Since I'm using Defold engine, Warnament can be released on pretty much all the major platforms - PC & mobile would be the ones to start with. When do you plan to release Warnament, and on which platforms? So let's leave Cold Path be - besides, everyone can play and enjoy it for free now (a little spoiler - the PC version of Cold Path will become available soon)! I literally have a notebook full of ideas on how to improve every aspect of this concept - gameplay mechanics, the code, the graphics, even the servers - that it would only be fair enough to give it a different name.īesides, even if I tried to implement all those changes to an existing game, it would render all user-generated content obsolete, which I would hate to do. Why did you decide to switch to a new game? And why is it not called Cold Path 2?Ĭold Path was one heck of a ride, but I think it's time to move forward. Naturally, I'm planning to enhance this feature in Warnament. Cold Path comes with an editor which is as simple as the game itself - and the players are actively using it to create maps of their own. I think it's important for a game like that to have a flexible editor for making your own scenarios - as realistic or fantastic and absurd as you can imagine. My idea is to allow players to do that in just a couple of clicks or swipes, and within a relatively short game session - so you could try one strategy at lunch break, and go to another one by dinner.īut sticking to historical scenarios is not at all a must. You can build a theocratic state, focus on science or making money and buying out everyone around you. People love arguing about politics and history, so why not let them try their theories in a simulation, which is a video game? What if Switzerland was an aggressive militaristic state? What if Turkey would start taking over Europe during World War II? What if Great Britain would be run by communists? Different political institutions add more dimensions to the gameplay. What do you think Cold Path (and, subsequently, Warnament) has, that your players find so appealing?Īs I can judge from the feedback I'm getting, the most important things are the diversity of gameplay strategies, plus various scenarios (along with the ability to create your own), plus multiplayer. Today, 3 out of 4 moderators on Warnament's Discord server are fellas that have been way around since that first prototype game. Soon enough, I've had a robust little community around that game of mine. And since I was still in college prep school, with way too much time at my disposal, I've started answering them and building further updates based on their feedback. I've uploaded it to Google Play and… I'm not entirely sure what it was, but something clicked: players were writing reviews, pointing out bugs and other mistakes. How and when did you understand that you're on the right track with Cold Path?Īctually, it started even earlier: before Cold Path, there was a prototype game, without multiplayer and other vital features. Apparently, I was not the only one who dreamt of it.Ĭold Path game which is now completely free I'm also a big fan of Age of History series, but the author has apparently stopped supporting the game at some point, and I still had features I felt that game would benefit from, so… like many beginner game developers do, I've decided to make my own dream game. And of course, they should've been able to do that within dozens of minutes, not dozens of hours. Online multiplayer was also a key feature for me: I wanted to give the players an opportunity to clash their own political views and hypothesis, try different scenarios - historical or not - see what happens, and then have heated discussions about how it all went out. I wanted to create a more balanced experience while maintaining a high level of diversity of strategies for the players. Most of the games in the genre are either excruciatingly hard to get into or stripped off many interesting features from the former. How did you come up with an idea for Cold Path and why does it stand out from other grand strategies?
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