Sol-Ark [WiP] New devlog (23/07/2015 CheckPoint)

Alexey Sayenko · 2015-07-27T11:44:27

Name: Sol-Ark Genre: «Sol-Ark» - is an indie-project focusing on 2D space faring real-time strategy/sim (RTS) with some Rogue-like and Sandbox elements. It’s an old-school hand-made flash project Short description: Sol-Ark is a 2D Space RTS with sandbox and rogue-like components. Expect gameplay mechanics designed with player choice in mind and an immense universe to make those decisions in. Missions and storylines drift from seriously somber to hilariously violent with every new area explored, and random events punctuate these encounters to create a dynamic experience that’s part procedural generation, part astrotechnic action puzzle battle-scarred deep space handcrafted indie celestial celebration A few of Sol-Ark's Features: Crew morale system One of the most interesting mechanics we've introduced is a morale system for NPCs, consisting of varying degrees of four moods. These moods affect how any given NPC will perform a task. Ask a happy NPC to switch out a reactor core and they might do it in half the time, whistling all the while. Ask a depressed NPC to do the same task and they may open the airlock and jettison themselves, and other crew members into the unforgiving void of space. Random events The game will feature dozens of events ranging in class and severity. You'll encounter pirates, miners, derelict stations and celestial phenomenon that will alter your crew's mood, send you on quests, and engage you with ambushes, full frontal assaults and other intergalactic shenanigans. Expect naturally occurring lasers to sever your ship, and be wary of the allure and intrigue of alien-infested cargo adrift in space. Sandbox Style Construction You'll be building your ship from frame, to floor, to wall and ceiling. You can shape and build the ship to your own liking and compartmentalize its systems however you see fit. Do you want your ship to look like a massive triangle of death, surrounded by torpedo turrets, lasers and cannons? Go for it. Want your ship to be shaped like a massive cat head? Please give it a shot, and send us some screenshots. Last video: Approximate release date: middle of 2016 Technology: ActionScript 3.0, API - FlashDevelopPlatform: MultisystemLanguage: EnglishInspirations for developers: “Faster than Light” (FTL), “Dwarf Fortress” (DF), “Ancient Domains Of Mystery” (ADOM) and “Laser Squad” (LS) projects.Project's beginning: May, 2014Status of project: pre-alpha version, preparation for Steam Greenlight campaignOfficial websitePress-kitOfficial blog (devlogs)Page on Steam CommunityPage on IndieDB Pages in social networks:FacebookRedditInstagram Music: The game has its own OST-kit (examples are used in the demo video). Composer - Eugene Guliugin.Team:Main core of the team Alex Sayenko (Ukraine) - game-designer, producer Justin Hellstrom (USA) - second game-designer, writer/scenarist Dmitrii Demenkov (Ukraine) - lead programmer Eugene Guliugin (Russia) - composer, sound-designer Eugene Usmanov (Russia) - lead 2D artist, concept-artist Olga Petrovskaya (Ukraine) - web-designer These guys help us in their free time Tomas Seniunas (Lithuania) - second programmer Luke Bourne (UK) - third programmer Alexander Horiakov (Ukraine) - community-managerWe are looking forward for your feedback, comments, offers and wishes! More info about the project you can find on the game website and on the blog with devlogs.Special thanks (indie helps indie):HASTE project's team for their assistance and consultations.Indie Games Developer group on LinkedIn and its creator - Julian Ross for his mentorship

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Started by Alex Martial January 03, 2015 01:35 PM

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Alex Martial

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April 19, 2015 09:43 PM

Have you thought about creating a Dev Journal here on this site? It would be great to see a few post about your progress through that method, because followers would be automatically be notified about each post and help maintain a bigger fan user-base.

P.S.

The game looks great!

Thanks for advice! I'll do this in near time.

Also, thank you for your kind words. I deeply appreciate this!

Alex Martial

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April 23, 2015 12:11 PM

Hello, friends!

We are updating Sol-Ark's page with a new devlog (22/04/2015 CheckPoint) and a new images.

All graphics and gameplay features are a work in progress.

Look, how Sol-Ark evolves right before your eyes!

http://media.indiedb.com/cache/images/games/1/38/37689/thumb_620x2000/2015apr20_3.gif

Check Sol-Ark's page on IndieDB website and our blog with devlogs to know more. Join us on Sol-Ark's official website to stay tuned.

Alex Martial

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April 25, 2015 09:55 AM

Hello, guys! I want to share with you my last article on Tuts+ about necessity of GDD creation, common mistakes with that and some tips (from our experience) how we can avoid them.

Every indie developer or team has asked themselves how best to manage the development process. Is it obligatory to use detailed documentation, such as the legendary game design document (GDD)? What are the most common mistakes, and how can they be avoided?

For those who have searched for answers to these questions, I want to share our team's experience of creating our GDD.

http://gamedevelopment.tutsplus.com/articles/how-and-why-to-write-a-great-game-design-document--cms-23545

Alex Martial

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April 27, 2015 06:52 AM

Hello, everyone! We are publishing the eleventh article from a series about main Sol-Ark's features of gameplay - Ability to save/load the game

Game Over. It happens to most people at least once while playing a game. It will almost certainly happen to you while playing ours. We’re still coming up with all the conditions that result in a Game Over, but here are a few that are being worked on now.

http://media.indiedb.com/cache/images/games/1/38/37689/thumb_620x2000/2015apr24_7.gif

Read full article on Sol-Ark's IndieDB page

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April 30, 2015 07:42 AM

Hello, friends!

We are updating this thread with a new devlog (28/04/2015 CheckPoint) and a new images.

All graphics and gameplay features are a work in progress.

Stay with us and look, how Sol-Ark evolves right before your eyes!

http://media.indiedb.com/cache/images/games/1/38/37689/thumb_620x2000/2015apr28_1.gif

Check Sol-Ark's page on IndieDB website and our blog with devlogs to know more. Join us on Sol-Ark's official website to stay tuned.

Alex Martial

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May 04, 2015 09:03 AM

Hello, everyone! We are publishing the twelfth article from a series about main Sol-Ark's features of gameplay - Control systems

Monitoring your ship’s systems could be a full time job. But with angry pirates, alien infections, and intercosmic masers constantly threatening your existence you can’t always be micromanaging your

systems. That’s why you’ll have the ability to set systems to run automatically or be subjected to the errors of manual control.

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May 07, 2015 02:23 PM

DEVLOG #50 (05/05/2015 CheckPoint)

Hello, friends!

We are updating this thread with a new devlog (05/05/2015 CheckPoint) and a new gameplay video.

All graphics and gameplay features are a work in progress.

Stay with us and look, how Sol-Ark evolves right before your eyes!

P.S. On community's demand I've spent more than 6 hours, fixing all our threads on different forums and portals. First of all, I deleted (but left their links) all visible gifs from previous posts, excepting the zero post and last messages.

My apologies to everyone who had troubles with that. From now, we'll use gifs only in the first and in the last messages.

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Check Sol-Ark's page on IndieDB website and our blog with devlogs to know more. Join us on Sol-Ark's official website to stay tuned.

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May 11, 2015 08:10 AM

Hello, everyone! We are publishing a regular article from a series about main Sol-Ark's features of gameplay - Star system map level!

http://media.indiedb.com/cache/images/games/1/38/37689/thumb_620x2000/2015may9_2_opt.gif

Space is huge. Simulating vast interplanetary expanses on a screen is something we’ve thought about a great deal, and we have some secrets to share in regards to its exploration. Sol-Ark’s System Map will give you an overview of the entire solar system you and your crew have warped into. All the space shown is playable.

Read full article on IndieDB page

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May 14, 2015 06:41 AM

Hello, friends!

We are updating this thread with a new devlog (13/05/2015 CheckPoint) and a new gameplay video.

All graphics and gameplay features are a work in progress.

Stay with us and look, how Sol-Ark is evolving right before your eyes!

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1pN7KP57P40/VVLXETUUYdI/AAAAAAAAAvw/esyevUyS1M4/s1600/2015may11_2.gif

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Check Sol-Ark's page on IndieDB website and our blog with devlogs to know more. Join us on Sol-Ark's official website to stay tuned.

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May 17, 2015 09:18 AM

Hello, friends! We are publishing a regular article from a series about main Sol-Ark's features of gameplay - Local space map level!

http://media.indiedb.com/cache/images/games/1/38/37689/thumb_620x2000/2015may15_1_opt.gif

Space is a vast and wild frontier. Survival on its fringes often boils down to tried and true violence. You’ll need to fully understand your ship’s systems and its offensive/defensive capabilities if you don’t want to be torn apart by other vessels lurking in the dark.

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