Astro Protocol 1.3 launches on Wednesday, November 18.
1.3 is the biggest update since launch: two new major factions, translations to 13 languages, new and rebalanced faction traits, new techs and a new game length setting.
Two New Factions
Two new major factions join the six existing ones, and both play very differently from anything in the game so far. Both come from the community: we picked them from the entries to our Custom Faction Contest and turned them into full factions with their own art and mechanics.
Above are the only glimpses of them we're sharing for now. Each will step out of the shadows in its own reveal post before launch.
Astro Protocol in 13 Languages
Astro Protocol will be playable in:
- English
- French
- German
- Polish
- Spanish (Spain)
- Brazilian Portuguese
- Italian
- Turkish
- Ukrainian
- Russian
- Simplified Chinese
- Japanese
- Korean
The translations started as an LLM first pass, and players on the translations beta have been polishing them line by line ever since. Thank you to everyone who has sent reviews!
We will keep improving the translations after launch. If a line reads wrong in your language, hover the mouse over it in the game and press Insert to report it, or review the translations on our website.
New and Rebalanced Faction Traits
Custom factions get 15 new traits to build with. One of them, Assimilators, absorbs every minor faction you vassalize, ships, stations, planets and all.
Existing traits have been rebalanced by changing their trait point costs and other details.
Also in 1.3
- Supremacy game length: no victory points, no scoreboard. Defeat every other major faction to win.
- New late-game techs: Hub Tunneling Protocols, Planetary Override Keys and Subspace Relay Arrays.
- New scout upgrades: upgrading scouts is now a more viable strategy.
- Updated portraits for the original six factions.
- Bug fixes and other small improvements.
Beta
1.3 will be on the Steam beta branch a couple of days before launch. The easiest way to know the moment it's live is to join the Discord; I'll announce the start of the beta there.
See you on November 18!
Zeikko
Null Vector Studios