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Ashes II Dev Journal: A Preview of Internal Alpha 1
We’ve been hard at work on our internal Alpha 1 milestone. The focus has been finishing the new faction: the United Earth Forces (UEF). This is a unified military command made up of the United States, China, Russia, the EU, Australia, Japan, Korea, and others, all placed under your control to deal with the so-called “Post-Human Coalition.” Our story so far Those familiar with Ashes of the Singularity (2015) may recall the then far-fetched idea that, in the not-so-distant future, a h... [read more]
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Ashes II Dev Journal #10: Armies
What if every unit you created in an RTS game was automatically put into the equivalent of a ‘control group’? Let’s call that automatic group an ‘Army’. And what if that Army was a core way you issued orders to your units? You select the Army, much in the same way you’d select a single unit, and tell it to go somewhere. The Army takes care of getting all of the individual vehicles, soldiers, etc. to a location near where you asked the army to go. It has a desired ‘formation’ in mind, so it’ll... [read more]
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Ashes II Dev Journal #9: A Family of RTS Games
If you’re new to the Ashes of the Singularity RTS universe, let’s start with a primer: Ashes of the Singularity is a real-time strategy game set in the near future in which players fight for control of worlds. The scale of the maps tend to be very large and are broken up into regions. Controlling a region gives the player access to the resources within which can be extracted to be used in the war effort. Each side starts with a central base that if destroyed, causes them to los... [read more]
News
Discord AMA for Ashes of the Singularity II on October 28
Join us on October 28th for a Discord AMA on Ashes of the Singularity II Join the Discord The developers at Oxide are going live on Discord October 28th to answer your questions about the creation of Ashes of the Singularity II, the sequel to the massive RTS. 📍 Ashes of the Singularity Discord 🗓️ October 28, 3PM - 4:30PM EST [read more]
Stardock Entertainment Announcements
Now in Early Access - Elemental: Reforged
Remaster of the Classic Fantasy Strategy Game Series, Enters Early Access Today Join Early Access Now Stardock Entertainment announced that its remaster of the Elemental fantasy strategy game series, Elemental: Reforged , entered Early Access today. The classic sandbox turn-based 4X game series puts the player in the role of a sovereign of a fledgling kingdom in a world that has been devastated by a war of magic. “ Elemental: Reforged is the cul... [read more]
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Ashes II Dev Journal #8: The Actors of War on Stage Pt. 1
The first faction to take the stage, the United Earth Force represents humanity’s fight for survival against impossible odds. In this entry, we explore how realism, grit, and visual clarity define the look and feel of the UEF on the battlefield. The United Earth Force – Discipline and Steel Previously, we spoke about the environment as the grand stage. It’s the backdrop where the player directs an epic performance of conquest and survival. Every stage needs its first actor, and in the Ash... [read more]
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Ashes II Dev Journal #7: Tech Trees vs. Building Upgrades
In Ashes of the Singularity , we had a bit of a hybrid system for unlocking orbital abilities, units, and buildings. If you built the right building, you unlocked a additional units, buildings, and orbital abilities. On the other hand, if you wanted to upgrade your abilities, like armor quality or logistics or weapon power and such, you had to increment a corresponding technology level, which you did by spending the Quanta resource. So here we are again, Ashes of the Singularity II . On... [read more]