Population should always be at the heart of your decisions." In most 4X games, population is simply the measure of your empire's size. We always try to take population into account. "The way we do it in Endless Space 2, we still want that strong focus and unique thing, and that's population," says de Genlis. "We created a whole storyline around a living planet." A space 4X can't utilise terrain in the same way, but it was important for Amplitude to have a core idea that informs the a player's decision making. "In Legends, the planet is the hero of the game … she has a soul," says de Genlis. The core focus of Endless Legend was the terrain.
"With the few years that have passed, we can look back from a distance and look at the mistakes we made and the good things we did."
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"At the end of Endless Space … all we had in mind was Endless Space and how to make it better," says de Genlis. Now, they're returning to the concept with more knowledge, experience and, crucially, distance. "That's one of the things about our games I really like, is we're building layers of 4X and trying to inherit from the good stuff from one game to the next."įor Amplitude, developing the original Endless Space was a process of figuring out how to make a 4X game. "We have some strong common links with Legend, but then we add a layer of modification to take that idea to the next step," says de Genlis. Much of Endless Space 2's design is an evolution of systems from Endless Legend. "It's very interesting all these links and bonds you can create, especially when they're multi-empire quests."
"Maybe a friend of today could be an enemy of tomorrow, but another friend for something else," says de Genlis. "You have people banding together to obtain a common objective, or competing to reach another objective." The hope is to make alliances more fragile, but also encourage temporary ceasefires against rivals. "We're working on cooperative and competitive quests," says de Genlis. Amplitude is even using its quest design to shake up the political landscape of your playthrough. Each quest could also be part of a chain-something that you won't realise until, some turns later, the next step is triggered.Įach quest decision will have underlying strategic benefits, meaning that, even if you're not playing to progress the story, there are still benefits for completing missions. It's pretty unbelievable." Quests can come from multiple sources: exploration, population, and galaxy wide events. "The other day we looked at the number of words, and we couldn't believe," says de Genlis, "it's closer to an RPG than a strategy game.
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Amplitude is pushing its quest design even further for Endless Space 2, and now have a dedicated designer working full time on creating new missions and events. "Each storyline you have for each faction branches out several times, and that leads to, of course, different stories, but also to different gameplay that you unlock," says de Genlis.Īs in Endless Legend, Amplitude uses quests to add texture to the underlying strategy-fleshing out the world, and making each campaign different. And, each faction will have an accompanying questline based on their culture and ultimate goals. It's a disparate bunch, destined for conflict. The Cravers are machine insects, bred for war and consumption. The Sophons are pacifists, dedicated to science. Two returning factions from Endless Space will join the Vodyani and Lumeris to complete Endless Space 2's early access roster. Luckily, planets tend to have a more renewable resource that they can harness: the populations of other factions.
Their terrestrial home was destroyed by the overexploitation of its resources, and now they're keen to prevent the same from happening elsewhere. In a way, they're extreme environmentalists. Uplifted by the ancient and powerful Endless, they live in giant Ark ships that can leech resources from the planets they orbit. The Vodyani are the second new faction of Endless Space 2's early access release. If another species starts construction of a colony ship destined for that planet, or another Lumeris faction builds a rival outpost, it's a race to see who can claim it first. From there, it's a case of growing the outpost's size until the planet is declared fully colonised. Instead, they spend Dust to instantly construct an outpost, staking a claim to the world. For instance, the Lumeris don't send big ships filled with millions of people to colonise planets. The differences go beyond units and bonuses-each has its own specific purpose, ideology and systems. If you've played Endless Legend, you'll be familiar with Amplitude's asymmetrical approach to factions. Selecting Skins per Ship - Endless Space 2.
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