Clockwork Empires General

Your Majesty's Finest Fan Art

invalid@example.com (Alistaire) — Sun, 20 Feb 2022 16:09:35 +0000

Art! Fans! Fan art!

Yup, it's time for a Clockwork Empires fan art thread.

A very angry rock deposit. Don't hover over it. - Fishpeople And Caviar by Alistaire

Source Code

invalid@example.com (Zeocrash) — Sun, 26 Dec 2021 23:53:50 +0000

Now that Gaslamp is dead and Clockwork empires is no longer being developed or sold.
What happens to the game's source code files? Are they deleted? Are they locked away somewhere never to be seen again?

CECOMMPATCH - 0.9.5 - Updated: 2017/04/20

invalid@example.com (EsBee) — Mon, 16 Dec 2019 21:26:55 +0000

Since GG is no more, I've started working on my own custom patch to fix a lot of the outstanding issues. So far progress has been pretty extensive, and every day new bugs are fixed and new content is added.

GITHUB links

Latest Release - https://github.com/SickBoySB/cecommpatch/releases/latest
Instructions/Changelog/Known Issues - https://sickboysb.github.io/cecommpatch/
Bug/Feature Tracker -...

CECOMMPATCH - 0.9.5 - Updated: 2017/04/20

I Miss this Game

invalid@example.com (Samut) — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 20:35:43 +0000

I really miss playing/looking forward to Clockwork Empires.

I can still play it, of course. It didn't vanish from Steam. But it's frustrating and incomplete as usual. While it was under development, its flaws could be overlooked in the hopes they'd eventually be corrected. Now that it's no longer being developed, the problems and missing pieces loom even larger than before.

It's funny, though. For all its issues, CE has a feel unlike any other game I've played. I've been poking at Rimworld...

I Miss this Game

Game is broken

invalid@example.com (blitz4) — Fri, 16 Nov 2018 01:09:01 +0000

There is a Windows, Mac and possibly Linux version of this game. On the Steam store page it does not state that Linux is supported. When installing this game in Linux, Steam downloads an non-working Linux or Mac version of the game and assumes the game is Linux native.

The error message you see when running the game through Steam:
"An error occurred while updating Clockwork Empires (missing executable):...

Game is broken

So they drove this one against the wall, I guess?

invalid@example.com (Scorcher24) — Sat, 13 May 2017 17:33:56 +0000

Sure looks like it. Reviews on Steam are in the deep reds, Gaslamp seems to be laying off staff.
Bummer, I was really excited for this one.

What happened? Any chance for Dredmor 2?

Why you guys promised so much?

invalid@example.com (fdamoreg) — Fri, 14 Apr 2017 12:45:17 +0000

Why?

You were an inexperienced group with just one game under their sleeves, so, why the hell you guys promised a game with the complexity of dwarf fortress in a 3d engine? You didnt had any experience in the genre, your budget and your team was obviously small, so why the hell did you guys do it?

I know behind this game there is obviously a fucking drama and broken dreams and whatnot, but im just a consumer, so i dont give a shit. This was a disappointment.

Rimworld is being done by 1...

Why you guys promised so much?

Silence... More than you could listen to in a lifetime.

invalid@example.com (Mike Burkart) — Tue, 21 Mar 2017 23:55:45 +0000

Been a good run all. Take care.

Mac and Linux Status Update

invalid@example.com (Nicholas) — Mon, 06 Mar 2017 17:33:01 +0000

So! We said we were putting up OS X and Linux builds by the end of October, if all went to plan. Here's where we are and what did not go to plan:

OS X is basically working, but I am muddling through a pile of graphical errors still. Blame Apple for this - the functionality that we need is only available as part of the OpenGL 3.2 core profile, which we're moving to. As it stands, you get black characters. We also have a couple of Lua scripting errors which only show up on OS X, which is...

Mac and Linux Status Update

The Elephant-sized Obeliskian in the Room

invalid@example.com (Unforked) — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 17:30:53 +0000

I still check this forum daily because I've been hardwired to do so for over two years now. It's the only gaming community I'm a part of, and I owe a great deal of thanks to all the amazing people who have made it so much fun. I think most of us regulars, old and new, are wondering what's going on now that the devs have been absent for over a month. I'm hoping we can have a respectful chat about it.

Possibilities?

Self-imposed burnout recovery ointment:. These guys have been...

The Elephant-sized Obeliskian in the Room

1.0D ON EXPERIMENTAL BRANCH: [REDACTED]

invalid@example.com (Nicholas) — Thu, 09 Feb 2017 21:00:31 +0000

added REDACTED
barracks will stock more ammo of a type if they have more weapons lockers for that ammo type
incoming Steam Knights will have area around their arrival made visible even before they arrive
added 10 achievements
if you make peace with an enemy faction while an invasion is in-progress - but before enemy troops arrive - the invasion will be aborted
added acknowledgement for various failure states for the Mad Carpenter event
if a Steam Knight is stuck inside a building for more...

1.0D ON EXPERIMENTAL BRANCH: [REDACTED]

Heads up on 1.0E

invalid@example.com (Nicholas) — Sat, 04 Feb 2017 19:29:27 +0000

Just a quick note: we are doing a fair amount of work on the build machines this week, moving them to a new home; this will delay 1.0E while we get things set up, and consequently patch 1.1 as a result. Just keeping you posted.

Out with a whimper.

invalid@example.com (PeterH) — Fri, 03 Feb 2017 08:18:57 +0000

It appears that 3 stalwart members of the Gaslamp Games team are no longer associated with Clockwork Empires, or even with the company.

Daynab is one who has made a post to the end of no longer being associated that I have seen. Other than that, no announcements appear to have been posted.

Seriously, I think it's a bit naff to just walk away, not even turning out the lights and locking the doors and letting the milk man know to stop delivery (metaphorically speaking) nor making an...

Out with a whimper.

Is the Barber In?

invalid@example.com (bugwar) — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 21:11:38 +0000

I have a barber and four assistants. We have medical supplies.
The doctor seems to spend more time idle or tidying up than treating patients.

Do the assistants make any difference?

I have seen Church assistants doing work, but not while assigned to the doctor.

Recommendations?

Wiki To-Do List and Wiki Discussion

invalid@example.com (Alephred) — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 23:25:27 +0000

We have a wiki, check it out:

So some of you may not know that Clockwork Empires has an official wiki with Gamepedia Curse:

http://clockworkempires.gamepedia.com/Clockwork_Empires_Wiki

If you haven't checked it out, I strongly encourage you guys to check it out now.

Why is this Alephred jerk always harping on about the Wiki?

After posting a bunch of stuff there, one of...

Wiki To-Do List and Wiki Discussion

CE Hybernating?

invalid@example.com (Bluebird) — Mon, 23 Jan 2017 18:10:37 +0000

Hmmm .. devs been kidnapped? Eldritch invasion? Steam Knights rampaged?

Not a peep in ages Guess we were spoiled before release but thought there'd be some sign of life about the future etc.

Sorry - just seen other posts and, yes, looks like it is indeed goodbye. Very sad.

Will the players receive Modding support?

invalid@example.com (Espa) — Sun, 15 Jan 2017 18:22:26 +0000

Just curious. . Now that I've looked around and seen the incredibly negative posts and Steam review, I was wondering if the future of this game will be given to the players to tinker with?

If they don't want to waste anymore money or time on this project, just give over control to those good at making mods

I think everyone wins in that circumstance.

A Personal Goodbye

invalid@example.com (Daynab) — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 16:56:15 +0000

Hey everybody. As of the end of last month, I no longer work at Gaslamp, but I wanted to give my personal regards to all of you. Sorry for being quiet this past month.

I've been here a long time now and I'm extremely grateful of how cool this community has always been, to me and each other. You're probably the best gaming community I've had the pleasure of being in
I'd name many names both from the early, innocent Dredmor days and folks who joined us with CE and always stuck with us...

A Personal Goodbye

Could Use Some Advice

invalid@example.com (littlelamb) — Sun, 08 Jan 2017 21:10:32 +0000

Hi folk, just browsing some of the posts and was amazed when I read that players have 70 - 140 citizens. The best I have managed is 38 with 10 buildings. Then along comes a foreign army and - bang - I am down to ten with only three overseers, a heap of damaged buildings, and citizens standing around doing nothing. No actual they do eventually die on me.

I have tried different arrangements when building the workshops and put in heaps of housing for the workers. Even managed to get they...

Could Use Some Advice

I Miss the Wednesday Blog

invalid@example.com (Unforked) — Wed, 04 Jan 2017 17:47:04 +0000

I understand it takes a lot of time and effort, (and if it's a choice between the blog and getting more game work done, of course the game comes first) but those weekly posts entertained and informed me for years. Nicholas showing his inner Carmack, David giving us insights on the artistic process or discussing the inner-workings of cult formation, Daniel with the maddening intricacies of U.I. development, and Chris with various commodity logistics, balance, and animation talk....

I Miss the Wednesday Blog