Developer posts and news about this game.
Additions Added continuous production for units. Right click a unit in the recruit menu or town panel to enable continuous production for that unit. Added difficulty settings to the new game menu. Added preset settings for dungeon and item counts in the new game menu. Changes Cha
Additions Added option to add factions to teams in the new game menu. Added palisades and stone walls to the infrastructure and research menus. Added level display to the Units and Workers menus. Changes Changed the cost of refreshing mercenaries. Changed repairs to take time ins
Additions Added side panel to better manage structures and caravans. Changes Changed hold position to take effect immediately when toggled. Reduced the amount of skill damage supporters acquire through leveling up. Adjusted Liuyi's orbital sword skill so that it has lower damage,
Additions Added delete button for custom characters in the new game menu. Added retire button for workers. Changes Changed factions so that they will dedicate more of their budget to defense. Improved faction behavior when it comes to bandits. They will be more aggressive and wil
Additions Added garrison dispatch as a button to the town details panel. Added a per-town recruitment toggle to the Recruit menu. When checked, units recruited by the specific town will be sent to the selected squad. Added spectate button to the game over screen. Faction Strategi
Additions Added button to switch camera views between the overworld and an active dungeon. Added ability to quickly move units from garrisons. Click a town and press the F key to toggle garrison movement. Adjust the amount of units to send with the mouse wheel, and right click to
Changes Changed workers to be assigned to the town that they were spawned at. Changed the even distribution toggle to be on by default. Changed faction influence to be more accurate. Changed building previews to more accurately show where they'll be placed. Removed 512x512 map si
Note: I had to change the way dungeons functioned so if you saved your game while in a dungeon it will kick you back to its entrance when loading for the first time. You'll be able to continue your save from that point forward without it happening again though. Additions Added ca
The game is out at a 30% discount from 7/22 to 8/5. Thanks to everyone who has sent in feedback and bug reports. Although the game is now released, development will continue at the same pace. Here are just a few things that I plan on adding or changing in the future: More faction
Wanted to get the fix for the unit capacity bug out there quickly. Bug fixes Fixed unit capacity research not working properly. Fixed workers not being deselected when selecting a squad through the squad panel.
Changes Improved Settler behavior. towns and resource buildings will change their appearance as their level increases. Reduced the movement speed of settlers slightly. Bug fixes Fixed an issue that could cause significant FPS drops when queuing multiple units. Fixed archers and m
Additions Added 3 new defensive buildings: Trebuchet, Command Post, and Ballista Tower. Changes Improved AI behavior so that factions are smarter when deciding on which worker to recruit. Updated 1 character sprite. Changed defensive buildings to be placed at the mouse position i
Changes Improved AI behavior. Adjusted UI to support 16:10 and 21:9 aspect ratios. In theory most aspect ratios should be supported now, but only the two mentioned were tested. Improved unit movement. Changed it so that the follow buttons work while the game is paused. Performanc
Additions Added 1 new unit to the Principality of Aeternum. Added 9 new units to the Harmony Sect. Added 11 new mercenary units. (3 can be selected as a command unit) Added clouds. Added option to change camera zoom speed. Changes Updated 33 unit sprites. Updated the new game men
Additions Added FPS limit in the options. Added tutorial to teach the basics. Added resource items that can be picked up when certain structures are destroyed/units are killed. Added Supplies item. This is used by towns to increase silver generation and experience gain for garris
Additions Added recruit tab to town panel. Updated town panel to show wood and wheat. Added small indicator to the map panel when following a unit. Clicking it will unfollow the unit. Changes Minor changes to unit panels to make buttons more visible. Adjusted overall cost of some
For those that haven't been keeping up with the playtest here's a summary for most of the updates so far. I'll also be ending the playtest pretty soon and will be putting up a demo instead. If you've been playing the playtest you won't notice much difference between the two thoug
Arinoa: Conquest is now open for playtesting. If you run into any bugs or have any suggestions you can use the in game feedback button, make a post on the steam discussions page, or send an email to: [email protected]
I will probably start doing some playtests in the next 2-3 weeks to test the save system, performance, and the translations. I'll make another announcement when I start doing playtests so keep an eye out for that. Most of my time was spent on translations, and the save system. Bo
Here's what I've been up to the last month. UI: Units menu now has a display to show the number of units in the squad. Also shows the number of units in a squad when changing a unit's squad. Squad members in the Units menu are now sorted by their rank, and level. So higher ranked