{"id":1289,"date":"2013-03-16T11:37:21","date_gmt":"2013-03-16T17:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.galcon.com\/news\/?p=668"},"modified":"2013-03-16T11:37:21","modified_gmt":"2013-03-16T17:37:21","slug":"galcon-2-%e2%80%93-beta6-%e2%80%93-now-with-sfx-head-to-head-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.philhassey.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/16\/galcon-2-%e2%80%93-beta6-%e2%80%93-now-with-sfx-head-to-head-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Galcon 2 \u2013 beta6 \u2013 now with SFX, head-to-head, and more!"},"content":{"rendered":"

New beta6 ready for exploration! Download for Windows<\/a> or Mac<\/a>. (Beta still only available to Kickstarter \/ PayPal backers.)<\/p>\n

The final magnet set proofs came out great, we’re ordering the final stuff now! These are so much fun!<\/p>\n

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I’ve added in a “dual” mode for head-to-head play. This isn’t really “playable” on your computer, but you can kinda see what it’s going to be like for playing on the iPad.<\/p>\n

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I did a huge overhaul of the client \/ server stuff. The coolest bits are the adjustable chat region and the updated co-op mode. You’ll also see in this screenshot the percent-o-meter slider. This is more useful for mobile devices, but for now it’s in the desktop version too. Also, I added in nice looking “Galcon Fusion” style backgrounds and fades \/ transitions. However, it felt a bit off, because the game is so beta right now, having it look polished like that seemed awkward. So I disabled them for now.<\/p>\n

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Lastly I added more tabs to the Settings section. The only one with real settings is Audio as I added in the classic sound effects to the game. You’ll need to double check that they are set to on to hear the sound effects in beta6.<\/p>\n

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I’m going to be hanging out in Galcon chat and on the forums<\/a> for the next couple hours, so someone get a server set up and we can play!!<\/p>\n

Thanks!!
\n-Phil<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New beta6 ready for exploration! Download for Windows or Mac. (Beta still only available to Kickstarter \/ PayPal backers.) The final magnet set proofs came out great, we’re ordering the final stuff now! These are so much fun! I’ve added in a “dual” mode for head-to-head play. This isn’t really “playable” on your computer, but […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[121],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-galcon2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philhassey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philhassey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philhassey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philhassey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philhassey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.philhassey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1289\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.philhassey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philhassey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.philhassey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}