The counter on the satellitereign website has passed $755’000 (currently at $755’495), which means that the fifth stretch goal has been reached! This will allow 5LS to bring Russell Zimmerman on board as writer, and we will see two new factions (The Eternals, Red Mafia) and two new districts (The Grid, Industrial) added to the […]
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Dev Diary #3: Preproduction progress
Head over this way to read the latest dev diary by 5 Lives Studios. It is about progress in their preproduction work and covers varying the appearance of citizens, environment prototypes and some information about root animations and AI programming. There’s also a new background image for backers!
Interview: Chris and Dean on contractors, randomization, vehicles, guns and more!
I contacted the 5 Lives Studio team this week with a couple of interview questions, and I’m very happy that Chris and Dean took the time to answer them. So here is the interview: 1. Have you gotten the fast internet connection set up in your new office? Does the legal stuff (founding the company) […]
Dev Diary #02: In-depth look at motion capture technique
A new dev diary post has appeared over at the Satellite Reign website. Mitch is explaining how they are using motion capture to make the animations for the game. There are many pictures and even a video, so go check it out.
Coldrum blog update / $5k left to stretchgoal
Jeremy Love has updated bis blog with a new post, which features some of his concept drawings for the Satellite Reign Kickstarter campaign. You will all be familiar with the images from the campaign, but there is one piece which we haven’t seen before: a rough sketch of the “Big Boss” drawing, which shows how […]
Database merging delayed?
There appears to be a delay with the recently announced merging of the databases. A number of people are saying that they haven’t received their notification e-mail yet (I haven’t received mine either). So what’s going on? On Sept. 16th Chris posted this on the forum: @jorgka & @Ronin … all of this is coming… […]
New article/interview on Red Bull UK
A new article/interview popped up over at Red Bull UK. Did you know that Red Bull now does gaming news? I certainly didn’t… Anyway, I don’t do a post about each new press item (usually I just add it to the list on the press coverage subpage), but this one is quite detailed and does […]
5LS: database merging in progress
Another short update from 5LS via Kickstarter: They are in the process of merging the Kickstarter user information with their own database. When completed, it will allow users to check and upgrade their pledges on the Satellite Reign website. The backer forum should also go online at that point. Backers should receive an e-mail over […]
Dev Diary #01
5LS posted an update on Kickstarter and on the Satellite Reign webpage, titled Dev Diary #01. The team has settled in at the new office (still waiting for Internet access) and they explain their next steps: […] we already have the project set up in Perforce [a revision control system, -Lou], and are starting to […]
News tidbits
Various news tidbits today: Mike and Chris supposedly gave a talk at Brisbane Unity Developers meetup today, according to this announcement. It is not known whether there will a recording or report of the talk. Satellite Reign was mentioned in the Unite 2013 keynote, which you can watch here. The mention is very brief and […]
