Game Development: Salem & Haven

[SacreDoom]

Oh yeah, playing on the high seas could be tons of fun. It's the right period for piracy.

Inb4 scurvy.

Jokes aside, tho. I agree, would be fun to experience.

[gork4war]

Oh yeah, playing on the high seas could be tons of fun. It's the right period for piracy.

yeah would be awesome if there will be a huge sea with some islands. wait with the terraformable world you could make your own!

[krikke93]

Sorry guys, but I confess I'm too lazy to read the whole thread and I just wanna know if anybody already knows a release date or has any idea when it's going to be playable.
Thanks in advance

Might be a closed beta in September.

Thanks, I can't wait to try it

[Taikand]

Oh yeah, playing on the high seas could be tons of fun. It's the right period for piracy.

Who said piracy?Yarr... lemme prepare my torrent client and my trackers...











<facepalm>Oh, you meant that kind of piracy.

[Wolfang]

Will there be slavery?
Will we all HAVE to be English colonists, or can we 'come' from other European nations?
Will the map generator be more interesting than H&H? This is one of the things I like least about H&H, the map being basically the same everywhere.
There will be guns, right?
Can we be pirates?
Will there be seasons? Harsh winters vs Summer? (would be awesome for the survival aspect, need to wear different clothes, food storing blabla)

[cobaltjones]

Will we all HAVE to be English colonists, or can we 'come' from other European nations?

I don't get what you mean here. The game is based on English colonialism and the lores surrounding it. There's nothing that explicitly states that you're English, nor that the world you're currently in is America. (Much like there's nothing that states that all characters created in Haven are of slavic decent...)

[hereticrick]

Will we all HAVE to be English colonists, or can we 'come' from other European nations?

I don't get what you mean here. The game is based on English colonialism and the lores surrounding it. There's nothing that explicitly states that you're English, nor that the world you're currently in is America. (Much like there's nothing that states that all characters created in Haven are of slavic decent...)

I'd argue that there IS something that -explicitly- states that you're English: the title of the game. Unlike Haven, where there is no specific "world" that you're living in (I didn't even know it was based of -anything- specific until I looked on these forums), Salem is -called- Salem. As in, the British Colony town of Salem, eventually to be known as Salem, Massachusetts.

Now, obviously, this is a game and I'm sure there's going to be a lot of creative elements to it that don't fit with history. But I'm just assuming that since the game is actually titled "Salem", that that's where it's supposed to take place. Of course, you could probably "say" you're from anywhere, I suppose, but I doubt there will be any in-game mechanics for it. Just my two cents, anyway.

[Wolfang]

lol getting PMs on facebook, people asking if they can join the Salem alpha?????
Am I the end of some joke?

[burgingham]

Please get me in too.

[Wolfang]

I know they're letting you in

Hope they let me in though