Fog of war

22 August 2010

This is a very old post which I wrote during the early days of my blog. It may contain outdated information, broken links, or reflect my past opinions that I no longer agree with. Read with caution!

Fog of war is a big deal in most RTS games, but why are they so different these days?

We’re bringing the classic ‘fog of darkness’ back into RTS… if you’ve been playing some of the modern games you’ll notice it reveals the map, well no that’s no good for tactics and for first time play of any map, we want user experience at maximum.

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