Our second pre-release update is available to play right now!
We’d like to start by thanking our streamers, chat players and many members of our community, especially our Discord. The deluge of support and feedback you’ve given us has been incredible, and directly influenced what’s in this lovely new update.
Thanks also to KingArgaroth for naming this update! He’s been streaming King of the Castle regularly and is a superb Monarch, so go drop him a follow here.
King of the Castle v0.8 “Argy TuTu” includes:
An overhaul of Rebellions!
- Rebellion UI has been overhauled to better inform the Nobles and Monarch what triggers a Rebellion.
- Rebellions now only need a majority of active players in game to start a Rebellion, ensuring smaller Regions aren’t blocked from starting Rebellions.
- We’ve updated Rebellion Events, improving the length and variety of Events in Rebellions and to have them respond better to multiple Region Rebellions.
- Rebelling Nobles may also now fund buildings in the Building Auction screen, giving them more chances to bolster their campaign.
- We’ve made a variety of bug fixes to Rebellions also.
Rework of Voting percentages
- We’ve removed the percentage limit of votes needed to advance the game, leaving the decision to close voting down to the Monarch.
- The timer now takes priority in Voting and Successor Voting, with an option to leave the screen early if enough Nobles have voted.
- This design change will allow Monarchs to start and end votes more easily, and is based on direct feedback about voting we’ve received.
New customisations for Nobles and Monarchs!
- A selection of fine new crowns for Monarchs to wear.
- New outfits and hats for the Barons and Chiefs, with more to come for all Regions.
Schemes now respond to Dynasty Games
- How your previous game ended will alter Schemes, tying them better into the story of your Dynasty.
- This update also includes a host of fixes to highest and lowest Scheme goal description inconsistencies.
- Read the balance changes below to see our other changes to Schemes in this update.
Our new update also includes:
A number of key balance changes to the game:
- Wealth values have been rebalanced throughout the game, giving Nobles more buying power.
- Blood Ritual Scheme final goal has been changed from Farming to Trade.
- Ashmedean war storyline now matches the similar Monarch’s Ambition.
- Fixed recurrent Comet Sighting Events occurring in games.
The following polish changes to King of the Castle:
- The End Season button is now easier to see and removed from play when not available
- Improvements to UI text in the Vote Screen.
- Tabbing in input fields is now available.
- Wealth increase strings have been updated for the Golden Choice Law.
- Tutorial button colours have been swapped.
- All Regions now must have at least one player joined to start a game.
We also have these features in the game:
- Optimizations for our Fetch request system, improving load times for larger games.
- Regions are ordered consistently in the UI (thanks to feedback from our Discord!)
- New typefaces for text with special characters.
- Camera will now zoom out on the final Event of a season.
- Advanced state tracking for adversarial Monarch choices, which appears in various Events in game.
- Improvements to our analytics system.
- Flashy new splash screen.
We’ve resolved the following bugs:
- Claimants' pronouns are respected in their description (i.e. they/them are now Treacherous Half-Sibling rather than Half-Brother).
- Rebellions no longer incorrectly trigger immediately after loading a save.
- Fixed issues with wealth-dependent Events failing when Nobles gain/lose wealth during a Season.
- Region music now loops throughout a Region Event.
- The map shader no longer removes when the Noble List is open.
- End game screen alignment issues resolved.
- Fixed cropped hats in the Successor Vote screen.
- Fixes to misaligned banners for certain NPCs.
- Numerous content fixes.
If you have any feedback join the Discord or post below! We’d love to hear it and are keen to make King of the Castle even better.
Finally, don’t forget to wishlist the game. We’ve designed King of the Castle to be perfect for your board game group, D&D session or for those who love to scheme against their friends and family…
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