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Linux GUI Stability, Audio Rework, Model Preparation UI, Typing, and Turn Display Fixes This document covers only the changes from V31.10 through V31.13.2. The main focus of this update range is Linux GUI scaling, scene and audio transitions, local AI model preparation UI, startu
I WAS A KING Night Court, Foreign Armies, Linux Stability, and GUI Parity Since V30.119, IWAK has expanded from a court-decision game into a royal governance simulation featuring a day-and-night ruling cycle, policy fatigue, court collapse, foreign invasion, multiple endings, and
V30.105 - Fixed English mode activation from English royal names/input - Added bilingual startup guidance - Added payload-to-GUI language switch token V30.106 - Added per-run seed generation - Preserved run seed across save/load - Added /seed and /runseed commands - Added /잠행, /암
Greetings, Your Majesty. This update focuses on one major goal: making I WAS A KING feel less like a terminal experiment and more like a complete royal court simulation. Over the last several builds, we rebuilt large parts of the Steam GUI pipeline, improved music playback, reduc
three-hundred columns of petitions and 1200 columns of decisions has been improved. Also, new trailer and web demo will soon be available at Thanks for your reign, Your Highness.
The V30.87 through V30.93 update cycle focuses on making IWAK’s Steam GUI build more stable, more presentable, and more reliable for Windows and Linux distribution. The major areas of improvement are build stability, BGM playback, typewriter rendering, UI polish, and AI model lau
Your Majesty, This update adds the first proper background music system to I WAS A KING and stabilizes the Windows / Linux Steam GUI build pipeline around it. The biggest change is the introduction of adaptive BGM. The game no longer relies only on text, background art, and UI at
# I WAS A KING — Recent Update Notes V30.64 ~ V30.72 Your Majesty, Since the last cumulative update notice, I WAS A KING has received another round of important patches focused on court agenda content, typewriter presentation, Linux UTF-8 behavior, build warning cleanup, input re
# I WAS A KING — Cumulative Update Notes V30.27 ~ V30.63 Your Majesty, Over the recent update cycle, I WAS A KING has received a major series of improvements across the Royal Court GUI, Steam integration, playable demo builds, achievement handling, readability, Linux/Windows pack
English Patch Notes This update rebuilds the Linux presentation layer of I WAS A KING into a dedicated Royal Court GUI and adds a diplomacy view to the court interface. Added a GUI-owned Diplomacy tab for Ming relations, national prestige, external threats, trade, and envoy incid
I’m the solo developer of I WAS A KING . In order to increase quality of the game, I've decided to change release schedule. In March 2, 2026, Our Playtest goes live. This public test is focused on collecting real player feedback so we can iterate quickly and ship better updates b
The court has completed its preparations, and 〈I WAS A KING〉 has been formally posted on Steam as Coming Soon . This title is governed by the following principles of state: Outcomes are decided by rules. The voice of the court is carried by AI. Words may be spoken freely, but res