Remember yesterday’s interview? Mathias was explaining his work on the galaxy map, but also wonders! Our goal with “Echoes of the Endless” was to clearly add more personality and interactivity to improve your gaming experience. Here are the main features we will focus on today:
- Interactive Random Events
- Exploration Rewards
- Wonders
INTERACTIVE RANDOM EVENTS
How it works.
Interactive random events will give more diversity to each game and involve the player, forcing him to make a choice which will impact its development.
An Interactive Random Event offers 3 different choices with different consequences. (you can add more options in mods)
When the player faces an Interactive Event, he has to choose between the proposed options before the end of the turn. If he does not, a default choice is selected. Each option is attached to one family:
- :l Neutral: choosing this option will mainly affect your faction
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Good: choosing this option will help everybody
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Evil: choosing this option will worsen all factions' situation (especially for others)
The AI will always pick a choice depending on its alignment.
Interactive Random Event - Galactic Plague
EXPLORATION REWARDS
How it works
Players want to be rewarded when exploring the galaxy in order to make the galaxy more living. When they will arrive on a neutral system for the first time, they have a chance to obtain a reward. The first player who explores a neutral system gets the reward which is on it (if there is one, of course). Then, the reward is no longer available for other players. Also, you will be able to select from Full to None the exploration events availability; some of them may even have multiple choices. The idea of Exploration Rewards is to enhance the exploration and discovery feeling in Endless Space.
WONDERS
How they work
Wonders are a sign to reinforce the uniqueness a system. They provide bonuses to the Empire and at a local scale too. When a scout arrives for the first time on a system, its owner is notified that an Endless Wonder has been spotted on the system. An icon notifies the presence of an Endless Wonder in the galaxy view.
Natural Wonder
Some planets may have a Natural Wonder that gives a boost to: either the planet or the whole system. The Natural Wonder can be visible on the planet from the system view.
A Natural Wonder can affect:
- FIDS
- Approval
- Population Cap
- Production cost
- Upkeep
- Hero’s experience
- Ship’s experience
Natural Wonder - The Platform of Ys
Endless Wonder
Some planets may have a Wonder left by the Endless that gives a boost on the system or the whole empire. An Endless Wonder is visible on the system view and will by default give a small bonus. However, you will be able to enhance those bonuses by restoring the wonder.
To reactivate an Endless Wonder, the player has to rebuild it. Each wonder requires:
- An amount of industry
- A potential resource prerequisite
Stay tuned for more info on the second add-on “Echoes of the Endless”!