Loving the game - having a serious issue however with my villagers getting stuck returning resources back to the Village Centre. Some villagers will drop off resources and return to work however, I would say at least 50% of my workforce gets stuck.
Hey! I've never seen or heard about this issue before, but will definitely look into it. What OS system are you playing on and are you able to see the version number in main menu below game title? Thanks! :)
Wow! Awesome progress on the game so far! I really love the feel and gameplay of it. Indeed old AoE vibes!
Some comments: - Would it be possible to have walls connect between three or even four points? I extended my original wall with a protruding one (like a T-cross), but it didn't connect so it looked weird
- Would it be possible to destroy the clay pit after it has gone dry? Or is the idea that all the clay has been removed so that the spot is unusable to build on, even for other buildings?
- I'm sure you already have this in your mind, but some more settings possibility to the "Alpha Mission" would be nice, so that it's more of a skirmish play! (E.g. choose number of enemies, amount of resources on the map, etc)
- Is naval warfare part of your future plans? That would be awesome!
- It seemed to me that people inside of the walls could still get hit by archers on the other side. I mostly noticed this when I had villagers repairing the wall while I had enemies outside. Is this intentional?
Anyway, all in all, a great experience! I'm looking forward to updates to the game!
Thanks for the feedback! 1. Not sure if it will make it to the next patch, but yes, we will work on connecting walls between more points at some stage. 2. The idea is that it will be unusable so you need to think through where to put it. 3. Yes, this will come. Single player will start getting more focus after the next few patches. :) 4. Yes, naval warfare is part of our roadmap. 5. That is intentional for now. We haven't found a way of preventing this yet without affecting performance too much. Line of sight algorithms can be fairly expensive, especially when there are big battles with lots of units. If you have any ideas let us know!
Hi, we have no plans for any of this at the moment. We're a small team, so maintaining x64, macOS and Linux builds is enough for us at the moment. Sorry about that! :)
Oh, okay! I've seen that happen before if user tries to open from zip file without extracting files first, or if behind VPN/firewall which prevents files from being downloaded by game launcher.
Also, maybe more than one enemy, and levels, and bigger maps, and enemies with more fortifications so it's more difficult to destroy them. Therefore, you would need to do more than one attack. Also, after finishing building the resource camp, the worker can automatically begin to chop down trees just like it does with the granary.
We will add a proper skirmish AI at some point with more map settings etc. Regarding automatically chopping down wood, we're not 100% sure, since sometimes you might want to mine metal instead. We'll have a think about it!
I also thought about that, the thing is that usually, the main reason for putting a resource camp is to collect wood, though not always, it is most of the time. Because trees are in abundance, and mines are more rare. Thanks for such a quick answer!
It is really an awesome game! The walls don't update once they are built which is a bit annoying but not really super important. Also, you could add some new defense systems other than towers. Really proud how it's building up and hope for more and new updates!
Just had a look and walls seem to update as they should after they are constructed. Gates don't though, because they have a different set of collision points that will cause problems if there are units next to it and it rotates at any time.
Hi, I just tried the file now and it works fine. After opening The Fertile Crescent.dmg, when a folder with the game executable opens, make sure you drag the file to another location, eg. desktop, before opening it.
For anyone else having this problem and seeing this, it's usually caused by being behind a firewall or VPN, which causes server to deny access to download the files.
Hi, the Linux version should work fine as other Linux users have got it running. Have you tried to run it outside Itch? The launcher auto-updates so you don't need the Itch Launcher to automatically download new game updates. If you have tried to run it outside the Itch launcher and it's not working I will have a check within our community for possible solutions.
For anyone else having this problem and seeing this, it's usually caused by being behind a firewall or VPN, which causes server to deny access to download the files.
Hi again! I only use Windows and macOS myself, and I don't have that much experience with Linux. We're exporting the Linux version as a courtesy, and most Linux users have been running the game without any issues. I suggest you check with the Discord community by asking in #general channel to see if anyone can help. Sorry that I'm not able to provide better help myself!
Very interesting and cool game. The graphics are top notch! At the moment though, theres just not enough content but I can see this becoming a great game. One small issue I had while playing with friends is that the feedback when your main base is attacked is very unoticable. In general I think you should implement a mode where you dont lose just because your main base was destroyed. In one game, I had the superoir army but the enemy went all in on my base and destroyed it eventhough I played better. But other than that, great game :D
Thanks for the feedback! When your village center gets destroyed the aristocrazy (you) gets wiped out and so there's no one left to rule your people! On a serious note, we are going to make it more obvious when you're under attack. There is an icon popping up on the minimap, and a sound is played, but it doesn't seem to be enough. At least you'll be able to wall in your base to protect your village center in the next update!
Yay! Although my game is having problems when around 200 units friendly and enemy are all on the screen. When there are too many entities my game slows down and crashed almost immediately unless I manage to kill at least 10.
i think the upgrade time takes too long: it make matches boring and long
all units feel the same: every unit feels like a upgraded version of the last
here are my ideas
if u wanna make a good AI try making a self learning AI and put different version of it in the game so that it feels like your going up ageist something fair
Do you mean that it takes too long to research new technologies? We had a lower value before and players complained that it was too quick. When there are more techs we will revise this.
We might look into self-learning AI, but it's too early to say if this will be a good option for us to implement or not.
Also, hopefully the new siege units will add some cool variation! :D Down the track we'll also add War Chariots and naval warfare. :) Thanks for commenting!
yea i still think technologies takes too long to research it just feels boring. i feel like u need to cut the time in half at least
i just want to say also, i am not a casual Gamer, i like competitive games like csgo and AOE II but i understand if competitive is not wat u are going for
Hi! You could also add a second level on some of the technologies. For ex.: having a cart that can carry 20 items when on level 2, or faster production of siege units. I'm really glad the game continues growing!
Played with three friends when steam was down. It worked flawlessly cross platform. Really good simple age of empires-esque game. Whack it on steam on early access and charge a few dollars.
Max 22 selected units is intentional for now, because of UI and performance restrictions. Will probably change this in the future though. :)
We are working on balancing the map further for the next update.
The lag spikes are outside of our control. What server did you connect to, where were you located, and what was your ping? If you disconnect often, the connection to the server might not be stable enough, because of slow internet speed, long distance etc., that can cause lots of packages to get lost.
We don't have a public road map yet. Maybe one day we'll publish one, but we want to keep it a little bit of a secret still. :) We try to blog about past achievements and tech stuff from time to time, but we'll keep your comment in mind and try to do it more often!
Thanks for commenting: - We plan to add a more complete version of the game to Steam in the future. - At this point we have decided to not add any healing units, but it's not locked in stone. - We don't plan to make official maps at this point either, but it might change. - There weren't any catapults in Bronze Age siege warfare.
This game has an excellent aesthetic and is endlessly fun to play. Thanks for making this, I love the bronze age. This game really captures the era's spirit and couples with the strength of a classic RTS. It feels really inspired, I hope to see more in this genre.
It's been a lot of fun to play; however, I've been having a lot of sync errors on multiplayer (US server). Is there something I am doing wrong? I'm just curious because it looks like it's working fine for others.
Hi and thanks for the feedback! Can you confirm that you played a game with more than 2 players when this happened? It seems to happen when there are more than 2 players, and often a few minutes after a player has been defeated. We haven't been able to reproduce the error yet, but we're looking into it!
doesnt work for my mac :/ it says the file cannot be specified, when i move the file to my desktop it says its damaged. love to play this if you have any solutions
Can you try to re-download the .dmg, and before you open it, can you try to extract the file to desktop and open it from there? Make sure you give permission for macOS to open it. It's worked for other Mac users, so I hope it works for you as well.
I might have explained this badly. Try opening the .dmg file from anywhere, but when you see a new folder with a sword icon, drag that icon to the desktop before opening the sword icon file. Let me know if that works for you. :)
sorry i didn't see this sooner thank you so much! i hope i dont sound annoying since you've had to re explain so many times! you have an awesome game btw :
It's looking pretty good so far, running smoothly on my version of Linux. I'd love to see some kind of campy story mode campaign someday down the line... Invested a good 6 hours so far.
It's great news to us that we've been able to provide you with 6 hours of fun. Hopefully we can add to those hours in the future with more content. A single player component is something we'd really like to add down the track.
Reminds me a lot of the old RTS games and also Civilization games. The micromanaging is a lot of fun once you get a hold of how to play the game. Love the pixel art.
Props to you for releasing this for free. You seem like a nice guy :) .
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I am loving the game! The starvation mechanic really adds a nice balancing act to the game.
Thanks for the feedback :)
Great Game, I like it!
Thanks for the feedback!
Loving the game - having a serious issue however with my villagers getting stuck returning resources back to the Village Centre. Some villagers will drop off resources and return to work however, I would say at least 50% of my workforce gets stuck.
Hey! I've never seen or heard about this issue before, but will definitely look into it. What OS system are you playing on and are you able to see the version number in main menu below game title? Thanks! :)
I am running Windows 10 - and the version number I am playing is 0.6.4.2.
I also noticed that the food resource gathering (bushes and farms) are the most affected by this.
That is an old version. The newest is 0.6.5.0. Try to download it and see if the problem disappears. :)
Updating to version 0.6.4.5 did resolve this issue for me. Thanks for the help!
Great!
I think it would be funny if you added a little easter egg of the original cheat codes from AOE. Bigdaddy or photonman.
Game is awesome, nice job guys.
Haha! That would be neat. Thanks for the feedback. :)
Wow! Awesome progress on the game so far! I really love the feel and gameplay of it. Indeed old AoE vibes!
Some comments:
- Would it be possible to have walls connect between three or even four points? I extended my original wall with a protruding one (like a T-cross), but it didn't connect so it looked weird
- Would it be possible to destroy the clay pit after it has gone dry? Or is the idea that all the clay has been removed so that the spot is unusable to build on, even for other buildings?
- I'm sure you already have this in your mind, but some more settings possibility to the "Alpha Mission" would be nice, so that it's more of a skirmish play! (E.g. choose number of enemies, amount of resources on the map, etc)
- Is naval warfare part of your future plans? That would be awesome!
- It seemed to me that people inside of the walls could still get hit by archers on the other side. I mostly noticed this when I had villagers repairing the wall while I had enemies outside. Is this intentional?
Anyway, all in all, a great experience! I'm looking forward to updates to the game!
Thanks for the feedback!
1. Not sure if it will make it to the next patch, but yes, we will work on connecting walls between more points at some stage.
2. The idea is that it will be unusable so you need to think through where to put it.
3. Yes, this will come. Single player will start getting more focus after the next few patches. :)
4. Yes, naval warfare is part of our roadmap.
5. That is intentional for now. We haven't found a way of preventing this yet without affecting performance too much. Line of sight algorithms can be fairly expensive, especially when there are big battles with lots of units. If you have any ideas let us know!
Thanks for your answers!
Looking forward to the upcoming updates! :)
Great game!
Do you intend to open-source your code (with a model like ardour or even widelands maybe)? If not will you compile for arm32/arm64?
Hi, we have no plans for any of this at the moment. We're a small team, so maintaining x64, macOS and Linux builds is enough for us at the moment. Sorry about that! :)
Whenever I run the executionable, it just says 'File not found'. I'm not sure how to fix this, please help!
Hi, are you on macOS or Linux?
Windows
Oh, okay! I've seen that happen before if user tries to open from zip file without extracting files first, or if behind VPN/firewall which prevents files from being downloaded by game launcher.
Also, maybe more than one enemy, and levels, and bigger maps, and enemies with more fortifications so it's more difficult to destroy them. Therefore, you would need to do more than one attack. Also, after finishing building the resource camp, the worker can automatically begin to chop down trees just like it does with the granary.
We will add a proper skirmish AI at some point with more map settings etc.
Regarding automatically chopping down wood, we're not 100% sure, since sometimes you might want to mine metal instead. We'll have a think about it!
I also thought about that, the thing is that usually, the main reason for putting a resource camp is to collect wood, though not always, it is most of the time. Because trees are in abundance, and mines are more rare. Thanks for such a quick answer!
It is really an awesome game! The walls don't update once they are built which is a bit annoying but not really super important. Also, you could add some new defense systems other than towers. Really proud how it's building up and hope for more and new updates!
Will add that the walls don't update once they're constructed to the backlog and look at it for the next update. :)
Just had a look and walls seem to update as they should after they are constructed. Gates don't though, because they have a different set of collision points that will cause problems if there are units next to it and it rotates at any time.
The Mac version is broken too
the file is damaged and can't be opened
Hi, I just tried the file now and it works fine. After opening The Fertile Crescent.dmg, when a folder with the game executable opens, make sure you drag the file to another location, eg. desktop, before opening it.
huh thats weird...
no problem on beginner, experienced is another story...
I usually play on expert and it's really easy
Of course, we all know you're the pro
I think the Linux executable is broken...
For anyone else having this problem and seeing this, it's usually caused by being behind a firewall or VPN, which causes server to deny access to download the files.
Hey, i've tried the newest Version 0.6.4 via itch on Linux. It says:
I am running openSUSE Leap 15.2. It seems the linux unity export is not complete?
Cheers,
Bernd
Hi, the Linux version should work fine as other Linux users have got it running. Have you tried to run it outside Itch? The launcher auto-updates so you don't need the Itch Launcher to automatically download new game updates. If you have tried to run it outside the Itch launcher and it's not working I will have a check within our community for possible solutions.
It seems you use "xdg-open" to run something. It complains that you use "xdg-open --args", which is not a valid parameter according to 1.0 and 1.1.
I'm on Discord if you need more information and a test pilot :)
For anyone else having this problem and seeing this, it's usually caused by being behind a firewall or VPN, which causes server to deny access to download the files.
Hi again! I only use Windows and macOS myself, and I don't have that much experience with Linux. We're exporting the Linux version as a courtesy, and most Linux users have been running the game without any issues. I suggest you check with the Discord community by asking in #general channel to see if anyone can help. Sorry that I'm not able to provide better help myself!
Also, are you downloading and running the game launcher manually and not through the Itch app/installer?
Thanks for sharing!
Very interesting and cool game. The graphics are top notch! At the moment though, theres just not enough content but I can see this becoming a great game. One small issue I had while playing with friends is that the feedback when your main base is attacked is very unoticable. In general I think you should implement a mode where you dont lose just because your main base was destroyed. In one game, I had the superoir army but the enemy went all in on my base and destroyed it eventhough I played better. But other than that, great game :D
Thanks for the feedback! When your village center gets destroyed the aristocrazy (you) gets wiped out and so there's no one left to rule your people! On a serious note, we are going to make it more obvious when you're under attack. There is an icon popping up on the minimap, and a sound is played, but it doesn't seem to be enough. At least you'll be able to wall in your base to protect your village center in the next update!
-To-tooooooot!- The trumpets of heaven sound the apocalypse.
maybe add wild animals like cows or wolves so weapons have a greater use outside of pure combat, maybe even make some animals eat crops.
Wild animals will come. :)
Yay! Although my game is having problems when around 200 units friendly and enemy are all on the screen. When there are too many entities my game slows down and crashed almost immediately unless I manage to kill at least 10.
Its a good game but I can't save my progress.
It would be so useful.
wat u mean
It's a planned feature. :)
i have a idea
i think the villager upgrade is not useful because u wont really need it
some maybe u could combine the woodworking and mining and villager upgrade into one upgrade to make it more useful
Thanks, we'll have a think about this. :)
Such a great game! You should definitely implement walls and navy troops!
Walls coming up next!
no esta para win32?
Unfortunately no.
hey i just want to say i think units takes too much food over time and it ruins fun to build up a army
<3
1/10 its way to hard even on easy mode enenmys keep comin and coming and i just cant make solders fast enough.
Hey! We'll make the beginner difficulty easier in the next version. Also, you'll be able to construct walls to keep them at bay. :)
hey here are some suggestions
i think the upgrade time takes too long: it make matches boring and long
all units feel the same: every unit feels like a upgraded version of the last
here are my ideas
if u wanna make a good AI try making a self learning AI and put different version of it in the game so that it feels like your going up ageist something fair
thank u good job q:
Do you mean that it takes too long to research new technologies? We had a lower value before and players complained that it was too quick. When there are more techs we will revise this.
We might look into self-learning AI, but it's too early to say if this will be a good option for us to implement or not.
Also, hopefully the new siege units will add some cool variation! :D
Down the track we'll also add War Chariots and naval warfare. :)
Thanks for commenting!
thank u
yea i still think technologies takes too long to research it just feels boring. i feel like u need to cut the time in half at least
i just want to say also, i am not a casual Gamer, i like competitive games like csgo and AOE II but i understand if competitive is not wat u are going for
sorry for my spelling
Are you able to have high food surplus while you research new technologies?
We're going to lower the knowledge required at least some for the next build. :)
We want the game to be competitive as well!
yea i have max but still feels slow
thanks
Hi! You could also add a second level on some of the technologies. For ex.: having a cart that can carry 20 items when on level 2, or faster production of siege units. I'm really glad the game continues growing!
Played with three friends when steam was down. It worked flawlessly cross platform. Really good simple age of empires-esque game. Whack it on steam on early access and charge a few dollars.
That's really great to hear! We're considering Steam Early Access at some point. :)
After playing for 10 full hours with my friends in my free time, I have some problems:
Can't select more than 22 people - Don't know if it's intentional or not, but it's kinda annoying.
Starting positions feel unbalanced sometimes.
Lag spikes, sometimes bad performance.
Disconnected me or my friends 3/8 of our games.
There were a few more, but otherwise a great game :) , continue doing what you love.
Hi and thanks for commenting!
Max 22 selected units is intentional for now, because of UI and performance restrictions. Will probably change this in the future though. :)
We are working on balancing the map further for the next update.
The lag spikes are outside of our control. What server did you connect to, where were you located, and what was your ping? If you disconnect often, the connection to the server might not be stable enough, because of slow internet speed, long distance etc., that can cause lots of packages to get lost.
Linux is 32 bit ;-)
What do you mean?
Users of Linux 64 bit should use Microsoft Windows.
We will attempt to support all platforms no matter the preference! ;)
great game
Thanks for the feedback, appreciate it.
no problem, the music is really great too. is there a roadmap for new features at all? also if you kept a devlog that would be cool.
We don't have a public road map yet. Maybe one day we'll publish one, but we want to keep it a little bit of a secret still. :) We try to blog about past achievements and tech stuff from time to time, but we'll keep your comment in mind and try to do it more often!
Hello I'm having trouble establishing a connection with the South American server.
Hi, I was able to connect to it now. Can you send a screenshot of what happens at your end?
Interesting game so far. Keep up the good work
Appreciate the comment!
hey just to know
will the game always be free or will you have to buy it in the future,
will their be a healing unit,
will make maps for the game or always randomized, because i thick it will be better to have official maps
also here something i been thinking
if you add siege equipment; it will be more interesting if you had to manually fire the siege equipment like a ability of some sort
Thanks for commenting:
- We plan to add a more complete version of the game to Steam in the future.
- At this point we have decided to not add any healing units, but it's not locked in stone.
- We don't plan to make official maps at this point either, but it might change.
- There weren't any catapults in Bronze Age siege warfare.
This game has an excellent aesthetic and is endlessly fun to play. Thanks for making this, I love the bronze age. This game really captures the era's spirit and couples with the strength of a classic RTS. It feels really inspired, I hope to see more in this genre.
It's been a lot of fun to play; however, I've been having a lot of sync errors on multiplayer (US server). Is there something I am doing wrong? I'm just curious because it looks like it's working fine for others.
Hi and thanks for the feedback! Can you confirm that you played a game with more than 2 players when this happened? It seems to happen when there are more than 2 players, and often a few minutes after a player has been defeated. We haven't been able to reproduce the error yet, but we're looking into it!
If you get a chance to test the new version (0.6.2.3), please let me know if that solves your out of synch problem! :D
https://lincread.itch.io/the-fertile-crescent/devlog/167708/0623
doesnt work for my mac :/ it says the file cannot be specified, when i move the file to my desktop it says its damaged. love to play this if you have any solutions
Can you try to re-download the .dmg, and before you open it, can you try to extract the file to desktop and open it from there? Make sure you give permission for macOS to open it. It's worked for other Mac users, so I hope it works for you as well.
I might have explained this badly. Try opening the .dmg file from anywhere, but when you see a new folder with a sword icon, drag that icon to the desktop before opening the sword icon file. Let me know if that works for you. :)
sorry i didn't see this sooner thank you so much! i hope i dont sound annoying since you've had to re explain so many times! you have an awesome game btw :
My last direct, play with a friend with 0.6.2.1 (in spanish)
Thanks for sharing, I had a look! :)
This is the most fun game I've found so far on itch.io. Can't rate it for some reason, but I give it 5 stars. Thanks for supporting Linux <3
We disabled ratings, but appreciate yours!
It's looking pretty good so far, running smoothly on my version of Linux. I'd love to see some kind of campy story mode campaign someday down the line... Invested a good 6 hours so far.
It's great news to us that we've been able to provide you with 6 hours of fun. Hopefully we can add to those hours in the future with more content. A single player component is something we'd really like to add down the track.
Really love this game!
Reminds me a lot of the old RTS games and also Civilization games. The micromanaging is a lot of fun once you get a hold of how to play the game. Love the pixel art.
Props to you for releasing this for free. You seem like a nice guy :) .
Thanks, appreciate the comment. :)
awesome game, somebody wanna play against me or team.
congratulation! very awesome game and inspiring, I wanna make a game someday. awesome. bless
Thanks for the feedback. Hope you give game dev a shot! :)
Can not find the specified files, i am in MacOS
Make sure you extract the file before opening it:
- Delete the file and redownload
- Extract the file to another folder
- Open the game
This looks so cool! I was missing some low end RTS. Love the pixelart and isometric style graphics! Good luck with the project!
Damn, why did I have to find this right when I am heading to bed (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻