[Ace]

Today a few updates including our weekly progress update:
http://www.lordofrigel.com/status/status-update-for-1018-10242015/

Also for a music Monday part of one of the ground combat tracks:
https://soundcloud.com/rhombustudios/ground-combat-neutral?in=rhombustudios/sets/lord-of-rigel-original-soundtrack

Finally, a new species vid covering the Tharrn!

[Ace]

Today we have a new species article, this time covering the Humans:
http://www.lordofrigel.com/news/species-series-14-humans/

Also one of the very early concepts of the Human diplomat:

[Ace]

So instead of doing skill trees, we're having heroes acquire skills with an achievement like system, how that works we cover today!
http://www.lordofrigel.com/news/mechanics-series-14-acquired-hero-skills/

Also a new wallpaper for the Mars-like minimal planets:

[Ace]

Our newest ship design article by newman covers the Katraxi!
http://www.lordofrigel.com/news/ship-design-14-katraxi-fleet-design/


Also a species wallpaper for the Ornithons!

[Ace]

We have a new update today, covering minor species in LoR:
http://www.lordofrigel.com/news/feature-series-14-minor-species/


Here's a peak at one of the diplomats for a minor species.

[Snarks]

If the Kickstarter fails (which it looks like it will), will there be another way for some of us to toss money at you guys? I'll be honest here. Diaspora was such a fantastic product that I feel bad not paying for it. That said, space 4X is totally up my alley, and this is shaping up to be what Sword of the Stars 2 wanted to be but ultimately failed at.

[Ace]

We're going to launch an Indiegogo and Steam Greenlight relatively soon. For Indiegogo the plan is to post up our specific small funding goals (like finishing ship debris). So we'll keep people posted on that. We are going to get the game done regardless, the issue of course comes down to polish and optional features. If it turns out like Sword of the Stars 2 bug wise I'll just send the home address of the lead coder to anyone not happy with the game

Anyway for today we have a new species vid for the Yalkai!

[Ace]

Kickstarter may not have hit the funding goal, but it did succeed at spreading the word about the game. Development continues and we're still aiming for our summer 2016 release. We won't be doing daily updates in the coming weeks, but will still provide weekly status updates, new videos, and development articles on various topics.

Anyway for today we have a new species article on the Tulocks:
http://www.lordofrigel.com/news/species-series-15-tulock/

[Ace]

We have a new article today covering how espionage works in LoR:
http://www.lordofrigel.com/news/mechanics-series-15-espionage-missions/

Plus a fleet scale image for the Aranids!

[Ace]

We have a new ship design article by newman today, this time looking at a single ship the Katraxi frigate:
http://www.lordofrigel.com/news/ship-design-15-a-closer-look-at-the-katraxi-frigate/


Also a new wallpaper, showing off the Aranids v.s. the Yalkai!

[Ace]

Showing off another one of our pre-warp minor species.

We finished up diplomatic victories and the galactic council this week. One thing we've also included are council decrees that are voted on that modify things like trade and research treaties. Council decrees are a lot like the planetary council votes in SMAC.

[Ace]

Although this week has been a little quiet, we've implemented all of the various leader mechanics such as randomized leaders and acquired traits this week


Also, for today here's a look at the GNN screen (with temp dialog).

[Ace]

This week's status update covers a few things, including working leader mechanics!
http://www.lordofrigel.com/status/status-update-for-118-11142015/

We also have two new species videos, covering the insectoid Aranid and the Humans!

(Editzored to fix YT embeds: Mongoose)

[Ace]

It's been a bit of a busy week for the LoR team. We've implemented more on leader mechanics and fixed quite a few bugs this week. Plus, I wanted to show off some progress on the Synth including their fighter by newman. There's also a new species video for this week covering the cybernetic Ornithon!

[Ace]

This week has been work on various info screens and more progress on the Synth. But we do have a new species video to show off covering the Xantus!

http://www.lordofrigel.com/status/status-update-for-1122-11282015/

[Akalabeth Angel]

Are you taking any inspiration from Master of Orion 1? The combat, research, planetary management?

[Ace]

More from MOO2, but espionage mechanics are more like MOO1 since those mechanics were more in depth.

The things drawn more from MOO1 are under the table mechanics like how pollution works, AI decision making, and spying.

[Ace]

The past month has been a lot of behind the scenes work. One of the biggest is switching from turn based to real time tactical and UI revisions.

We have a new species video covering the Synth:

Also a wallpaper showing off one of our elder species, the Arcturans!

[Kobrar44]

oh no the minceraft ships :/
The crystalized look is really cool, but it seems way too regular to work for me tbh.

[Ace]

Well one thing we wanted to announce is our decision to switch to a real time tactical setup. The old turn based tactical can still be checked out and downloaded though.

Also, here's a peak at our ringworlds: