Originally posted by Soren Johnson on the Mohawk Games blog. Offworld Trading Company has been in Early Access for over a year, and in that time we have launched 10 major beta updates based on feedback from you. The game has improved in innumerable ways from our first version because of the dedication and involvement of our community. Today, we announce the release date of the game as April 28th, 2016, and we are excited to bring this game to a wider audience. We don’t v...
Originally posted by Soren Johnson on the Mohawk Games blog. Here are the rules: All tournament matches are free-for-alls, with a medium map and default settings, with the exception of Masquerade, Reveal Map, and Random Prices, which must be turned on. All games will be played on the next_version branch (password is “MohicanSun2015)”). The format for winning is that games continue until one player has won two matches. If a player does not show up w...
Originally posted by Soren Johnson on the Mohawk Games blog. Modding support has been a priority for us at Mohawk Games, and we built Offworld Trading Company to support mods that could not just change the game values (via XML) but also the C# code itself. Jason Winokur, the programmer in charge of mod support, has recorded three tutorial videos to help guide prospective modders. If you are interested in changing our game, please give them a look! Intro to Offworld Modd...
Originally posted by Soren Johnson on the Mohawk Games blog. The Offworld Release Tournament has finished, and the best-of-5 finals were between PBHead and YerAnd. The streams were broadcast by Zultar , and the match is linked below. The final bracket can be viewed here . The third-place match between Gameslayer and Deathtacticus was also pretty interesting:
Originally posted by Soren Johnson on the Mohawk Games blog. Offworld Trading Company has shipped! The game has exited Early Access, and the 1.0 version is now live on Steam . We also have some special deal running for the next two weeks: Regular Edition is 25% off ($29.99) Deluxe Edition is 33% off ($39.59) and includes Real Mars Map Pack DLC Original Soundtrack DLC Extra Offworld Trading Company key to give to a friend An early revie...
Originally posted by Soren Johnson on the Mohawk Games blog. Listen now to ‘ Red Planet Nocturne ‘ – the title track for Offworld Trading Company . “Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” -Berthold Auerbach (Interview by Kristy Eason) When creating a game, there are several pieces that need to fall into place in order to make it a complete package. Obviously, the core concept and gameplay elements ne...
Originally posted by Soren Johnson on the Mohawk Games blog. The Seventh Offworld Twitch Tournament has finished, and the best-of-5 finals was between Cubit and Gameslayer. The streams were broadcast by Zultar , and the first game is linked below. The final bracket can be viewed here: http://challonge.com/offworld7 .
Originally posted by Soren Johnson on the Mohawk Games blog. We are announcing the Third Offworld Twitch Tournament! Here are the rules: The tournament uses a single-elimination bracket of 16 players. All tournament matches are 1v1, with a small map and default settings, with the exception of Reveal Map which must be turned on. Games must be played on the next_version branch or Beta 10 if the latter is available. The format for winning is best-of-...
Originally posted by Soren Johnson on the Mohawk Games blog. We are announcing the Sixth Offworld Twitch Tournament! Here are the rules: All tournament matches are free-for-alls, with a medium map and default settings, with the exception of Masquerade and Reveal Map, which must be turned on. All games must be played on the next_version branch (password is “MohicanSun2015)”). The format for winning is that games continue until one player has won&n...
Originally posted by Soren Johnson on the Mohawk Games blog. We are announcing the Fifth Offworld Twitch Tournament! Here are the rules: The tournament uses a single-elimination bracket of 8 two-player teams. All tournament matches are 2v2, on a medium map with default settings. The format for winning is best-of-3, except for the finals, which will be best-of-5. If a team is not responsive to finding a time or does not show up to the match, they...
Originally posted by Soren Johnson on the Mohawk Games blog. The Third Offworld Twitch Tournament has finished, with the finals being a rematch of the previous finals, between PBHead and Cubit. Zultar and Soren commentated the finals, and they are available, in non-spoiler form, on this YouTube playlist (along with most of the rest of the tournament). However, if you are going to watch only one game from this tournament, please consider watching the second&...
Community member philothanic has posted about an upcoming newcomer FFA tournament on August 19th. See all the details in the post below and be sure to join our Discord channel here . https://forums.offworldgame.com/484534/Sign-up-now-for-the-5th-Newcomers-FFA-Tournament-on-August-19th-1900-GMT-15
Community Map Event happening this Saturday, August 5! This is a casual event where everyone is welcome to come and play. All the details can be found in our Discord channel here. https://discord.gg/v7uVuah
Originally posted by Soren Johnson on the Mohawk Games blog. Today, we released the Ceres Initiative DLC , which is a entirely new location to play Offworld , with new terrain and even a new resource tree. The rule changes are the following: Resources diminish over time (a High resource tile becomes Medium and then Low) Uranium is a new resource (it’s a metal, like Iron and Aluminum, so it is produced by with the Metal Mine) New buildin...
Originally posted by Soren Johnson on the Mohawk Games blog. Offworld shipped three weeks ago, so it’s a good time to roundup some of our best reviews! Rock Paper Shotgun : Civilization IV – the greatest strategy game ever made – was Offworld creator Soren Johnson’s first commercial games as a lead designer. Offworld Trading Company is an entirely different proposition: short-form rather than ultra-long...