December 16th will be the release of Elite: dangerous for Windows
The release of the fourth of the cult Elite series of games called Elite: dangerous will take place on December 16, according to a press release from the developers . This is the release date of the Windows version - Mac owners will have to wait until 2015. The cost of the game on prepayment is $ 50 , and anyone can buy beta right now for $ 75 . Interestingly, once you buy a game for one of the platforms, you can use it on both - you can even download saves from Windows to Mac and vice versa. In addition, support for Oculus Rift 3D glasses is already integrated into the game from the beta.
For the first time information about the sequel appeared in 2012, when the creators launched and successfully conducted a campaign on Kickstarter , collecting a half million pounds to develop the game. Everyone who followed the development of the game noted that the company with surprising consistency fulfilled all its previously announced plans for developing the game on time and was very active in communicating with potential players, taking their opinion into account.
David Braben, the developer of the entire series, starting with the Elite game of 1984, responding to a question from ArsTechica about how they manage to fit so well in the schedule (unlike many other developers, he explained that the main thing is to successfully select the necessary features, discard unnecessary and focus on what was chosen. "We have been working this way for a long time, and have already done many projects. We gradually nurtured our development team, and this team is very talented people in whom experience and youthful enthusiasm came together, who put heart and soul into the design They are accustomed to our rhythm and this allows them to fit into the schedule. "
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“The experience of developing the project“ in sight ”was simply amazing. Direct communication with our alpha and beta backers (people who took part in the crowdfunding campaign) and their support, constructive feedback and suggestions helped us a lot. ”
Elite: dangerous follows the tradition of the series - the player is given a small spacecraft and a small amount of money, and complete freedom of action in the open world of the galaxy - trade, hunting for prizes, mercenaries, etc. The world is a model of the real Milky Way galaxy on a 1: 1 scale, where about 400 billion star systems will be represented, with planets and satellites rotating in real-time orbit. Information about about 150,000 star systems was taken from real scientific data. The game offers both single player mode and MMORPG.
Braben promises that the release of the game will not mean the termination of its development and that the developers still have a lot of ideas for the realization of the game. The plans - the possibility of landing on the living, inhabited planets, where you can hunt, manage various ground vehicles. Also, developers want to introduce elements of first-person shooters, the possibility of stealing and boarding ships and communicating with players and NPCs inside ships.
For the first time information about the sequel appeared in 2012, when the creators launched and successfully conducted a campaign on Kickstarter , collecting a half million pounds to develop the game. Everyone who followed the development of the game noted that the company with surprising consistency fulfilled all its previously announced plans for developing the game on time and was very active in communicating with potential players, taking their opinion into account.
David Braben, the developer of the entire series, starting with the Elite game of 1984, responding to a question from ArsTechica about how they manage to fit so well in the schedule (unlike many other developers, he explained that the main thing is to successfully select the necessary features, discard unnecessary and focus on what was chosen. "We have been working this way for a long time, and have already done many projects. We gradually nurtured our development team, and this team is very talented people in whom experience and youthful enthusiasm came together, who put heart and soul into the design They are accustomed to our rhythm and this allows them to fit into the schedule. "
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“The experience of developing the project“ in sight ”was simply amazing. Direct communication with our alpha and beta backers (people who took part in the crowdfunding campaign) and their support, constructive feedback and suggestions helped us a lot. ”
Elite: dangerous follows the tradition of the series - the player is given a small spacecraft and a small amount of money, and complete freedom of action in the open world of the galaxy - trade, hunting for prizes, mercenaries, etc. The world is a model of the real Milky Way galaxy on a 1: 1 scale, where about 400 billion star systems will be represented, with planets and satellites rotating in real-time orbit. Information about about 150,000 star systems was taken from real scientific data. The game offers both single player mode and MMORPG.
Braben promises that the release of the game will not mean the termination of its development and that the developers still have a lot of ideas for the realization of the game. The plans - the possibility of landing on the living, inhabited planets, where you can hunt, manage various ground vehicles. Also, developers want to introduce elements of first-person shooters, the possibility of stealing and boarding ships and communicating with players and NPCs inside ships.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/362899/
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