Hey everyone,

We have some really good news for you today. Indeed, the Endless games are back for a FREE WEEKEND on Steam, with a very exciting community challenge. It starts now and ends on April 20th at 7pm (CET). But that's not it, we have other cool announcements for this weekend.

Here’s what's in the program:

• Discounts
  
• Unlocks
  
• Closed Beta for Endless Legend
  
• MP Update Dungeon of the Endless

• Steam – All the Endless games are on sale: Endless Legend and Dungeon of the Endless will be 50% off, and Endless Space will be 80% off.

The more players join and play, the more unlockable characters, items and other content pieces are unlocked in Endless Legend and Dungeon of the Endless. Stretch goals and event page available here: Amplitude Studios’ Free Weekend. The unlocks include TF2 characters for DotE and a digital artbook for EL and DotE. Spread the word!






Our 50 lucky early players will receive a Steam key for the closed beta of Endless Legend’s Guardians expansion. It starts now and ends on April 22nd at 3pm CET. If you’ve applied, check your emails! :) We're looking forward to reading your first impressions.

Here are some jokes that we thought were pretty funny:

• "A guardian walks into a bar. Barkeeper: "Come in, but leave the dust outside!"
  The guardian turns around and yells: "Sorry bro, you have to stay outside!"", by EvilMage
  
• "What did the Drakken say when he parleyed with the Centaur village? "Who's the Bos around here?"", by notagreatgamer
  
• "Why did the contract workers build a YMCA in the Cultist's city? They heard the locals were really obsessed with the Village People.", by Lord_Mandalore

The Multiplayer update is now available. Find the complete release note here. This new version includes several features that you have suggested: a save system, the ability to exchange items, private games and much more.


This feature allows a disconnected player to get back into the game. If a network issue occurs, the host can save and quit, then reload the game with everybody. We’re working on small improvements to make this process simpler.

The auto saves are also available on multiplayer mode. If the host crashes or is disconnected, he/she will be able to load the game at the beginning of the current floor with the other players.



Have an awesome weekend!
Check the progress of the Free Weekend Challenge here,

~Amplitude Studios

Hey everyone,

We have some really good news for you today. Indeed, the Endless games are back for a FREE WEEKEND on Steam, with a very exciting community challenge. It starts now and ends on April 20th at 7pm (CET). But that's not it, we have other cool announcements for this weekend.

Here’s what's in the program:

• Discounts
  
• Unlocks
  
• Closed Beta for Endless Legend
  
• MP Update Dungeon of the Endless

• Steam – All the Endless games are on sale: Endless Legend and Dungeon of the Endless will be 50% off, and Endless Space will be 80% off.

The more players join and play, the more unlockable characters, items and other content pieces are unlocked in Endless Legend and Dungeon of the Endless. Stretch goals and event page available here: Amplitude Studios’ Free Weekend. The unlocks include TF2 characters for DotE and a digital artbook for EL and DotE. Spread the word!






Our 50 lucky early players will receive a Steam key for the closed beta of Endless Legend’s Guardians expansion. It starts now and ends on April 22nd at 3pm CET. If you’ve applied, check your emails! :) We're looking forward to reading your first impressions.

Here are some jokes that we thought were pretty funny:

• "A guardian walks into a bar. Barkeeper: "Come in, but leave the dust outside!"
  The guardian turns around and yells: "Sorry bro, you have to stay outside!"", by EvilMage
  
• "What did the Drakken say when he parleyed with the Centaur village? "Who's the Bos around here?"", by notagreatgamer
  
• "Why did the contract workers build a YMCA in the Cultist's city? They heard the locals were really obsessed with the Village People.", by Lord_Mandalore

The Multiplayer update is now available. Find the complete release note here. This new version includes several features that you have suggested: a save system, the ability to exchange items, private games and much more.


This feature allows a disconnected player to get back into the game. If a network issue occurs, the host can save and quit, then reload the game with everybody. We’re working on small improvements to make this process simpler.

The auto saves are also available on multiplayer mode. If the host crashes or is disconnected, he/she will be able to load the game at the beginning of the current floor with the other players.



Have an awesome weekend!
Check the progress of the Free Weekend Challenge here,

~Amplitude Studios

*** APPLICATIONS NOW CLOSED ***


Hey everyone,

The release of Endless Legend’s GUARDIANS Expansion is approaching. Initially planned for April 16th, we have decided to delay it a little bit. This new content is shaping up nicely and is almost finished in terms of production. But we think it is still rough around the edges, hence the delay to polish everything.

We already received constructive feedback from the VIPs, who had the chance to test it in alpha stage. We are taking this feedback into account, but we also would like to have even more feedback from the community, to help us complete the tuning and polish of this Expansion.

This is why we are setting up a Closed Beta test, to check out the Expansion and give us feedback.


We’re inviting 50 lucky forum members to join this closed Beta test for the GUARDIANS Expansion.

To get a chance to receive an invitation, please email us at Playtest [at] Amplitude-Studios [dot] com with:

• Your Amplitude forum username: so we can look at feedback you may have previously left in the past on our forum boards. Don’t go and delete your posts where you disagree with X features, we like criticism!
  
• The amount of playtime registered on Steam for Endless Legend: we’re interested in adding several profiles to this small Beta, so there is no need to exaggerate the numbers eh.
  
• Post a short Endless Legend joke in your email application and the comments section on the dev blog (link), because we want others to have a good laugh too. Keep it short and simple!

The 50 testers will be randomly picked by our team. We’re really looking for various types of players so you can all apply. FYI, the joke is a silly requirement to soften the mood.

We’ll announce on April 15th who the fifty early testers for the GUARDIANS Expansion are and will email you your key that you can in the meantime activate on Steam.

Please note that the GUARDIANS Closed Beta will be available starting April 16th.


Email us by Monday (April 13th) at midday (CET).


The few selected players will receive an early access to the Closed Beta of the GUARDIANS Expansion on Steam, available from April 16th.


Good luck and have fun! :)
~The Amplidudes

*** APPLICATIONS NOW CLOSED ***


Hey everyone,

The release of Endless Legend’s GUARDIANS Expansion is approaching. Initially planned for April 16th, we have decided to delay it a little bit. This new content is shaping up nicely and is almost finished in terms of production. But we think it is still rough around the edges, hence the delay to polish everything.

We already received constructive feedback from the VIPs, who had the chance to test it in alpha stage. We are taking this feedback into account, but we also would like to have even more feedback from the community, to help us complete the tuning and polish of this Expansion.

This is why we are setting up a Closed Beta test, to check out the Expansion and give us feedback.


We’re inviting 50 lucky forum members to join this closed Beta test for the GUARDIANS Expansion.

To get a chance to receive an invitation, please email us at Playtest [at] Amplitude-Studios [dot] com with:

• Your Amplitude forum username: so we can look at feedback you may have previously left in the past on our forum boards. Don’t go and delete your posts where you disagree with X features, we like criticism!
  
• The amount of playtime registered on Steam for Endless Legend: we’re interested in adding several profiles to this small Beta, so there is no need to exaggerate the numbers eh.
  
• Post a short Endless Legend joke in your email application and the comments section on the dev blog (link), because we want others to have a good laugh too. Keep it short and simple!

The 50 testers will be randomly picked by our team. We’re really looking for various types of players so you can all apply. FYI, the joke is a silly requirement to soften the mood.

We’ll announce on April 15th who the fifty early testers for the GUARDIANS Expansion are and will email you your key that you can in the meantime activate on Steam.

Please note that the GUARDIANS Closed Beta will be available starting April 16th.


Email us by Monday (April 13th) at midday (CET).


The few selected players will receive an early access to the Closed Beta of the GUARDIANS Expansion on Steam, available from April 16th.


Good luck and have fun! :)
~The Amplidudes

RELEASE NOTES [1.0.45]

IMPORTANT FIXES

• Fixed an issue where food, industry and science stockpiles have no effect when consumed.
  
• Fixed an issue where the cadaver stockpiles from the Necrophages "recycling" trait have no effect when consumed.
  
• Fixed an issue where units can walk outside the battlefield.
  
• Fixed an issue where an error (KeyNotFoundException) appears when some tiles cannot be targeted in the battle.

RELEASE NOTES [1.0.45]

IMPORTANT FIXES

• Fixed an issue where food, industry and science stockpiles have no effect when consumed.
  
• Fixed an issue where the cadaver stockpiles from the Necrophages "recycling" trait have no effect when consumed.
  
• Fixed an issue where units can walk outside the battlefield.
  
• Fixed an issue where an error (KeyNotFoundException) appears when some tiles cannot be targeted in the battle.

CHANGES & ADDITIONS

• Added the Victory Questline and a new victory condition: once you complete your main faction quest, you can attempt to achieve this quest to win the game.
  
• Added a new Steam achievement linked to the victory quest: Loremeister - "Win a Quest Victory"
  
• Added a system of World Generation Presets: New World, Scattered, Symmetrical
  
• Added the Dorgeshi minor faction [G2G Vote]
  
• Added three achievements designed by the community [G2G Vote]
  
• Added Diplomatic term: "Ask to Declare War on"
  
• Added a "Create Army on City" button on the Academy Screen in order to create an army made of a Hero only
  
• Added a specific unit ("Battle Born") for the ones spawned by the Proliferator in order to avoid confusion with the regular Foragers
  
• Added Outgame View featuring the Drakken
  
• Added various tools for the modding, available via the in-game console. You will have to enter a special command in order to enable these tools: "--enablemoddingtools" in the launch options of Steam for Endless Legend (right click, "Properties", "General" tab, "Set Launch Options" button). Warning: Steam achievements and multiplayer sessions are not available when these tools are enabled
  
• Added new shortcuts:
  
  • F: display of the FIDS
    
  • V: switch between all armies
    
  • N: pop-up the first notification of the list
    
  • Up/Down Arrows: scrolls the army/city list when their screens are opened
    
  • Ctrl + Return: end turn
    
  • Alt + Left Click: force move a unit to a destination occupied by another unit in battle
    
• Changed the shortcut to disable the GUI (Ctrl + F10)
  
• Improved the display of FIDS on the world map
  
• Added Portuguese missing characters
  
• Added Cyrillic and Polish characters in the authorised characters (for armies, cities, save names)
  
• Improved Diplomatic points system: when Influence is invested in Diplomacy, contracts worsening the relation don't give Diplomatic Points while other contracts give a bit more
  
• Increased the Influence gain earned through turns for empires staying allies and on killings of common opponent units
  
• The Dust Care ability of the Broken Lords now uses an action point
  
• The Resource Magnetron Vaulters city improvement now requires Holy Resource and doubled its costs
  
• Balanced the Vaulters faction by removing the expansion disapproval bonus from the "Holy Resource" affinity
  
• Increased the Dust cost of Ardent Mages spells stunning enemies
  
• Increased a bit the bonus of the Ardent Mages spells boosting attack
  
• Moved back to Era 5 the last Ardent Mages technology leveling up pillars
  
• Moved back to Era 4 the last Ardent Mages technology leveling up spells.

IMPORTANT FIXES

• Fixed an issue where a random CTD occurs for players using an ATI/AMD graphic card and using the 64-bit version of the game
  
• Fixed an issue where the in-game menu is not displayed for Mac players using an ATI/AMD graphic card
  
• Fixed an issue where Mac players can no longer save after overwriting a save file created on the same turn
  
• Fixed an issue where a session fails to load after receiving a skippable assert in the loading screen (NotImplementedException: The game creation process has failed)
  
• Fixed an issue where a game can remain stuck in multiplayer battles when attacking a city which only has militia units
  
• Fixed an issue where a skippable assert is generated when the player enables the Big Screen User Interface while having the diplomacy screen opened and a certain treaty is queued
  
• Fixed an issue where a nullref exception can occur when trying to serialise a broken/failed quest
  
• Fixed an issue where a nullref exception can occur when an AI empire tries to resolve a quest with 0% of success
  
• Fixed an issue where a nullref exception can occur when hovering a proposal cost in the negotiation screen

FIXES

• Fixed an issue where AI empires raise an error when the item has no tier/resource
  
• Fixed an issue where the AI empire doesn't colonize other continents in certain cases
  
• Fixed an issue where the AI empire does not try to colonize other regions if the player colonises the AI's starting region fist
  
• Fixed an issue where the AI major factions stop sending diplomatic offers to players during gameplay
  
• Fixed an issue where the AI empire builds settlers continuously when there is little or no space to expand
  
• Fixed an issue where AI armies trying to attack a city do not move anymore if there are not enough exploitation tiles
  
• Fixed an issue where the Necrophages Sacrifice might only work for 1 turn without considering the amount of population
  
• Fixed an issue where the Necrophages workers can be sacrificed during an assault before the city is taken
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented the "Keys to the Market" trait to be used with the "Pitiless" trait
  
• Fixed an issue where no visual effects are displayed on city centre tiles when using the Vaulters/Mezari teleport action
  
• Fixed an issue where the Mezari faction can be selected in the Faction Choice screen without having the Dungeon of the Endless Crystal Pack
  
• Fixed an issue where the Mezari units are not textured (appearing therefore all pink!) in multiplayer sessions when a client rejoins after rebooting the title
  
• Fixed an issue where the Ardent Mages pillars allow armies to go to water and continue to move
  
• Fixed an issue where the army is healed when using a retreat with the Broken Lords technology "Synchronic Temple"
  
• Fixed an issue where a bonus of 2 Dust per turn was given when assimilating minor factions
  
• Fixed an issue where the Unit buyout loses functionality for units that have already been bought in a previous research era
  
• Fixed an issue where constructions are displayed as available after players spend strategic resources without deselecting the city
  
• Fixed an issue where the militia can't be deployed at the beginning of a battle if only the governor is present
  
• Fixed an issue where, when attacking a city or when a city is participating in the battle, the militia is not included in the city garrison
  
• Fixed an issue where the effects on army for the "Cold operator" skill are missing
  
• Fixed an issue where redundant information is displayed in the "Effects" section of the "Cold operator" skill
  
• Fixed an issue where the "Shock" capacity do not provide morale penalty on target in battle
  
• Fixed an issue where the battle zone does not contains the city tiles
  
• Fixed an issue where the loot is displayed in the battle notification when loosing a battle
  
• Fixed an issue where the world shape "Many continents" does not work for the "Tiny" map size
  
• Fixed an issue where the "World seed value" cannot be inserted in the "Seed value" field
  
• Fixed an issue where the fortification bonus only applies when the player attacks the AI, not when the player is attacked by the AI
  
• Fixed an issue where luxury resources and anomalies can be on the same tiles than watchtower foundations or quest POIs
  
• Fixed an issue where the world generation can create a 6-tile region with unsearchable ruin on it
  
• And more here because we ran out of characters: dev blog :)

Have fun!
~Amplitude Studios

CHANGES & ADDITIONS

• Added the Victory Questline and a new victory condition: once you complete your main faction quest, you can attempt to achieve this quest to win the game.
  
• Added a new Steam achievement linked to the victory quest: Loremeister - "Win a Quest Victory"
  
• Added a system of World Generation Presets: New World, Scattered, Symmetrical
  
• Added the Dorgeshi minor faction [G2G Vote]
  
• Added three achievements designed by the community [G2G Vote]
  
• Added Diplomatic term: "Ask to Declare War on"
  
• Added a "Create Army on City" button on the Academy Screen in order to create an army made of a Hero only
  
• Added a specific unit ("Battle Born") for the ones spawned by the Proliferator in order to avoid confusion with the regular Foragers
  
• Added Outgame View featuring the Drakken
  
• Added various tools for the modding, available via the in-game console. You will have to enter a special command in order to enable these tools: "--enablemoddingtools" in the launch options of Steam for Endless Legend (right click, "Properties", "General" tab, "Set Launch Options" button). Warning: Steam achievements and multiplayer sessions are not available when these tools are enabled
  
• Added new shortcuts:
  
  • F: display of the FIDS
    
  • V: switch between all armies
    
  • N: pop-up the first notification of the list
    
  • Up/Down Arrows: scrolls the army/city list when their screens are opened
    
  • Ctrl + Return: end turn
    
  • Alt + Left Click: force move a unit to a destination occupied by another unit in battle
    
• Changed the shortcut to disable the GUI (Ctrl + F10)
  
• Improved the display of FIDS on the world map
  
• Added Portuguese missing characters
  
• Added Cyrillic and Polish characters in the authorised characters (for armies, cities, save names)
  
• Improved Diplomatic points system: when Influence is invested in Diplomacy, contracts worsening the relation don't give Diplomatic Points while other contracts give a bit more
  
• Increased the Influence gain earned through turns for empires staying allies and on killings of common opponent units
  
• The Dust Care ability of the Broken Lords now uses an action point
  
• The Resource Magnetron Vaulters city improvement now requires Holy Resource and doubled its costs
  
• Balanced the Vaulters faction by removing the expansion disapproval bonus from the "Holy Resource" affinity
  
• Increased the Dust cost of Ardent Mages spells stunning enemies
  
• Increased a bit the bonus of the Ardent Mages spells boosting attack
  
• Moved back to Era 5 the last Ardent Mages technology leveling up pillars
  
• Moved back to Era 4 the last Ardent Mages technology leveling up spells.

IMPORTANT FIXES

• Fixed an issue where a random CTD occurs for players using an ATI/AMD graphic card and using the 64-bit version of the game
  
• Fixed an issue where the in-game menu is not displayed for Mac players using an ATI/AMD graphic card
  
• Fixed an issue where Mac players can no longer save after overwriting a save file created on the same turn
  
• Fixed an issue where a session fails to load after receiving a skippable assert in the loading screen (NotImplementedException: The game creation process has failed)
  
• Fixed an issue where a game can remain stuck in multiplayer battles when attacking a city which only has militia units
  
• Fixed an issue where a skippable assert is generated when the player enables the Big Screen User Interface while having the diplomacy screen opened and a certain treaty is queued
  
• Fixed an issue where a nullref exception can occur when trying to serialise a broken/failed quest
  
• Fixed an issue where a nullref exception can occur when an AI empire tries to resolve a quest with 0% of success
  
• Fixed an issue where a nullref exception can occur when hovering a proposal cost in the negotiation screen

FIXES

• Fixed an issue where AI empires raise an error when the item has no tier/resource
  
• Fixed an issue where the AI empire doesn't colonize other continents in certain cases
  
• Fixed an issue where the AI empire does not try to colonize other regions if the player colonises the AI's starting region fist
  
• Fixed an issue where the AI major factions stop sending diplomatic offers to players during gameplay
  
• Fixed an issue where the AI empire builds settlers continuously when there is little or no space to expand
  
• Fixed an issue where AI armies trying to attack a city do not move anymore if there are not enough exploitation tiles
  
• Fixed an issue where the Necrophages Sacrifice might only work for 1 turn without considering the amount of population
  
• Fixed an issue where the Necrophages workers can be sacrificed during an assault before the city is taken
  
• Fixed an issue that prevented the "Keys to the Market" trait to be used with the "Pitiless" trait
  
• Fixed an issue where no visual effects are displayed on city centre tiles when using the Vaulters/Mezari teleport action
  
• Fixed an issue where the Mezari faction can be selected in the Faction Choice screen without having the Dungeon of the Endless Crystal Pack
  
• Fixed an issue where the Mezari units are not textured (appearing therefore all pink!) in multiplayer sessions when a client rejoins after rebooting the title
  
• Fixed an issue where the Ardent Mages pillars allow armies to go to water and continue to move
  
• Fixed an issue where the army is healed when using a retreat with the Broken Lords technology "Synchronic Temple"
  
• Fixed an issue where a bonus of 2 Dust per turn was given when assimilating minor factions
  
• Fixed an issue where the Unit buyout loses functionality for units that have already been bought in a previous research era
  
• Fixed an issue where constructions are displayed as available after players spend strategic resources without deselecting the city
  
• Fixed an issue where the militia can't be deployed at the beginning of a battle if only the governor is present
  
• Fixed an issue where, when attacking a city or when a city is participating in the battle, the militia is not included in the city garrison
  
• Fixed an issue where the effects on army for the "Cold operator" skill are missing
  
• Fixed an issue where redundant information is displayed in the "Effects" section of the "Cold operator" skill
  
• Fixed an issue where the "Shock" capacity do not provide morale penalty on target in battle
  
• Fixed an issue where the battle zone does not contains the city tiles
  
• Fixed an issue where the loot is displayed in the battle notification when loosing a battle
  
• Fixed an issue where the world shape "Many continents" does not work for the "Tiny" map size
  
• Fixed an issue where the "World seed value" cannot be inserted in the "Seed value" field
  
• Fixed an issue where the fortification bonus only applies when the player attacks the AI, not when the player is attacked by the AI
  
• Fixed an issue where luxury resources and anomalies can be on the same tiles than watchtower foundations or quest POIs
  
• Fixed an issue where the world generation can create a 6-tile region with unsearchable ruin on it
  
• And more here because we ran out of characters: dev blog :)

Have fun!
~Amplitude Studios

Hi there,

The wait won't be that long: we're releasing the update tomorrow! :) Until then, here's another preview of EYE ON THE STARS: generation presets for fun and exciting new challenges, and the AI & Sim debugger for you modders.





Do you want to see the world?


Eye on the Stars will introduce generation presets: different exotic continent layouts and starting positions to spice up your games. Also note that you will be able to mod your own!


New World

• Auriga has two continents
  
• All players start on the same continent (picture above) which contains specific Strategic and Luxury resources
  
• The other continent can potentially offer additional resources

Scattered

• Each player starts alone on an island
  
• There are no resources on the starting island
  
• The new continent can potentially offer resources

Symmetrical

• There are two continents; they are identical in shape, geography and resources
  
• The starting points on the map are identical for empires of the same faction who are paired on the same line in the Opponents Panel (1 and 2, 3 and 4, and so on)

This tool especially dedicated to our modders gives a powerful look at the simulation of the game world.

The simulation is some kind of a big data sheet with a lot of game elements which will be easier to identify. It is the perfect way to understand the correct path to check a property for instance, or to look at all the descriptors attached to a specific unit.

You will have to enter a special in-game command (in the chat box) in order to launch the SIM debugger: "--enablemoddingtools" in the launch options of Steam for Endless Legend (right click, "Properties", "General" tab, "Set Launch Options" button).

Please note however that in order to limit various problems, achievements and multiplayer mode will not be available.






Over here on Twitter: LINK


To celebrate the launch of Eyes On The Stars, we're giving away a signed copy of Endless Legend on Twitter: you simply need to retweet and follow us! We'll announce the winner next Monday. :)

Good luck to everyone.

~Amplitude Studios

Hi there,

The wait won't be that long: we're releasing the update tomorrow! :) Until then, here's another preview of EYE ON THE STARS: generation presets for fun and exciting new challenges, and the AI & Sim debugger for you modders.





Do you want to see the world?


Eye on the Stars will introduce generation presets: different exotic continent layouts and starting positions to spice up your games. Also note that you will be able to mod your own!


New World

• Auriga has two continents
  
• All players start on the same continent (picture above) which contains specific Strategic and Luxury resources
  
• The other continent can potentially offer additional resources

Scattered

• Each player starts alone on an island
  
• There are no resources on the starting island
  
• The new continent can potentially offer resources

Symmetrical

• There are two continents; they are identical in shape, geography and resources
  
• The starting points on the map are identical for empires of the same faction who are paired on the same line in the Opponents Panel (1 and 2, 3 and 4, and so on)

This tool especially dedicated to our modders gives a powerful look at the simulation of the game world.

The simulation is some kind of a big data sheet with a lot of game elements which will be easier to identify. It is the perfect way to understand the correct path to check a property for instance, or to look at all the descriptors attached to a specific unit.

You will have to enter a special in-game command (in the chat box) in order to launch the SIM debugger: "--enablemoddingtools" in the launch options of Steam for Endless Legend (right click, "Properties", "General" tab, "Set Launch Options" button).

Please note however that in order to limit various problems, achievements and multiplayer mode will not be available.






Over here on Twitter: LINK


To celebrate the launch of Eyes On The Stars, we're giving away a signed copy of Endless Legend on Twitter: you simply need to retweet and follow us! We'll announce the winner next Monday. :)

Good luck to everyone.

~Amplitude Studios