Good to know that Unity phones home. That really should be an explicit opt-in. Doing it silently is a very poor taste.

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Some clarification of how they understand "roguelike" in the context of the game:

We won't make EVERSPACE™ ultra hardcore and unforgiving. Rather, every time you die you will be able to improve your starting conditions for all the following runs. Permanently increase the capacity of your shields, install better engines, improve sensors, upgrade weapons, and attach armor plates - just to name a few.

Most ship upgrades will be directly visible, while some will have a huge visual impact, e.g. upgrading your wings will lead to an entirely different look.

You will be able to dig into the depths of the upgrade tree. Think of perks and upgrades that can change a lot of things - unlock new abilities and equipment, improve various stats and enable several other benefits that may change your play style.

Furthermore, every death will get you closer to revealing another fragment of the story being told. So dying is part of the progression.

Typically, due to the nature of the genre, rogue-likes don't have a deep story. We think the genre is just perfect to tell a captivating story in a fresh, non-linear way that unfolds differently every time you pick up the game. So we came up with an engaging plot that makes perfect sense for you to be re-born after every death and come back with a deeper knowledge of what is actually going on and, ultimately, solving the great puzzle. On this we have been working together with Falko Löffler who has been a successful story and game writer for adventure games for many years.

I.e. it's their way to let players experiencing more environments in the game.

Read their KS campaign page for more details on gameplay mechanics in regards to story and progression.

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I wonder if Unreal will be already using Vulkan by the time they'll be working on the Linux version.

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Looks great. I hope they'll release it on GOG. I like such space games.

UPDATE: from their KS page:

Will you also release DRM-free on GOG? How does DRM-free work with Steam?

Yep! We just cannot edit the description of the tiers that have already been pledged on - many thanks - anymore. On Steam we gonna use the client only for distribution and maintenance. Once you have downloaded EVERSPACE you don't have to run the Steam client anymore to play. You can read more about this here. http://steam.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_DRM-free_games [External Link]

About GOG, we have reached out to the guys and they really like EVERSPACE from what they can see and that the community is excited about it too. We definitely want to release EVERSPACE on GOG but the game has to be officially approved by them first. However, we don't have any doubt that we will pass their testing as we have passed even the most akward tests supporting hundreds of different devices for mobile carriers back in the days.

What about Mac/Linux Support?

Yes, we definitely plan on releasing on Mac and Linux, however the inital launch will be on PC and depending on the amount of money we raise the Mac and Linux port will come sooner or later.

Update: We heard you and we pushed the Mac & Linux support up to stretch goal #1!

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Quoting: HadBabitsTook me a bit to realize Diaspora* literally has an asterisk in it's name; I kept looking for a footnote in your posts XD

Hah, yeah :) It hints to dandelion that's used for its mascot (as a symbol of decentralization).

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Right, some pods have it, not all. My point is, it's a feature that diaspora* supports, but it's up to the podmin to set up XMPP server and pair it with diaspora*.

Once you have an XMPP server though you can set up any chats you want really. You can already do that on various existing ones, no need to wait for diaspora* to deliver it.

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diaspora* already has XMPP support for local chat. "Groups" functionality can be emulated by using tags. Something like explicit groups could be useful though.

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Quoting: TheBoss

Quoting: lucifertdarkTelegram isn't secure, the people who want to control our entire lives already have their claws deep into that piece of software & can eavesdrop any time they like, avoid it like the plague.

Ive seen people say that, but no one can ever back it up.

It was explained multiple times already. Telegram server is insecure and not FOSS, there is no end to end encryption. I.e. if you want Big Brother to be on the other end, Telegram is an option ;)

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Where did you get the 40k number? It's more than 600k (I already gave the link above on statistics: https://the-federation.info [External Link] ). Also, what's "mandatory"? If you care about FOSS and not supporting those who use your information for profit, then use diaspora*, not FB or G+. For those who don't care that's of course irrelevant. In my understand social network should be a communication tool, not a tool to harvest people's profiles. Therefore it has to be decentralized to avoid such pitfalls.

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Example of how it looks for me (opened #linux tag):



I'm sure it can be improved, and there are several efforts for it. But it's very usable.

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