Development and Updates Timeline

Official Discord: https://discord.gg/pa

Classic Planetary Annihilation and Planetary Annihilation: TITANS are now developed and published by Planetary Annihilation Inc.

Balance Changes: https://planetaryannihilation.com/guides/titans-balance-changes/

DateBuild(s)DescriptionKS
2012-08-15Classic Planetary Annihilation Kickstarter begins
2012-09-14Kickstarter Ends & Payment Processed11
2013-03-22Engine Tech Livestream22
2013-04-18Live Game Client Demonstration Live Stream25
2013-05-03Combat Livestream26
2013-05-17Pre-Alpha Livestream27
2013-06-06 Alpha Begins
9 months after Kickstarter		28
2013-06-13Steam Early Access29
2013-06-28First Alpha Live Stream
2013-07-30Second Alpha Live Stream
2013-08-14Third Alpha Live Stream
2013-09-26Beta Begins35
2013-10-11Beta Livestream41
2013-11-22 Final Beta Invites50
2013-11-27Fall Livestream53
2014-01-17Gameplay Livestream62
2014-02-27Gamma Begins68
2014-04-24Gamma Update Livestream71
72
2014-05-22Galactic War76
77
2014-06-03Developer Walkthrough78
2014-06-05Soundtrack Available79
2014-06-20Early Access Retail Edition80
2014-08-11Launch Price $29.9989
2014-09-05Classic PA Launch
2 years after Kickstarter		93
2014-10-01Steam Achievements / Badges / Trading97
2014-10-02Human Resources Kickstarter begins
2014-10-07Jables starts as PA producer100
2014-10-0973939DRM Free Offline Play99
2014-10-20Human Resources Kickstarter cancelled 🙁
2014-11Uber Entertainment Layoffs 🙁
2014-11-25755391v1 Ranked
Advanced System Editor
AI Improvements		103
2014-12-1776557Unit Cannon104
2015-01-2877443
77582
77673
77725		Submarines and Interplanetary Fighter105
2015-03-1379600Offline Single Player Save / Load107
2015-03-1480462Offline Single Player Save / Load108
2015-05-2882369
82293		Resume Anywhere109
2015-06-0982834
83074
83391
83796		Galactic War Redesign111
2015-07-3185138
85423		Asteroids114
2015-08-1886422TITANS LAUNCH
3 years after Kickstarter
Gifted to Kickstarter backers from September 2012
66% off for all other existing owners of classic PA

Experimental Titans
New Units
Unit Wreckage
New Terrain
Bounty Mode
Tutorial
Balance Changes
New Engine Mechanics to support Titans		116
Concurrent updates to both TITANS & Classic PA
AI Improvements
Galactic War Improvements
New Maps
Notification & Sound Alerts Improvements
Balance Changes
2015-08-2686765Balance Changes
Polish / Fixes
2015-09-0987296AI Improvements
Polish / Fixes
2015-09-2188163AI Improvements
Polish / Fixes
2015-09-2388288Hotfix
2015-10-1489528Hotfix
2015-10-2289755AI Improvements
Polish / Fixes
2016-05-3194684Community Update
Community Mods In-Game Mod Manager
Custom Servers support
Legion Expansion support
Modding Improvements
Polish / FixesCommunity Update
2016-11-2199377Performance Update
Multi-threaded local servers
AI Improvements
LZ4 Compression for Sever Mods (2x faster)
System Editor Rework
Connect to Game Improvements
Polish / Fixes
2016-12-05palobbyGlobal Community Chat
2016-12-20Legion Expansion Faction Mod
2017-03-05Unit Restrictions via Community Mods
2017-06-21105067Enhancement Update
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
2017-10-17108271Balance and Community Servers Update
Balance Changes – Zeus, Leveler, Gil-E
Polish / Fixes
New Community Servers options
AI Improvements (via Community Mods)
2017-11-251v1 Rank Display Improvements (via Community Mods)
2017-11-26Galactic War Exploring Improvements (via Community Mods)
2017-12-04Unit Restrictions Improvements (via Community Mods)
2017-12-27Game Browser Sorting Improvements (via Community Mods)
2018-04-09109959Official Chinese Translations
2018-04-15110029Hotfix for Windows and Linux Connection Issues
2018-04-17110069Hotfix for macOS Connection Issues
2018-04-18Updated PA Launchers
2018-05-01Replay Browser Improvements (via Community Mods)
2018-05-12Game Browser Improvements (via Community Mods)
2018-08-18Planetary Annihilation Inc
6 years after Kickstarter
Permanent 90% off TITANS upgrade discount for existing classic PA owners		118
2018-05-25sorian returns to work on multi-threading, sim performance, new mechanics and AI119
2018-09-05Classic PA removed from sale
(no impact on current owners with concurrent updates to both games)		120
2018-09-15Deprecation of 32 bit client support and older unsupportable operating systems
New Community Rules and Guidelines		121
2018-10-18112176Multi-threading and Performance Improvements
AI Improvements
Improved Crash Reporting
Modding Improvements (icon atlases optimised for up to 99,225 strategic icons)
Polish / Fixes
Balance Changes		122
2018-11-02112314TITANS 1v1 Ranked Ladder Reset and Seasons
Multi-threading on Official Servers
AI Improvements
Polish / Fixes		123
2018-12-20112589-pteModern Toolchain Test Builds with Audio Modding
AI Improvements
Polish / Fixes
2018-12-31112505
112589		Happy New Year Updates
Modern Toolchain Builds on Official Servers
AI Improvements
Audio Modding
Polish / Fixes
Dedicated Servers
Official Guides		124
2019-01-25TITANS 1v1 Ranked Season 2
New 1v1 Ranked Map Pool		125
2019-02-07112835TITANS 1v1 Ranked Leaderboard Update
https://palobby.com/leaderboards/
2019-03-07
2019-03-08
2019-03-20		113034
113044
113132		Translations, AI and Modern Updates
Updated and new translations for:
French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian
Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese and Traditional Chinese
AI Improvements
Polish / Fixes
Balance Changes		126
2019-05-19
2019-05-24		113298
113318		PAnet and TITANS 1v1 Ranked Season 3
Modern servers with faster CPUs, more memory and increased bandwidth
New regions including Singapore, Tokyo and USWest
Official Dutch and Polish Translations
AI Improvements
Polish / Fixes
Balance Changes		127
2019-06-28
2019-07-03
2019-07-08
2019-07-17
2019-07-22		113410
113426
113430
113457
113462		TITANS 1v1 Ranked Mid-Season 3 Winners
Custom Line Formations
AI Improvements
Polish / Fixes
Balance Changes		128
2019-07-25113470TITANS 1v1 Ranked Season 4 129
2019-08-18
2019-08-29
2019-08-29
2019-08-30
2019-08-31		113553
113578
113581
113583
113600		Happy Birthday Update
AI Improvements
Polish / Fixes
Balance Changes
Stryker		130
2019-10-05
2019-10-06
2019-10-20
2019-11-05
2019-11-25
2019-11-26
2019-11-28		113783
113794
113895
113909
113929
113936
113945		Horsefly Update
Toolchain Updates
AI Improvements
Polish / Fixes
Balance Changes		131
2019-10-20Happy Halloween!
Pumpkin Commander		132
2019-10-25113901TITANS 1v1 Ranked Season 5 133
2020-01-25113968TITANS 1v1 Ranked Season 6134
2020-03-14AbleGamers 2020 Pay To Win Charity Community Tournament135
2020-04-24
2020-04-30		114218
114220		TITANS 1v1 Ranked Season 7136
2020-05-28
2020-06-16
2020-06-18		114344
114438
114475		Stay Safe Update
Updated Translations
Balance Changes		138
2020-06-25
2020-06-26
2020-06-28
2020-07-03
2020-07-08
2020-07-10
2020-07-12
2020-07-13		114599
114618
114628
114673
114716
114726
114750
114759		Rainbows & Unicorns Updates
Unicorn Commander
Toolchain updates
Updated Translations
Polish / Fixes
139
2020-07-23
2020-07-25
2020-07-30
2020-08-12		114776
114780
114803
114823		TITANS 1v1 Ranked Season 8
Polish / Fixes
Balance Changes		140
2020-08-15Back to launch price of US$29.99
8 years after Kickstarter		141
2020-08-18
2020-08-26
114862		TITANS 5 Year Birthday!
Radar Jamming
2020-09-03114880sRGB and experimental HDR10 changes
2020-10-08114980128 bit UNITTYPE flags and water hover balance changes
2010-10-22
2020-10-30
2020-11-18
2020-12-16
2020-12-28
2021-01-15		115003
115013
115050
115186
115280
115447		TITANS 1v1 Ranked Season 9
Polish / Fixes
Balance Changes

Water Depth
Orbital Balance		142
2021-01-21115482TITANS 1v1 Ranked Season 10144
2021-02-13

2021-02-22		115506
115521
115546		Upgraded game servers and balance update
2021-04-23115626TITANS 1v1 Ranked Season 11145
2021-06-14115678Balance Changes
Polish / Fixes
2021-06-24


2021-07-01
2021-07-14		115819
115836
115847
115863
115923		Fusion Updates


Galactic War Updates
146
2021-07-23115938TITANS 1v1 Ranked Season 12
TBDTBDGalactic War Server Mod Support
TBDTBDShields
TBDTBDReworked AI

Prior to August 2018, Planetary Annihilation was developed and published by Uber Entertainment Inc who renamed to Star Theory Games in 2019 while developing KSP2 then dissolved in March 2020.

Watch the Jim Sterling video for context: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJAi5Wu3W08

Planetary Annihilation Technology

Planetary Annihilation is a cross platform client / server networked OpenGL application with a custom engine developed in 2013/2014 using C++11 and a fully moddable HTML5 user interface using Coherent UI based on Chromium.

Since 2018 the Planetary Annihilation engine has been modernised to C++17 with updated versions of third party libraries.

Historical Technology Links

Game AI Pro (early approaches to tech used in Planetary Annihilation):

  • 23. Crowd Pathfinding and Steering using Flow Field Tiles (Elijah Emerson)
  • 30. Using Neural Networks to Control Agent Threat Response (Michael Robbins)

GDC 2012 Off The Beaten Path (early approaches to tech used in Planetary Annihilation):

  • 17 minutes: Neural Networks in Supreme Commander 2 (Michael Robbins)

Toolchain

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toolchain

Third Party Libraries

Localisation Platform

Crowdin: https://crowdin.com/

Translations

Transfulent: https://www.transfluent.com/

Security

We recommend https://1password.com/

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