Quest Log Update
The first beta in 2 weeks brings just one big obvious change:
This is obviously a big improvement over the existing system, where you had to scroll left and right to go through your quests.
Now you have a list of every quest on the left, and a large detailed description on the right. The destination sector is included in the quest list, and the faction, environment, and even target item or creature or whatever, is clearly indicated.
It will also tell you if the quest is done, and when it is, the destination will become the nearest space station where it can be turned in!
On top of all this, the total number of quests you can have at once has been raised from 10 (too few!) to 38, which is more than you could possibly have at any time (right now). Why do that? Because new quests are coming!
Similarly, the total number of items (ship components) the game could handle has been increased 4x (Only a few people ever noticed this limit, but still, it's gone now!)
A streamer (Lord Haywire) recently told me, after doing a 3-hour dry run of Approaching Infinity "Your game doesn't give your game enough credit." To go on quoting: "What I mean by that is that your game is actually pretty deep and has a lot going for it, but you wouldn’t know that from playing it at the beginning. In the first 30 minutes I was sure I knew everything I needed to know. but I stream for three hours[...]. By the time I was done streaming though I wasn’t sure I knew everything, and I wanted to play more!"
Ever since AI came to steam, this has been an ongoing project: how to hint to players, up front, just how deep the rabbit hole goes. So I'm giving that area some more love.
You know I recently left some clues about the Amulet of Yendor quest, and now I've expanded the starter quest "Humanity's Fate" to actually lead somewhere, instead of just saying "it's up to you". *I* know there's a ton of stuff out there to find, and I want you to know too!
All that is in the
right now.
...are still coming, including 30+ new stores, new quests, a new FACTION, and more!
A New Quest Log!
This is obviously a big improvement over the existing system, where you had to scroll left and right to go through your quests.
Now you have a list of every quest on the left, and a large detailed description on the right. The destination sector is included in the quest list, and the faction, environment, and even target item or creature or whatever, is clearly indicated.
It will also tell you if the quest is done, and when it is, the destination will become the nearest space station where it can be turned in!
On top of all this, the total number of quests you can have at once has been raised from 10 (too few!) to 38, which is more than you could possibly have at any time (right now). Why do that? Because new quests are coming!
Similarly, the total number of items (ship components) the game could handle has been increased 4x (Only a few people ever noticed this limit, but still, it's gone now!)
Starting Quest Overhaul
A streamer (Lord Haywire) recently told me, after doing a 3-hour dry run of Approaching Infinity "Your game doesn't give your game enough credit." To go on quoting: "What I mean by that is that your game is actually pretty deep and has a lot going for it, but you wouldn’t know that from playing it at the beginning. In the first 30 minutes I was sure I knew everything I needed to know. but I stream for three hours[...]. By the time I was done streaming though I wasn’t sure I knew everything, and I wanted to play more!"
Ever since AI came to steam, this has been an ongoing project: how to hint to players, up front, just how deep the rabbit hole goes. So I'm giving that area some more love.
You know I recently left some clues about the Amulet of Yendor quest, and now I've expanded the starter quest "Humanity's Fate" to actually lead somewhere, instead of just saying "it's up to you". *I* know there's a ton of stuff out there to find, and I want you to know too!
All that is in the
Beta Branch
right now.
Asteroid Bases...
...are still coming, including 30+ new stores, new quests, a new FACTION, and more!