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Planetary Annihilation Timeline
File:Titans-icon.png Planetary Annihilation Titans & Classic Timeline
Uber developed Classic PA with a new engine in less than two years.
Titans / experimentals / super units / megabots were specifically excluded from classic PA and not part of the Kickstarter pitch.
The classic PA Kickstarter closed at ~US$2.25 million from 44,162 backers with an original funding goal of US$900,000.
In comparison the budget for Supreme Commander 1 (excluding Forged Alliance) would now be well over US$20 million when adjusted for increases in game development costs over the last 10 years.
Sadly the much smaller budget in comparison was too low to fund a full story mode / campaign.
Technical blogs:
- The Tech of Planetary Annihilation: Chronocam (Forest Smith) Q&A
- AI (Sorian)
- Bending Solid Geometry (Allen Chou)
File:Gold-rank-icon.png Planetary Annihilation Team (2014)
File:Gold-rank-icon.png Development and Release Timeline
| 2012-08-15 | [1] | Planetary Annihilation Kickstarter begins |
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| 2012-09-14 | [2] | Kickstarter Ends & Payment Processed |
| 2013-03-22 | [3] | Engine Tech Livestream |
| 2013-04-18 | [4] | Live Game Client Demonstration Live Stream |
| 2013-05-03 | [5] | Combat Livestream |
| 2013-05-17 | [6] | Pre-Alpha Livestream |
| 2013-06-06 | [7] | Alpha Begins
9 months after Kickstarter Ended |
| 2013-06-13 | [8] [9] | Steam Early Access |
| 2013-06-28 | [10] | First Alpha Live Stream |
| 2013-07-30 | [11] | Second Alpha Live Stream |
| 2013-08-14 | [12] | Third Alpha Live Stream |
| 2013-09-26 | [13] | Beta Begins |
| 2013-10-11 | [14] | Beta Livestream |
| 2013-11-22 | [15] | Final Beta Invites |
| 2013-11-27 | [16] | Fall Livestream |
| 2014-01-17 | [17] | Gameplay Livestream |
| 2014-02-27 | [18] | Gamma Begins |
| 2014-04-24 | [19] [20] | Gamma Update Livestream |
| 2014-05-22 | [21] [22] | Galactic War |
| 2014-06-03 | [23] | Developer Walkthrough |
| 2014-06-05 | [24] | Soundtrack Available |
| 2014-06-20 | [25] | Early Access Retail Edition |
| 2014-08-11 | [26] | Launch Price $29.99 |
| 2014-09-05 | [27] | Official Launch |
| 2014-10-01 | [28] | Steam Achievements / Badges / Trading |
| 2014-10-02 | [29] | Human Resources Kickstarter begins |
| 2014-10-07 | [30] | Jables Starts as PA Producer |
| 2014-10-09 | 73939 | DRM Free Offline Play |
| 2014-10-20 | Human Resources Kickstarter cancelled :-( | |
| 2014-11 | Uber Entertainment Layoffs :-( | |
| 2014-11-25 | 75539 |
1v1 Ranked Advanced System Editor AI Improvements |
| 2014-12-17 | 76657 | Unit Cannon |
| 2015-01-28 | 77443 | Submarines and Interplanetary Fighter |
| 2015-03-13 | 79600 | Offline Single Player Save / Load |
| 2015-04-14 | 80462 [31] | Online Single Player Save / Load |
| 2015-05-28 | 82293 | Resume Anywhere |
| 2015-06-09 | 82834 | Galactic War Redesign |
| 2015-07-31 | 85138 | Asteroids |
| 2015-08-18 | 86422 | TITANS LAUNCH |
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Free to Kickstarter Backers 66% off for existing owners of classic PA | ||
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Experimental Titans New Units Unit Wreckage New Terrain Bounty Mode Tutorial Balance Changes New Engine Mechanics to support Titans | ||
| Concurrent updates to both Titans & Classic PA | ||
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AI Improvements Galactic War Improvements New Maps Notification & Sound Alerts Improvements Balance Changes | ||
| 2015-08-26 | 86765 | Polish / Fixes |
| 2015-09-09 | 87296 |
AI Improvements Polish / Fixes |
| 2015-09-21 | 88163 |
AI Improvements Polish / Fixes |
| 2015-09-23 | 88288 | Hotfix |
| 2015-10-14 | 89528 | Hotfix |
| 2015-10-22 | 89755 |
AI Improvements Polish / Fixes |
| 2016-05-31 | 94684 |
Community Update Community Mods In-Game Mod Manager Custom Servers support Legion Expansion support Modding Improvements Polish / Fixes |
| 2016-11-21 | 99377 |
Peformance Update Multi-threaded local servers AI Improvements LZ4 Compression for Sever Mods (2x faster) System Editor Rework Connect to Game Improvements Polish / Fixes |
| 2016-12-05 | Chat | Global Community Chat |
| 2016-12-20 | [32] | Legion Expansion Faction Mod |
| 2017-03-05 | Unit Restrictions via Community Mods | |
| 2017-06-21 | 105067 |
POV Camera Balance Changes - Removed Commander Reclaim Alternative Win Conditions - Sudden Death Mode for teams Sim Speed Control for Local Servers 16 New Free Commanders |