I’m pleased to announce that Revision 10 of All These Worlds Tech Demos has just been released. The 10th released version of this project coincides with 10th anniversary of ATW development and is hence titled “A decade in the making”, and contains two years worth of on-and-off development. Here’s a couple highlights of this release:
Capital ship demo is back!
The scenario where you pilot a light destroyer in a battle against a heavy destroyer is making its first appearance since 2019. It lets you try out all the new features that were made for ship-to-ship combat.
Custom battles!
Two fleets meet in battle. You decide what ships there are, how they are equipped, which one you’re piloting, and you can give orders to allied ships too!
Tactical map!
The map gives you an overview of the current situation and also lets you give orders to allied ships.
Subsystem targeting!
You can now select a specific part of an opponent ship for your guns and turrets to aim for. This is especially useful for disarming capital ships of their turrets.
Smarter turrets!
Turrets now have several modes of operation: they can attack your current target, defend the ship, or track your target while letting you pull the trigger yourself! These modes can be set per turret, but also temporarily overridden by quick command shortcuts.
Additionally, a whole new rail-gun turret has been added to the light destroyer ship to give it that extra oomph that it always lacked.
A whole new camera system
External cameras were the most universally disliked feature by all play-testers, so the camera system has been redone completely. You can now select from several camera modes, including a free camera, chase camera, or target padlock camera. The external camera is finally useful for fighters too!
Download links
- 🠯 for Windows
- 🠯 for Linux
- Please contact me if you want a Mac version.
Download size: ~400MB
Future plans and the fate of Exploration demo
Exploration demo is gone for good, as it was universally thought to be incredibly boring. I want exploration to be a of core mechanic of ATW, so I have reimagined it completely. This new exploration mechanic is currently being implemented, but it will not be included in Tech Demos. It will instead be a part of “All These Worlds: Prelude”, a future game that I plan to publish on GoG and Steam.
Mac version
The Mac version is no longer being actively released due to lack of interest from Mac users. If you’d like to play ATW on a Mac, please let me know and I’ll build it for you. The last version built is from 2019 and you can 🠯 download it here. I don’t even know if it works since the person who requested it never got back to me.