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Better a Memorable Defeat than a Forgettable Victory
Chris: This was written by Sean Johnson, one of our beta testers for Stars Beyond Reach, and I’ve only added formatting and images. Sean: I have never had so much fun losing at a strategy game and...
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Interview with SpaceSector about Stars Beyond Reach!
Interview with Arcen Games, By Edward Varfalvy This was a great Q&A with Edward about the game — he asks some really great questions that get at not just what the game is, but what the motivations...
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Stars Beyond Reach: Release Date Now 2016, and Tales of Woe Part 3 of 3
First up the good news. You may recall that we were doing a series of visual shorts set in the world of Stars Beyond Reach. Well, the final part of that is now here! Since it’s been a while, here...
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Coming Soon: The Last Federation: The Lost Technologies (Expansion 2)
What’s this now? A new expansion, you say? Indeed! The Lost Technologies. We’ve been working with Draco18s, a long-time community member here, to bring this one to life. This is quite an exciting...
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The Last Federation – The Lost Technologies & TLF Collection Out Now (Along...
We’re happy to announce the launch of The Last Federation’s second expansion: The Lost Technologies! The new release brings new features and mechanics to TLF — such as the new Ring World planet type,...
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Starward Rogue 1.0 is now live! (Also: trailer!)
Starward Rogue is a passion project designed not just by myself, but by a team of other hardcore fans of this subgenre. We have several thousand hours in similar games, and we wanted to do something...
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Update: Starward Rogue Launches, Arcen and Humble Celebrate with Catalog-wide...
Update: The Bionic Dues free gift promotion has now ended — though our whole library will continue to carry major discounts on Humble store through this week. Original Post: We’ve teamed up with...
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Great work on Starward Rogue, team! Now you’re all laid off…?
Well @#$#@%$. The TLDR is that almost all the Arcen staff are going to lose their jobs, effective Monday. The Good Starward Rogue is out now, and it’s getting glowing steam reviews (76, all positive,...
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Starward Rogue DRM-free release — and 30% off!
Whew! Sorry that this took so long, folks. But Starward Rogue now has a DRM-free version for sale! (Note: for all you Humble Store customers, the DRM-free build will be uploaded to your accounts...
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Announcing “In Case Of Emergency, Release Raptor”
Did you know? We’re making a velociraptor game! Our first 3D game, in fact. The first of many. In a nutshell: you get to be a velociraptor, fight robots, and navigate procedural levels. I’ve been...
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Raptor Dev Diary #2: Thar Be Dinos Behind That Longwinded Man
First video of any of the parts of the game in action! Bear in mind this is circa alpha 0.1, a private build. The video should make that pretty clear, though. I wound up talking about a TON of...
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Raptor Dev Diary #3: More Audio And Video
Oi, Raptor! Been four business days since we saw you — what’s new? The short list of new stuff shown in this video: Improved post-processing visual effects. Improved raptor skin. Completely re-rigged...
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Teaser Trailer 1: In Case Of Emergency, Release Raptor
Not only is the steam store page for the game now live, but we also have our first actual trailer-style video! Happy day. :) Here’s some fun/interesting facts about the trailer: The music is by our...
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E3 Trailer: In Case Of Emergency, Release Raptor
Woohoo! Finally some real footage of the game with actual robots in place. Things are proceeding really well, although slightly slower than I’d like. That said, it’s really polishing up very well....
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Dev Diary 5: First Person Camera & Level Editor (In Case Of Emergency,...
Launching on the 8th, now, rather than the 5th. Also, please note that the first-person view will be an OPTION, and third-person view will still be supported. It’s been pretty clear that a lot of...
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Are You Kidding Me, Chris? Raptor Releases On the 11th Now?
Yeeaah… sorry about that. Last week it was going to be the 5th, and then late last week that shifted to the 8th. Now it’s the 11th. So what gives? Well, in a nutshell, I’m trying to make sure we have...
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Breaking News: Chris is a Grade A+ Moron
Yeah, you know what I’m about to say: the release is pushed back again. This is the third time in a month. I’m now targeting the launch to the 21st. So what the heck is going on this time, right??...
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Stealth! The 26th! Performance! Demo 7! Oh my.
Release notes! The time has come for us to start putting those out, so there they are. Ahem. Now… two steps forward and one step back? Well, the release is slipping again. This had better be the...
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All right, let’s get this over with: August 17th is the new release date.
But I do come bearing gifts, at least. Hope you enjoy the screenshots! Additionally, if you want to see what insanity we’ve been up to lately, then the voluminous release notes might be interesting...
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Starward Rogue Update 1.5: Awesome And Humble
Hey! Didn’t think we forgot about Starward Rogue, did you? There’s been a ton of stuff going on with it, though we’ve not had a release since May. I’m going to break this post into two parts: an...
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