Pre-Beta Galaxy Open Again to Players + Patch 0.965 Released

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Hi everyone,

The new Pre-Beta galaxy was launched on Sunday and demand from players was much higher than we expected! Quite frankly, we were overwhelmed by the number of players that tried to join.

Players trying to join the galaxy since Monday night found it was already full and we’re very sorry for any frustration this caused.

Pre-Beta galaxy open again to new players

However, the Pre-Beta galaxy has just been expanded and is open again – ready for new players to join!

If you tried joining before while the Pre-Beta galaxy was full – or haven’t tried yet – we recommend that you join as soon as you can before it fills up again.

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Pre-Beta Galaxy Launched!

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The new Pre-Beta galaxy is now OPEN and ready for you to play!

If you previously signed up to play but haven’t had an invite email yet – check your inbox… Because everyone that signed up and was still waiting on an invite should now have been sent one (keep reading if you didn’t get yours).

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New Pre-Beta Galaxy: Launches 11th August

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Hi everyone,

After a quiet month we’re back!

The team took it in turns to take some holiday time off over the last month to recharge – ready to press ahead with the rest of a very exciting year.

Starting with a new galaxy that’ll be the most fun and engaging yet…

New ‘Pre-Beta’ galaxy

We’re launching a new galaxy this Sunday August 11th at 18:00 UTC. We’ve named it the Pre-Beta Galaxy – instead of Alpha 4 – because:

  • The quality of the game feels much closer to Beta than Alpha (so we’ve been told) but the game isn’t feature complete yet to consider it Beta
  • ‘Alpha 4’ after ‘Alpha 3’ – starts to get confusing?
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Skirmish galaxy: we have a winner!

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Hi everyone,

Congratulations to Pepelekus on winning the Skirmish galaxy!

Pepelekus crossed the 100k points winning line on Wednesday morning – needing only a month to do it – and wasted no time in letting us all know 🙂

Not only did they win the main competition, but they also managed to top each of the other 5 leaderboards while doing so. Very impressive!

You can see the final leaderboard standings at the end of this post (the live leaderboards will continue to change while the game is still running – we didn’t pause them).

And a big thanks to all of you that took part in the Skirmish galaxy. Your participation and help with testing the game is vital and always much appreciated.

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Release: Alpha patch [v.0.93] – Alpha 3 Skirmish Galaxy Launched!

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The Alpha 3 Skirmish galaxy has just launched and all Alpha players can join it right now. The Skirmish galaxy is a faster game so join as soon as you can and don’t get left behind!

The launch of the Skirmish galaxy coincides with the release of Alpha patch 0.93. This patch introduces 2 changes, both apply to the new Skirmish galaxy only and not the ongoing Alpha 3 main galaxy (see below for details).

Updating the game client: the game should be automatically updated via Steam. Please check here if the download doesn’t automatically start when you launch Steam.

The new Alpha 3 Skirmish galaxy has launched

And it’s ready for Alpha players to join right now!

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Alpha 3 Skirmish Galaxy: Starts 4th April

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On Tuesday we asked if the Alpha players wanted us to launch a second galaxy. The response was a definite YES from most players so we’re busy getting it ready.

We didn’t want to keep players waiting long so set a launch date less than a week away – Thursday April 4th at 15:00 UTC (we’re planning to release the next patch on Monday, if there are any significant issues around this we may have to delay the launch).

The galaxy will be called the ‘Alpha 3 Skirmish’ galaxy (A3 Skirmish) and all current Alpha players will be able to join. A3 Skirmish will run until one player wins!

The Alpha 3 main galaxy: remains the mainstay galaxy, will run alongside the experimental A3 Skirmish galaxy, and will continue after the A3 Skirmish galaxy has ended. So don’t neglect your existing games in the main galaxy!

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Release: Alpha patch [v.0.9]

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Multiple dreadnoughts in one fleet

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Alpha patch 0.9 has been released today via Steam to all Alpha players. This patch includes a reworking of fleet management and a couple of small bug fixes. The first version of the planet management assistant that was discussed in last Friday’s dev diary is pretty much done, but needs a little more testing still so didn’t make it in to this patch.

Updating the game client: the game should be automatically updated via Steam. Please check here if the download doesn’t automatically start when you launch Steam.

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Release: Alpha patch [v.0.887]

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Alpha patch 0.887 has been released today via Steam to all Alpha players. This patch includes the option to automate research, a new super-fast scout class engine, improvements to resource transfer and bug fixes.

Updating the game client: the game should be automatically updated via Steam. Please check here if the download doesn’t automatically start when you launch Steam.

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Release: Alpha patch [v.0.88]

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Alpha patch 0.88 has been released today via Steam to all Alpha players. Dreadnought class hulls have been added in this patch, a number of frustrating bugs have been squashed, and more…

Updating the game client: the game should be automatically updated via Steam. Please check here if the download doesn’t automatically start when you launch Steam.

Dreadnought class hulls are here

Each civilization now has access to their very own dreadnought class hull!

These ships are massive. Plenty of large weapons slots means they can be equipped with a beastly amount of firepower including fighter carriers and torpedo launchers. Coupled with a robust frame that can stand up to powerful attacks, they really are the ultimate addition to an empire’s armada.

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Q1 2019 Outscape Roadmap & Survey Findings

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Hi all,

Happy New Year! We wanted to give you an outline on what we will be building in Q1 and hence what you can expect to be incrementally layered into Outscape, as well as an update on the findings from the recent mini survey.

A huge thanks to all of you who completed the mini-survey we sent out over the holiday period! This survey was much shorter than previous ones, and helped us to understand if we were moving the needle or not on the key areas players highlighted in the last full survey, as well as allowing us to keep our thumb on the pulse more generally.

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