The Update or New FoG Can Only Come All Too Soon ...

[stockwellpete]

Dan,

OK thanks. In terms of the full cross-platform multiplayer, will tablet IOS and Android versions cope OK with 400pts matches in all circumstances? The Fog Digital League uses 400pts armies and the sister competition, The Slitherine Trophy, uses 350pts. My guess is that they will be able to cope, which will be great news for these two competitions as it will mean many more players in the longer term.

[Latro]

you'll have at least a FoG(U) beta in a finished state before the end of this year?



PS: a new beta version will be out any day by now, and in case you need a reminder, the beta is open by more than a couple of months..

Good news indeed!

Finished state before the end of the year, does that mean the next beta will already have the AI working?

[gavril]

Hi Cothyso,

Joking aside I wish you the best of luck with the rewrite and I'm looking forward to seeing the final product.

[Old_Warrior]

Hi Cothyso,

Joking aside I wish you the best of luck with the rewrite and I'm looking forward to seeing the final product.

Me THREE!!!

[Old_Warrior]

When do you think it will be in the shops (with Wolves From the Seas), Dan?

well, the frank answer is "it depends" having the game finished is not the same thing with having it in stores. it also requires a lot of preparation (packaging, marketing, etc) and it would require the eventual approval of various 3rd parties (in case you haven't know it until now, we're making FoG(U) for Windows, OSX, iOS and Android - so we'll need Apple's approval for the iOS version).

we'll definitely have the game ready until before the end of this year (I would say even much earlier, but I won't say more), so you'll have a fully working Windows open beta game to play with (the game is already in open beta, and a new version will be available any day by now), until the proper launch versions will be available in their respective stores.

also, the game will have almost full cross-platform multiplayer (the memory restrictions being the only ones which might prevent tablet iOS and Android versions access huge SP/MP games). the tablet versions won't have access to the editor neither (reasons being obvious).

Glad to hear that FoG will be going to the tablet world. SMART move!