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The horizon of a new 4X frontier is getting closer and closer. As the spaceship is rapidly approaching the new planet, a new hope for mankind, we are getting closer to the release of the long awaited Pandora: First Contact!

Developed by Proxy Studios (www.proxy-studios.com), the game follows in the footsteps of classics like Alpha Centauri and Galactic Civilizations; but it also creates a completely new world of its own, with hundreds of creatures, settings, technological innovations and a never-seen-before range of deadly weapons. In development for more than two years, Pandora: First Contact is something really novel in the genre of civilization-style games.

The game will be available tomorrow, but in the mean time we want to make available the digital version of the game manual. Actually it is a real and proper Lore, with insights, information and the fictional background history of Pandora, its discovery, the human factions and much more.

Download it HERE.

Enjoy reading and get ready for tomorrow’s release of Pandora: First Contact.

Get more information on Pandora: First Contact on its official page.

That link is not a manual at all. The LINK on the proxy site also has a link called manual. It too is the same thing --- just 100% lore.

Is there a plan for us to see the manual before we purchase?

If not, that is okay. I am just wondering if you guys simply made a mistake and actually wanted us to have access to the manual.

Thanks

PS - I also see the "boob" issue is still there on the one gal.

Hi Balto,

the team decided they wanted a timeless manual and took all of the game specific info in to the in game help and tips system. The problem is they have so many plans that things change so fast a manual cannot be kept up to date so they wanted to just include the story and background.

If you want to learn more about playing the game please see these lets play videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMz4S2Q2NXw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAzfGd_jY8E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g67CcrEuNjI

In fact the game has changed so much since the manual went to print it would already be out of date! It is a constantly evolving game with a big future ahead of it so this was part of the long term plan.

So in summary it is not a mistake - this is the manual, or if you want to call it a Lore book

Hurry up and release it.

Expected at about 3pm so not long now!

AWESOME, I will be on that tonight! I cannot stay up to late because I am going to Fall-In tomorrow in Lancaster, PA.

ORIGINAL: Iain McNeil

In fact the game has changed so much since the manual went to print it would already be out of date! It is a constantly evolving game with a big future ahead of it so this was part of the long term plan.

Given this I assume that buying the physical Collectors edition to have a nice printed manual will be pretty pointless and manual-wise the download edition is the way to go ?

Since the manual is an awesome short story collection you can't go wrong with it! You can grab it and let it replace your evening reading material for a day!

ORIGINAL: SephiRok

Since the manual is an awesome short story collection you can't go wrong with it!

A manual should be an explanation in detail of how to play the game, a short story collection is not a manual !

P.S. from reading some of the other threads it seems that there isn't a manual at all !!