Hi Executives , I hope everyone is saying safe and healthy during these difficult times?
Sorry this new update is taking so long so just thought I would keep you all updated on how I am getting on, the following has been done:

• Each factions differences has been defined and are in the game such as the the different ways they gather money and research.
• Research is now instantaneous using research points which are gathered differently based on the faction you are playing, they are also a commodity which can be sold or stolen.
• Each faction now have their own power station and way of boosting output.
• Each factions unique units in the game
• Each factions unique starships in the game.
• Each factions tech tree has been designed and is in the game such as new weapons and upgrades
• Each faction have a faction variant of their shipyard, robot factory and new power plant.

Still to be done

• Unit construction animations need to be added
• All buildings for a faction need their unique look added
• Super weapons and structures still need to be added
• Clouds and nebular need to be added (important for mining)
• The AI needs to be taught how to use the new faction system
• Weapons, armour, research points etc need all balancing out
• Needs testing over multiplayer - although there is very little new code, most of this is just concept, number and graphic changes.

 

Initially all this will appear in the beta branch and then once happy with it all I will then release onto the main branch.

Thank you for your continued patience and understanding, as you can imagine adding a whole new faction system to the game takes a bit of time, unfortunately I cant give an estimate as to when it will all be done however you can see that it is progressing well as I am working as the foundations were already laid down and tested well by everyone.

I am usually around in the discord chat if you fancy asking anything and I sometimes post teasers and update progress images in there.

Below are some selected pictures from the update (subject to change)

All the best to you all

Cheers,
Rob