Fourth Expansion?

Distant Worlds is a vast, pausable real-time, 4X space strategy game which models a "living galaxy" with incredible options for replayability and customizability. Experience the full depth and detail of large turn-based strategy games, but with the simplicity and ease of real-time, and on the scale of a massively-multiplayer online game. Now greatly enhanced with the new Universe release, which includes all four previous releases as well as the new Universe expansion!

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I did actually send Adam some information for that article. Unfortunately it looks like he posted it before receiving my reply. Hopefully the information I sent him will show up on Space Sector soon.

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Is there any reason it can't be posted here? [&:]
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Just as a courtesy to him, I'd like to give him the chance on that scoop first.
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Cool!
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Fair enough.

I would add though, with all due respect to Adam (because SpaceSector is great), that surely it is time to hit a broader audience. I only discovered Adam's site by pure accident.

Take Polygon as one of various examples that could be referenced. I can read about Stardrive (when you have a far superior game) and Galactic Civilisations 3 (the market leader and a true competitor) but there is not even a whisper about Distant Worlds.

I do not understand the marketing strategy and how keeping it so amazingly quiet is the best approach. We all want to see a bigger community, more modders, and more profit so there is a bigger budget for Distant Worlds 2 don't we?

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The strategy is what it is, and doing Adam a favor probably means more free headline space with kind words.

What I'd like, if we're not getting the facts until Adam cares to share them with us, would at least be some indication of what sort of features we can hope for. If I say "scripting support", are we then talking [:D] or [:(]? Component modding, [;)] or [>:]? Detailed AI research and build strategies, [8D] or [&:]? Galaxy shapes? Space creatures? Galactopedia updates for customized content? A tool for replacing in-game fonts?

Come on, Erik. You don't have to spill all the beans but at least give us a vague scent to go on. [:)]
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The strategy is what it is, and doing Adam a favor probably means more free headline space with kind words.
Indeed ... it is what it is. If possible I'd like a slightly more considered discussion.
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A tool for replacing in-game fonts?
I bet a tool to shut down annoying custumer to prevent them to do unnessesary question ! :-))
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Well, we know Adam reads these boards, so, "Hey, Adam, please publish the informaton, ok? Pretty please!"
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No Adam take your time, do it right ! [&o]
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Well, we know Adam reads these boards, so, "Hey, Adam, please publish the informaton, ok? Pretty please!"
Your wish has been granted.
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Thank you, Adam! [&o]
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Perfect! Everything everyone always craved for!
You just made many people's day, Erik!
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Get Distant Worlds Universe to Steam, integrate Steam Works for easy Mod Support and you will get massive amounts of sales, imho [8|]

P.S.: I really would love to have this game in my Steam library.. or even a working Steam Overlay would be cool [;)]
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A hundred percent what FLINKE said.
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ORIGINAL: Flinkebeinchen

Get Distant Worlds Universe to Steam, integrate Steam Works for easy Mod Support and you will get massive amounts of sales, imho [8|]

P.S.: I really would love to have this game in my Steam library.. or even a working Steam Overlay would be cool [;)]

I would keep those sorts of comments to yourself or this thread will get locked, trust me there is a graveyard of locked threads out there because of it.

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I would not see that that redically - just FYI, Steam has been discussed to death and it is not the way the devs and Matrix want to go. Period...
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I don't know if you'll ever read this, Adam, but thank you for that article. Really solid timing on that one.

And thank you Code Force and Matrix. This is absolutely awesome news. Some bit of scripting, component modding, resource adjustments, galaxy shapes... I'm loving it already and I haven't even seen it. [:)]
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I would keep those sorts of comments to yourself or this thread will get locked, trust me there is a graveyard of locked threads out there because of it.

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ORIGINAL: Darkspire

I would keep those sorts of comments to yourself or this thread will get locked, trust me there is a graveyard of locked threads out there because of it.

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Its just my personal opinion nothing more involved here.
And there are opinions which oppose yours.
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