Hi everybody,
when we set out to create Imperial Commander, GlowPuff and I assumed that only veteran Imperial Assault players would be interested in it. Therefore, the app and the documentation are mainly aimed at people who already know all about the game. Since the release of IC2 we realized quite a few players where attempting their first steps into Imperial Assault with our app. Currently they are usually pointed at Legends of the Alliance, which is always a good start.
However, we know that it would be ideal if IC was a more welcoming experience for new players. That's why we're trying to change that, and we need feedback for that. The steps that we are planning are:
Revamp the documentation so that it is aimed at new players instead of veterans.
Create a series of dedicated tutorial missions based on the Legends of the Alliance tutorials to teach basic IA gameplay.
Introduce an in-app help function in one form or another.
Introduce manual in-app campaign management (i.e. basically an in-app campaign log)
And here's where we need your help.
Documentation
The entire Campaign Preparation and Progress section of the documentation has been rewritten to give a detailed overview for how to play Imperial Assault campaigns. (I have adapted quite a few passages from a1bert's amazing "Consolidated Imperial Assault Rules" for that - Pasi, I hope you don't mind. If you do, I can remove / adjust them.)
Tutorials
We have created three tutorial mission. You can download them here:
Drop it into the ImperialCommander subfolder in your personal documents folder, then start a new game, click on Official at the bottom right and select the tutorial mission. Set Jyn Odan and Gaarkhan as the heroes, threat level as 2 and start the mission. This will all be automated once the tutorial is included in the app.
What you can do
What we ask of you:
Please take a look at the documentation and the tutorial and tell us what you think.
Please forward this thread to any other IA community, especially to new players trying to get into the game with Imperial Commander.
Thank you very much!
All three tutorial missions are now available!
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1AEGZ3LqOK8LOxb0NhzOm2zlZKURTCgPg?usp=sharing
To play them, set Jyn and Gaarkhan as the heroes and threat level as 2.