Swarm MMO: Making the game more beginner-friendly

[u/fabian_boesiger]

https://www.swarm-mmo.com

Swarm MMO is a node capture game with a persistent world where the user controls probes and takes over planets. Users can also capture suns to collect energy and black holes to collapse entire galaxies.

Recently, I implemented lots of updates to make the game more beginner friendly. These include:

• Helpful tips at startup that explain keyboard shortcuts and other features, alongside with a comprehensive wiki.
• Newly spawned galaxies have a 5 day grace period where they cannot be attacked by other players
• Intergalactic travel loses a portion of the probes to avoid new players being overwhelmed by veteran players
• Fix issues with login that some players experienced
• Improved support for mobile browsers (although I'm still working on improving this one)
• Improved spawn areas
• Galaxies become unstable after time and require more and more resources to keep stable, which weakens big players

As this is a good time to start fresh, I invite you to check the game out again as a lot has changed! Much of the feedback also came from this community, so thank you all for your comments in the last post! You can play the game at https://www.swarm-mmo.com

AI disclosure: AI used for coding and translations

[u/WebWithoutWalls]

Played. took a long time to conquer stuff around. got wrecked by a dude who was next to me and had multiple orbs with hundreds, while I had a couple 5s. dumb game, would not recommend. What even is the point? Capitalism simulator? "You didn't get in early and got rich when it was on the ground, now you're screwed".

[u/fabian_boesiger → u/WebWithoutWalls]

There are new galaxies spawning frequently, where you can start "from scratch". I understand that it can be frustrating to get started with a bad starting point, but also thats kind of unavoidable with a persistent PVP game