What engine will AoW4 be made in?

[Lady Lacroix]

Will the dev team be making the game in clausewitz or in the old game engine?

And while on the subject, is it the same dev team that made AoW3 that is making the new one?

 

[Ivan the Homeless]

You mean Planetfall? I wouldn't call it AoW4. Anyway..
"Age of Wonders: Planetfall is roughly three years into development, running on a new generation of our multi-platform Creator Engine."

 

[Lady Lacroix]

You mean Planetfall? I wouldn't call it AoW4. Anyway..
"Age of Wonders: Planetfall is roughly three years into development, running on a new generation of our multi-platform Creator Engine."

Never heard of it. Is it regularly used by Pdox?

 

[Ivan the Homeless]

It is a new engine AFAIK.

 

[sikbok]

Will the dev team be making the game in clausewitz or in the old game engine?

And while on the subject, is it the same dev team that made AoW3 that is making the new one?

Hi,

We have our own engine called the Creator Engine. We made AoW3 and Overlord on that engine, and its a descendant of the one we made the earlier AoW games with.

And the team on AoW Planetfall is pretty similar to that of AoW3. I got started on AoW2 back in the day, and the founders- who obviously made AoW - were in on in too. So, that's over 25 years of history.

 

[Ivan the Homeless]

Oh, so it's basically the AoW3 engine with improved visuals? I thought that it is a new engine.

 

[ArnoutS]

Oh, so it's basically the AoW3 engine with improved visuals? I thought that it is a new engine.

Well we could argue that's new! Its now 64-bit, DX11, with lots of other engine improvements

 

[Ivan the Homeless]

Well we could argue that's new! Its now 64-bit, DX11, with lots of other engine improvements

Indeed!

 

[Lady Lacroix]

Hi,

We have our own engine called the Creator Engine. We made AoW3 and Overlord on that engine, and its a descendant of the one we made the earlier AoW games with.

And the team on AoW Planetfall is pretty similar to that of AoW3. I got started on AoW2 back in the day, and the founders- who obviously made AoW - were in on in too. So, that's over 25 years of history.

Interesting. Would you say the game will be going in its own direction or will it be more a continuation of AoW3 with improvements?

 

[Gloweye]

The engine has been improved a bit. In gameplay, its just improved AoW, but the setting is loosely correlated if at all.

Which is exactly what i'd hoped for a triumph scifi game

 

[Lady Lacroix]

The engine has been improved a bit. In gameplay, its just improved AoW, but the setting is loosely correlated if at all.

Which is exactly what i'd hoped for a triumph scifi game

Honestly I would have preferred AoW4 but in a new engine and closer to AoW2 in aesthetics. Can't have everything you want though, so I'll take what I can get.

 

[Mezmorki]

Well we could argue that's new! Its now 64-bit, DX11, with lots of other engine improvements

That's excellent to hear the engine is up to 64-bit. I imagine that will provide a lot more housepower for assets, AI tasks, etc.