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Dev Journal
Fallen Enchantress 0.95 Changelog (Beta 4)
Important Note: If you get an error trying to run after updating please check the following fix: https://forums.elementalgame.com/429402 Features Added a new tile yield, Essence. Essence is the limit for how many enchantments that city can support as well as modifying some improvements (Clerics lower Unrest by 5% per Essence) and enchantments (Inspiration gives +1 research per Essence), or enabling some Improvements (you can't build a G... [read more]
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Elemental–the two year anniversary nears
Our story so far… Many many years ago while developing the universe for Galactic Civilizations we started working on a fantasy world. This world became known as Elemental. The plan was to create a trilogy of games: Elemental: War of Magic plus 2 expansion packs (2010, 2011, 2012) Elemental: Fallen Enchantress plus 2 expansions (2013 originally, 2014, 2015) and Elemental: (not announced) plus 2 expansions (the future if FE is successful). War of ... [read more]
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Elemental: Fallen Enchantress Beta 4 Preview
This next week we are hoping (but not promising) to put out the 4th beta of Fallen Enchantress. Beta 4 will be focusing on overall gameplay with special attention to the underlying city mechanics and user interface. We expect this beta to last approximately a month at which point we’ll be releasing Beta 5 which will be all about balance, fixing any remaining bugs, polish, etc. Here’s a video I did yesterday that shows how the start of the game has changed: ... [read more]
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The Art of the Starting position
The most delicate balancing act we perform in Elemental: Fallen Enchantress is the starting position. How close should monsters be? How powerful should those monsters be? How near should we place more powerful monsters? How many resources should be near? How many goodie huts should be near? What about quests? The user has considerable control over this based on their start-up settings. However, we all know that most people will go by the default settings – at least at first.&... [read more]
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Fallen Enchantress: Pre-Beta 4 AAR
Fallen Enchantress Beta 4 is still a couple weeks away. But I thought I’d share a brief game play example. It was Summer The black sorcerer had been wandering for some time… The world was healing from its wounds but was now dominated by monsters, demons, and men who would prey on the defenseless. He didn’t know what specific event finally made him decide to take a stand. Travelers slaughtered on the plains by bandits? A helpless proto-village overrun b... [read more]
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Playing Fallen Enchantress Pre-Beta 4 at 1024 x 768
It’s tough to make a modern game look good at “low” resolution. But we try our best. Here are a few screenshots of a work in progress build running at 1024x768. I’ve also posted a video on Tumblr. Visit http://draginol.tumblr.com . That’s where I’ll be posting “rougher” stuff that marketing wouldn’t generally want to be widely disseminated but lets those really interested in the game see what we’re up to. [read more]
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Fallen Enchantress updated screenshots
Stardock is having a pretty good Summer and the good luck continues! Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion is a huge hit! The Political Machine 2012 is due out at the end of July. And our new fantasy strategy game, Elemental: Fallen Enchantress , is about to go into beta 4. First, a brief catch up: Elemental is a world filled with magic, monsters, and an epic history. Fallen Enchantress is a strategy game that takes place in that world. It is approximately a century s... [read more]