Warlords, We are coming up on a week since launch, can you believe it? To me it feels like it has been a month. I don't think I have worked this hard since the launch of Britannia. I was planning on diving into optimizations later, next week when I return from the wedding, but th
Warlords, Thank you for an excellent first weekend! The game is performing wonderfully on Steam and the future of Warlord and Darkmatter Games has never looked better. This morning (starting at 4AM) I sat down to work on some lingering issues from the launch week. I hope this res
Warlords, After yesterday's patch, I still felt like something was missing from my original design intent with this game. Way too many players seemed to be ignoring the option to trade with monk factions. I finally realized that this was not because they didn't find it interestin
Warlords, Thank you all for a wonderful launch week. Although it is too early to tell how the game will pan out commercially, so far I am delighted to see players thoroughly enjoying the game and embracing the new Warlord setting! As with any new release, there are always growing
Patch vR102 Added follower counts and icons to promote buttons Added discovered settlement and POI types to progress panel, a couple POIs are not included as they are easter eggs Changed how the unlock panel looks so now most items will be greyed out instead of hidden completely
vR101 Moved the player closer to nearby homestead, to keep the tutorial focused Added a note in the tutorial for the player to confirm they are attacking the correct nearby homestead Lowered the tutorial nearby homestead distance check to 70 meters so the player must get closer t
Warlords, First, a message from me: Thank you all for the support over these past 3 years of development and even before that with Warlord: Britannia . Darkmatter Games remains a single full-time developer leading an incredibly small team of skilled contractors. Warlord: Awaji is
Warlords, The battle for Awaji is about to begin. Get a first look at Warlord: Awaji's gameplay in this new trailer! View game page To highlight the announcement at the end of the video, Warlord: Awaji is releasing on Steam on September 9th! I am very excited to share this new ad
Warlords, Thank you for your patience. I am proud to announce that Warlord: Awaji's first new trailer in over a year, a World Teaser is now available! Get a sneak peak at Warlord: Awaji's open world, including temples, villages, mansions, shrines, and more. View game page And as
Warlords, I hope you all have been having a fun summer. I sure enjoyed the 4th of July, and I survived it with all of my fingers intact (can't risk Awaji's release at this point). It is hard to believe we haven't had a dev log since March. So much has been finished and the game i
Warlords, Greetings. I hope everyone had a relaxing holiday season and a good start to the new year. For this development log I decided to skip the last two-month cycle so I could include more interesting information as I began to implement the campaign features in earnest. Inste
Warlords, As usual, thank you all very much for your patience. I know I was supposed to deliver a news post in October (2 months after the last), but as suspected, end-of-the-year business crept in on me, and now here we are midway through December. In the last post I touched on
Warlords, A few days ago ...just as I was heading out on a backpacking trip over the weekend... Unity announced that there has been a lingering security vulnerability in engine versions 2017 and later. They claim that there is no evidence to suggest any users or developers have b
Warlords, Thank you all for your patience. I wanted to provide a brief update regarding Warlord: Awaji's development. I plan on releasing some news like this once every 2 months, so everyone knows I am still alive and kicking. I would love to provide a dev log in a more entertain
Warlords, First off, thank you all for your extreme patience. I try my best to reduce the wait between announcements, but this time was a special case. Shortly following the release of the demo last fall, I traveled throughout Japan for almost 3 months over the holidays. It was a
Warlords, Steam Next Fest has officially begun. To kick off this event, I have prepared a final update for the Warlord: Awaji’s Demo! As of now the Playtest is deactivated. If you were using the Playtest app, please switch to the Demo, your data will automatically carry over! To
Warlords, Thank you all for jumping right into the playtest and sending me helpful feedback. I have been very happy with the reception of the new combat mechanics and graphics. I hope everyone has enjoyed the quantum-leap from Warlord: Britannia, and is excited for more info rega
Warlords, The time has come… Warlord: Awaji’s Playtest is officially live! If you already signed up, you should be receiving an email and playtest access from Steam. Players signing up going forward should have immediate access. As a reminder, the Playtest will be replaced by the
Warlords, The first gameplay reveal of Warlord: Awaji is here! Check it out now on Youtube, and get ready for the Playtest starting on September 28th! Join the Playtest first, then continue your experience in the Demo version during Steam Next Fest, starting October 14th. The Pla
Greetings Warlords, I am so excited to welcome you all here after the reveal of Warlord: Awaji! Thank you to those who have supported Warlord: Britannia throughout its launch and roadmap updates, and those who tested out The Crater tech demo. I could not have done any of this wit