Yeah, I got that notification, too…in the middle of the night. The game is basically perfect; j just wish they would implement notifications for games, too. They can clearly do it for marketing, lol.
The major expansions are $40 and $30. I don’t know the usual price but it doesn’t seem like they are on sale.
What I can confirm:
As of March 1st, the Coding Monkeys’ version of Carcassonne will no long be available, and will be replaced by the Asmodee version.
I don’t really play Carcassonne much anymore, but in my mind it remains the best iOS implementation of a board game, and it will be one of the biggest travesties of iOS gaming for it to be replaced by an inferior product.
Ugh. I have so many thoughts on the sheer mediocrity of Asmodee and how they could be contributing to the demise of digital board gaming, but I haven’t had my coffee yet and can’t be as eloquent as I imagine myself able to be.
Edit: Note that the game is on sale for $5 now, I believe, and Coding Monkeys has said that they will keep their servers up for at least a year, maybe more.
Whelp. It’s never coming off of my devices now. Time to IPA backup.
Does their version require a constant internet connection (to the Coding Monkeys servers)?
I don’t think so.
I really can’t wait to start my monthly Carcassonne game with friends only to stare at an empty lobby for hours waiting for them to be online together. (NOT)
Also, I don’t see enough love for Maze Machina.
The game is crazy addicting, being it normal mode, limit, daily or challenge.
Amazing game.
I did not even know about this.
It’s the last game from Tinytouchtales (Card Crawl, Enyo, Miracle Merchant, Card Thief).
It’s like Threes and Imbroglio had a baby, with the usual AAA polish, style and features.
It’s also addictive as crack.
Sports normal mode, limit, daily and the mighty challenge mode which is basically a permanent ‘solo async multiplayer’ tournament (not for the faint of heart).
Probably his best work so far combining Card Crawl easy approach with Card Thief deepness (and I love both, still play them and my back in the days GOTYs in their respective years).
Only con is that my score (152, not world record anymore sadly) doesn’t show up in the ladder due to a bug (back in the beta).
2020 is off to a great start.
(Soon Out There, another favorite game of mine, will be updated with the Aliiance content).
Forgive the self promotion but I have the top score in today’s Maze Machina daily! Crazy addictive game…
Well done!
I remember when I was in the top 5 on the Archer Zen pinball table and it felt great! I’ll have to start these dailies soon.
Right after responding to you I had an hour long subway ride so downloaded it on my way out of the house. Almost missed my stop as I made my way through the tutorial and all 20 ‘unlocks’. Good stuff.
New DLC available:
Dancer expansion for Cultist Simulator
Alliance DLC for Out There (not available in US yet, but @pitta reporting it’s live in EU)
eta: Alliance content for Out There is available as an update to the game, no DLC required
Yeah Out There Alliance is a FREE update to the original game, and I’m happy to report that the update sports WAY more content than I imagined.
Also they scattered some cool bits very early in the game (before the monolith and the start of the story).
Awesome.
I never read got in to Out There. Narrative roguelikes annoy me a bit because starting over involves repeating the story ad nauseum. They are bit like those Chose Your Own Adventure books, which are a neat idea until you end up reading the first 4 pages about a dozen times. I should probably give it another shot…and get over my narrative roguelike hang ups so I can try out Cultist Simulator.
YMMV but has someone who hates CYOA games for the very exact reasons you said, personally I love Out There.
I wouldn’t call it a narrative roguelike tough or…certainly you don’t read the same story over and over for sure.
I won’t spoil things but besides the events (which are hundreds but if you play the game as I did you will remember some sooner or later so yeah they will repeat…they are generally 1-2 lines and all have immediate gameplay outcome but NONE is story related…or you won’t understand them as such until you saw multiple finale…and I won’t say anything more)…the story part (which is pretty awesome imho) doesn’t actually repeat…because you get it at…some moment at the beginning of the game and…at the end of a successful run. In between it’s all emergent storytelling.
To get the whole saga story, you have to complete the game multiple endings (which are one better than the other imho).
If anything, my only suggestion to the devs was to shorten the ‘intro’ part where a ton of people just died even before starting the real game…but they were always adamant to preserve the brutality of the game depicting traveling in deep space alone (the game, sooner or later, explains everything)…with the Alliance update the game is still brutal but they scattered some cool interesting new things at the very beginning, which is a good move imho making even better the already excellent game.
The new content is pretty awesome as well (I still didn’t saw the new ending of course, will take weeks or months).
So if that’s your fear (reading over and over the very same story text every time) don’t worry.
If you need tips, don’t be afraid to ask!!!
Did I mention the game is absolutely brutal?
Be sure to activate cemetery gates (let you find your previous runs abandoned ships in your current run, which is a must) and don’t be afraid to select easy mode if you are not going anywhere the first runs.
Wow, I don’t think I have played this in 5 years. Might have to load it up!
Oh dear…The app icon for Out There reads “outthereomega”. No caps, no spaces. This offends my sensibilities.
Yeah, I hate it too
