Steam Community :: Ground of Aces

Ground of Aces

All Discussions Screenshots Artwork Broadcasts Videos News Guides Reviews

Ground of Aces

1 in Group Chat

Take command of a remote military air base during World War II. Build your own airfield, manage iconic aircraft and oversee your crew’s well-being. Prepare them against air raids and send your pilots on dangerous missions. Survive and help your nation win the war!

Visit the Store Page

Most popular community and official content for the past week. (?)

ALPHA 4 IS HERE: Try out the new features in the demo!

20 Dec, 2024

Our team finished the Alpha 4 version of Ground of Aces and we updated the demo with its new features.

Here is the list of the major changes of the Alpha 4:

HQ relationship & airbase rank system

Different types of airfield ranks and requirements.
Weekly goals of started and successful missions.
Get served more missions as your base levels up.

Victory Points system

Earn victory points after completing missions.
Purchase new, more powerful planes with victory points.
You can decommission unwanted plane crews in the plane management screen.

Weekly resource delivery system

Get weekly shipment of resources from HQ.
A truck delivers exclusive military grade resources.
Resource amount is tied to HQ goals success.

Game Over scenario: it’s possible to fully lose the game.

Brand new Game Over screen animation.
Lose the game by low base morale.
Lose the game by not fulfilling HQ expectations for three weeks in a row.

New wall and floor decorations

Posters, Flags and other wall decorations.
Carpets, rugs and other ground decorations.
Posters are custom designed, inspired by historic war posters.

Improvements to plane taxi

Planes now take more realistic paths according to their sizes.
Planes can use multiple runways at the same time.
Smarter scheduling on which runways to use by distance and occupation.

Balancing updates

Missions majorly affect base morale, depending on their success.
Missions are more dangerous, potentially inflicting damage on successes.
Higher fuel consumptions across all missions.
More realistic, larger fuel tanks for large bombers.
Fuel is more scarce and harder to get. Shipments are important.
More range in food production, the 4 seeds feel majorly different from each other.
More punishing effects from work and war. Harder to keep up base morale.
More severe punishment from not sleeping on proper beds.
Workbenches now either need to be built inside or outside by type.
Size of parking spots have been slightly reduced.
Several resources now don't degrade anymore when stored properly.

Improved UX & UI

New particle effects for workbenches and tasks
Ability to build several assets in the same rotation while holding shift.
The current time of day is visible in the schedule window.
New shipment truck UI showing your upcoming shipments.
More historic plane details in the plane order detail window.
Building projects now have different placeholder box sizes.
There are depleted versions of wild seed plants.
Gardening uses the proper tools like hoes and watering cans.

Improvement of game performance

Less lag when upgrading runways and parking spots
Better optimisation in task handling
(under construction) Quality Settings in the Options Menu

Bugfixes

Fixed issues with existing roofs not being able to be deconstructed.
NPCs now face each other when talking and fighting.
Fixed several issues with plane previews in the plane order window.

Why was this update released faster than the previous Alphas?

Because we wanted to give the community something special for Christmas! And during the Christmas break, many have more time to play and test the latest features.

Send us your feedback and shape the game during development!

How do you like the new progression system and the feel of it? What do you think about the missions? What do you think about the balancing?

Use the survey link and feedback button inside the game to send us your new feedback. With your input, we will know what improved, what we overlooked and on what we need to keep focusing. Together with you, we can make the game better for everyone.

We hope you have time to try out the new Alpha / new demo over the Christmas break.

Happy holidays from the whole Blindflug Studios team!

Ground of Aces

I can see the potential

I hope the plan is to have air attacks, ground defenses such as AA guns, etc. Having to repair afterwards. And if not launching air missions, keeping the planes ready for regular interval missions they have scheduled. So managing parts, tools, etc. Keeping them repaired for mission time. Having them come back damaged, etc. Maintaining the fleet. Things it needs - an air control tower building, personnel to operate it. medical facilities for injured/sick...

Zombo

11 Feb @ 11:43pm

General Discussions

Ground of Aces @ Deutsche Indie Showcase

12 Dec, 2024

We are excited to report that our game is featured in the "Deutsche Indie Showcase", hosted by the German Twitch streamers Gronkh[www.twitch.tv] and PhunkRoyal[www.twitch.tv].

For this, we made an exclusive new Alpha 3 showcase video with special cinematic recordings.
Here is the English version:

Check out the whole Deutsche Indie Showcase with the German version of our video and discover more indie games from Germany, Austria and Switzerland:

Thank you so much to the Deutsche Indie Showcase team for giving a showcase slot to Ground of Aces!

PLAY THE DEMO & TELL US YOUR FEEDBACK

We are looking forward to the feedback from fresh demo players! Play the demo and use the in-game feedback tool and survey link to tell us your thoughts, suggestions and wishes for the game directly. You can shape the game and its development with your input!

JOIN THE COMMUNITY

Get the invite to our Discord server by enlisting on our website:

[www.groundofaces.com]

Ground of Aces

We have reached ALPHA 3 – New update for demo out now!

27 Nov, 2024

The Alpha 3 update for all alpha supporters is here. And that means, we have updated the free demo of GROUND OF ACES as well!

See what is new in our Alpha 3 overview video:

KEY UPDATES:

Four new aircraft
- Bristol Beaufighter
- Gloster Gladiator
- Avro Lancaster
- Bristol Blenheim
New missions and mission types
- fighter missions
- surveillance missions
- bombing runs
- skill missions
- transport missions
- stealth missions
Expanded mission systems
- stats and modifiers logic
- mission consequences logic
Plane maintenance system
- manage fuel, integrity, health of plane
- multi seat plane logic
- pilot class and task system
- fuel as new resource
New building blocks and assets:
- hangar floor, walls and roofs
- fences
- metal shelves
- water pumps
- fuel tanks
- two new sizes of parking spots
Gardening system
- gather seeds from wild plants on map: tomato, potato, grain and beans
- assign gardening zones
- grow plants and harvest your own food and seeds
3D preview of aircraft when ordering a plane

Other improvements:

more metal wrecks on maps
parking spot no longer needs to be adjacent to runway
improved path finding of planes from runway to parking spot
particle effects for workbenches and work animations
particle effects for damaged planes
trash now degrades in storage zones and disappears
easier way to select zones via left click
new category of airplane maintenance tasks
cheaper costs for metal projects
tweaks to UI window management
mission timers stop once every pilot is seated
faster runway building
faster destruction rocks
runways keep their previous tier when being upgraded to larger sizes
adjustments to the game's credits
and more bug fixes and balancing adjustments

NEXT STEPS

Our team is working on the next alpha update right now. Here is what you can expect as the main features for Alpha 4:

relationship system with HQ & victory points
weekly resource delivery system
wall and floor decorations
improvements to airplane takeoff, taxi & overall game performance

THANK YOU & TELL US YOUR FEEDBACK

Thank you so much for playing the Ground of Aces demo! Your feedback as fresh players is critical for the ongoing development of this game.

And a special thank you to all our alpha supporters! Your support and input helps us so much and together with you, we can make the game better for everyone.

We want to know from all of you what you think of the new features. Use the survey link in the options menu and the feedback button in the game to send your feedback directly to us. With your input, we know what is most important to the playerbase, and we can keep improving the game.

And we also want to know: What will your new airbases look like? What does your dream WWII airbase look like? Share your best screenshots of your airbases with the community here on Steam so we can see what you built.

LIVESTREAM ON THE 4TH OF DECEMBER
We want to play and discuss the new alpha with you! For this, we are planning a livestream on our Twitch channel[www.twitch.tv] for the 4th of December, 7pm CET. Get game design insights, ask questions and learn more about what’s to come.

Follow our channel here[www.twitch.tv] and get notified when we go live.

- The Blindflug Studios Team

Ground of Aces

demo feedback

I thought the idea was great, as I'm a fan of World War II games. The option to manage a British airbase seemed really interesting, especially since it was based on historical realities, real planes, and military operations. That’s why I was so disappointed to find out that instead of managing an airbase and preparing planes for missions, the game has you chopping down trees and building sawmills, like in some kind of Sim City builder game. If I wanted to gather mushrooms in a forest and cook meals out o...

K47

22 Feb @ 4:47am

General Discussions

Interesting but

Seems a bit of a strange combo. Love the art style and the idea is cool, but I would prefer it if it was more about maintaining the aircraft rather than maintaining the staff's basic hunger needs by .... scavenging for berries and grabbing puddles of water. Like sure, we have the material to maintain and arm state of the art aircraft (at the time) but we're struggling and living a basic hunger gatherer existence in some English field. Just a strange focus for a game that could be quite brilliant...

Sir Chuzzalot

25 Oct, 2024 @ 10:11am

General Discussions

Todays Patch

Hi, was the Patch of today (30mb) the "big" update for the Demo? I´d love to play again but the Planes getting stuck and stuff were a bit annoying. :D

Black__Jack

9 Jan @ 7:33am

General Discussions

Change resolution

Is there any way to change resolution? I ve tried to run it with start up codes but didn't worked

SunnyWinterDay

5 Feb @ 11:34pm

General Discussions

See More Content

No more content. So sad.

You can help: share a screenshot, make a video, or start a new discussion!

Returning to where you were last on this page...

Cancel

Something went wrong while displaying this content. Refresh

Something went wrong while displaying this content. Refresh

Ground of Aces