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Alexander Flegler

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Studio Art Director at Forgotten Empires, working on Age of Empires, Stellaris & others. Indie developer of Elaborate Lands at night, stay at home dad of two. Mostly talking about game dev. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1334280?utm_source=bluesky

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Ich kann nur sagen, dass die Metriken besser sind als beim China Addon, was aber auch die CCU Spielerzahlen auf Steam zeigen πŸ˜‰

04.10.2025 10:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ich sehe 3.1%

04.10.2025 10:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

But what about cat-aphract?

29.06.2025 18:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We're happy to share that we're this week's official #TurnBasedThursday host!☺️

We welcome all #IndieDev and #GameDev creators to share their #TurnBased games in the replies (don’t forget to use #TurnBasedThursday!)πŸ™

Turn-based players… feast your eyes on the games below!πŸ‘‡

05.06.2025 12:49 β€” πŸ‘ 125    πŸ” 64    πŸ’¬ 69    πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of the Age of Empires 2 Three Kingdoms DLC, with a Wei faction building that shares similar features to the Tongquetai.

Screenshot of the Age of Empires 2 Three Kingdoms DLC, with a Wei faction building that shares similar features to the Tongquetai.

Tongquetai ι“œι›€ε° AKA. "Bronze Bird Terrace" from episode 45 of Romance of the Three Kingdoms 1994

Tongquetai ι“œι›€ε° AKA. "Bronze Bird Terrace" from episode 45 of Romance of the Three Kingdoms 1994

Aerial photo of Tongquetai at Zhuozhou World Studios

Aerial photo of Tongquetai at Zhuozhou World Studios

It really speaks for the sheer longevity of the Tongquetai set they built for 1994 Three Kingdoms show that I can still see its silhouette in this Age of Empires 2 DLC (and like a bazillion other Chinese media since 1994)

10.04.2025 23:00 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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World's Edge announces Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition – The Three Kingdoms, a riveting and holistic expansion, coming May 6th.

Blog: www.ageofempires.com/news/pre-ord...

10.04.2025 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Ich auch πŸ˜‚

10.04.2025 10:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Such an honor to be able to contribute to the Stellaris franchise with the Infernals DLC coming out in Q4 2025.

24.03.2025 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Stellaris: Season 09 Expansion Pass is your gateway to cosmic evolution, psionic mysteries, & blazing ambition. Season 09 includes Biogenesis, Shadows of the Shroud & the Infernites Species Pack. Plus, get the Stargazer Species Portrait as an instant unlock!

Get it here: pdxint.at/4bVm48H

24.03.2025 15:13 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

One of my favourite campaigns from the original.

23.03.2025 19:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Pre-Order Age of Empires IV: Knights of Cross and Rose
YouTube video by Age of Empires Pre-Order Age of Empires IV: Knights of Cross and Rose

The pre-order trailer for our Age of Empires 4 expansion just dropped: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc5C...

18.03.2025 22:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Dive Into the Action of Age of Empires IV: Knights of Cross and Rose - Age of Empires - World's Edge Studio Prepare to embark on an epic journey with Knights of Cross and Rose, the newest Age of Empires IV DLC, set to release this spring! While we’re still putting

First info about the upcoming Age of Empires 4 is out. with some gorgeous art by the team: www.ageofempires.com/news/new_dlc...

Really honored for the opportunity to have art directed this one under the guidance of World's Edge. #gamedev

10.03.2025 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Age of Mythology in AR!
> Experiment/Fan art (not affiliated)

I wanted to see what AoM & Age of Empires would look like in Augmented Reality :)

Captured in real-time on the Spectacles!
#xr #gamedev #augmentedreality #ageofmythology #ageofempires

04.03.2025 11:10 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

Check out the upcoming plans for Civ VII...

27.02.2025 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

AFAIK, Nintendo also doesn't have bloated team sizes, and bank on their tribal/institutional knowledge to improve or evolve on every iteration of their franchises... rather than having to learn everything from scratch each time due to large scale hire & fire practices.

26.02.2025 21:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm much, much more nostalgic about the consoles in my childhood and early childhood years. NES, SNES and N64

26.02.2025 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Age of Empires IV – Patch 12.2.3327 - Age of Empires - World's Edge Studio Happy belated New Year, Age IV community! We shared some exciting news last week. And now we’re back with more of what you’re looking for: balance updates, bug fixes, plus a brand new seasonal event a...

A new update for Age of Empires IV is now available.

β€’ New game mode: Chart a Course
β€’ Balance & Bugfixes
β€’ Civilization-Specific Changes

www.ageofempires.com/news/age-of-...

13.02.2025 17:33 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's totally fine for the art style. The texture you're using on the water itself looks a bit like a blurry texture, maybe you can find something that looks more vectorized to fit the lowpoly look of the terrain.

12.02.2025 10:18 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Bezieht sich was ich bisher gesehen habe (zurecht) auf das Interface. Dieses ist ziemlich unklar, hakelig, unpoliert, blurry und auch einfach nicht schΓΆn. Skalierung geht nur 100% (viel zu klein) oder 200% (viel zu groß). Trotzdem tolles Game, aber fΓΌr ein 100€ oder 130€ Produkt echt kritisch.

06.02.2025 11:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I have the problem that it sometimes doesn't work until I remember that the windows key lock πŸ”’ somehow turned itself on.

05.02.2025 23:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I gotta say, reading all the speculation about the new game or DLC you're making is one of the most fun things in game dev. #gamedev

05.02.2025 18:52 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I've been calling it "tangential learning" - picked up the term a decade ago. Games can spark an interest in a topic, and players read up on their new interest in books.

When I studied history, a lot of my fellow students did so because of Civ, Age or the Total War series.

04.02.2025 18:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

So inspiring that the video games we make have an impact outside of the medium.

That being said, can't wait to dive into Civ with the Shawnee in a few days πŸ™‚

04.02.2025 18:47 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Prostagma

04.02.2025 18:45 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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What year is it? Age of Empires 2 DLC is getting another big DLC in 2025. Absolutely gorgeous what the team has put together.

04.02.2025 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

🀐 Can't spoil it yet, unfortunately!

04.02.2025 18:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Word's Edge has teased quite a few projects we've been working on at Forgotten Empires with the other partner studios on Age. Super excited about the new DLCs for Age of Mythology: Retold, Age of Empires 2 & 4. πŸ˜€
www.ageofempires.com/news/whats-c...

04.02.2025 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Age of Empires box art isn't too well credited, so now's probably as good a time as any to share this one. Here's the box art painting for the first AoE expansion Rise of Rome, painted by C. Winston Taylor, an artist known for his movie poster and VHS box art in the 70s and 80s #ageofempires

15.01.2025 03:59 β€” πŸ‘ 71    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s semi-known that Chris Hopkins illustrated the U.S. NES box art for Dragon Warrior III and IV. But he also illustrated the PC box art for the original Age of Empires (1997) and for Total Annihilation: Kingdoms - The Iron Plague (2000). OVGA bio added: www.originalvideogameart.com/video-game-i...

19.01.2025 15:51 β€” πŸ‘ 56    πŸ” 16    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0