Tales of a Spymaster

Released: May 17, 2019
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Last updated: 10 Sep 2026, 18:47 GMT

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20 posts

24 Nov 2019Developer post
Next Update
Hey All! So the latest build of the game is here: The main change in this build is the inclusion of various small spots around the map which will be gaining history and significance in future updates. For right now atleast they will add a bit more variety to the map. Expect to se
25 Oct 2019Developer post
Festive Updates - Due this weekend
Hey All, Just to let you know I hope to release another few minor updates by Monday which will be purely superficial, it will contain lots of pumpkins, skulls, grave changes and spooky trees. After all it will be Halloween soon! These will only appear in the game for a few weeks
24 Oct 2019Developer post
A new Update - Graveyard UI
Hey All! Another new update will be going live in a few minutes. This update contains a UI update for the graveyards. The graveyards are now clickable and they will bring up a UI showing a list of how many people are buried here and of what gender/age. In time this aspect will be
19 Oct 2019Developer post
Update 0.46a - What's New?
Hey All! Sorry for the delay getting this latest update out to you but hopefully I can become more frequent with my updates going forward. Having started a new job with a daily commute, it took some getting used to. So what can you expect in this update? Updated to the latest ver
Hey All!
Sorry for the delay getting this latest update out to you but hopefully I can become more frequent with my updates going forward. Having started a new job with a daily commute, it took some getting used to.
So what can you expect in this update?

Updated to the latest version of Unity.
There is a new graveyards tile associated with each location, it will grow in size as the game progresses and more people die at these locations.
Another attempt at fixes the armies getting stuck. I rewrote a lot of code and hope this resolves the issue.
Fixed a rare but potential crash when armies meet while mid siege.
Fixed various other minor issues to do with UI alignment.
I hope to release another update within the next week which allows users to click the graveyards and show a simple UI detailing all who are buried there.
Now you may ask why I am adding in Graveyard tiles, well with Halloween approaching I thought it would be nice and festive. I also like the idea of exploring grave robbing in future and the possibility of royal burials at certain tiles, where you can run actions against in hope of buried treasure. This update is the first step towards grave robbing / tomb exploring.
Thanks again to all those who have purchased the game! :)
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09 Aug 2019Developer post
Next update - what to expect?
Hello Everyone! So I just wanted to make you aware of what to expect with the next update for the game. In this I hope to do 2 things. Finish the new graveyards features. Fix the armies getting stuck issues. As I have recently learned the armies getting stuck issue is still prese
Hello Everyone!
So I just wanted to make you aware of what to expect with the next update for the game. In this I hope to do 2 things.

Finish the new graveyards features.
Fix the armies getting stuck issues.
As I have recently learned the armies getting stuck issue is still present sadly, so I will try to address this in the next update.
Thanks again everyone for trying out Tales of a Spymaster and hopefully in time with a lot of extra content and fixes it will become a great game 😊
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30 Jul 2019Developer post
Update 0.46 Incoming - Big Stability Improvements and Bug Fixes! :)
Hey All, You will all be happy to hear I am releasing a new update in the coming hour which focuses purely on bug fixes and fixes for crashes which users have been encountering. Fixes Linux - Crashes when failing to call the Steam API or missing dll Crash when going to events and
Hey All,
You will all be happy to hear I am releasing a new update in the coming hour which focuses purely on bug fixes and fixes for crashes which users have been encountering.
Fixes

Linux - Crashes when failing to call the Steam API or missing dll
Crash when going to events and certain conditions are met
Crash during startup of campaign when assigning faction
Crash when failing to put camera over location
Crash when the rain is starting
Crash at end of turn and a certain combination of actions are queued up
Crash when advising action to a dead king before new one is appointed
Crash when king dies mid negotiation of peace/trust
Crash when granting a certain achievement
Crash when going through the resolutions
Crash when fetching the save files
Crash when getting detailed info on a family member
Crash when failing to load a localized piece of text for the UI
Crash when creating a mercenary action
Crash when assigning location names during startup
Crash when triggering a revenge fund
Please note, some of these have the root cause of the crash fixed and others merely are a fix for the crash itself but the underlying problem still exists and I am in the process of fixing them.
Hopefully this update will bring a lot of long term stability to the game anyways for everyone :)
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28 Jul 2019Developer post
Update Live!
Hey All! Been a bit since my last post but I have been busy with this latest update and hopefully it is an important one for a number of you. Features Added name tiles beside every location also saying the known population there. Added a new option to control the game audio level
Hey All!
Been a bit since my last post but I have been busy with this latest update and hopefully it is an important one for a number of you.
Features

Added name tiles beside every location also saying the known population there.
Added a new option to control the game audio level in the game options
Updated to a newer version of Unity, hopefully resolving various issues.
Added back support for the launch screen dialog, if the user holds alt.
Bugs

When someone become a traitor, their loyalty was not updating.
I shall keep the update coming slowly but surely! :)
Thanks again for trying the game out and reporting any issues you see.
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10 Jul 2019Developer post
Next Update - What to expect, any thoughts?
Hey All! I have got a lot of suggestions from players for features they would like to see. I am more than happy to try address all of these suggestions and with the next update I hope to address 2 in particular. Master volume control from main menu settings and in game options Ti
Hey All!
I have got a lot of suggestions from players for features they would like to see. I am more than happy to try address all of these suggestions and with the next update I hope to address 2 in particular.

Master volume control from main menu settings and in game options
Tile identifiers for locations
Now that second item may be something new to some of you but very important to others. The approach I am taking can be seen below:
I am thinking of adding these tiles to every location in the map. That way you can see the name and general idea of the population size without having to click a location.
Anything about it you would like me to change? :)
Thanks for all your feedback!
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08 Jul 2019Developer post
Update Going Live!
Hey All! Hope you are all well and you will be happy to know the update I spoke of is now going live. Took me a while longer than I expected. Hopefully there will be no issues anyways. So what can you expect with this update? :) Features No launcher when you click play Ability to
Hey All!
Hope you are all well and you will be happy to know the update I spoke of is now going live. Took me a while longer than I expected. Hopefully there will be no issues anyways. So what can you expect with this update? :)
Features

No launcher when you click play
Ability to change quality settings from within options
Ability to change resolution from within options
Ability to make game fullscreen or not from within options
Removal of some more unused elements from various scenes
If you do encounter issues, please do post and let me know. All of these are based around the game startup mainly anyways.
Make sure to keep those requests and general bug reports coming. I shall fix everything I can as soon as I can :)
Thanks again!
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05 Jul 2019Developer post
Next Update - What to expect?
Hey All! So I am just finishing up on another update for a feature that has been requested by a number of you. Removal of the launcher and more controls in the options menu! :) So what shall you expect overall with this update? Features No launcher when you click play Ability to
Hey All!
So I am just finishing up on another update for a feature that has been requested by a number of you. Removal of the launcher and more controls in the options menu! :)
So what shall you expect overall with this update?
Features

No launcher when you click play
Ability to change quality settings from within options
Ability to change resolution from within options
Ability to make game fullscreen or not from within options
Removal of some more unused elements from various scenes
This update will hopefully release tomorrow to you all anyways!
Make sure to keep those requests and bug reports coming. I shall fix everything I can as soon as I can :)
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30 Jun 2019Developer post
Update 0.45d - Release Notes
Hey All! So another small update is going live there now which contains a few changes based around the camera, as per user feedback on the discussion pages. Features Remove navigate boundary limits, so users can now navigate into the darkness. When a user clicks close on a locati
Hey All!
So another small update is going live there now which contains a few changes based around the camera, as per user feedback on the discussion pages.
Features

Remove navigate boundary limits, so users can now navigate into the darkness.
When a user clicks close on a location, the camera returns to the previous position.
The coat of arms on the minimap is a bit larger and more visible.
Various minor UI alignment fixes
Keep that feedback coming! Always happy to make changes for people :)
Thanks again!
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29 Jun 2019Developer post
Update Going Live!
Hey All! Hope you are all well and you will be happy to hear another small update is going live now! :) I have spent most of the morning playing with Unity3d settings trying to remove unused components from the build and disable a lot of things that I and you do not care for. In
28 Jun 2019Developer post
Update 0.45c - Gone Live
Hey All! So another update has gone live there now. It may not look like much to see, but I have added extra support so there can be default ones, sharing a bit more of the world history. In a previous update, I added the clickable skeletons that are left after battles, well I ha
26 Jun 2019Developer post
Update Live!
Hey All! Just wanted to let you know, I have made a new update available in the past few minutes which contains some useful little features for all you Spymasters :) Features Shortcut to wedding events from notifications Shortcut to black market from notifications Shortcut to bir
Hey All!
Just wanted to let you know, I have made a new update available in the past few minutes which contains some useful little features for all you Spymasters :)
Features

Shortcut to wedding events from notifications
Shortcut to black market from notifications
Shortcut to birth event from notifications
Shortcut to hostages screen when a new hostage is taken
Fixes

Seeing the word Placeholder when you are meant to see plague information
Issues with saving of wedding details
Removed some useful logging statements
I shall keep the updates coming as quick as I can and thank everyone who is reporting issues and presenting ideas. I am always happy to hear feedback.
Thanks! :)
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24 Jun 2019Developer post
Next Update - What to expect?
Hey All! So I will have another update going out in the next day or so. This related back to what is seen in previous updates, but to let you all know what to expect. Features Shortcut to open black market for plague/poison available notifications Shortcut to wedding event for up
Hey All!
So I will have another update going out in the next day or so. This related back to what is seen in previous updates, but to let you all know what to expect.
Features

Shortcut to open black market for plague/poison available notifications
Shortcut to wedding event for upcoming weddings
Shortcut to funeral event
Shortcut to coronation event
Shortcut to birth event for upcoming royal births
Shortcut to volcano for the volcano eruption event
Shortcut to hostages screen when a new hostage is taken
Some of these shortcuts are proving rather slow to implement, so apologies for the time between updates! But by the end of all this, hopefully it will make navigating between events a lot simpler and I can start implementing other change requests :)
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18 Jun 2019Developer post
Update 0.45c - Release Notes
Hey All! So I have a rather useful update coming later today which took a good deal of time to implement. This update focuses on adding those shortcut click buttons on notifications to a lot more types of events! :) Features Shortcut to defeat notification - multiple sources Shor
Hey All!
So I have a rather useful update coming later today which took a good deal of time to implement. This update focuses on adding those shortcut click buttons on notifications to a lot more types of events! :)
Features

Shortcut to defeat notification - multiple sources
Shortcut to defeat notification - single source
Shortcut to mercenaries raid location notification
Shortcut to mercenaries finished defending location notification
Shortcut to mercenaries arrived to defend location notification
Shortcut to plague at border location notification
Shortcut to plague in enemy lands notification
Shortcut to plague in player lands notification
Shortcut to poison in enemy lands notification
Shortcut to poison in player lands notification
Shortcut to raid location notification
Shortcut to reinforce notification
Shortcut to relocate notification
Shortcut to saboteur success, failed, nothing happened notifications
Shortcut to spy reached destination notification
Shortcut to plague died notification
Shortcut to victory in siege notification
Shortcut to plague spread notification
Shortcut to plague update in location notification
Fixes

Reduced the population of the Republic of Accipter as it has an unfair advantage
Made some load changes to the population section to improve performance and have more accurate reload of population sizes.
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15 Jun 2019Developer post
Update Going Live!
Hey All Thanks to everyone who is reporting the issues they are seeing, you will be glad to know another update is going live now with some important fixes! Fixes Fixed incorrectly showing loan paid off notification Fixed armies getting stuck when going between close locations Fi
Hey All
Thanks to everyone who is reporting the issues they are seeing, you will be glad to know another update is going live now with some important fixes!
Fixes

Fixed incorrectly showing loan paid off notification
Fixed armies getting stuck when going between close locations
Fixed some armies ignoring truce declarations and in turn ruining the truce
Various small UI fixes
This may not be a huge update in terms of content, but those fixes should help make the game more stable for you all! :)
In the next update I hope to add some more fixes, but I am also adding some more shortcut links from the notifications.
Thanks again for all your comments and feedback! :)
Original post
12 Jun 2019Developer post
Update Incoming! - A good few bug fixes :)
Hey All! Busy week, sorry for being so quiet on here! So I have a new update going live in the next few minutes which contains a lot of bug fixes for you all. I have also added a number of extra error alerts for myself, so it will help me deal with issues in the future. Fixes Cor
Hey All!
Busy week, sorry for being so quiet on here!
So I have a new update going live in the next few minutes which contains a lot of bug fixes for you all. I have also added a number of extra error alerts for myself, so it will help me deal with issues in the future.
Fixes

Correctly storing whether nobility has secrets during load / save
Correctly storing whether military has secrets during load / save
Correctly storing whether household has secrets during load / save
Correctly storing whether clergy has secrets during load / save
Fixed lost roles upon reload of court members
Correctly storing who has blackmailed nobility members during load / save
Correctly storing who has blackmailed military members during load / save
Correctly storing who has blackmailed household members during load / save
Correctly storing who has blackmailed clergy members during load / save
Fixed various alignment issues that were irritating me on the save/load UI page
As you can see, most of this information related to the save and load of games. Hopefully this will address the issues people are seeing relating to the court member investigations :)
Thanks again for reporting the issues! Slowly but surely the issues are being resolved.
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07 Jun 2019Developer post
Another Update Today! :)
Hey All! So I am releasing another update now to fix some issues with the diplomacy screen. Fixes One of the factions does not show up consistently The screen can get stuck if closed in a certain manner Thanks again to everyone who is reporting the issues! :)
Hey All!
So I am releasing another update now to fix some issues with the diplomacy screen.
Fixes

One of the factions does not show up consistently
The screen can get stuck if closed in a certain manner
Thanks again to everyone who is reporting the issues! :)
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07 Jun 2019Developer post
Update Live!
Hey All! Just letting you know another update has just gone live with various bug fixes all relating to loading a saved game. Various values such as gold were not being loaded correctly and lost in future saves. There are still a few more known issues relating to the load game wh

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