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Published on October 31, 2008 By Island Dog

The RPG Vault at IGN.com has the first Developer Diary written by Brad Wardell.  This edition gives an introduction to Demigod and also gives a closer look at how Stardock and Gas Powered Games are trying to expand real-time strategy games to make them more accessible to everyone.

“For anyone who has ever gotten frustrated in a strategy game playing online because they didn't know the ideal number of barracks to build or whether the other player was "booming" yet, or had been rushed, or played for an hour only to learn the other guys didn't know what they were doing... then Demigod is your game. It has none of these issues because of its dramatically different design, which eliminates many frustrations that keep other releases from being more accessible.”

Read the full Developers Diary at the RPG Vault.

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October 31st 2008, at 9:01 PM

That answers some questions, thanks guys

 

edit: plus a glimpse of Oak in the screenshot...

October 31st 2008, at 9:44 PM

By contrast, with generals, players who love their RTS games more traditional in style gain a unit more akin to a commander in Total Annihilation. This type of demigod is still very powerful, but its greater strength comes from the units under its command. The character can summon various forms of minions, and give them orders.

good, now there's no ambiguousness over controlling a General's minions.

/BulletMagnet eagerly awaits a beta with Generals so he can work on modding in an ACU as a playable DG.

October 31st 2008, at 11:32 PM

ACU? Did they call them those back in the golden days? Are are you a non-purist Supreme Commander heathen? (jk)

Demigod's system req's may keep me from getting it right away. I've got a 1.8 GHz Athlon laptop, with a graphics (nVidia 6150go) bottleneck.

November 1st 2008, at 3:38 AM

Holy shit, just got back from a drunken halloween party .  Of course you post this now .  A least it wasn't beta 1next.

 

Before I read the article, let me just comment the new map screenshot is amazingly beautiful .  You guys are doing great work !  Keep it up!!! 

 

P.S.  I'm actually going to bed, because I mistyped and misspelled too much. (why no shot glass emoticon?)

November 1st 2008, at 5:08 AM

Ooh, the Oak looks nice

November 1st 2008, at 6:11 AM

And I think you can see a Spirit in the first shot.

I was really looking forward to playing Oak, so I'm excited.

Oh! And I like how they have all the shops together with tabs!

November 1st 2008, at 9:26 AM

Now we just need to know how much control you actually have.  Is it direct control or "move in this general direction"-type control?

The Oak, his minions, the map, and the tabs for items look good though.

November 1st 2008, at 4:47 PM

So this is direction you guys are going. I thought you were going to take another direction. One that gave us the full warcraft experience to go with the diablo experience.

November 1st 2008, at 6:53 PM

Its Demigod, not DOTA

November 1st 2008, at 6:54 PM

now I want the BETA more then ever

November 1st 2008, at 7:53 PM

Everything is really coming together.  The polish on this is very nice.  Love the tabbed store browsing.  Love the new map.  Love Oak.

 

Gimme the beta 1next NOW!!!

 

P.S.  I'm am very hopeful for a beta 1next release this week on Wed or Thurs.  Let's all keep our fingers crossed.

November 1st 2008, at 8:18 PM

Also, notice the appearance of the first persistant item.

November 1st 2008, at 11:37 PM

  Good

November 2nd 2008, at 12:18 AM

nakimusineko
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fixed; this is worthy of twenty-five stars.

November 3rd 2008, at 12:18 PM

Good Job glad to see the game going in the right direction. The only thing that worries me with making the general come out he or she will never beat an assassin. Unless the the summon creeps are super strong.

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