Developer posts and news about this game.
New sound ON/OFF asset Ship wreck VFX: Sea of Broken Sails uses looping Ship wreck frames (replaces static art). Cancer VFX: cooldown crab anim (20–60 sec random); also plays on Wild Bamboo / Tree Island select and Bamboovia / Eucalypta capture. DEPLOY soft-lock fix: host conques
Clearer “your turn” moment in multiplayer (sound + pulse), including for guests Smoother menu ↔ match music fade Bots no longer get stuck when armies are bottled up inland
Combat / rules Fixed "Border Trap" bug (my son discovered it): getting stuck when you had armies inland but only 1-unit border territories could attack - so random 1-unit attack is automatically executed Audio / feel Phase timer tick sound in the last 5 seconds (your turn only) “
Fixed duplicate conquest cards showing up in your hand Fixed DEPLOY getting stuck after trading in multiple card sets Mission wins now wait for the conquest wave to finish before the victory screen Experimental: drop mid-match and rejoin the same Steam lobby to take your seat bac
Multiplayer fixes & polish Fixed needing to restart the game to host a new Steam match after exiting Victory screen now correctly shows Last Pirate Standing when you win by eliminating the last human opponent Guests should reliably see their mission (no more placeholder text)
With delay of one week, we are finally releasing the game! Since last update we added several (at least we hope) UX-breaking UI elements: arrows that show legal pathing game logs for last 10 moves UNDO button for Deploy phase except for last unit etc. Moreover, we did more ingame
To give full experience of our game we will let multiplayer mode opened during Steam Next Fest. If game gets traction, we might prolong open MP mode for week or two. Otherwise, we will share our branch password with interested content creators and few fans we have :)
New visuals for movement and deployment: - Removed paws - Now target land gets visual effect of moving, so everybody can see movement of humans and bots - When somebody gets bonus, other players are aware of it Many bugs are fixed - this list huge for multiplayer mode... Random q
Demo is now live! New menu and ingame music are available. Several bugs around coins are solved. P.S. Multiplayer will be available for Steam Next Fest in 11 days ;)
Tutorial encompasses 2 full turns against 3 Clueless Parrot bots. You can continue playing after that, or not... New map visuals are added, some animations too... more to come! Game braking bugs are fixed. There are more smaller ones, but we are working on it :)
New Platforms Games should be available now on Linux and MacOS. Fixed bot bug Only easy one was playing, no matter the selection. So that is fixed now. Dices Also added new dices for defender :)
UI improvements Dices are not numbers any more, but we made assets. Rolling animation is also added, that continues into new combat animation. Land and continent bonus information is added now. Overhauled sound effects. Land selection has shine effect now, to make it more obvious
🎨 Exciting News: We've Transitioned to Playtest! 🎨 Animal Times has moved from demo to playtest as we bring the visuals to life! We've partnered with a talented 2D artist (who's also a passionate gamer) to replace placeholder art with polished, final assets. This means you'll s
🎮 Major Milestone Approaching - 95% Single Player Content Complete! 🎮 We're thrilled to announce that Animal Times is nearing a massive milestone - 95% of the single player gameplay experience is almost ready ! This means you'll soon have access to nearly the complete gameplay