Hi everyone!
This month, I've finished most of the development of the big map gamesystem and found a way of using many forms to make complex mission levels. But as development progresses, I realize that I might be able to finish a usable DEMO in October, but it would be far from polished. Releasing it would probably disappoint everyone.
As a result, I had to regretfully pass on participating in the Steam Next Fest in October. The release of Chaos Front DEMO will be delayed until the next Steam Next Fest, which will be in February 2025. This October, I will release the first trailer for Chaos Front instead.
I deeply apologize for the delay of the DEMO. And, the release of the official version of Chaos Front will not change, it will still be in the spring of 2025, maybe around two months after the release of the DEMO.
Now, let's move on to the other two factions we didn't finish introducing last month.
Massilia was the first planet in the Centersea Sector to be colonized by humans, and as such became the shipping center of the entire Sector. At the time of the establishment of the Astronautical Committee, the then president of the local government of Massilia sold out the interests of the people and established the Principality of Massilia with the support of Three Super Powers, proclaiming himself the Duke of the Massilia, anointing the military officers and politicians who supported him as nobles, and suppressing Massilia as the Committee's henchmen.
With the monopoly of the Committee, Massilia lost its former status as a shipping center and its people fell into poverty. Anger accumulated for over twenty years, and a storm of revolution finally overthrew the Principality's government, and the staff, students, soldiers, and workers ...... of the newly formed Revolutionary Council became the masters of Massilia.
The first citizen of the revolutionary government was Charlotte, the Speaker of the Republic. She had worked as a lawyer for five years helping the poor people in their lawsuits and gradually realized that the greatest source of the people's suffering was precisely the exploitation of the Astronautical Committee and that only the overthrow of the Committee's tyranny throughout the galaxy could bring true happiness. With her determined lobbying and organizing, many important political and military figures joined the revolution. After the founding of the Republic, Charlotte was elected Speaker of the Republic. In the minds of the people, she seemed to be the embodiment of uncorrupted revolutionary ideals.
The Black Flag, an ally of the Revolutionary Army, was originally the Fleet Tertius of the Committee Army from the Qilin Dynasty. During the Great Rebellion that destroyed the Old Union, the Qilin Dynasty, which once had hopes of unifying the galaxy, fell into schism when the Emperor was poisoned and died. The Eight Wardens, who commanded the Eight Legions as the Emperor's arms, fought each other and lost half of their power in political struggles, plots assassinations, and bloody wars. In the end, the House Yuan became the highest-ranking Grand Warden, married the daughter to the new emperor, and became the behind-the-scenes ruler. The Qilin Dynasty, which had suffered a great deal of damage, also lost its ambition and accepted the proposal made by the other Super Powers to co-manage the Galaxy in the form of the Committee.
The House Li, one of the Eight Wardens, survived the hegemonic government politics of the Grand Warden due to humility and luck and got through a succession for the House head. However, the powerful House Li was always suspected by the House Yuan. With the outbreak of the Centersea War, the three Super Powers were obliged to send their fleets to suppress Massilia. Grand Warden Yuan Wen came up with the idea of killing two birds with one stone by ordering Li Cunyi, the head of the House Li, to lead the Li's subordinates in an expedition to Centersea Sector as the Commander-in-Chief of the Fleet Tertius. This not only banished Li Cunyi from the power center of the dynasty but also depleted the reputation and strength of the House Li in a war without righteousness.
However, after the House Li fleet arrived at the Bazhou Planet in the Centersea Sector, Li Cunyi suddenly ordered the entire army to remove the flag of the Qilin Dynasty, paint their ships and arms black, expel all the committee bodies in the neighboring planets, and send out alliance emissaries to the Revolutionary Army. The Black Flag was born. Li Cunyi, who has been humbling in silence for a mission no one knows, finally rises as a dragon emerges from the abyss and is about to start the legend of the Black Admiral.
That's all for today, let's look forward to next month's trailer!
Han Zhiyu