Developer posts and news about this game.
Hey everyone, I've dropped the price to $4.99. This isn't necessarily a reflection of the upcoming remake's quality. I'm pricing this game at a point where trying it out is a low-stakes decision for people. The previous pricing (including the jump to $19.99) came from inexperienc
There's some progress to show for the remake. It's been a while since the last announcement. The tiles are essentially done for the first region (England and Wales), though the remake isn't playable yet, so nothing has shipped to the live build. And, the foundations of the new sh
I'm remaking the game from scratch in the Godot engine and I'll resume updates from there. A new discord server has also been set up (linked in the Steam page). The latest version of Of Crowns & Chains (Unity - Alpha 1.0.4.05) will remain accessible to all players as a legacy
Changes: Another Graphical Overhaul to make the game look better (not too different from Alpha 1.0.3 - 8 direction, 8 pixel ray marching maintained for performance reasons). Naval Unit Spawning & Movement Fixed (Naval combat in-development). I'm publishing this update despite
System Changes: Frontlines on allied territory against non-allied neighbors are now available for player/AI assignment. Allied nations will send units to help an allied nation (player or not) during wars. Adjacency check added to ensure nations do not steal occupation of tiles if
Changes: Localized some UI Elements. Altered graphics (again) to make borders easier to distinguish. Bug Fixes: Fixed bug where nations were not being annexed properly. Fixed tile adjacencies (Some island parts of Europe deemed accessible by strait were not accessible). Mini-Anno
Optimizations Ray marching reduced to 8 directions (significantly higher FPS with minimal visual impact). System & UI Improvements Quality setting now only affects cloud detail. Nation borders are now easier to distinguish (graphical/shader changes). Units now properly distri
Optimizations: Merged Country Selection scene with Game scene (now it's much more seamless). Replaced Main Menu real-time rendering with a pre-rendered background video to decrease lag and battery life strain on laptop devices. General optimizations were made with how tiles are h
To address player feedback regarding the game's optimization issues, the upcoming Alpha 1.0.3 update on Friday (10/24/2025) will add three tile density modes: Low (7,000 tiles across Europe) Medium (22,000 tiles across Europe) High (42,000 tiles across Europe) As of Alpha 1.0.2,
System(s) Changes: Added Unit Disbandment (Press G to delete all selected units and the soldiers will return to your nation's manpower - if the units have already taken casualties, it'll return those who are left alive). Standing Army is now tracked dynamically (casualties can be
Bugs Fixed: Unit Teleportation Bug Fixed Military Recruitment Bug Fixed Known Bug: Static Frontline Assignments Bug: Unit assignments to frontlines are not cleared when the player returns to the Main Menu and starts a new game as the exact same nation as they played the previous