Fracture the Flag

Released: Dec 7, 2016
Platforms: Windows
Last updated: 06 Sep 2026, 00:40 GMT

Updates & announcements

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10 Mar 2017Developer post
Spring Is Here! And So Is A Sale!
To celebrate that spring is here and spring break (for some) Fracture the Flag will be discounted 50% through the end of the weekend. So come and get a copy! Next in the Development Pipeline As an added bonus here's an early sneak peak at what's coming next in the still unnamed "
10 Mar 2017Developer post
Spring Is Here! And So Is A Sale!
To celebrate that spring is here and spring break (for some) Fracture the Flag will be discounted 50% through the end of the weekend. So come and get a copy! Next in the Development Pipeline As an added bonus here's an early sneak peak at what's coming next in the still unnamed "
08 Dec 2016Developer post
Build 1.4.4 - Bugs Getting Fixed
A patch for the population cap bug has been pushed to Steam. The game should update automatically - you can check the version in the lower left of the start scene look for version 1.4.1 or greater. If the game does not update you may need to restart the Steam client. The current
08 Dec 2016Developer post
Build 1.4.4 - Bugs Getting Fixed
A patch for the population cap bug has been pushed to Steam. The game should update automatically - you can check the version in the lower left of the start scene look for version 1.4.1 or greater. If the game does not update you may need to restart the Steam client. The current
07 Dec 2016Developer post
Leaving Early Access
Almost exactly six months after the initial release Fracture the Flag is leaving Steam Early Access! FTF has come a long way from that first buggy release back in June! A sincere thank you to all that gave feedback and helped shape FTF into a much better game. The goal of an Earl
07 Dec 2016Developer post
Leaving Early Access
Almost exactly six months after the initial release Fracture the Flag is leaving Steam Early Access! FTF has come a long way from that first buggy release back in June! A sincere thank you to all that gave feedback and helped shape FTF into a much better game. The goal of an Earl
06 Dec 2016Developer post
FTF Version 1.4
New Maps With the new build comes a new multiplayer map plus more single player combat maps bringing the total to 5. The new multiplayer map is a desert oasis with palm trees and cactus. The level is also playable as a single player. The additional single player maps range from e
New Maps
With the new build comes a new multiplayer map plus more single player combat maps bringing the total to 5.
The new multiplayer map is a desert oasis with palm trees and cactus. The level is also playable as a single player.
The additional single player maps range from easy to finish in the “Skirmish” map to much longer experiences in “Desert Oasis” and “Islands in the Sky.”
Leaving Early Access
No game is ever finished or ever perfect and Fracture the Flag certainly falls into that category, but the time for FTF to leave the nest has come.
FTF has come a long way from its first release. The number of bugs, improvements and added features is too hard to count. As a solo developer I have learned so much during the development and release of FTF - I’m more than excited to apply everything that I’ve learned to my next game. Support for the game will continue but will be mostly focused on addressing bugs and not content addition.
Fracture the Flag will likely leave Early Access in the next few days - any unforeseen bugs, issues or acts of God aside.
Changes & Improvements
Version 1.4 while adding substantial content also addressed some bugs and improved some aspects of the game.

AI attack delay timer no longer starts when the map is loaded, but waits until the player starts.
Watchtower arrow’s damage was substantially reduced.
Matchmaking should be more reliable - hopefully no more joining but being on the wrong map.
Many of the particle effects will now be culled at distance - small performance boost.
Single Player best times should now display properly for all challenges.
The player ranking calculation has been retooled and simplified - the leader board was also reset.
AI bomber behavior has been changed to send groups of bombers rather than individuals on higher difficulty settings.
New combat achievements have been added including a “hard mode” achievement.
Probably a few other bits as well...
Original post
06 Dec 2016Developer post
FTF Version 1.4
New Maps With the new build comes a new multiplayer map plus more single player combat maps bringing the total to 5. The new multiplayer map is a desert oasis with palm trees and cactus. The level is also playable as a single player. The additional single player maps range from e
New Maps
With the new build comes a new multiplayer map plus more single player combat maps bringing the total to 5.
The new multiplayer map is a desert oasis with palm trees and cactus. The level is also playable as a single player.
The additional single player maps range from easy to finish in the “Skirmish” map to much longer experiences in “Desert Oasis” and “Islands in the Sky.”
Leaving Early Access
No game is ever finished or ever perfect and Fracture the Flag certainly falls into that category, but the time for FTF to leave the nest has come.
FTF has come a long way from its first release. The number of bugs, improvements and added features is too hard to count. As a solo developer I have learned so much during the development and release of FTF - I’m more than excited to apply everything that I’ve learned to my next game. Support for the game will continue but will be mostly focused on addressing bugs and not content addition.
Fracture the Flag will likely leave Early Access in the next few days - any unforeseen bugs, issues or acts of God aside.
Changes & Improvements
Version 1.4 while adding substantial content also addressed some bugs and improved some aspects of the game.

AI attack delay timer no longer starts when the map is loaded, but waits until the player starts.
Watchtower arrow’s damage was substantially reduced.
Matchmaking should be more reliable - hopefully no more joining but being on the wrong map.
Many of the particle effects will now be culled at distance - small performance boost.
Single Player best times should now display properly for all challenges.
The player ranking calculation has been retooled and simplified - the leader board was also reset.
AI bomber behavior has been changed to send groups of bombers rather than individuals on higher difficulty settings.
New combat achievements have been added including a “hard mode” achievement.
Probably a few other bits as well...
Original post
06 Nov 2016Developer post
Patch v 1.3.1
A few more changes have been made to FTF for version 1.3.1. An error in physics based explosions has caused some re-rebalancing The option to remove walls has been added Error with the building selection menu changing buildings has been fixed Small changes to remove unneeded phys
A few more changes have been made to FTF for version 1.3.1.

An error in physics based explosions has caused some re-rebalancing
The option to remove walls has been added
Error with the building selection menu changing buildings has been fixed
Small changes to remove unneeded physics components - minor performance boost
Balloons have a better and more fiery death!
There is a known issue with AI buildings burning down before all surrounding flags are gone. A fix to this will hopefully becoming soon.
Original post
06 Nov 2016Developer post
Patch v 1.3.1
A few more changes have been made to FTF for version 1.3.1. An error in physics based explosions has caused some re-rebalancing The option to remove walls has been added Error with the building selection menu changing buildings has been fixed Small changes to remove unneeded phys
A few more changes have been made to FTF for version 1.3.1.

An error in physics based explosions has caused some re-rebalancing
The option to remove walls has been added
Error with the building selection menu changing buildings has been fixed
Small changes to remove unneeded physics components - minor performance boost
Balloons have a better and more fiery death!
There is a known issue with AI buildings burning down before all surrounding flags are gone. A fix to this will hopefully becoming soon.
Original post
06 Nov 2016Developer post
FTF Version 1.3
New Features With the new version comes two notable new features! Both should add gameplay and make FTF feel more complete. Bomb Balloons are created at the bomb depot and drop 3 powerful bombs on a distant target. They are designed to be single use and will crash after dropping
New Features
With the new version comes two notable new features! Both should add gameplay and make FTF feel more complete.
Bomb Balloons are created at the bomb depot and drop 3 powerful bombs on a distant target. They are designed to be single use and will crash after dropping their bombs.
Defensive watchtowers fire flaming arrows at enemy workers, swordsman, bombers and siege weapons. Watchtowers are also capable of shooting down bomb balloons.
A short teaser of the new features.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-2NoMt4B4c
Other Changes
A few other changes have been made to FTF.

A population cap of 50 workers has been put in place
Lumber production has been increased
Siege weapon menu has been removed - it was pretty useless
When bombers die they now drop their bomb which explodes
Ammo Depots now have a max amount of ammo - reduces resource drain by over filling
The tech tree has been reduced in size and complexity
The single player AI can now send bomb balloons and will have watchtower defenses
Networking
Further changes to the workers and siege weapon ammo scripts have been made to further reduce network traffic. This should help to further stabilize multiplayer connections.
Bricks (flags and brick walls) remain the last potential reduction in network traffic. However, accuracy with bricks is more important than with other objects in the game. So changes won’t be made unless there is clearly an issue.
Polish and Bug Fixes
Several small behind the scene changes have been made too. See the Change Log for more complete details
Next Steps
The biggest focus will be on creating more maps or levels. This will take the form of more single player combat options as well as a third multiplayer map. Finishing these new levels will be the final steps before FTF moves out of Early Access. The current hope is that FTF will leave Early Access by the end of the year, but it could be as late as February.
Price Changing
Before FTF leaves Early Access the game will see an increase in price. The final full price is likely to be near 5 USD. So if FTF has been sitting on your wishlist then buy it before the price increases!
Original post
06 Nov 2016Developer post
FTF Version 1.3
New Features With the new version comes two notable new features! Both should add gameplay and make FTF feel more complete. Bomb Balloons are created at the bomb depot and drop 3 powerful bombs on a distant target. They are designed to be single use and will crash after dropping
New Features
With the new version comes two notable new features! Both should add gameplay and make FTF feel more complete.
Bomb Balloons are created at the bomb depot and drop 3 powerful bombs on a distant target. They are designed to be single use and will crash after dropping their bombs.
Defensive watchtowers fire flaming arrows at enemy workers, swordsman, bombers and siege weapons. Watchtowers are also capable of shooting down bomb balloons.
A short teaser of the new features.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-2NoMt4B4c
Other Changes
A few other changes have been made to FTF.

A population cap of 50 workers has been put in place
Lumber production has been increased
Siege weapon menu has been removed - it was pretty useless
When bombers die they now drop their bomb which explodes
Ammo Depots now have a max amount of ammo - reduces resource drain by over filling
The tech tree has been reduced in size and complexity
The single player AI can now send bomb balloons and will have watchtower defenses
Networking
Further changes to the workers and siege weapon ammo scripts have been made to further reduce network traffic. This should help to further stabilize multiplayer connections.
Bricks (flags and brick walls) remain the last potential reduction in network traffic. However, accuracy with bricks is more important than with other objects in the game. So changes won’t be made unless there is clearly an issue.
Polish and Bug Fixes
Several small behind the scene changes have been made too. See the Change Log for more complete details
Next Steps
The biggest focus will be on creating more maps or levels. This will take the form of more single player combat options as well as a third multiplayer map. Finishing these new levels will be the final steps before FTF moves out of Early Access. The current hope is that FTF will leave Early Access by the end of the year, but it could be as late as February.
Price Changing
Before FTF leaves Early Access the game will see an increase in price. The final full price is likely to be near 5 USD. So if FTF has been sitting on your wishlist then buy it before the price increases!
Original post
17 Oct 2016Developer post
New Beta Build - Higher FPS
Better Frame Rate TL;DR New build is up to 60% faster! FInd it on the Beta Branch. Fracture the Flag’s game engine was just updated to the most current release state. With this new version comes better optimization for multi-core CPUs. Some of the load from the main thread is now
Better Frame Rate
TL;DR New build is up to 60% faster! FInd it on the Beta Branch.
Fracture the Flag’s game engine was just updated to the most current release state. With this new version comes better optimization for multi-core CPUs. Some of the load from the main thread is now (supposedly) off loaded to a second thread. In brief testing a 30% reduction in CPU time per frame was seen simply by upgrading the engine!
Furthermore, the precomputed lightmaps have been removed from each level. This cuts the build size of FTF nearly in half. This also seems to have the added benefit of of further reducing the CPU time per frame. You may notice a change in some of the lighting/coloring.
The two changes combined showed almost a 60% reduction in CPU time from the previous build. This build needs some more testing especially on a wide range of hardware.
Please leave feedback in the comments below.
How to Switch Branches
Switching branches is easy!

Right click “Fracture the Flag” in your steam library
Click properties
Go to the BETAS tab
Select "beta_testers”
Hit ok and run the update (you may need to restart Steam to force the update)
To switch back repeat the steps, but choose “none” to opt out of the beta.
Original post
17 Oct 2016Developer post
New Beta Build - Higher FPS
Better Frame Rate TL;DR New build is up to 60% faster! FInd it on the Beta Branch. Fracture the Flag’s game engine was just updated to the most current release state. With this new version comes better optimization for multi-core CPUs. Some of the load from the main thread is now
Better Frame Rate
TL;DR New build is up to 60% faster! FInd it on the Beta Branch.
Fracture the Flag’s game engine was just updated to the most current release state. With this new version comes better optimization for multi-core CPUs. Some of the load from the main thread is now (supposedly) off loaded to a second thread. In brief testing a 30% reduction in CPU time per frame was seen simply by upgrading the engine!
Furthermore, the precomputed lightmaps have been removed from each level. This cuts the build size of FTF nearly in half. This also seems to have the added benefit of of further reducing the CPU time per frame. You may notice a change in some of the lighting/coloring.
The two changes combined showed almost a 60% reduction in CPU time from the previous build. This build needs some more testing especially on a wide range of hardware.
Please leave feedback in the comments below.
How to Switch Branches
Switching branches is easy!

Right click “Fracture the Flag” in your steam library
Click properties
Go to the BETAS tab
Select "beta_testers”
Hit ok and run the update (you may need to restart Steam to force the update)
To switch back repeat the steps, but choose “none” to opt out of the beta.
Original post
16 Oct 2016Developer post
October Update
Single Player Combat The latest build on the main branch now includes basic single player combat. At the moment this is limited to one level, but will likely expand with feedback from players. Feedback on difficulty, fun factor and bugs are always helpful for the further developm
16 Oct 2016Developer post
October Update
Single Player Combat The latest build on the main branch now includes basic single player combat. At the moment this is limited to one level, but will likely expand with feedback from players. Feedback on difficulty, fun factor and bugs are always helpful for the further developm
02 Oct 2016Developer post
Single Player Combat
Work on the single player combat has been moving along at a slow but steady pace. The basic pieces are in place and are now working well enough that they need more eyes to further refine and balance the game. New Beta Tester Build The latest build of FTF has been pushed up to the
Work on the single player combat has been moving along at a slow but steady pace. The basic pieces are in place and are now working well enough that they need more eyes to further refine and balance the game.
New Beta Tester Build
The latest build of FTF has been pushed up to the “Beta Testers” branch. No password is needed and can be tested by everyone!
The build includes one single player combat based challenge. More combat levels will follow once the bugs have been fixed.
The new build will also self report statistics for a multiplayer disconnect. Resolving or reducing the disconnects will be the next goal after the combat bits are dialed, but getting more data on the disconnects is crucial to solving the problem
How to Switch Branches
Switching branches is easy!

Right click “Fracture the Flag” in your steam library
Click properties
Go to the BETAS tab
Select "beta_testers”
Hit ok and run the update (you may need to restart Steam to force the update)
To switch back repeat the steps, but choose “none” to opt out of the beta.
Why Beta?
Many scripts have been adapted from multiplayer to allow both single and multiplayer. This may cause some issues in multiplayer that would be unacceptable for a main branch release.
Known Issues
There are a few known issues...

Not all AI siege weapons fire
Menu shows a second level that does not exist (yet)
White capsule in AI base - serves as a spawn point
Best Times not showing correctly in single player menu
No achievement implemented for combat level
Ability to move swordsman and siege weapons broke - this is game breaking but not easily reproducible
Original post
02 Oct 2016Developer post
Single Player Combat
Work on the single player combat has been moving along at a slow but steady pace. The basic pieces are in place and are now working well enough that they need more eyes to further refine and balance the game. New Beta Tester Build The latest build of FTF has been pushed up to the
Work on the single player combat has been moving along at a slow but steady pace. The basic pieces are in place and are now working well enough that they need more eyes to further refine and balance the game.
New Beta Tester Build
The latest build of FTF has been pushed up to the “Beta Testers” branch. No password is needed and can be tested by everyone!
The build includes one single player combat based challenge. More combat levels will follow once the bugs have been fixed.
The new build will also self report statistics for a multiplayer disconnect. Resolving or reducing the disconnects will be the next goal after the combat bits are dialed, but getting more data on the disconnects is crucial to solving the problem
How to Switch Branches
Switching branches is easy!

Right click “Fracture the Flag” in your steam library
Click properties
Go to the BETAS tab
Select "beta_testers”
Hit ok and run the update (you may need to restart Steam to force the update)
To switch back repeat the steps, but choose “none” to opt out of the beta.
Why Beta?
Many scripts have been adapted from multiplayer to allow both single and multiplayer. This may cause some issues in multiplayer that would be unacceptable for a main branch release.
Known Issues
There are a few known issues...

Not all AI siege weapons fire
Menu shows a second level that does not exist (yet)
White capsule in AI base - serves as a spawn point
Best Times not showing correctly in single player menu
No achievement implemented for combat level
Ability to move swordsman and siege weapons broke - this is game breaking but not easily reproducible
Original post
07 Sep 2016Developer post
September Update - AI is Coming
Development on Fracture the Flag has slowed as real life gets hectic, but development does continue! The current project is adding to the single player challenges with the addition of some basic combat oriented levels. The new levels will continue to be time based - how fast can
07 Sep 2016Developer post
September Update - AI is Coming
Development on Fracture the Flag has slowed as real life gets hectic, but development does continue! The current project is adding to the single player challenges with the addition of some basic combat oriented levels. The new levels will continue to be time based - how fast can

Updates & announcements

Next in the Development Pipeline

Next in the Development Pipeline

Edit: Version 1.4.2 is now live.

Edit: Version 1.4.3 is now live.

Edit: Version 1.4.4 is now live.

Edit: Version 1.4.2 is now live.

Edit: Version 1.4.3 is now live.

Edit: Version 1.4.4 is now live.

New Maps

Leaving Early Access

Changes & Improvements

New Maps

Leaving Early Access

Changes & Improvements

New Features

Other Changes

Networking

Polish and Bug Fixes

Next Steps

Price Changing

New Features

Other Changes

Networking

Polish and Bug Fixes

Next Steps

Price Changing

Better Frame Rate

How to Switch Branches

Better Frame Rate

How to Switch Branches

Single Player Combat

Network Disconnects

Update 10/16

Single Player Combat

Network Disconnects

Update 10/16

New Beta Tester Build

How to Switch Branches

Why Beta?

Known Issues

New Beta Tester Build

How to Switch Branches

Why Beta?

Known Issues

What’s Next?

What’s Next?