Plebs

Released: Sep 1, 2023
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Last updated: 13 Sep 2026, 18:36 GMT

Updates & announcements

20 posts

20 Aug 2026Developer post
Version 2.2.0 - Weather
Features: Added Rain and Snow weather options When raining, all terrain that is harvested regrows 25% faster When snowing, all soldiers travel 25% slower When snowing, all Plebs require 50% extra food The weather can be selected for all random maps Added 'Boundary Stones' Boundar
Features:
Added Rain and Snow weather options
When raining, all terrain that is harvested regrows 25% faster
When snowing, all soldiers travel 25% slower
When snowing, all Plebs require 50% extra food
The weather can be selected for all random maps
Added 'Boundary Stones'
Boundary Stones appear on all maps and are discovered by units
When moving units close to Boundary Stones, a circle of Fog-of-War is cleared to give visibility
The area of visibility is increased for each unit, up to 4 units
Increased the visibility of projectiles, thanks /u/weidback
Changes to some unit models to make them more unique, thanks /u/hellishdelusion & /u/Serasul
Show unit silhouettes behind buildings and terrain, thanks /u/Serasul
Changes to the general lighting, thanks /u/Marvluss & /u/aPOPblops
Added unit blood and optional damage indicators, thanks /u/Professional_Sir_936 & /u/roastm4 & /u/Sn0wflake69 & /u/SayuriShoji
Tweaked metal colours to make 'Attack' metals more distinct from 'Defence' metals
Updated some unit models to show the metal colour more
Added dirt patches and puddles to all maps
Gameplay:
Reduced the health of most buildings
Increased the flight arc of most projectiles
Armour and 'attack type' are now more punishing
Concussive attacks against High armour deals more damage than before
Piercing attacks against Low armour deals more damage than before
Increased the separation between units, thanks /u/chillermane & /u/untiedgames & /u/xiaorobear
Improvements to Animation playback and alignment when damage is taken
UI:
General tutorial improvements, thanks GuardYaGrille
Improved cases where steps would progress too soon
Improved cases where steps would not progress soon enough
Fixed resource highlighting
Decreased the speed and volume of dialogue sounds, thanks GuardYaGrille
Centre building creation options to their UI button, thanks GuardYaGrille
Fixed message highlighting if UI Zoom is changed
Fixed the number of killed units not being calculated correctly
Fixed the unit score count going off screen
Levels:
Added Rain and Snow to some Campaign and Skirmish levels
Added dirt/puddles to all levels
Added Boundary Stones to all levels
Ensure random map always have the minimum number of player positions
Bug-fixes:
Fixed changing shadow setting causes Fog-of-War to break, thanks SunNoise
Fixed a case where Plebs couldn't reach any resources
Corrected terrain being offset from their correct position in some cases
Town highlighting colour can be incorrect if you load a second map
Cycling player livery for random map skipped colours for the empty player slots
Fixed a crash caused by playing gates
Corrected some issues with explosions
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30 May 2026Developer post
Version 2.1.0 - Keeping Score
Features: Added a score screen when completing a map: A score is generated based on your performance in the level You can view the score of all players in the level The score screen is shown after completing Skirmish, Survival, or Campaign levels Metal Skills are now unlocked by
Features:
Added a score screen when completing a map:
A score is generated based on your performance in the level
You can view the score of all players in the level
The score screen is shown after completing Skirmish, Survival, or Campaign levels
Metal Skills are now unlocked by constructing the 'Metallurgy' support building for each Nation
Constructing or upgrading the Metallurgy statues/monuments/runestones will progress towards the next Metal Skill for the chosen Metal
The metal is selected when constructing the statue/monument/runestone for each Nation
All buildings are now upgradable
All buildings have three levels of construction
Reworked some building upgrades so they are cheaper to upgrade but still provide meaningful improvements to the building
All Champions now unlock sooner
Decreased the rotation speed for slow moving units like vehicles
Added reflections to all water
Reworked the colouring and rendering of all water
Added lily-pads over water
Slightly increased the game contrast
Slightly increased the size of some terrain (e.g. Trees)
Added an animation when terrain is being harvested
Increased the height of grass and added more height variation
Added wind to all grass
Increased the level-of-detail for the 'High' modal quality setting
Increased the number of butterflies and bees
Added particles and audio to the Greek Lithobolos and Norse Battering ram hit animations
Add the 'F' key shortcut to cycle formation arrangement for the selected units
The tutorial no longer counts towards the demo timer
Multiplayer:
Multiplayer will verify all players are playing the same version of Plebs before starting
Multiplayer will ensure players do not lag too far behind the other players if there are network or performance stalls
Allow the host of the game to disconnect and reconnect
Improved the feedback of placing buildings, setting unit targets, and making UI changes so they are applied immediately
Allow the game to continue if a player has left
Gameplay:
Set 'Map Grab' as the default mouse-movement setting - thanks /u/Revolutionary_Heart6
Enable keyboard movement (WASD keys) by default - thanks /u/Revolutionary_Heart6
Unit's will no longer re-target to an enemy if the player has explicitly set a new target
The 'Highest' build priority will now be preferred by Plebs for resources above all other buildings, instead of taking turns
Increased building explosion size
Exploding buildings will now damage surrounding units
Unit AOE attacks will no longer apply any damage to themselves
Stop units from firing projectiles when they have stopped attacking their current target
Animals will no longer collide with other objects when moving
Performance:
A number of performance improvements to unit positioning
A number of performance improvements to unit path calculations
General performance improvements
UI:
The building construction icons are now shown as greyscale if the player does not have at least one of all of the required resources
Text dialogs in the Tutorial and Campaign now have 'speech' audio when it is being read
Updated all UI windows to be closable with the Escape key or clicking away
Added Metal Skill help text
Fixed text rendering over icons which are coloured with a metal
Levels:
Decreased the number of quarries on maps generated on 'Plains'
Bug-fixes:
Fixed occasional crash when closing the game during a multiplayer level
Stop Mines appearing to be placable outside the players land
Disabling building hints setting value now saves correctly
Fixed the seed not generating the correct randomness in some cases
Fixed the placed building not showing particles in some cases
Fixed bushes showing different colouring for different levels-of-detail
Stopped ranged units from attacking through walls in some cases
Improved units following their current target
Upgrading buildings no longer causes the current in-progress vehicle from being destroyed
Resolve the 'Plebs cannot get to building' warning message being shown incorrectly
Houses will always place Plebs on the same level as the building entrance and not on hills
Fixed upgrading and destroying buildings being upgraded not showing particles
Fixed Egyptian Mason not placing sand piles
Fixed refiners not requesting new production resources when upgraded
Improved units spreading apart from each other
Ensure changes to formations does not clear the formation ordering and arrangement
Stop the camera shake from being applied even if the player was not near the cause
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27 Feb 2026Developer post
Version 2.0.1 - Bug fixes & Building hints
Features: Added a hint popup for the next recommended building to construct UI: Added a button to quickly jump to the Codex entry for all buildings and units Added all buildings to the Codex Fixed the Codex not joining some buildings together Bug-fixes: Fallback to saving game se
Features:
Added a hint popup for the next recommended building to construct
UI:
Added a button to quickly jump to the Codex entry for all buildings and units
Added all buildings to the Codex
Fixed the Codex not joining some buildings together
Bug-fixes:
Fallback to saving game settings and save game files in the app-data folder if the system has Windows 'Controlled Folder Access' enabled
Fixed changing the multiplayer map settings causing the nations and teams to get reset
Fixed being able to disable all players for random maps
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20 Feb 2026Developer post
Version 2.0.0 - Multiplayer
Features: Added Multiplayer Multiplayer games can be started from the 'Skirmish' game mode Support for lobbies up to 6 players Map and player settings are configured in the multiplayer lobby Choice of Small, Medium, or Large maps, with up to 2, 4, or 6 players respectively Each p
Features:
Added Multiplayer
Multiplayer games can be started from the 'Skirmish' game mode
Support for lobbies up to 6 players
Map and player settings are configured in the multiplayer lobby
Choice of Small, Medium, or Large maps, with up to 2, 4, or 6 players respectively
Each player can choose their nation, team, and livery in the lobby
Players can be invited via Steam or entering the unique lobby code
Players can rejoin the game from the main menu or via a Steam invite if they disconnect
Player text chat support in the lobby and in-game
Support for loading multiplayer game saves
Support for transferring the host on disconnection
Support for resynchronising the game state for all players
Gameplay:
Unit view distance reduces during the night
Mine Ore production is slightly slower
Mine metals are unlocked slightly faster
Plebs will get hungry sooner after being created
Hunger has a larger impact on all workers, increasing cooldowns and decreasing work speed
Allow keyboard map movement when units are selected
Improved units behaviour when following other units
A number of improvements to the AI
UI:
Add UI zooming
Increase/decrease the size of all UI elements
Higher UI zoom levels may lower visual clarity
Improved town-resource icon spacing
Added notification when a Mine has finished upgrading and a new ore can be selected
Added UI for roads and bridges
Fixed the number of mines in the bottom-left UI displaying incorrectly
Swapped the mine trait button text so the current text is the active trait
Performance:
Greatly reduced the memory and CPU usage when initially loading the list of levels
Improved the time it takes to close the game
Levels:
A number of improvements to random level generation
Fixed some large random maps having no terrain
Fixed Mines being placing incorrectly in some cases
Bug-fixes:
Fixed unit health not being displayed on some systems
Resolved Fog Of War flickering
Resolved Fog Of War rendering incorrectly when loading a saved game
Fixed the Campaign failing to load
Resolved water moving too quickly on some maps
Added missing or incorrect animations for some units
Fixed harbours not being placable
Fixed some farmers incorrectly pathing to animals
Stop multiple workers being assigned to buildings incorrectly
Fixed group unit selection when there are vehicles in the group
Fixed a crash when unloading levels
Fixed bridges being buildable outside of the players land
Fixed roads being buildable over water
Resolve setting the same target position for a unit causing them to stop moving
Fixed gates not opening or closing correctly
Fixed a crash when placing walls
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14 Sep 2025Developer post
Version 1.15.0 - Bridges
Features: Added Bridges All Nations can place Bridges to span small rivers Gameplay: Mines only have one level of Ores unlocked for the Lvl 1 Mine Upgrading Mines allows higher level Ores to be prospected once they are unlocked Updated the collision between units in formations so
Features:
Added Bridges
All Nations can place Bridges to span small rivers
Gameplay:
Mines only have one level of Ores unlocked for the Lvl 1 Mine
Upgrading Mines allows higher level Ores to be prospected once they are unlocked
Updated the collision between units in formations so they do not pass through each other as often
Improved the damage-taken animation feedback so the animations play more frequently
Slightly increased the base audio volume
Added more sounds during battles
More audio tweaks
Slightly increased the Depth-Of-Field effect
UI:
Display the number of early-build-resources, food, and prospected ores on the UI
Add a thank you message
Bug-fixes:
Fixed moving the mouse Left/Up behaving differently from Right/Down (thanks Clay)
Fixed a crash caused by changing the Nation for a level in some cases
Improved the performance when paused
Fixed some cases where buildings failed to upgrade because of terrain
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14 Aug 2025Developer post
Version 1.14.1 - The Demo
Features: Added the Plebs Demo version Gameplay: Slightly increased the size of some terrain models Slightly reduced the size of unit health icons Decreased keyboard pan speed Tweaked some camera settings UI: Added a button on the main menu to WIshlist from the Demo Added a butto
Features:
Added the Plebs Demo version
Gameplay:
Slightly increased the size of some terrain models
Slightly reduced the size of unit health icons
Decreased keyboard pan speed
Tweaked some camera settings
UI:
Added a button on the main menu to WIshlist from the Demo
Added a button on the main menu to a feedback form from the Demo
Update the Survival UI to match the Skirmish player setup
Bug-fixes:
Resolved some cases where the direction of formations was calculated incorrectly
Fixed some Vehicles UI incorrectly showing an icon to unload units
Fixed changing the Agro mode of vehicles not working
Fixed an infrequent crash when group selecting Champion units
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01 Aug 2025Developer post
Version 1.14.0 - Map Generator
Features: Added Windowed Fullscreen (Borderless) display mode Windowed Fullscreen is now the default display mode In Windowed Fullscreen the game resolution always matches the monitor's resolution The 'Fullscreen' setting has been replaced with 'Display Mode' Added a Map Generato
Features:
Added Windowed Fullscreen (Borderless) display mode
Windowed Fullscreen is now the default display mode
In Windowed Fullscreen the game resolution always matches the monitor's resolution
The 'Fullscreen' setting has been replaced with 'Display Mode'
Added a Map Generator
In 'Skirmish' game mode, the 'Generate' button opens a menu to generate a new random map
You can control the type of land, the size of the map, the 'climate', and whether the map should be mirrored
Each map has a 'seed' so that all generated maps are unique
The generated map will have a number of enemy player positions, depending on the size of the map. Each player can be individually be selected, and their Nation changed
Formations can now have their unit-order changed
By default units are not ordered
Formations can be ordered by attack ranges
Formations can be ordered by strength (based on the units weapon Metal)
Vehicles are always at the back of the formation
Created a short Steam guide for each nation
View game page
Hungry workers for a number of buildings will now work slower
Units with 'Attack' based Metals have slightly larger weapons
Units with 'Defence' based Metals have slightly larger shields
Gameplay:
Plebs no longer take too much food to houses when Plebs have become soldiers and no longer live in that house
Improved unit movement around buildings
Increased the amount of time Miners take to produce Ore slightly
UI:
The map player configuration window has been updated
Removed unnecessary text and replaced interactions with icons that can be clicked
Each player has a larger building icon, which can be clicked to change the Nation
For generated maps each player will have players disabled by default, which can be enabled by clicking on the player + icon
Farms growing crops now show any icon when it is waiting for them to grow
Fixed the Worker allocation tool icon not applying a metal colour
Allow for longer save file names
Bug-fixes:
Fixed a number of cases where objects where shown through the Fog-of-War briefly
Fixed some save files failing to load
Fixed trees using the wrong terrain colouring
Fixed not being able to target enemies with the Egyptian Chariot
Fixed a crash when returning to the main menu when projectiles are flying
Stopped towers firing projectiles displaying incorrect particles
Resolved farm crops appearing to start fully grown
Fixed loading roads from maps
Resolved some land-spikes not being created or highlighted correctly
Improved some occasional stuttering
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09 Jun 2025Developer post
Version 1.13.0 - Units & Armour
Features: Added new units for each Nation: Greek Phalangite - Weakly armoured soldier who uses a Sarissa. Strong against weakly armoured enemies Norsemen Shield-maiden - Highly armoured warrior that will charge at enemies causing extra damage. Strong against highly armoured enemi
Features:
Added new units for each Nation:
Greek Phalangite - Weakly armoured soldier who uses a Sarissa. Strong against weakly armoured enemies
Norsemen Shield-maiden - Highly armoured warrior that will charge at enemies causing extra damage. Strong against highly armoured enemies
Egyptian Slinger - A weakly armoured and hastily trained soldier with a Sling, deadly in large numbers. Strong against highly armoured enemies
All unit attacks have a 'Category' which specifies how strong they are against different levels of armour
Piercing attacks are great against weakly armoured units
Concussive attacks are great against strong armoured units
Destructive attacks are great against buildings
All units now have an 'Armour' level which defines how well they defend against different types of attack
Strong/High armour is strong against Piercing attacks
Medium armour is reasonably strong against all attack types
Weak/Low armour is string against Concussive attacks
All unit descriptions have been updated to reflect their armour level and their offensive strengths (i.e. the armour level they are highly effective against)
Each unit's weapon/armour metal colour and level is displayed under the units health when selected
Vastly improved the Tutorial
All tutorial steps have expanded descriptions
There are now 3 Tutorial challenges to complete
Each challenge contains hints for the current Nation
Icons display the expected mouse interaction to perform the tutorial action
When the tutorial step list is completed a sound is played
Resolved some step/action inconsistencies
All animations will now smoothly blend from the previous animation
Added unique animations for each direction units take damage from
Units and buildings being healed display a short animation
When moving a building's harvest area, the cursor is changed to indicate when the area can be moved
Added missing building upgrade models for some buildings
Gameplay:
Added Greek Spearsmith Workshop
Spearsmiths produce Spears from 1 Ingot
Spearsmiths produce 2x Sarissa from 1x Ingot and 1x Log
Added Greek Phalangite
Phalangite are trained at the Stratopedon and require 1x Sarissa
Added Norsemen Shield-maiden
Shield-maiden are trained at the Viking Camp and require 1x Round Shield and 1x Bearded Axe
Shield-maiden's 'Round Shield' are produced by Carpenters
Carpenters produce 2x Round Shields from 1x Ingot and 1x Log
Added Egyptians Slinger
Slingers are trained at the Armoury and require 1x Sling
Slinger's Sling are produced by Blacksmiths
Blacksmiths produce 1x Sling from 1x Sling Stone
Egyptian Sling Stones are produced by Stonecutters
Stonecutters produce 4x Sling Stones from 1x Rock
Pick between producing Sling Stones or Talatat from the Stonecutter's building window
Removed Egyptians Kiln
Shadoof now requires Adobe Brick instead of Olla
UI:
Add a tooltip to the Mine Attack/Defence selection
Removed repeated notifications on defeat
Levels:
A number of small changes to all levels
Bug-fixes:
Fixed some cases where buildings would stop being built
Stop vehicles that are being constructed from attacking enemies
Resolved not being able to target enemy Chariots
Resolved units attacking the unit within Chariots instead of the Chariot itself
Fixed the Masonry harvesting the same sand repeatedly
Fixed save games with '-' in the name not saving
Fixed some crashes
Fixed particles sometimes being shown incorrectly
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24 Apr 2025Developer post
Version 1.12.0 - Level Nations
Features: You can now pick which Nation to play as for all survival maps You can now pick the Nation to play as, and the Nation for the opponents, for a number of skirmish maps Added land spikes for all touching land when the land is contested by multiple Towers Veteran champions
Features:

You can now pick which Nation to play as for all survival maps
You can now pick the Nation to play as, and the Nation for the opponents, for a number of skirmish maps
Added land spikes for all touching land when the land is contested by multiple Towers
Veteran champions now slowly heal all units within their radius
Gameplay:

Improved the alignment of animations to the movement of Plebs
Improved the animation of projectiles
Improved unit blocking so Plebs do not have to wait behind each other as often
Improved a number of movement avoidance cases with Plebs waiting forever or moving into buildings
Unit formations will only wait in formation at the start and end of their movement, allowing them to move faster
Greek Spartans have a slower attack speed and damage, but higher health and defence
Towers are slightly stronger
Slightly lowered the 'Durability' Metal Skill threshold
If Plebs cannot reach a building for a while, a notification is shown to warn the player
Improved the alignment of the fog-of-war
Performance:

Sped up returning to the main menu and quitting the game
Various performance improvements
UI:

For survival the chosen stratagem icons are shown under the minimap
When picking a stratagem, the enemy units that will attack in the next wave are shown on the UI
Improved the Mine UI prospect slider animations
Fixed 'Victory' notifications being shown repeatedly after winning
Levels:

Added the option to select the starting nation for the player and for opponents for a number of levels
Bug-fixes:

Fixed some cases where Towers could be placed in contested land
Fixed Plebs playing the wrong animation when queuing behind other Plebs
Added missing upgrade models for a number of buildings
Added Egyptian Chariot death animation
Egyptian warrior torch throw animation sounds are no longer delayed
Fixed Plebs sometimes not changing elevation when walking over hills and dips
Fixed fog-of-war for buildings being upgraded not being restored from save files
Fixed some cases where units would not attack vehicles
Fixed a crash when cancelling a worker allocation if there isn't an assigned Pleb
Stop Farms from causing other terrain to be removed
Fixed buildings not being shown when fog-of-war was cleared in some cases
Sometimes attacking units in fog-of-war would stay hidden
Fixed soldiers jumping around when targetting a tower to garrison multiple times in a row
Units that are training or being constructed are not added to formations
Stop soldiers from attacking units that have garrisoned
Fixed a crash when targetting a vehicle to Ruins
Fixed upgrading the Citadel causing the number of free Plebs to be wrong
A number of other stability changes and crash fixes
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17 Mar 2025Developer post
Version 1.11.0 - Survival Mode
Features: Added 'Survival mode' In Survival mode waves of enemies will attack your town. You will need to continually build up your defences with soldiers, vehicles, Champions, walls, and everything else at your disposal to stay alive as long as possible Each wave brings a bigger
Features:

Added 'Survival mode'

In Survival mode waves of enemies will attack your town. You will need to continually build up your defences with soldiers, vehicles, Champions, walls, and everything else at your disposal to stay alive as long as possible
Each wave brings a bigger challenge than the last, with 'Battle' waves providing an even greater threat to your town
You can pick 'Stratagems' which aid your town, your Plebs, and your army

Stratagems come in a wide variety, for example faster movement over roads, unlocking Metals more quickly, strengthening your Towers, and many many more
You will be able to select a Stratagem at the beginning of the level and periodically after successfully defending against waves of enemies
Rewards will also be given to you to provide smaller boosts to your town, such as a number of free Plebs, or even a free Champion of your choosing

Gameplay:

Architect Champions will slowly restore the health of buildings within their radius
Champion Palaces now have a cooldown before a new Champion can be selected
Increased metal durability slightly
Increased all soldier training duration
New soldiers will not start training at the armoury until there is a free training area
All armoury buildings start with one training area. Further training areas are added when upgraded
Increased the resource cost of some buildings slightly
UI:

Redesigned the main menu
Added 'Survival mode' to the main menu
Added a button to building notifications to quickly re-assign a new worker when their tool degrades
Added the Egyptian 'Stables' building option
Levels:

Added Survival mode maps:

Encircled
Level Up
Nowhere To Hide
Bug-fixes:

Fixed building resources being destroyed when buildings are upgraded
Fixed the Codex not loading the Player's Nation when first opened
Fixed miners not calculating the amount of prospect correctly when changing the mine trait
Stopped units from being pushed up hills or onto water when avoiding/colliding/being knocked back
Fixed loading saves with Champions
Stopped all buildings producing notifications when the Player is defeated
Resolved units in vehicles (e.g. chariots) remaining invisible when exiting the Fog of War
Resolved the 'new Champion' notification spamming
Various crash fixes
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15 Jan 2025Developer post
Version 1.10.0 - Codex Plebis
Features: Added the 'Codex Plebis' which displays all of the resources that each building produces and consumes for each Nation The Codex can be used as a guide for deciding which buildings to construct The Codex can be opened from a new icon next to the Minimap UI: Improved the
Features:

Added the 'Codex Plebis' which displays all of the resources that each building produces and consumes for each Nation

The Codex can be used as a guide for deciding which buildings to construct
The Codex can be opened from a new icon next to the Minimap
UI:

Improved the grouping and ordering of the buildings in the bottom construction menu to make it easier to use
Fixed a number of issues with the Campaign UI at 4k
Bug-fixes:

Improved alt-tabbing when Fullscreen
Fixed switching Fullscreen on and off breaking the UI
Fixed VSync picking the wrong frame-rate
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22 Dec 2024Developer post
Version 1.9.0 - Statues & Monuments
Features: Added Statues and Monuments which buff Plebs & Buildings in the town Greek Pleb Statue - Plebs will construct and upgrade buildings within its radius 50% faster Greek Spartan Statue - Buildings within its radius have 20% higher defence Greek Goddess Statue - Lumberj
Features:

Added Statues and Monuments which buff Plebs & Buildings in the town

Greek Pleb Statue - Plebs will construct and upgrade buildings within its radius 50% faster
Greek Spartan Statue - Buildings within its radius have 20% higher defence
Greek Goddess Statue - Lumberjacks and Masons within its radius have 20% decreased regeneration cost each time they are harvested
Norse Battle Runestone - Borg within its radius have 20% stronger attack
Norse Prayer Runestone - Lumberjacks and Masons within its radius can re-harvest 20% faster
Norse Memorial Runestone - Workers in its radius will work 20% faster
Egyptian Obelisk - Increases the number of Plebs produced by Houses within its radius by 2, when built or upgraded
Egyptian Sphinx - Speeds up the growth of Horses in Stables within its radius by 30%
Egyptian Pharaoh Statue - Plebs within its radius are 50% less affected by hunger
Crafting many Tools & Weapons from the same Metal unlocks skills that improve those Tools & Weapons further

Crafting 100 unlocks Durability - all Worker Tools will last forever and do not need replacing
Crafting 150 unlocks Piercing - all Soldiers & Vehicles deal much greater damage to highly armoured enemies
Crafting 200 unlocks Resistance - all Soldiers & Vehicles receive much lower damage from stronger enemies
All Tools without 'Durability' will now degrade over time, makeshift tools degrade the quickest, higher quality metals take longer to degrade
Gameplay:

Greatly increased upgraded Towers attack and fire-rates
All upgraded Towers require more resources to construct
Increased the damage of Egyptian Warriors in Chariots
All war vehicles can attack both soldiers and buildings
UI:

Slightly re-ordered some Buildings in the Building selection lists
Bug-fixes:

Fixed the Picaxe sound being played over the whole map
Corrected the amount of Sand that Egyptians Masons could harvest within their area
Fixed some buildings requesting the wrong number of resources when building multiple units or vehicles
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24 Nov 2024Developer post
Version 1.8.0 - Campaign Overworld
Features: Added the 'Campaign overworld map' Campaign levels are selected by clicking on the map and moving your character to a Banner, which displays the level details Completing a level will unlock the next level for that campaign, and with enough completed levels, other campai
Features:

Added the 'Campaign overworld map'

Campaign levels are selected by clicking on the map and moving your character to a Banner, which displays the level details
Completing a level will unlock the next level for that campaign, and with enough completed levels, other campaigns are also unlocked
The campaign can be played-through at any difficulty, but completing a level will only unlock the next level for the completed difficulty and lower difficulties. E.g. Completing a level at the 'Pleb' difficulty will unlock the next level for both 'Pleb' difficulty and 'Casual' difficulty, but will remain locked for the 'Commander' difficulty
Updated the title music
Updated the in-game music
Gameplay:

Roads can now be placed at any angle, making it easier to create more complex road networks
Roads are slightly smaller
The resources needed to create a Road for all Nations are now easier to gather

Increased the number of Sandstone Bricks harvested by the Egyptian Mason from 1 to 4
Increased the number of Stone Bricks crafted by the Greek Brickmaker from 3 to 5
Increased the number of Timber crafted by the Norsemen Carpenters from 3 to 5
Removed Hammer And Chisel from Egyptians, fully replaced with Adze
Changed Norsemen Longship resources to require Nails instead of Ingots
Changed some building resource requirements for all Nations
Performance:

Improved the compression for all audio
UI:

All Resources in all Buildings now display a description when hovering
Updated the descriptions of many Resources, Buildings, and Vehicles
Selecting a save-file displays if the level is part of a Campaign
Bug-fixes:

Fixed fire being incorrectly shown behind the fog-of-war
Fixed cases where UI icons were not changing correctly
Corrected a few cases where objects were being rotated incorrectly
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27 Oct 2024Developer post
Version 1.7.0 - Bounties & Balance
Features: Added Building Ruins & 'Bounties' Soldiers can search Ruins to discover bounties which, when returned to the Town, will provide resources, information, or other goodies which will help your Plebs! Soldiers holding a bounty will show a Treasure Chest above them If a
Features:

Added Building Ruins & 'Bounties'

Soldiers can search Ruins to discover bounties which, when returned to the Town, will provide resources, information, or other goodies which will help your Plebs!
Soldiers holding a bounty will show a Treasure Chest above them
If a Soldier is killed when holding a Bounty, the Bounty is lost
Added Help page for Ruins & Bounties
Added Tutorial step for Ruins & Bounties
Bounties which are returned to the Town will provide a random bonus which will help your town grow faster
All Plebs (even those working in buildings) now require food each night to satisfy their hunger and keep working at full speed

Plebs that do not have a House at the start of the level are assigned to the first House built
Reduced the amount that Plebs gain hunger each night
Added Level and Campaign difficulty levels

There are three difficulty levels to choose from when playing a level or campaign
Individual Campaign maps can be selected so they can be replayed at a different difficulty
If Victorious in a level or campaign, the difficulty it was completed at will be shown next to the level name
In Peaceful mode, Terrain regrowth duration does not increase each time they are harvested
Damage from Towers can slow units for a short time
Towers with Garrisoned units show a Shield icon above them
Added Greek Xiphos sword model
Gameplay:

Many improvements to animations during battles to make them more active
Generally improved animation alignment
Improved projectiles during battles
General balancing changes to each nation's soldiers
Changed the damage calculations to reduce 1-damage attacks and remove the frequency of very-long-lasting fights
Each nation now has unique 'hurt' sounds
Add Priority selection for Producer input resources
Display the area Support buildings will support when placed
Display the area for Producer buildings that are boosted by Water
Worker Pleb allocation can now be cancelled
Slightly reduced the land radius of all Citadel buildings
Units in a formation will spread apart when they stop moving
Greek House lvl 3 requires Stone Bricks
Egyptian House lvl 3 requires Talatat
Replaced Norsemen Hammer & Chisel with Handsaws
Performance:

On player defeat, only Towers create explosions
Removed the delay when selecting levels and campaigns
Add vehicle models to death timeout
UI:

Add a 'Return to Main Menu' button to the Victory/Defeat screen
The default livery can be selected in the Settings
Added UI for Producer buildings
Added UI for Support buildings
Display in the UI when Harvesters and Farmers are waiting for input resource or on cooldown
Added notification for Plebs who have been hungry for multiple days
Levels:

Updated the location of Building Ruins for all levels
Balance changes for a number of levels
Bug-fixes:

Ensure Soldiers will attack back if they are attacked, and not otherwise attacking another unit
Attached arrows were often in the wrong place
Fixed occasional crash on Victory
Fixed a crash moving building ghosts while the game is paused
Ensure completing a level is shown immediately on the level selection page
Fixed changing a Mine's focus losing current prospect progress
Fixed AI players creating invalid unit formations
Fixed Producers only requesting one resource at a time
Projectiles incorrectly oriented when the target is at a different elevation
Added missing Spartan throw animation
Placing Producer building did not clear the range circle
In-progress building fires jumps around
Stopped chariots from being movable while being built
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01 Sep 2024Developer post
Version 1.6.0 - The Egyptians
Gameplay: Added the Egyptians Nation Egyptians primarily use Adobe Bricks for constructing buildings, and higher level buildings can be created with Sandstone from the new Sand terrain type The Egyptian Plebs are fed with Bataw bread and Zythum beer. Both require growing Wheat, w
Gameplay:

Added the Egyptians Nation
Egyptians primarily use Adobe Bricks for constructing buildings, and higher level buildings can be created with Sandstone from the new Sand terrain type
The Egyptian Plebs are fed with Bataw bread and Zythum beer. Both require growing Wheat, which must be milled into Grain
Egyptian Chariots are the perfect units for quickly scouting areas and causing damage where the enemy may not be expecting an attack
Units can be attached to Vehicles
Increased Citadel health
Towers have a basic attack when there are no Sentry units
Add a 'Message History' window, opened with the button found on the bottom-right, or the 'M' keyboard key
The minimap is always centred on the discovered area of the map
Added building upgrade descriptions, shown when hovering on the upgrade button for each building
Features:

Added the 'Sand' terrain type

Greeks and Norsemen travel slower over Sand
Egyptians can harvest Sandstone Bricks from Sand terrain
Added 'Support' Buildings

Support buildings buff nearby buildings in the town
Support buildings do not require a Pleb
The Egyptian 'Irrigation' support building improves the growth speed of nearby 'Wheat Farms'
Added farming of Animals

The Egyptian 'Stables' building requires a Horse to produce Tamed Horses
Tamed Horses can be used to product Chariots
Added Vehicle unit attacking
Performance:

Improved Harvester terrain searching performance
Levels:

Added the Egyptians Campaign
Added the 'Roundabout' level
Added the 'Trench' level
'Target Practice' Player 5 is now Egyptians
Bug-fixes:

Improved Plebs walking over Roads more smoothly and always receiving the movement boost
Resolved building worker requests getting lost if the Pleb cannot initially reach it
Resolved a case where units would be blocked from picking up resources at a building
Fixed Refiner buildings that do not require a Metal not finding the input resource
Renamed Safe mode to Peaceful mode
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20 Apr 2024Developer post
Version 1.5.1 - Small bug-fixes
Bug-fixes: Fixed rendering issue caused by changing Shadow quality from the Main Menu (thanks Apollo) Additional logging improvements
Bug-fixes:

Fixed rendering issue caused by changing Shadow quality from the Main Menu (thanks Apollo)
Additional logging improvements
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03 Apr 2024Developer post
Version 1.5.0 - Opponents
Gameplay: Display the 'inputs' and 'outputs' for each building that produces resources in the tooltips Added Tutorial steps for Makeshift tools Features: Added AI 'Opponents' (named AI with personalities) Each opponent has a 'personality' which changes how they expand their town,
Gameplay:

Display the 'inputs' and 'outputs' for each building that produces resources in the tooltips
Added Tutorial steps for Makeshift tools
Features:

Added AI 'Opponents' (named AI with personalities)

Each opponent has a 'personality' which changes how they expand their town, build their army, and attack other opponents
Greeks and Norsemen both have four named AI Opponents
Performance:

Reduced the size of large audio files
Levels:

Set specific AI Opponents for a number of levels
Levels with no AI Opponent set will have a random opponent, chosen when the level is started
Bug-fixes:

Resolved the game window & UI not displaying correctly when Windows 'Display Scaling' is above 100%
Fixed the game not fully closing properly
Fixed the Tutorial not displaying correctly if opened a second time
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17 Mar 2024Developer post
Version 1.4.1 - Small bug-fixes
Bug-fixes: Fixed a crash when a worker is converted back to a Pleb and their building is destroyed Disabled Safe-Mode for Campaign maps
Bug-fixes:

Fixed a crash when a worker is converted back to a Pleb and their building is destroyed
Disabled Safe-Mode for Campaign maps
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16 Mar 2024Developer post
Version 1.4.0 - Champions
Gameplay: Added the Champion unit Champions are special units that provide boosts to your army or town. Each Champion can be created at a 'Champion Palace' building and can only be built once their requirements are met. Multiple 'Champion Palaces' can be built, but each can only
Gameplay:

Added the Champion unit

Champions are special units that provide boosts to your army or town.
Each Champion can be created at a 'Champion Palace' building and can only be built once their requirements are met.
Multiple 'Champion Palaces' can be built, but each can only create one Champion at a time.
Added the Veteran Champion

A Veteran requires a certain number of enemy units to be killed.
The Veteran will boost your armies strength, all soldiers within the Veteran's radius have increased defence and attack.
Added the Merchant Champion

A Merchant requires a certain number of resources to be produced in your town.
The Merchant will boost your worker's efficiency, all workers within the Merchant's radius will work faster.
Added the Architect Champion

An Architect requires a certain number of buildings to be built in your town.
The Architect will boost expanding your town, all buildings within the Architect's radius will be built faster.
Added the Champion Palace building

Greeks can place the Anaktoro building to create Champions
Greeks can place the Kastali building to create Champions
Increased the strength of all Towers
Increased the damage of all Sentries in Towers
Increased Tower Sentry range to match the view distance
Added Norsemen Beekeeper gather animation
Added Norsemen Cooper animation
Added Norsemen Longhouse upgrade model
Formations 'prepare' less often when moving
Reduced terrain regeneration delay
Display current number of free Plebs in a town
Allow the number of free Plebs to be changed per town (shown when looking at each town)
Slightly increased the duration for harvesting terrain
Features:

Added tree stumps and rock pebbles where Trees and Rocks have been harvested
Added upgrades for all harvesting buildings which increase harvest distance and/or radius
Added notification for when a player is defeated
Performance:

Add level-of-detail models for all static objects
Added level-of-detail models for Grass
Added setting to turn of Grass
Disabled dynamic lights on lower quality settings
Hide small scenery when zoomed out
General render performance improvements
UI animation performance improvements
Levels:

Reduces the spawn rate of all animals
Minor balancing changes to some levels
Bug-fixes:

Resolved Plebs not being assigned work when they were available
Ensure Plebs can always take food to houses when there is existing food
Resolved saves being incorrectly loaded in many cases
Resolved terrain paint and grass alignment
Repaint growing terrain when loading from a save
Modified how resources were requests for buildings which produce multiple output resources per input resource
Corrected in-progress building UI not showing the correct number of remaining resources
Limited projectile arc heights when close to their target
Restore building upgrade models from saves
Corrected moving house bedtimes
Resolved every other unit movement request failing in some cases
Soldiers will now correctly follow moving enemies
Resolved animals not being 'released' if the harvesting building is upgraded
Fixed projectiles state not being restored correctly from saves
Other crash fixes
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17 Jan 2024Developer post
Version 1.3.0 - The Naval update
Gameplay: The target of a unit or formation can be switched The largest unit in a formation determines the spacing between them If a Soldier takes damage and they can no longer attack their current target, they will re-target to their new attacker AI will add Lookouts and Sentrie
Gameplay:

The target of a unit or formation can be switched
The largest unit in a formation determines the spacing between them
If a Soldier takes damage and they can no longer attack their current target, they will re-target to their new attacker
AI will add Lookouts and Sentries to towers
Features:

Ship embarking and disembarking
Sea travel
Enabled Shadows over water
Added Norsemen Borg Lvl 2
Levels:

Added the 'Crescents' level
Bug-fixes:

Improved consistency of camera shake
Resolved a crash when objects being highlighted are deleted
Resolved a crash when allocating two workers to an upgraded Farm
Stopped the camera orbiting when right-clicking notifications
Camera can sometimes orbit after setting a formations target position with a direction
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