Does the game contain any political/tribal/guild-style alliances?
Absolutely. Most of the actions you can take will affect your standings with the six major powers in space, which will then feed back into the treatment you can expect from them. You can form an alliance strong enough that nearby spaceships will volunteer to help you in a battle, or get someone angry enough that their enemies start to like you more just because. How will you be dealing with the balance between single-player experience and the potential for online gameplay? Multiplayer was never on the table for Warpgate; it was all about building an immersive single-player experience. You can compare scores and achievements through the Plus+ network, but a network infrastructure and player-versus-player mechanics are such a tough nut to crack and do well that we didn’t want to bite off more than we can chew. We’d be happy to return to the Warpgate universe in the future with a different game design, though. The underlying technology will continue to be refined and will be used for othe
