Pike and Shot Campaigns Beta call

[Galangalad]

You are invited to take part in the Beta of Pike and Shot Gold, the next major development of Pike and Shot:

New strategic map campaign system allows you lead your armies to victory against your chosen foe over an entire theatre of operations, taking into account strategic considerations such as terrain, available manpower, supply, attrition, sieges and economic damage. You can follow the progress of individual units through the campaign.

New Machiavelli campaign adds 21 new army lists for the Italian Wars period (1494-1559) covering the armies of England, Scotland, Denmark, Sweden, German States, Austria, Hungary, Transylvania, the Ottoman Empire, Poland-Lithuania and Russia.

2 more English civil War lists added for Cornish Royalists and Scottish Royalists.

We would also welcome Spanish beta testers as this game will have a full Spanish translation. Don't hesitate to join up.

Please subscribe to the Beta for PC here:

http://slitherine.com/beta_test

[Philippeatbay]

You need to make that announcement in Spanish on Punta de Lanca if you're serious about wanting Spanish-speaking playtesters.

[nikdav]

Signed !

[Galaahd]

Signed!

So, will we receive a mail or what? How does it work?

[rbodleyscott]

Signed!

So, will we receive a mail or what? How does it work?

emails will be sent out in due course, once the Slitherine/Matrix elves have built the installer.

[Galaahd]

Alright, thanks!

[Hilarion]

Wow! Will this be released for iPad as well?

(please say yes please say yes)

[rbodleyscott]

Wow! Will this be released for iPad as well?

(please say yes please say yes)

Unfortunately, Apple no longer accept new submissions or updates of 32 bit iPad programs. The STUB engine which runs Pike and Shot is 32 bit. Converting the existing engine to 64 bit would be a major programming exercise that is currently considered non-viable. (Instead Slitherine are working on a new engine). This unfortunately means that (at least in the short-term) future versions of Pike and Shot are likely to be PC only.

This will not affect the current PC or iPad versions, which will continue to have their own separate PBEM++ server. Future versions of Pike and Shot will install separately from Pike & Shot v1.04, so people will be able to have both versions on their PC and play MP games cross-platform with iPad users using PC v1.04.

[TheGrayMouser]

Holy cow, just stumbled into this, this sounds amazing!

[kenpokiller]

Excellent.

Let the testing/fun begin.

[jomni]

You are invited to take part in the Beta of Pike and Shot Gold, the next major development of Pike and Shot:

New strategic map campaign system allows you lead your armies to victory against your chosen foe over an entire theatre of operations, taking into account strategic considerations such as terrain, available manpower, supply, attrition, sieges and economic damage. You can follow the progress of individual units through the campaign.

New Machiavelli campaign adds 21 new army lists for the Italian Wars period (1494-1559) covering the armies of England, Scotland, Denmark, Sweden, German States, Austria, Hungary, Transylvania, the Ottoman Empire, Poland-Lithuania and Russia.

2 more English civil War lists added for Cornish Royalists and Scottish Royalists.

We would also welcome Spanish beta testers as this game will have a full Spanish translation. Don't hesitate to join up.

Please subscribe to the Beta for PC here:

http://slitherine.com/beta_test

Can't believe I missed this. Anyway is the new campaign system moddable. Would be nice for my Japanese mod.

[rbodleyscott]

Hi Jayson, the campaign scripting is highly moddable, but the map creation process is somewhat arcane. We should be able to create a step by step guide, however.

[keyth]

Wow! Will this be released for iPad as well?

(please say yes please say yes)

Unfortunately, Apple no longer accept new submissions or updates of 32 bit iPad programs. The STUB engine which runs Pike and Shot is 32 bit. Converting the existing engine to 64 bit would be a major programming exercise that is currently considered non-viable. (Instead Slitherine are working on a new engine). This unfortunately means that (at least in the short-term) future versions of Pike and Shot are likely to be PC only.

This will not affect the current PC or iPad versions, which will continue to have their own separate PBEM++ server. Future versions of Pike and Shot will install separately from Pike & Shot v1.04, so people will be able to have both versions on their PC and play MP games cross-platform with iPad users using PC v1.04.

So this essentially means that the iPad version is, to all intents and purposes, an evolutionary dead end? And expansions will not be backwardly compatible?

[moncholee]

Excellent news! A campaign engine will make an already awesome game truly epic. I have just signed for the beta.

And if you are looking for spanish speaking testers, well, soy español

Regards,

Javier.