Mana Potion Studios · Pingle Studio Ltd
Fixed bug that prevented map sharing via steam workshop, though for some weird reason steam is not allowing to add icon preview for a map by default. It can manually be uploaded on the map page thought.
Fixed bug that prevented map sharing via steam workshop, though for some weird reason steam is not allowing to add icon preview for a map by default. It can manually be uploaded on the map page thought.
Hey everyone, in the last few days we've fixed some serious bugs and issues thanks to your feedback: Crash in 5th tutorial and on day start should be fixed now Crash when building too many walls or buildings fixed Trading post not unlocking with research node fixed Workers and un
Hey everyone, in the last few days we've fixed some serious bugs and issues thanks to your feedback:
Crash in 5th tutorial and on day start should be fixed now
Crash when building too many walls or buildings fixed
Trading post not unlocking with research node fixed
Workers and units not moving on ladders correctly fixed
Map covered in water or ground level being too low/below water fixed
PC UI scaled up as it was too small
Arrow movement when using keyboard locking units control and triggering top UI navigation fixed
Golem boss not attacking units and his mini golems head color fixed
Auto save not happening sometimes when placing a castle fixed
Tutorial 1 enemies spawning on a cell that needs to be captured later fixed
Tutorial is now a default game mode when starting a new game
First sawmill requiring wood to be built fixed
And some more minor bugs
Also, if you are playing on consoles, crash patch should be live on PS and Xbox. Switch should be live soon.
We've gathered your feedback across Steam, Discord, and Reddit and will continue to fix bugs in upcoming weeks.
Thanks!
Hey everyone, 1.0 is out now! Thanks everyone who supported us during early access, thanks a lot for your feedback here on Steam and on our Discord server! ːhappy_moodː 1.0 changes: Roads, plan your city in advance also they look cool! Bosses, each lunar tower now hosts unique bo
Hey everyone, 1.0 is out now!
Thanks everyone who supported us during early access, thanks a lot for your feedback here on Steam and on our Discord server! ːhappy_moodː
1.0 changes:
Roads, plan your city in advance also they look cool!
Bosses, each lunar tower now hosts unique boss
Achievements
New UI that looks great and is more intuitive
Steam Deck verified and controller support
New guided tutorial with cool voiceovers, it's like mini campaign mode
Optimizations and bugfixes
Trading cards and icons ːfishnadoːːhappy_sheepːːhappy_haloween_pumpkinː
We decided to release one day early on Steam, tomorrow though Becastled will go live on consoles check them out if you would like to play Becastled on Switch or Playstation / Xbox.
As part of porting process we optimized the game and now it runs on Steam Deck pretty smooth, highly recomend to check it out there if you have a Steam Deck.
Let us know what do you think about 1.0 in the commens or on our Discord
Thank you
Hello everyone! 1.0 release is just around the corner, and we wanted to share a small preview of what it will look like. Roads They serve as an organizing tool and also look cool. Bosses Each is unique in its own way. Destroying an enemy tower will spawn one of the bosses the fol
Hello everyone!
1.0 release is just around the corner, and we wanted to share a small preview of what it will look like.
They serve as an organizing tool and also look cool.
Each is unique in its own way. Destroying an enemy tower will spawn one of the bosses the following night, so be sure you’re ready to meet them!
Yes, finally achievements are coming to Steam! Are you ready?
Completely new UI for a better keyboard/mouse and controller experience!
We’ve added a completely new guided tutorial that will help new players learn how to play the game. It might not be super exciting for you if you’ve played Becastled before, but it will help your friend who was waiting for a polished Becastled experience a lot.
Performance and stability are much better now! Since we managed to make Becastled work on Nintendo Switch (add to your wishlists here: Becastled on Switch), the PC version also got a performance boost too.
There will be a few things that will not be present in 1.0 from the Early Access description on our steam page. And we would like to adress those things.
We wanted to add magic spells or mages into the game, but it contradicted our design idea of castle defense. If you imagine how castle defense looks, you might picture something like Lord of the Rings moments - walls filled with archers and knights at the gate. If mages were more powerful, why would we need an army? We wanted army management to be a core part of the gameplay and didn’t want to create any workarounds in that regard and we didn't want to give too much power in the hands of a single unit.
The same thing happened to the idea of having heroes, like in Warcraft 3 let’s say. We end up creating elite unit level tier, just cool looking and slightly better stats then regular ones. This feature is already in the game.
We also discussed an idea of having a story campaign, but we couldn’t find a way to make it interesting without it just being a “do the same thing” type of campaign repeated 20 times. We might rethink it after the 1.0 release and expand our tutorial into a story campaign, but we’re not 100% sure about that yet.
As we are exiting Early Access, we will be changing the base price of Becastled from $15 to $20, with regional prices applied. The new price will go live starting September 12.
We will also share some exciting news about post-1.0 soon!
Let us know in the comments what you think about the 1.0 update and what you would like to see happen to Becastled post-1.0.
Hey everyone, we have some great news for you today! After four years in Early Access, Becastled 1.0 will launch in full on October 23 , arriving on PC, Steam Deck and consoles (PlayStation, Xbox, Switch) all on the same day! To celebrate this announcement, we have a shiny new ar
Hey everyone, we have some great news for you today!
After four years in Early Access, Becastled 1.0 will launch in full on October 23, arriving on PC, Steam Deck and consoles (PlayStation, Xbox, Switch) all on the same day!
To celebrate this announcement, we have a shiny new artwork, a new trailer, and a fresh demo, available right now as part of the Ukrainian Games Festival 2025 (which you should absolutely check out).
This launch is possible thanks to our new publishing partnership with Pingle Studio, who are helping us give Becastled a final layer of polish and make a simultaneous PC + console release a reality.
If you’ve been with us since the start, THANK YOU. Your feedback since Early Access began in 2021 has shaped Becastled in countless ways. Over the next few weeks, we’ll share more about our final Early Access updates and what you can expect in 1.0.
And if this is your first time hearing about Becastled, please, check out the new demo, join our Discord, and tell us what you think. Even as we’re gearing up to leave Early Access, your feedback means the world to us.
We can’t believe this castle we’ve been building together is almost complete. Thank you for sticking with us & see you on the walls of the Sun Kingdom this October!
— Mana Potion Studio
some app crashes fixed safety checks for crashes and possible crashes added to see if they happen
Game performance slightly improved again Minor bugs and issues fixed
Fixed: units might freez and stop responding Game performance slightly improved Minor bugs and issues fixed
Fixed: food sources not being generated near and on starting cells Changed: archers prioritize targets based on unit types, focusing enemy archers first Changed: Large amount of enemies spawn in waves now Minor bugs and issues fixed
Previous patch was reverted for the last week and now it's live! Fixed: Units freezing and running to map edge Added: classic unit commands — Move, Move‑and‑Attack, and Hold Position. Unit movement and behavior should now be more intuitive. Added: double‑clicking selects all unit
Previous patch was reverted for the last week and now it's live!
Added: classic unit commands — Move, Move‑and‑Attack, and Hold Position. Unit movement and behavior should now be more intuitive. Added: double‑clicking selects all units of the same type on the screen. Fixed: key bindings not loading correctly. Fixed: butchery not affecting fish
Fixed: improved XP distribution on kill — now shared between attackers and those within range, allowing archers to gain XP from minibosses at greater distances. Fixed: vertical shooting range of enemy archers when targeting high ground. Fixed: wall positions not loading correctly
The next patch will feature reworked unit controls with classic commands: move, attack while moving, hold ground, and defend position. This should eliminate much of the confusion and some pathfinding bugs for units.
Hey everyone, join us tomorrow for a dev live stream at 6:00 PM CET! We will try to beat the game at hardest difficulty while doing a QA session. Stream link: See you tommorow! (See you local time on the right side of this page)
Hey everyone, join us tomorrow for a dev live stream at 6:00 PM CET!
We will try to beat the game at hardest difficulty while doing a QA session.
Stream link: https://www.twitch.tv/manapotionstudios
See you tommorow!
(See you local time on the right side of this page)
Hey everyone, our biggest update to date is live! It's a complete overhaul of combat system with new features and better performance. Thanks to everyone who participated in beta, it helped us to fix a lot of bugs and adjust how new mechanis work. What's new: Improved combat with
Hey everyone, our biggest update to date is live!
It's a complete overhaul of combat system with new features and better performance. Thanks to everyone who participated in beta, it helped us to fix a lot of bugs and adjust how new mechanis work.
What's new:
Let us know what do you think about new update in the comments!
Hey everyone, quick overview of what is new in this update: Improved combat with deeper combat mechanics Enemy towers: destroy them all to win a map. But be prepared - you’ll be attacked with greater force! Map editor, create and share your own maps New river map scenario New uni
Hey everyone, quick overview of what is new in this update:
Performance is greatly improved now, bigger cities and fights will run much more smoothly. Also game works pretty good on Steam Deck, give it a try if you have one.
There are still some bugs there that we want to fix before release on March 24, thought game should generally work fine. Let us know if you encounter any problems here or on discord.
How to join the open beta:
Hey everyone, we have some great news for you today: the Combat Update will be released on March 24 ! If you’d like to play it a bit earlier, you can join our public beta starting on March 13 . See the end of this post for details on how to join. Check out our updated game traile
Hey everyone, we have some great news for you today: the Combat Update will be released on March 24! If you’d like to play it a bit earlier, you can join our public beta starting on March 13. See the end of this post for details on how to join.
Check out our updated game trailer, which showcases our new vision for the game:
Our goal was to focus on improving the combat aspect of the game. Everything has been built from scratch to deliver a deeper and more engaging combat simulation experience. Performance has also improved significantly.
You will be able to create and share your own maps with the upcoming update. Modify the terrain and place resources as you see fit. Share your map with the community or download maps created by others.
And there is also sandbox mode, build and fight without any restrictions.
We've added mini bosses with this update, they are bigger versions of regular units but they are much tougher. Killing one of them will give your units a lot of expirience.
If all of your troops fall in battle, you can summon a militia. Every villager will pick up a weapon and join the fight. However, be careful—this is your last line of defense.
To help you prepare for night battles, we’ve added a feature that shows enemy attack paths. This will be extremely useful when building walls and gates, allowing you to guide enemies into a deadly trap!
There are many other changes as well, and we’ll post a full list on the release date!
How to join the open beta:
That's it for today, see you soon!
Hey everyone, it's been a while, and we have some news on the progress of the upcoming combat update. Map win condition Now you can win a map! There are 4 enemy towers on each side of the map, if you destroy all of them and survive the final enemy wave you win. You will still be
Hey everyone, it's been a while, and we have some news on the progress of the upcoming combat update.
Now you can win a map! There are 4 enemy towers on each side of the map, if you destroy all of them and survive the final enemy wave you win. You will still be able to play after that if you want to, but if you’re looking for a challenge, now you have it. Make sure you are ready to defend your castle, as a destroyed tower will summon a much bigger wave of enemies at night. And if you will destroy all towers you will have to defend against the final and strongest enemy wave.
Since the release, we've struggled to find a good balance between our units, but I think we've found a good solution.
Swordsmen will now have shields by default, and they can use them to protect themselves from arrows. Along with better armor, this allows them to take significant damage and still survive
Knights still wield a big two-handed sword that deals splash damage, making them the most dangerous unit in melee combat.
Pikemen now have long spears, which allow them to have greater attack range. By combining pikemen with knights or swordsmen, you can create a squad that fits your needs in terms of damage or defense
Archers are mostly unchanged, but they have almost no armor. So, leaving them alone in an open field at night might not be the best idea, as enemies also have units with shields.
Levels make units more powerful than before, and you can easily see the unit level icon. Control and position your troops in a way that allows them to gain experience in each fight, and try not to lose too many of them.
Speaking of that, you will be able to see how many of your troops died during the fight. A skull icon represents a unit that died, and a cross represents a unit that can be healed in a hospital. The more skulls, the bloodier the fight was. You can hire more doctors to increase the chance that a unit will not die in a fight.
Also we've added banners that you could give to any unit, each banner will have different aura that will affect your troops. So now you will have much more tools to create unique defence strategies.
You’ll need to be more creative defending your castle, as there will be more enemies, and they will be smarter this time! Enemies will bring siege ladders and towers only when it makes sense, saving time to reach the castle keep. They will also use rams to break through gate doors now.
You will be able to see the possible enemy paths, which will help a lot when planning your defenses. The visuals are still a work in progress, but you can already see how enemy attack paths change when you place a wall. Enemies will choose to run around if it’s much faster than breaking down the wall, but if the detour is too far, they will try to break through the wall and might even use a siege ram to help them.
All these new combat mechanics need a better world to truly shine. That’s why we’re working on new map types, along with a map editor, so you’ll be able to create custom maps with interesting designs and challenges. If you’d like, you can also share them with others through the Steam Workshop later on.
We wanted to release it much earlier, but as usual, things grew out of scope. We want to ensure this release is the most polished yet and that we deliver the best possible experience with it. We still aim to release it in a few months.
Let us know what do you thinkg about the upcoming update in the comments!
Hello everyone, We want to share some progress we have made on the combat update. As we upgraded our AI, we discovered a cool way to make combat more dynamic. You can see in this clip how knights push archers while they fight. This creates more dynamic and interesting battles. Yo
Hello everyone,
We want to share some progress we have made on the combat update.
As we upgraded our AI, we discovered a cool way to make combat more dynamic. You can see in this clip how knights push archers while they fight. This creates more dynamic and interesting battles. You can feel that the knights overwhelm the archers so much that they push them back.
Check out how the troll pushes knights when moving. Cool, right?
This new technique will allow us to create enemies that cannot be stopped by regular troops. It's not just cool visuals, but also a way to create new combat challenges. Knowing that a troll will go through your troops no matter what forces you to come up with new strategies to handle this.
This technique also allows units to move much faster on walls and ladders.
These movement details bring more life to our simple characters, making them more realistic and alive.
We are focusing on significantly improving siege gameplay. Fights at gates, on walls, and with siege towers and ladders have been completely reimagined and improved. With these changes, we aim to create the best strategy siege simulation game out there.
We are also working on new units and combat content, along with rebalancing old mechanics. We will be ready to share more details next time. Our goal is to make combat more challenging and to bring more depth to this part of the game.
See you next time!
Hello everyone! We want to share with you our progress on the update we are currently working on. Our goal is to bring more depth to combat and siege gameplay. Making it more fun and challenging to defend your city. Also we are fixing issues related to AI and pathfinding that pla
Hello everyone!
We want to share with you our progress on the update we are currently working on. Our goal is to bring more depth to combat and siege gameplay. Making it more fun and challenging to defend your city.
Also we are fixing issues related to AI and pathfinding that plagued game experience for many of you. We’ve completely rewritten AI for all units in the game. And it works way faster right now. Though we are not ready to share details on combat changes yet.
We are also working on an upgrade for the game map. The idea is to add more stuff to map generator, so that it will create more unique and interesting defense challenges. And we also want to include a map editor in the game, so that you could create and share custom maps.
Mountains, rivers, water cells and some other stuff. I think we will release these elements gradually with the next updates. For now I can share some concepts and early screenshots on how it looks
And our plan is also to release roads with one of the updates to the map editor.
That’s all for today, see you next time when we share more details on combat changes.
added: new squads binds menu. It's now much easier to create and manage unit binds. Check out the new menu on the bottom left, near the free workers button. added: ui scale setting added: workers disapearance progress when mood is low changed: buildings placed on hills will now d