Atomic Society Pre-Alpha Will Be For Sale in April 2016

[becky]

Apr 15, 2016 4:46:09 GMT Tigerlily said:

I can see it now, Soon as we wake up one of these mornings there will be a link to purchase and download and we will all be playing in no time. (I think my first town is going to crash and burn) 



-TL
    

I'm looking forward to it too, but I think that we've been told it will be in pre-alpha state, so if the game doesn't work too well I won't mind.

But yeah, I'm certain I'm going to suffer some pretty massive meltdowns in my society. I'm also looking forward to when some of the social dynamics systems get put in and fleshed out. I am wondering what's going to happen to my community when I pass the various mandates and options!

[Tigerlily]

Lol I was just talking to my sister about this yesterday.

She and I both LOVE this type of game. I told her I was going to make things backwards to start i.e (murder is not a big deal) but thievery is punishable by death. More than likely i'm going to make some YouTube videos to highlight some of my work so I can show off in the forums. I am curious to see how people build their towns and what kind of impact different arrangements have on things like resource collection/consumption like in banished.

I'm just beside myself with anticipation for the pre-alpha.

[ScottFarRoad]

Most of the serious bugs are out of the way now, so *deep breath* we're committing to a launch on Wednesday the 20th (can't be precise about a time of day). Having never sold a digital product before it's all a bit nerve-wracking and if something goes seriously wrong, it might be Thursday. But Wednesday is definitely the target we're aiming for. A "Buy" page will appear on our website then.

I know it's a little later than hinted at, but the upside is you'll be getting a more stable, polished build (in theory). There has even been a few minor content additions in the last week since my dev blog.

I should stress you're just getting a preview of the city-building side of the game for now. I was able to make a city of 190 citizens before deaths outweighed migration. That took me about 90 minutes and I knew what I was doing, so I'm guessing 2-4 hours of content in this initial super-basic version for newcomers. If it doesn't crash. 

Apr 15, 2016 20:16:23 GMT Tigerlily said:

Lol I was just talking to my sister about this yesterday.

I told her I was going to make things backwards to start i.e (murder is not a big deal) but thievery is punishable by death.

That will indeed be possible eventually! Will take us a while to get there though. But I can't wait to see what kind of societies people make. It's quite interesting how the pressures of playing (the game is quite hard) also change people's morals. For example, executing murderers is something a person might be against in reality, but when they're really messing up your city that you're fighting to keep alive, it sure becomes a lot more tempting to be brutal.

  

[rosemarykw1]

I like the look of this game and can't wait for it to be available to buy. I certainly will support it

[Tigerlily]

I look forward to wednesday

[rosemarykw1]

Is it released on wednesday?

[Tigerlily]

"Most of the serious bugs are out of the way now, so *deep breath* we're committing to a launch on Wednesday the 20th (can't be precise about a time of day)" -Scott

[Tigerlily]

So its like 12:30am Wednesday morning. That means is like 5:30am over in the UK. Im pretty excited right now. JUST SAYING. 

[ryuki]

Keen as beans for this! Excited to follow the development and see how the game grows.

[ScottFarRoad]

So far so good. Unless an unexpected serious issue crops up, we are still set to release tonight. I would not bother checking until late evening (like 10pm-12am GMT) to see if the game is up as we'll be going right down to the wire on this one.

Please note that the pricing I mentioned in an earlier post is going to be slightly different. This is because the game is now going to be sold in dollars (rather than £££s) and taxes will be included into the price regardless of where you are in the world (rather than these being added on top). For most people around the world this should result in the game being slightly cheaper overall and it's easier for us to manage selling worldwide.

Frustratingly I've got to go to my day job in a moment when all I want to be doing is the testing this retail copy of the game. It's been a hectic week!

Looking forward to sharing the pre-alpha with you all tonight. Thanks for being patient and supportive!

[Tigerlily]

OH LORD IM SOOOOO EXCITED! I AM SO STATING UP LATE IM GONNA BE PLAYING IT ALL FUCKING NIGHT AND PROBABLY INTO THE MORNING!!!! I have no shit bought a bunch of junk food and beer and i'm gonna sit here and fuck shit up for hours.

 

Also Scott QQ on going to work im sorry.