments. It's an interesting thing they have done in Supreme Commander, not many games support dual monitors in this manner including Horizon. I'm not sure how many players actually use this mode, would be interesting to find out. There is also AMD Eyefinity mode ...
by Zaimat
Mon Mar 04, 2013 5:22 pm
Forum: Main
Topic: Race Names
Replies: 6
Views: 9322

Re: Race Names

Thanks for pointing that out Aigokeros. It's a bit ambiguous like Veneke noted.

Although the current emperor united the clans and gave the lords some say he still holds most of the power. So in essence it's not a true republic so I'll strike that out.
by Zaimat
Mon Mar 04, 2013 4:39 pm
Forum: Main
Topic: Suggestion for gameplay ideal
Replies: 7
Views: 7886

Re: Suggestion for gameplay ideal

I was unaware of this type of co-op mode, you've got me very curious.. I have played age of empires 3 for a little while in single-player mode. The closest would be playing Rise of Nations in multiplayer 2v2, it was a lot of fun but hard to arrange (it was during Christmas holiday). On a certain lev...
by Zaimat
Fri Feb 15, 2013 12:47 pm
Forum: Main
Topic: Race Names
Replies: 6
Views: 9322

Re: Race Names

Thanks! We are trying our best. About race names, like you said it's very tricky to make alien sounding names when as humans we really have no idea what that would be like. So it is very subjective. From a design point of view I wanted Horizon to be closer to hard sci-fi and have a more immersive un...
by Zaimat
Mon Feb 04, 2013 4:07 pm
Forum: Main
Topic: Any news would be good news
Replies: 41
Views: 42976

Re: Any news would be good news

Steam (love it or hate it) has done a pretty good job both for developers and consumers with their system and captured a very large chunk of the PC market in the process. Other stores (with some holdouts) are selling games with Steamworks. This has some benefit to us indies because we can support on...
by Zaimat
Fri Feb 01, 2013 3:36 pm
Forum: Main
Topic: Any news would be good news
Replies: 41
Views: 42976

Re: Any news would be good news

Have you considered getting green-lighted on steam? Lots of games get bulk of their sales on steam nowadays it seems. We are definitely looking at Steam (and other distribution stores). Steam is certainly the most important one right now for most core games. The GreenLight program is an interesting...
by Zaimat
Fri Jan 18, 2013 3:49 pm
Forum: Main
Topic: Any news would be good news
Replies: 41
Views: 42976

Re: Any news would be good news

We currently have 1024x768 as the minimum resolution. This was our minimum for optimal UI design purposes. I just tried removing the limiter and was able to run it at 1024x600 in windowed mode on my PC. There are some minor text/display issues we would need to fix to fully support it at the same lev...