Those of us at MLG (mainly me) have been working on the engine for the second Epoch game. The goals this time around is to really improve on AI and some of the other bugs we noticed in the first game. Once it's finished, we're thinking about allowing users to download the engine. Would anybody be interested?
I havent seen the first game… any chance you're linking?
I haven't submitted it here yet, but you can check out the Game Maker forum for Epoch: The Outcast