Steam Holiday Sale: AI War Products 75% Off And Two Dollar Tidalis

[cupogoodness]

Originally posted: http://arcengames.blogspot.com/2011/12/steam-holiday-sale-ai-war-products-75.html

A quick note that our games Tidalis and AI War are on massive discount as part of Steam's Holiday Sale that runs now through December 31st. Keep an eye on the Holiday Sale Gift Pile challenges page during the duration of the event as well for a chance to win every single game in Steam's catalog and other prizes.

As far as our titles go, you'll be able to grab Tidalis for 80% off the $10 tag, and AI War plus all DLC for 75% off--or go for the Alien Bundle and get even more savings. If you or any of your loved ones are in for some two buck Tidalis and/or all of AI War for the cost of a fast food combo, best not to miss this great opportunity to pick up some copies on the cheap.

Interested in trying before you buy? Check out the demos on the Steam game pages, or download them here (AI War) and here (Tidalis).

[Volatar]

Already own the entire AIW set but I happily snapped up Tidalis.

[Echo35]

There's an achievement for it today too!

[syndicatedragon]

Anyone have any hints on how to quickly lose 30,000 ships? Alternative, does anyone have a savefile where it would easy to lose 30,000 ships? I love the game, but I don't have the playing time to "play to lose"... kind of a lame achievement IMO.

[Coppermantis]

I started a game with infiltrators as my bonus ship, high ship caps, no enemy waves, blitz attack speed and a 10-planet snake so they'll hit the core worlds really soon. Just looping three space docks (one for each mark of infiltrator) and sending a constant swarm towards the enemy worlds. Should lose 30000 eventually.

This does feel like gaming the system a bit, though, but I don't see any other reasonable way to lose 30000 ships while the achievement is applicable for the promotion.

Lost about 3,000 so far.

[BobTheJanitor]

That is kind of a rough one. I have it from past play, but I think I probably got it towards the end of an epic length game. Hmm... I guess you could set up a constant loop of scouts and send them to a planet without getting rid of the tachyon guardians. That should avoid AI aggression building up and causing a backlash. But that would still take a few hours at least. I predict much griping on the Steam forums.

Do they let you guys pick the achievement for these contests? And if so, are you trolling?

[Coppermantis]

Yeah, this is kind of a weird achievement. There isn't much way to get it except from a super long game (by which time, unless one is already in progress, the promotion will be over) or by spam.

I added fighters to my swarm to increase the number, I'll add Bob's idea of scouts as well.

[Echo35]

Yeah, this is kind of a weird achievement. There isn't much way to get it except from a super long game (by which time, unless one is already in progress, the promotion will be over) or by spam.

I added fighters to my swarm to increase the number, I'll add Bob's idea of scouts as well.

I have a game in progress from a while ago, but I have no idea how many ships I've lost. I don't have the achievement yet, so clearly not enough.

[BobTheJanitor]

Doesn't the game track ships lost somewhere? Probably in the mountain of data in the stats pages I'm sure? If someone wanted to set up a save where you only have to send a few more ships to their doom and upload it for the angry legions on the Steam forums, no doubt they would love you forever, or at least for 5 minutes.

[Echo35]

Doesn't the game track ships lost somewhere? Probably in the mountain of data in the stats pages I'm sure? If someone wanted to set up a save where you only have to send a few more ships to their doom and upload it for the angry legions on the Steam forums, no doubt they would love you forever, or at least for 5 minutes.

Yeah, with all the stats that it keeps track of, I'm sure it's in there. In fact, I'm quite positive I've seen it in the game stats. I'll have to check after work. I don't work tomorrow so I could always pull an all nighter. Been meaning to play AI War again anyhow

[Coppermantis]

In stats>Ships By Player you can see how many ships you've lost/built/killed.

[c4sc4]

I found the ships lost count in STATS under military. I got the achievement by loading up an older save at the 10 hour mark, turning the speed up to +10, building all of my space docks, looping them building fighters and gatlings, and sending them to a nearby enemy planet with 1000 ships on it. I let it run for 40minutes to an hour before I got the achievement. If anyone wants a save, I can upload it, although I have all of the expansions enabled.

[Coppermantis]

I've lost over 20,000 ships so far. That didn't take too long. EDIT: Got it.

@c4sc4: Hmm, Didn't know about that one. That's a lot easier than having to add up the number lost for each type.

[syndicatedragon]

Do you have to do something special to start with Infiltrators? I've generated a bunch of maps, and have yet to see them as the ship type. Do they show up as something else?

[Coppermantis]

Do you have 'complex' ship types enabled? That could be it. Also, you don't necessarily need infiltrators. Autocannon Minipods, Gatlings or any other inflated-cap ship should do the trick.