Achron - Time Travel RTS

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[Mysthalin]

So be a douchebag to the poor indie developer, then? Got it.

I'm pretty damn certain that I'm poorer than the poor indie developer.

[Killer344]

Nothing illegal about what we were talking about.

It kinda breaks this rule me thinks:

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[EIRRMod]

The game is worth paying for, its not the best looking game - but will be fucking AWESOME during a LAN.

For me, it'll be a beer and pretzels game - get pissed and then get destroyed trying to think about time continuum - can there be anything better?

[salan]

tell him to make it modable and then import EIR

[Malevolence]

I'm pretty damn certain that I'm poorer than the poor indie developer.

Clearly, otherwise he wouldn't've been able to support work on his personally-funded creation that he will be relying on to pay back his own investments.

If you hadn't noticed, this particular game publisher is not operating under a communistic society and deserves to be paid fairly for his work that he, personally, invested his time and money into.

Nah, if you like it after playing it then buy it, shouldn't have to "pre-order" (give free moneys) to try the thing. Hell its how i found out that Mount and Blade was one of the single most Bad-Ass awesome moddable games out there took my close to 3 months to hunt down and buy a hardcopy from the store. (BTW it was indie too)

Yes, of course, Paradox Interactive is definitely indie after being attached to a publisher and publishing a gamut of games over the past 12 years numbering in the dozens, correct?

Or do you mean the video game store you bought it from was indie?  



If you want to try it then you can play the demo when the game is released. If you want to buy it, you happen to get a free preview of the alpha version.

The game is worth paying for, its not the best looking game - but will be fucking AWESOME during a LAN.

For me, it'll be a beer and pretzels game - get pissed and then get destroyed trying to think about time continuum - can there be anything better?

The site expounds endlessly about how they have no art assets complete yet, hopefully that will be rectified before release. I look forward to playing it, but would prefer if it looked pretty and had more than rudimentary unit balance in addition to its clearly amazing gimmick.

[Spartan_Marine88]

Yes, of course, Paradox Interactive is definitely indie after being attached to a publisher and publishing a gamut of games over the past 12 years numbering in the dozens, correct?

While Paradox the publisher (my fav to be precise) is definitly not indie. The couple who designed and developed the game were, Paradox decided it was worth picking up and so did I.

[Mysthalin]

Paradox only picked up publishing the game once it was already pretty much more or less so a working game. There is nothing stopping Achron from getting the same kind of support later on in it's existence.

Besides that - if we're going to determine that if a person has a publisher he is automatically not indie anymore - then all those indie games being published on steam are also not indie any more. It's not that simple.

I'll agree the game looks awesome, and the developer deserves the money. But only when the game is actually out in a fully-released form. Pre-ordering just to get access to the Alpha? Paying to have access to bug-hunting and enjoying the numerous crashes, which is something to expect in an alpha-stage of a game? It doesn't sound exactly right to me, considering most game developers actually pay the testers to bughunt.

[MittinsKittens]

Pre-ordering just to get access to the Alpha? Paying to have access to bug-hunting and enjoying the numerous crashes, which is something to expect in an alpha-stage of a game?

Q: So wait, you're making me pay you to test your product?
A: No. By purchasing Achron, you have no obligation to test or give us feedback, and you will receive all future versions of Achron including the full release. You don't have to sign any NDA; if something is included in a release, you're free to talk about it. We'll make features and content available when we feel that users will have a good experience with it. That means that we won't be releasing things the instant they're working, but rather, once they're polished just enough to be fun. In fact, we are planning to hold off on releasing final versions of the single player levels until a campaign is finished; that way we ensure that the story is conveyed coherently and without too many cliffhangers.

Already covered that, and anyway, apparently there's hardly any bugs, and if there is, its due to weird pc set ups, like graphics cards ect :3

[Unkn0wn]

How does it solve the time paradox??

[brn4meplz]

It functions on waves that propagate. So depending on which wave falls off the end of the scale you can somewhat control which result a paradox will achieve.

[MittinsKittens]

Can I quickly ask something, I can't work out something..Basically.
Lets say MrTank is fighting MrTurret.
MrTank sends a tank to attack MrTurret. It destroys 1 Turrent and half kills another.
Mr Tank doesn't like this outcome and decides to go back in time to stop this.
While doing this, MrTurret realises the he freaking loves tanks too and build 3 tanks.
What happens?
Does Mr Turret now own 2 Turrets and 3 tanks?

And more importantly, If Mr Tank destroys a Barrack BEFORE the units are made (yet in MY timeline, they've been made). Do I lose my units?

[asmithally]

Both of your conclusions are correct, yes.

Interestingly, however, in the second case, you can send those unit back in time to prevent the destruction of the barracks in the first place.

[Killer344]

/does not compute.

[MittinsKittens]

Interestingly, however, in the second case, you can send those unit back in time to prevent the destruction of the barracks in the first place.

Another question time then...
If you go back in time and loop round... Do you end up with "Clones"?
Because they have gone back in time, and looped round coming along side "them" being built....

[Hicks58]

Another question time then...
If you go back in time and loop round... Do you end up with "Clones"?
Because they have gone back in time, and looped round coming along side "them" being built....

Yup, you can potentially clone an entire army of units... But it would be expensive, and cost a crap ton of chrono energy.

[EIRRMod]

And more importantly, If Mr Tank destroys a Barrack BEFORE the units are made (yet in MY timeline, they've been made). Do I lose my units?

There is only one time line, and if you DIDNT like that outcome - youd have to expend 'Chrono-energy' and go back FURTHER in time to stop the baracks being destroyed.

BUT!  Heres where it gets FUN!
If you cant do that, and you go INTO THE FUTURE, where the destroyed barracks hasnt 'propogated' yet (read: re-adjusted):
A. Your barracks still hasnt been destroyed, and the units are sitting there.
B. Use a Chrono-porter with enough energy and send those NEW UNITS, into the past to defend the barracks as its being built.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

I fucking love this game.

[Hicks58]

Almost like you have to think in three dimensional terms, right?

[Mister Schmidt]

I haven't played this, but i don't think my mind could take it.

[EIRRMod]

I haven't played this, but i don't think my mind could take it.

Play it drunk.

At a LAN party.

It will all make sense.

[AmPM]

Almost like you have to think in three dimensional terms, right?

4 dimensions =) Go go time paradox bullshit!