#antiquitas
Posts and pages on Ape Apps tagged with <strong>#antiquitas</strong>
The legal landscape across the world is rapidly moving towards age verification requirements for any and all online services that provide user-to-user communication. As an independent developer, I don't particularly have the time or resources to implement this kind of stuff up to an acceptable legal standard, nor do I have any interest in keeping personal identity records for any of my users. You should not have to provide your real name or identity to play My Colony or track your spending with EZ Register. So, changes are coming.
I plan on phasing out all of my own in-house user communication service across the entirety of Ape Apps and instead, pushing users towards the Discord server or other social media sites. That includes the forums on this website, Ape Chat, the in-game chat in My Colony, everything. The following apps and services will be impacted:
Antiquitas
Ape Apps Launcher
Ape Apps Website
Ape Chat
Ape Market
Colony Wars
Discussions
Epic Adventure
EZ Office Apps
Forum Fiend
My Colony
My Colony 2
Terra Nova 4X
Walkie Cloud
Probably the largest pain-point will be the removal of the in-game chat for My Colony 1, which is utilized quite a bit, especially for users helping each other with resources. As a workaround, I will make improvements to the in-game Friends section to make it easier to add/manage friends and share resources, but you will still have to communicate using Discord instead.
Some services, such as Ape Chat, Discussions, Forum Fiend and Walkie Cloud will just be shut down entirely, as they really don't have any other features besides communication. Where communication is not an essential feature, changes will just be made to work around the issue and point people towards Discord where appropriate.
This website/forum will be another big change, although since the Discord came out the forum here has not been as important as it once was. I will probably rewrite it in a way to where I can just post helpful informational and help articles related to various apps and games. I might keep an archive on a subdomain of all of the current content though, for posterity.
In the end, I think this all kind of sucks to be honest. The writing has been on the wall for independent social services for a while now though, but over the last year especially, governments across the world seem to be amping up their "child protection" efforts to 10. I have never liked big tech, which is the reason I wrote my own forum and chat services from scratch, but I also don't have the time or money to keep chasing after new regulations, so we are just going to fall back to Discord for this kind of stuff moving forward and let them worry about it.
I will start phasing in these changes over the coming weeks and months, so if you have not joined the Discord yet, now would be a good time to do so, as it will be the primary Ape Apps communication platform moving forward!
#antiquitas #apeappslauncher #apechat #apemarket #colonywars #discissions #epicadventure #forumfiend #mycolony #mycolony2 #terranova4x #walkiecloud
I plan on phasing out all of my own in-house user communication service across the entirety of Ape Apps and instead, pushing users towards the Discord server or other social media sites. That includes the forums on this website, Ape Chat, the in-game chat in My Colony, everything. The following apps and services will be impacted:
Antiquitas
Ape Apps Launcher
Ape Apps Website
Ape Chat
Ape Market
Colony Wars
Discussions
Epic Adventure
EZ Office Apps
Forum Fiend
My Colony
My Colony 2
Terra Nova 4X
Walkie Cloud
Probably the largest pain-point will be the removal of the in-game chat for My Colony 1, which is utilized quite a bit, especially for users helping each other with resources. As a workaround, I will make improvements to the in-game Friends section to make it easier to add/manage friends and share resources, but you will still have to communicate using Discord instead.
Some services, such as Ape Chat, Discussions, Forum Fiend and Walkie Cloud will just be shut down entirely, as they really don't have any other features besides communication. Where communication is not an essential feature, changes will just be made to work around the issue and point people towards Discord where appropriate.
This website/forum will be another big change, although since the Discord came out the forum here has not been as important as it once was. I will probably rewrite it in a way to where I can just post helpful informational and help articles related to various apps and games. I might keep an archive on a subdomain of all of the current content though, for posterity.
In the end, I think this all kind of sucks to be honest. The writing has been on the wall for independent social services for a while now though, but over the last year especially, governments across the world seem to be amping up their "child protection" efforts to 10. I have never liked big tech, which is the reason I wrote my own forum and chat services from scratch, but I also don't have the time or money to keep chasing after new regulations, so we are just going to fall back to Discord for this kind of stuff moving forward and let them worry about it.
I will start phasing in these changes over the coming weeks and months, so if you have not joined the Discord yet, now would be a good time to do so, as it will be the primary Ape Apps communication platform moving forward!
#antiquitas #apeappslauncher #apechat #apemarket #colonywars #discissions #epicadventure #forumfiend #mycolony #mycolony2 #terranova4x #walkiecloud
Following the recent My Colony v2.0.0 release, all engine updates and features from that update have now been ported over to it's sister game Anitquitas, and v2.0.0 is now rolling out to all supported platforms!
Of course, since My Colony received a minor promotional graphics overhaul, I did not want Antiquitas to feel left out of the fun. The game now sports a new title screen and updated icon, as well as minor UI refreshes throughout.
In addition, and as with My Colony, the macOS release has returned to both Steam and the stand-alone Desktop installer (available on the Ape Market).
https://play.antiquitas.app/
#antiquitas
Of course, since My Colony received a minor promotional graphics overhaul, I did not want Antiquitas to feel left out of the fun. The game now sports a new title screen and updated icon, as well as minor UI refreshes throughout.
In addition, and as with My Colony, the macOS release has returned to both Steam and the stand-alone Desktop installer (available on the Ape Market).
https://play.antiquitas.app/
#antiquitas
Antiquitas has been updated to v1.33.0 and the release should be hitting all platforms over the coming days. This update includes a roll-up of all engine fixes and improvements from My Colony v1.34-v1.37. This includes a new music rendering engine that reduces CPU usage, bug fixes for saving very large game saves, a redesign of the in-game menus and more!
https://play.antiquitas.app/
#antiquitas
https://play.antiquitas.app/
#antiquitas
I bet people were not expecting this, but Antiquitas has just received a major update to v1.31.0, rolling in all code and engine updates from My Colony v1.19 - v1.30, which constitutes a lot of changes. The game has also been migrated over to it's own server and domain. So what all is new? Let's see!
The first major change is that the game has been migrated from Ape Web Apps over to it's own domain at antiquitas.app. There are two new URLs, the game server and stats pages are located at https://antiquitas.app/ and the game itself is now hosted at https://play.antiquitas.app/. Anybody who was using the Antiquitas PWA should uninstall the old and reinstall at the new locations. Players using the Ape Apps Launcher or a packaged distribution should not notice a difference.
A ton of bug fixes and QOL improvements have been added to the My Colony engine over the past year and a half since Antiquitas was updated, and it would be cumbersome to list them all out, but I will just mention a few of the major ones. Trade cooldown times have been reduced significantly, deportation related bugs have been corrected, encyclopedia entry sorting has been improved, the bulldozer will now sell buildings instead of just destroying them, charter code lengths have been increased to prevent collisions, colony statistics have been improved, technology can now be purchased using Ape Coins, new information window and fixes for the Alliances feature (federations in My Colony), etc.
In addition to the above, Antiquitas now has the in-game challenges feature!
For unfamiliar players, Challenges allow cities and alliances to compete against each other for resource production. Challenges will last for different timeframes, and players will earn trophies by completing. This feature gives players something to do who have already reached late game stages.
Antiquitas also now has the ability to offer premium structures in the way that My Colony does, although I do not have any planned at the moment. If there is interest from the players for Antiquitas premium structures, then I can see what I can do.
The downside to the update and migration is that all of the colony stats, including alliance infomation, was wiped from the server. There were so many server code changes from the last release to the current that it was not practical to migrate things over. I hope that this does not cause too much anger, but it should realistically be a one time deal, now that the code base between the two My Colony engine games is synchronized again for the first time in a long time.
So that is the new Antiquitas update, and I hope you all enjoy. The update is currently live on the Web and the Ape Apps Launcher, and should be hitting mobile and Steam by Monday or Tuesday. There are also come code fixes I noticed in this update that I need to port back over to the original My Colony, so that will be happening soon as well. So try it out, update your bookmarks, let me know what you think, and thanks for playing Antiquitas!
https://play.antiquitas.app/
#antiquitas
The first major change is that the game has been migrated from Ape Web Apps over to it's own domain at antiquitas.app. There are two new URLs, the game server and stats pages are located at https://antiquitas.app/ and the game itself is now hosted at https://play.antiquitas.app/. Anybody who was using the Antiquitas PWA should uninstall the old and reinstall at the new locations. Players using the Ape Apps Launcher or a packaged distribution should not notice a difference.
A ton of bug fixes and QOL improvements have been added to the My Colony engine over the past year and a half since Antiquitas was updated, and it would be cumbersome to list them all out, but I will just mention a few of the major ones. Trade cooldown times have been reduced significantly, deportation related bugs have been corrected, encyclopedia entry sorting has been improved, the bulldozer will now sell buildings instead of just destroying them, charter code lengths have been increased to prevent collisions, colony statistics have been improved, technology can now be purchased using Ape Coins, new information window and fixes for the Alliances feature (federations in My Colony), etc.
In addition to the above, Antiquitas now has the in-game challenges feature!
For unfamiliar players, Challenges allow cities and alliances to compete against each other for resource production. Challenges will last for different timeframes, and players will earn trophies by completing. This feature gives players something to do who have already reached late game stages.
Antiquitas also now has the ability to offer premium structures in the way that My Colony does, although I do not have any planned at the moment. If there is interest from the players for Antiquitas premium structures, then I can see what I can do.
The downside to the update and migration is that all of the colony stats, including alliance infomation, was wiped from the server. There were so many server code changes from the last release to the current that it was not practical to migrate things over. I hope that this does not cause too much anger, but it should realistically be a one time deal, now that the code base between the two My Colony engine games is synchronized again for the first time in a long time.
So that is the new Antiquitas update, and I hope you all enjoy. The update is currently live on the Web and the Ape Apps Launcher, and should be hitting mobile and Steam by Monday or Tuesday. There are also come code fixes I noticed in this update that I need to port back over to the original My Colony, so that will be happening soon as well. So try it out, update your bookmarks, let me know what you think, and thanks for playing Antiquitas!
https://play.antiquitas.app/
#antiquitas
Today I am happy to announce that Roman Tycoon, the latest business simulation game from Ape Apps, is now available to download for free on all major platforms. Check it out!
Essentially, Roman Tycoon is the Antiquitas version of Colonial Tycoon, but the engine has been upgraded and improved with new features not found in the other My Business Empire engine titles. In addition to building up businesses, Roman Tycoon makes heavy use of Resource production and management. You will have to open some businesses with no profit or even operate at a loss just to generate resources for your other enterprises.
Also, Roman Tycoon introduces a new stacking feature to the engine, allowing you to stack multiple businesses of the same type on top of each other, cleaning up the interface a bit compared to previous titles. At some point, this feature will be back-ported to the other My Business Empire derived games as well.
Roman Tycoon is available now on Windows 10, Android, iOS, Chrome OS, Facebook, and on any desktop PC using the Ape Apps Launcher. Find download links and more information at the official Roman Tycoon website here:
https://apps.ape-apps.com/roman-tycoon/
#romantycoon #antiquitas #mybusinessempire #colonialtycoon
Also, Roman Tycoon introduces a new stacking feature to the engine, allowing you to stack multiple businesses of the same type on top of each other, cleaning up the interface a bit compared to previous titles. At some point, this feature will be back-ported to the other My Business Empire derived games as well.
Roman Tycoon is available now on Windows 10, Android, iOS, Chrome OS, Facebook, and on any desktop PC using the Ape Apps Launcher. Find download links and more information at the official Roman Tycoon website here:
https://apps.ape-apps.com/roman-tycoon/
#romantycoon #antiquitas #mybusinessempire #colonialtycoon
