Hegemony: Philip of Macedon Penny Arcade Expo Trailer

[Cakevspie94]

This has come such a long way!

[Jesus45U]

There's also a Demo of this game on Steam.

[rattaplan]

Only €3,- on Steam today.

[zaccc]

Bought this at PAX 2010 :D

[beepandbop]

When is this game due anyway?

[Skrapion]

I know people hate hearing this, but, here goes:

It's done when it's done.

So, I'm not going to give a specific release date, but it should be out this year.

[beepandbop]

That's fair enough man, take care, so for being an ass, I didn't know what the full circumstances of it all were, and I'm definitely interested in this sort of game.

Take your time, and good luck!

[munkki100]

@Skrapion it's better that they take their rime instead of rushing it, this game has potential.

[beepandbop]

I really like the context you have taken in here. I have been hoping for a game like this for a while, and I plan on getting it, provided you guys can pull it off, which I'm hoping you will.

While I don't want to slam it before its out, and this might not be a concern for many of your audience, but I am hoping you guys become competition for Creative Assembly.

[Skrapion]

Well, Creative Assembly has 60 employees to our 5, so we can't match them in *quantity* of releases, but hopefully we'll compete in terms of quality >:)

[bazodee2]

will the oracle at delfoi or olympic games play any part in this title? what about the temple prostitutes at the temple of aphrodite in corinth, will they be in the game?

[Skrapion]

Heh, we hope it becomes a best-seller too! We've tossed the idea of a sequel set during the Peloponessian war, and that might be a good setting for a multi-player game. But it's still too early to start discussing sequels!

[beepandbop]

Perhaps in your squeals, if you could up the ante with the graphics and some of the concept art that shines through into the game seems a bit "off."

But it looks really good in terms of the actual concept. How prevalent will basebuilding or city building be in this game?

[Skrapion]

When you're referring to "concept art", I assume you're referring to the parchment map. Actually, nothing in the video is concept art - that's all in-game; unlike Total War, we just have one giant map of Greece instead of a series of small battle-boards, so we needed a way to reduce the amount of visual information when you zoom out. So we made the game fade into a table-top view, and everything is still controllable, so you can make strategy-level decisions. (Continued in next post...)

[Skrapion]

Anyway, we're open to criticism, so what do you feel is "off" exactly? Let me know and I'll pass it on to the rest of the team!

Building isn't a major part of the game, but it is there. Most of the building involved is upgrading your city/fort defences and building supply lines across your empire.

[highjump]

Looks sweet! I'll be checking your guys booth out at PAX!

[Skrapion]

I am! Expect a new friend in a second.

[blenderface]

Looks awesome. Will we be able to play it at PAX?

[Skrapion]

That's what we're aiming for!

[blenderface]

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaay

[ChallengeSpaceYard]

Now that's what I'm looking for... some pre-release gameplay.

[Skrapion]

Thanks! Yeah, we're working with a musician who really got what we wanted to do with the music. One of our goals was to make sure the music never got on your nerves, so it's dynamic and doesn't play the really grandiose music unless the action on-screen matches.