All power to engines.
Destination: April 4th.
Time: 2 PM UTC.
Team at warp speed.
All looking good so far.
EXODE+ is better!
Hello all pilots!
We took a few days to improve things and it was extremely productive.
There are situations like this where problems actually turned out to major advantage and improvement.
The new EXODE is better, and I can also safely say that other deadlines should not be impacted by much.
Again, we understand the frustrating situation for players, and we thank you for your incredible support!
Launch
The big news now.
Our launch is set for :
April 4th, 2020 (at 2 PM UTC)
This means from 7 AM in California to 11 PM in Japan.
Sounds for us like the best time to set. There are timers you can use like this one.
Testrooms
Our discord now has a testroom channel:
- This means you get previews!
- This means we get feedback!
- This means we get faster maturity and more comprehensive bug-tracking.
The service will launch today on Discord with an access to the shop preview. The service is also especially useful for our mobile version.
Technical note: it is no secret that mobile versions have more display variations and test situations and that they need coding-love from developers and more time to mature.
For everything EXODE desktop will always be the more stable and recommended version especially on first day of a release. If you happen to see a problem on mobile please report it and note that the desktop version is also available.
We opened the testroom to mature faster on mobile, detect problems sooner and make everything better for all people!
Promotions
As already announced all our launch community is receiving 10 free boosters when backing with at least a starter (5 USD) on presale. That's a crazy promotion as this means a +20 USD value.
We felt it was necessary, it also helps to compensate for cryptocurrency situations.
Promotions will be available for your account only.
We'll match the promotion with your account name.
We took snapshots of people on Discord on March 29th (+ a few hours), we noted who wrote about us, and will explore our blocks to find everyone who followed, voted or reblogged at that date.
Please note that all gifts are "locked to account" meaning they are for your account personal use and you can't dump them on the market. This protects the market from side-effects of promotions and gifts because of people willing otherwise to create fake or bot accounts to get them.
The same goes for referral bonuses below, to prevent exploits.
Also as a reminder, bots are forbidden in EXODE because they have no use in our player model.
If you use a different account than your social one you may tell us on our Discord payment-support channel.
Speaking about our promotions: you may still get this character gift if you vote for it on discord! Pick your character if you haven't done so!
The Drachian colonel is taking an amazing lead in votes after being in 3rd position before!
As a reminder, voters will get the character they vote for; we'll take a snapshot before launch.
Referral codes
We used this time to strengthen our referral program and decided for a generous model.
The new website launched today is already updated with the referral feature.
By clicking on "Bonus" on the website, people will see their "referral code" and link with referral code. (for instance https://exodegame.com/?ref=XXX)
Referrals using the link have nothing to do: the referral code will be automatically in memory. Referrals using another way to access website will be informed when placing an order to put their referral code.
Users who place their first order with at least a starter will receive:
2 free boosters (and 2 for referral creator)
And if at least 10 referrals use the same code:
+1 random Epic Character to all persons (+2 for referral creator)
This means if 10 referrals use the same code:
- all referrals get 2 boosters and 1 epic character
- referral creator get 20 boosters and 3 epic characters.
Epic characters are randomized for each, this means each person may get a different character.
As a reminder, Epics have a 4 % rarity in boosters, and characters are more rare; to get an Epic needs about 5 boosters on average (25 cards) and to get Epic character required investment is usually more.
Player groups
EXODE will feature various kinds of grouping: such as player squadrons with your friends and player alliances with more people. These features will be all here when colonization opens. There will also be player squadrons rankings and seasonal rewards.
Now, all that is for later, but something is due to happen now thanks to the referral program.
The referral feature is already tied with an interesting feature: all players using the same referral code and the referral creator will be kept in memory and programmed to settle in a close space within the galaxy. This means they will be able to be stronger together and help each other more easily.
Remember cooperation in EXODE also includes beating up aliens and taking nice rewards (or organizing an escape).
I am thrilled by this feature, allowing to happily share referral codes to your friends and perform missions and colony support together!
Time to prepare for lasting memories with them in EXODE.. while beating other players in season rankings :)
Also, strategy guides are being written and will be released both for the Evacuation scene (our next playable content) and the Colonization preview. They will give you more information about gameplay.
PS: Disclaimer - Yesterday there was an April's Fools post on our blog. We did get in touch with SpaceX, that part is true! But we haven't been called yet by Elon Musk - that part was to participate into the fun of April 1st. Yet, the logic behind it still makes sense ;-)
Get ready for April 4th!
See you soon in EXODE!