[p]Hi everyone![/p][p]I'm super excited to show you the updated gameplay trailer featuring an awesome new track by Omer Faran: [dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][/p]
Festival report
[p]I'm excited to report that the Debut Festival and the 4X Festival were awesome for building awareness of Vega Chronicle:[/p]
[p]We more than doubled our wishlist count over about two weeks[/p]
[p]We received feedback encouraging us to to translate the game into more languages, starting with Simplified Chinese, which we are currently working on.[/p]
[p]We learned about other cool 4X games currently in development (Check out Folk Emerging).[/p]
Steam 4X Fest 2025
[p]I'm thrilled to announce that Vega Chronicle will participate in the Steam 4X Fest 2025, from 8/11 to 8/18, and will run a playtest during the festival with a new game version.[/p][p][/p]
Debut Festival 2025 on gamedev.ist
[p]I'm excited to announce that Vega Chronicle is participating in Debut Festival 2025 hosted by gamedev.ist, starting on Thursday and continuing through the weekend. It will be awesome.[/p][p][/p]
v0.8.6-beta
[p]I'm excited to share version 0.8.6-beta, which incorporates feedback from the public play-test over the last two weeks. It includes:[/p]
[p]Pirates! "The only way to stop them for good is to find and destroy their bases" (and get the booty).[/p]
[p]More and better ancestral virtues, such as Cryo-tunneling: "Colonize frozen planets without a colony ship".[/p]
[p]Planet resources degrade if you over-exploit them: diversify your production for long-term sustainability.[/p]