Hello.
The Christmas holidays come to a close as we jump right back into work. We have great plans for 2010, mostly concerning the gameplay. We intend to develop new interesting game modes and objects in order to make flying the RoF skies more friendly, for veteran and newcomer alike. Moreover, we hope to offer something brand new to the whole aviation simulation genre.
Today I would like to tell you about one of the new game modes.
It will be a new single player mode available from the main game menu. You'll be given an opportunity to create different and varied custom combat situations for training purposes or just for a quick, no-hassle flight. This will allow rapid mission creation for everyone but leave a wide array of options for experienced pilots. You start by selecting the location of combat which forms the main superstructure of every mission. Three types of locations will be available for three mission modes: "Air Combat", "Duel" and "Act Of Bravery". Locations will be arranged in different places on the historical map. Different locations will have different options, most for "Air Combat".
You'll have to create your own flight, two ally flights and three opponent flights. The types of aircraft can be set for each flight. The fuel levels, armament and aircraft skins are manageable for each aircraft, as well. Experienced pilots can choose type of formation and their position in formation. Then you can set yours, and your opponents', altitude, direction, orientation and relative distance. You can pursue your opponent or, on the flip side, escape from pursuit. You can take off from the airport or start combat in the air.
Different ground units (e.g. AA guns, vehicles, trains, ships, etc.) can be added also. You can then set the weather conditions and the time of the day and, finally, take off. Every created preset can be saved and shared with your friends. It's our hope that this game mode will be available for beta-testing in the very near future.
The most veteran and active RoF community members might recognize this type of quick mission generator. Laser, a very talented and dedicated community member, created something similar in 3rd-party app form. I enjoy using it myself and suggest you try it also. We would like to kindly thank Laser for such an outstanding job!
In conclusion, I'd like to thank everyone who participated in the various polls and such, traditional for Christmas holidays. We got some very important awards, as a result. Of course, the most valued among them are the awards from gamer feedback. We are very grateful for your recognition and promise that we'll do our best to justify your appreciation and acclaim for the same awards this year.
We are working hard to create even more features to tell you about in future Blog updates. So with that, bye for now and thanks again for reading!