Ongoing and future developments of War & Peace

As the release is approaching, it’s planned on Steam for August 24, here are some clarifications on the topic of the AI.

After a necessary stabilisation period after the initial release, the work on AI development shall resume.
We will probably work first either on Napoleon’s Apogee (1806-1807) or on Waterloo (1815).
We could expect a delivery of one scenario every 6 weeks in average.

ONGOING AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS

The biggest challenge for a development team in a game like War and Peace is to create an AI that can prove to be challenging to players. We and the beta testers of the game (recruited from the Kickstarter campaign, see below) found a good balance and status in 6 of the game’s scenarios. For the other scenarios and campaign, the AI is still work in progress and we felt safer to keep the 2-players multiplayer version only for release.

Our development team, who has created the acclaimed Carrier Battles game is working hard and continuously on the AI and will provide regular free updates to it.

We conducted a survey last Spring to see with our testers and backers if they wanted the game to release now, or wait till everything was in place to do so. Most wanted the immediate release, as they feel the game is good enough to be a wonderful experience, and a current release will increase the number of potential players to join in multiplayer sessions.

THE SCENARIOS: All the historical scenarios from the boardgame. Some have been thoroughly tested to be solo against AI (and can also be played in multiplayer mode), others are 2-players multiplayer-only for now (the Solo vs AI will come during the next months).

  • THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN OF 1796–97
  • THE ARMY OF THE ORIENT, BONAPARTE IN EGYPT 1798–99
  • MARENGO: 1800
  • THE SUN OF AUSTERLITZ — 1805
  • THE CAMPAIGN IN RUSSIA — 1812
  • NAPOLEON AT BAY — 1814
  • NAPOLEON’S APOGEE: 1806–1807
  • WAGRAM — 1809
  • STRUGGLE OF NATIONS — 1813
  • THE WATERLOO CAMPAIGN — 1815
  • THE PENINSULAR WAR: 1808–1814
  • SPAIN: 1811–1814
  • THE FINAL GLORY: 1812–1814

THE GRAND CAMPAIGN GAME – WAR AND PEACE 1805-1815: a complete campaign covering the entire Napoleonic Wars, with production, diplomacy, foreign wars, land and naval warfare.

2 Players MP Only: this campaign is only playable in multiplayer mode for now, as the AI work on a project of this scope is daunting and will be made over time.
We prefer to have a playable 2-player multiplayer mode rather than an unfinished and unsatisfactory AI that would not render justice to the game.