Barons of the Galaxy - In Development

Barons of the Galaxy has recently launched live on May 13th, 2017.

For more details on our development progress visit the Development Log section of our Forum

Future Development

• Large Pirate Factions

Currently Working On

• Large Faction based Events.
• Political Reputation System

Items below have been implemented

August - 2017

• Orbital Megastructures

July - 2017

• Working on Megastructures
• Custom Rulership Voting

June - 2017

• Military Escort System
• Rulership Charters
• Strategic Orbits

May - 2017

• Game launched May 13th 2017!
• Bug Fixes
• Stability Improvements

April - 2017

• Final Beta Test.
• Payment System through Paypal.
• Optimizing pages, graphical improvements
• Implement artwork for the remaining units.

March - 2017

• Asteroids and mining resources on them.
• Re-work of Sol System and Free Accounts.
• Planning a 2nd Beta Test for April 1st

January/February - 2017

• Performance overhaul of the UI
• Implement artowrk for the remaining 20+ units.

December - 2016

• Mysterious Artifacts Added. Puzzle quests which reward with special units.
• Rework some of the UI, bug fixes and "Quality of Life" improvements to the game.
• Added War Reparations and other events.
• Implement artowrk for more units.

November - 2016

• Distribution center structure to more easily sell multiple products in a city.
• Load/Save Military Orders list.
• Product Salvage for credits.
• Asset Screen Modes to display different information in different ways.
• Reduced Product Types for Farms/Ranches. Service products now go under a main building.
• City Expansion rules have changed to promote more concentration in lesser cities.
• Contracts to Sell Military Units

August - 2016

• Artifact Item Deployment. Using artifacts to either boosts units, effect location or initiate events.
• Open Beta Test going well. Preparing for Kickstarter Launch on August 8th, 2016.
• More event ideas in the works.

July - 2016

• Some changes to the buy/sell mechanics based on what we saw in Alpha Test
• Artifact Item creation is in place. Deploying an artifact for a useful effect is being worked on now.
• Open Beta Test Launched with over 100 new sign ups in a couple of days!

June - 2016

• We had our server go down hard and it took a week to get antoher one back up. Luckily there was no loss of data and Alpha Test 3 went live.
• Event System - More events have been added with different features to test such as voting, versions that are of Planetary and System wide scope and random flavor text
• Design Artifacts system - Some groundwork for artifacts has been laid out, hopefully can try some of it within the month.

May - 2016

• Event System - Only City ruler event actually implemented but system is mostly in place. Need to start adding events.
• Design Artifacts system - Artificats is a special resource which can create special items, quests or units with unique abilities.
• Alpha test of the game being played all month. Last major overhaul and Alpha 3 launching May 29th 2016.

April - 2016

• Event System - Random interactive events system with branching scenarios that can be voted on.
• Galaxy expansion system - As nearby stars are populated by players, more of them nearby become available.
• Launching an Alpha test of the game planned for April 10th 2016

March - 2016

• Contracts - Reworked contract system somewhat. Working well now.
• Comms Tab - Communications system works like mini forum with channels for different systems.
• Cleanup system - Most of the site has had a once over for obvious problem. Database optimizations made
• Game system and restart scripts make the game ready for Alpha testing!

February - 2016

• Kickstarter Campaign Unsuccessful. Will try again possibly May, 2016!
• Combat features
• Units can "Raid" for products as opposed to attack to destroy
• Damaged Units are less effective in combat
• Attacking costs +20% of units normal upkeep
• Battles in cities cause population damage
• Sol System populated by default. Terran Federation units spawn automaticaly.

January - 2016

• Kickstarter Campaign - Put together a video and kickstarter page planned for February 8th, 2016!

December - 2015

• Titles System - Titles for top 3 players in every industry, Military and government by City, Planet and System.
• Combat Groups - Combining several units into a single "Group" and giving orders to that group just like a single unit.

November - 2015

• Combat system - "Orders" page, Combat UI, Database implementation
• Guild System - Guild inerface, Combat implementation

October - 2015

• Upgrade System - Upgrade your Corporate HQ and apply effects to all structures
• Planet and graphic reworks.

September - 2015

• Trade contracts between corporations
• Tutorial page.

August - 2015

• The front end of the website is fully functional. Soft launch website.

June - 2015

• The game is more than half finished.
• Many parts are fully functional and part of the current development is actually playing the game.
• Starting a corporation, building structures, moving untis around, mining/buying/selling resources and other products is all working.
• The Overview, Viewscreen, Assets and Corporate tab are functional.