Hey guys - big news. We have decided to open the, uh, Open Beta channels on Steam and Google Play.
Unfortunately Apple does not offer such option on iOS.
The general idea is that, based on your extensive and much appreciated post-launch feedback - we're introducing changes and new features. In order to make sure that:
a) everything works well
b) everything works as you had in mind when requesting those features...
...you can now opt in and out of beta tracks as you wish.
On Google Play you need to go to the app page on your Google Play app where you can opt-in (or out) of the testing. Or you can follow this link: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.acram.Concordia
On Steam, you right click Concordia on your list of games, go to properties, then Betas. You should be able to find the beta branch in the drop-down menu there. The game will download a small patch each time you opt-in or out, but you can do that freely.
This going in-and-out is particularly important because, amongst other things, we're introducing the Live Play online game mode, and the online play servers are separate between the current Beta branch and the live patch that we have. So when in Beta, you won't see your normal online games, and vice versa (but you can just jump back and everything will be as you left it.
Here's the list of changes we're proposing in the 1.0.5 Beta branch available on Steam and Google Play:
- [Map] Added map options - toggle lower saturation view and House construction cost on and off.
- [Colonist] Colonists should be contrasting better in the Perspective (3D) Mode. We're still working on 3D Colonist models, so those are yet to come.
- [Camera] You can now toggle camera following your opponents' moves on or off.
- [Online] We have added Live Play online game mode, where players agree to play the entire game in one sitting. Leaving the room means forfeiting. In case of disconnect - you have 3 minutes to come back.
And here's some bugfixes, for good measure:
- [Fix] All players will now properly see the Good-to-Sestertii conversion window at the end of an online game.
- [Fix] Fixed dropdown menu view.
- [Fix] Fixed the tooltip when waiting for your turn.
- [Fix] Fixed the rotating animation of the Player icon when they need to make a decision (considering) in the online game.
- [Fix] Fixed the 2D colonist animation during a replay.
- [Fix[ Point calculation animation will not trigger multiple times when someone leaves the room in an online game.
- [Fix] Fixed a bug where we couldn't select any Goods with an overflowing Storehouse during a Prefect action.
- [Fix] Chat button will no longer be showing up in the Tutorial.
- [Fix[ Fixed the podium display for 4th, 5th and 6th place.
You can, of coruse, report any feedback here on Steam, but feel free to join our discord as well!
https://discord.gg/mZnrRrBw