{"id":8471,"date":"2013-01-18T19:27:46","date_gmt":"2013-01-19T00:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/?p=8471"},"modified":"2013-11-22T05:58:38","modified_gmt":"2013-11-22T10:58:38","slug":"star-lords-alpha-2-1-released-and-new-screenshots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/star-lords-alpha-2-1-released-and-new-screenshots\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Lords: Alpha 2.1 Released and New Screenshots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8477\" title=\"Star Lords | A Space 4X Game by Neogen2 Creations - Alpha 2.1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/starlords_alpha_2.1.jpg\" alt=\"Star Lords | A Space 4X Game by Neogen2 Creations - Alpha 2.1\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/starlords_alpha_2.1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/starlords_alpha_2.1-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a  href=\"http:\/\/starlords-game.com\" target=\"_blank\">Star Lords<\/a> is a new turn-based space 4X game for the PC that is currently in the works by Neogen2 Creations. It&#8217;s part of the SpaceSector&#8217;s &#8220;<a  href=\"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/a-list-of-sci-fispace-games-you-cant-miss-in-2013\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sci-Fi\/Space Games You Can&#8217;t Miss in 2013<\/a>&#8221; list, and its release date is set for Q2 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Star Lords was announced in August 2012 with an initial release ETA for Q4 2012. By then, the devs made their game available for pre-orders. Star Lords looked promising at the time, and it was in fact quite playable, but it was clear that there was definitely still a lot of work to be done. We have a <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/star-lords-alpha-first-look-preview\/\" target=\"_blank\">preview<\/a> of that initial pre-order Alpha (v1.2).<\/p>\n<p>However, after the game&#8217;s announcement, there was little to no feedback for a long time. This was in part due to logistical problems including lack of internet access by one of the main developers, and\u00a0also due to website hosting problems.<\/p>\n<p>But, today, Neogen2 released their new Star Lords Alpha build (v2.1). Among many fixes and further polishing, it includes the following major changes:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alpha 2.0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>New sound effects and music tracks<\/li>\n<li>New technologies and planet types<\/li>\n<li>Improved AI decision making<\/li>\n<li>Changing domestic policies now causes internal turmoil<\/li>\n<li>Added tutorial<\/li>\n<li>Added minor race interaction<\/li>\n<li>Added Intel\/Missions info in-game<\/li>\n<li>Several UI improvements<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See <a  href=\"http:\/\/neogen2.com\/community\/index.php?topic=457.0\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> for full release note.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alpha 2.1<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Now possible to zoom more<\/li>\n<li>Added more tutorial topics<\/li>\n<li>Added new technologies<\/li>\n<li>Added &#8220;Allied&#8221; and &#8220;Research&#8221; victory conditions<\/li>\n<li>Added several new random events<\/li>\n<li>Added new icons, panels and buttons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a  href=\"http:\/\/neogen2.com\/community\/index.php?topic=465.0\" target=\"_blank\">Here<\/a> for full release note.<\/p>\n<p>And now, some screenshots of the new build.<\/p>\n<p>ngg_shortcode_0_placeholder<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll be doing another hands-on preview in the near future, most probably when they reach Beta.<\/p>\n<p>But, if you want to jump in now, you can already pre-order the game. The devs state that if you do, you&#8217;ll &#8220;get the game 20% to 35% cheaper&#8221;. But, remember that this is still work in progress. I suggest that you at least read our <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/star-lords-alpha-first-look-preview\/\" target=\"_blank\">alpha preview<\/a> before deciding to buy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, Neogen2 released their new Star Lords Alpha build (v2.1). Among many fixes and further polishing, it includes also some important changes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1668,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"registered_only","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[74],"tags":[811,577,1065,1064],"class_list":["post-8471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements-and-rumors","tag-alpha","tag-images-2","tag-neogen2-creations","tag-star-lords"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1668"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8471\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.spacesector.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}