We’re almost there!
by michael on Jan.08, 2009, under Battle Dawn, Development News
Hello Dawners!
We appreciate your patience.
We’re in the last stages of fixing the critical bugs left in the client.
For the last week we’ve been working around the clock and in very strange hours trying to close all loose ends. this has affected some of our programmers as you can see (click picture to enlarge):
We ask you all to hold on just a few more days, hopefully we’ll be able to open the client for public open beta during this weekend.
Here’s a quick screenshot to tease your eyes 
Cheers!
Michael
53 comments for this entry:
January 8th, 2009 on 8:30 pm
Will this mean that the client will start on an entirely new world?
January 8th, 2009 on 9:11 pm
Sweet! I absolutely cannot wait to try this!!!
January 8th, 2009 on 11:17 pm
Cool!
Anyway any new units?
January 8th, 2009 on 11:25 pm
Looks real snazzy, I can’t wait to try it out!
I’m trying to figure out what the “tokens” tab is for in that second picture.
January 8th, 2009 on 11:25 pm
What tools do you need to make this kind of game?
Because i wan’t to make a flash web broswer game like this.
Please Reply.
January 8th, 2009 on 11:57 pm
Very very nice.
Can’t wait for the beta!
January 9th, 2009 on 12:00 am
1st
Looks great, seems to be a lot going though buts expected, with all the new features.
January 9th, 2009 on 12:45 am
So, this is the new BD? No offense, but it looks like a step BACK in terms of graphics. The new interface looks much more efficient, but i’m wondering if there’s a way to make the entire thing look prettier.
January 9th, 2009 on 12:48 am
hehe i see there is music by the lil music sign in the top left hand corner
January 9th, 2009 on 1:22 am
That is the top right…lol
Cant wait
*runs for credit cards to start supporting*
January 9th, 2009 on 4:54 am
We use Flash, PHP & MySQL
January 9th, 2009 on 4:56 am
No, This just the raw screen arrangement.
The final look is going to have textures and a great new look.
The beta will start on a brand new X4 size earth world.
January 9th, 2009 on 6:16 am
GOOD JOB GREAT, you said you will release it to the end of the week…so in 2 days it will be sunday
January 9th, 2009 on 2:39 pm
lol, i see the glowing “boost” button XD
January 9th, 2009 on 3:47 pm
If its gonna be x4 sized, does that just mean that its gonna have even more “zoomage” on the map?
And just a simple question, are the overall game properties such as costs, production, food rules etc etc , going to be the same as the original BD?
January 9th, 2009 on 3:57 pm
Seems I’ll have to learn the game all over again xD
January 9th, 2009 on 7:53 pm
this looks so cool! i cant wait!!! E8 here i come!
January 9th, 2009 on 10:09 pm
“The beta will start on a brand new X4 size earth world.”
Oh yea! I can just imagine Hawaii hosting an entire alliance, complete with several nuke OPs! XD
January 9th, 2009 on 11:51 pm
New Zealand would be a blast also
January 10th, 2009 on 1:44 am
Ah very interesting. Looks great I hope to see better graphics tho I know some of u said graphics look like a downgrade but I am optomistic I hope for better graphics also I hope that u all will have a VERY detailed instruction manual to go with this…also no music plz there is nothing I hate more than annoying msuic in a game. So it better be good ^^ lol but anways gd job guys can’t wait for the opening. Also sry for any mis-types I’m doin this msg on my phone browser.
January 10th, 2009 on 1:45 am
Oh and wots a x4 size world. 4 times the size now? ;P
January 10th, 2009 on 2:10 am
Hi all!
“Will this mean that the client will start on an entirely new world?”
The beta won’t replace any existing servers. Also when we will come to alpha stage, We will replace the old client with the new only after a server was reset.
“And just a simple question, are the overall game properties such as costs, production, food rules etc etc , going to be the same as the original BD?”
We have made a lot of changes to make the game much more simple and clear. A lot of rules remained the same and a lot were changed. most or even all changes originated from players’ ideas of how to improve the game. The game will be much easier to learn and much easier to control. Spies for example will work differently from how they work in the old client.
We are all grateful for your support. We couldn’t have made this new client without it.
Cheers!
January 10th, 2009 on 6:24 am
“Looks great I hope to see better graphics tho I know some of u said graphics look like a downgrade but I am optomistic I hope for better graphics”
As Michael said, the graphics at the moment are temporary and will be replaced in a later stage of the beta.
“also I hope that u all will have a VERY detailed instruction manual to go with this”
There will be a “Help” screen with detailed information about every screen in the game. Plus, the interface is now very user-friendly and should be MUCH easier to use and learn then the old one.
“also no music plz”
You will be able to turn the music off if you like.
“Oh and wots a x4 size world. 4 times the size now?”
Indeed.
January 10th, 2009 on 8:58 am
WOW 4 times the map of EARTH??!!??!!, it already too big
i guess more of a challenge…..
January 10th, 2009 on 11:10 am
There is also a chance that alliances will be larger, but nothing is certain about that.
January 10th, 2009 on 11:29 am
i cant wait! any new news on when it will be out?
January 10th, 2009 on 12:20 pm
If Its 4 Time The Size There Will Be Small Island In The Middle Of No-Were To Build On ?
Also I May Ask NEWB Should Maybe Go Onto Rankings To Show How NEWBS Are Doing Maybe To One Side Beacause NEWB Is A Chance To Help New Players Get Better If The NEWB Alliance Shows Doing Well They Will have a Recruitment Chance =]
Sole of Assasination (E3 , E4 , E5 , E6 , E2 , E1)
(M1 , M2 , M3 , M4)
January 10th, 2009 on 12:40 pm
wahhhh
January 10th, 2009 on 1:27 pm
We will tell you the moment we know. We simply encountered several more things that must be done before beta launch.
January 10th, 2009 on 1:29 pm
“Anyway any new units?”
All military units remained unchanged, but spies function differently now. More details will come later.
January 10th, 2009 on 2:40 pm
too bad for the units
there could be some new ones but you put up a lot of work so no complains for anything 
i hope about the spies we can trigger them whenever we want,so even if we are sleeping we will have set it up to use himself in some ticks 
January 10th, 2009 on 3:06 pm
“are the overall game properties such as costs, production, food rules etc etc , going to be the same as the original BD?”
Much have been changed and much remained the same. For example, food and maintenance have been removed and there is no longer a limit to the size of a player’s army. All of the changes will be tested and of course we might undo some of them but there is so much to look for…
January 10th, 2009 on 3:15 pm
wow that looks great
January 10th, 2009 on 3:48 pm
im glad food and maintence is gone. i was hoping that would be in here
January 10th, 2009 on 4:13 pm
Who needs food anyway
January 10th, 2009 on 4:50 pm
Feel free to ask more questions guys, we’ll do our best to answer.
January 10th, 2009 on 5:00 pm
Is there gonna change anything on the nukes and the relics style?I mean will it be like original game?
Oh,and I know that we getting annoying,but did you have any information,an assumption maybe on when it gonna be released?
January 10th, 2009 on 5:55 pm
OMG no food? like as in no more food. so we can have however many units off barracks without losing em? Also..hm X4… 4 times origanal size..WOW lol u can fit a whole allaince on Hawaai now
wow guys thumbs up battledawn staff! i cant wait till the new beta comes out!
January 10th, 2009 on 7:17 pm
wow this will be the best thing ever you could house so many more players on a server and make this game even more amazing
so things like travel times change then, but how does one gain new workers if there is no food ?
January 10th, 2009 on 7:55 pm
are you sure about the X4 thing anyway?can your servers hold that?:?
January 10th, 2009 on 8:16 pm
and something last from me( i hope), will there be an E8 server? someone asked but i didn’t really get if there will be one, or you will w8 for a server to end and start it with the new one…..
January 10th, 2009 on 9:01 pm
this looks so kool man
January 10th, 2009 on 10:47 pm
Nice loving it
January 11th, 2009 on 1:21 am
Hey just wondering did you guys make it so people cannt betray anymore. such as a protection peired if someone leaves an alliances so they cannt attack there x-team for a sertent amount of ticks.
thanks
January 11th, 2009 on 1:52 am
“so we can have however many units off barracks without losing em?”
>> Because we removed food, we removed the barracks as well.
“so things like travel times change then, but how does one gain new workers if there is no food ?”
>> Travel times have not been changes. It’s only Maintenance that was removed. A player will now gain his workers once per day (once per X ticks which will probably be 24) and the amount of workers he will get depends on his colony size, which “food” structures he has built and an addition of 1 worker per conquer.
“are you sure about the X4 thing anyway?can your servers hold that?:?”
>> Of course. Also, we didn’t say all servers from now on will be 4 times larger. Only that the beta server will.
“will there be an E8 server?”
>> I understand that you are talking about the beta server? I don’t know, but the beta server wont replace any existing earth / mars server.
January 11th, 2009 on 6:03 am
is there gonna be a link to play the game or will it be posted on the page ? is it today or tomorow?
January 11th, 2009 on 12:08 pm
Just heard from a friend that it’s a closed beta.
Tell me that’s not true :’(
January 11th, 2009 on 12:44 pm
The beta will be opened for -everyone-.
So… it is definitely not true.
January 11th, 2009 on 3:43 pm
Liran how many players per alliance. Im really hoping for 15-18 players per allaince.
January 11th, 2009 on 5:42 pm
For Q&A about the new client go to this forum thread :
[url]http://forum.battledawn.com/index.php?topic=14143.0[/url]
Peter
January 11th, 2009 on 8:17 pm
cool nice game
January 12th, 2009 on 1:32 pm
Sounds Great! Why Can’t This Come Sooner? (At Least There Is A ‘Beta’Anyway!) Thanks BD!
April 14th, 2009 on 4:12 pm
email me on **email edited*** to tell me how to make a game like battle dawn i am makin my own game soon but im startin small like battledawn then big to like world of warcraft i dont usaly give my email out but meh lol….this new battledawn looks grate if i make money off my sites i make because i have a good mind to think big a positive and then i will become sponsor evry new round if i get the chance…. Well i will wait for ur email… Sorry if i done miss type usin my phone