Northrealm Tribes Development Update - Building, Viking Raids, Tower UI & Steam Features
Hello everyone,
over the last days we continued improving many core systems of Northrealm Tribes. The focus was on more stable building systems, improved resource and tower gameplay, new Viking raid mechanics, additional Steam integration, and a more consistent UI style.
Building, Fields & Village Gameplay
Improved building construction stability so structures complete more reliably.
Fixed several issues related to house construction and villager spawning.
Fields, mill bonuses, and resource values now save and load more reliably.
Resource handling was cleaned up to prevent invalid or negative values.
Building placement and overall performance around structures were improved.
Viking Raids & Minimap
New Viking ship waves can now attack the coastline.
Added a warning UI for incoming Viking raids.
Viking ships now appear on the minimap.
Minimap indicators were stabilized, resized, and protected against several crash cases.
Ships, loot crates, and spawners are now detected and filtered more reliably.
Towers, Repairs & Upgrades
The tower action window was redesigned and now displays repair and upgrade costs using wood, stone, and gold resource icons.
Long cost values now scale properly so buttons no longer shift downward.
Missing resources are highlighted directly in the cost display.
Repair and upgrade buttons now correctly enable or disable depending on available resources and tower condition.
Tower upgrades and scaled upgrade costs are now saved correctly, even after returning to the main menu and loading later.
Added an upgrade preview for HP, radius, and quality.
Destroying towers now requires a second confirmation with a short timeout.
Market, Trading & Resources
Market prices were rebalanced.
Buying and selling now use clearer amount and gold calculations.
The market UI was updated to match the new dark gold visual style.
Steam Features
The Steam News window was redesigned with cleaner cards, metadata, and links.
Added a Steam resource gifting UI.
Online friends currently playing Northrealm Tribes can now be selected directly.
Resources can now be sent to friends via Steam P2P.
Recipients receive a popup notification when a resource gift arrives.
The Steam friends list now displays Steam names and avatars once Steam data becomes available.
The Steam resource leaderboard was visually updated to match the new UI style.
Localization & Stability
Added new localization entries.
Extended German and Russian translations.
Fixed multiple UI and savegame related issues.
Cleaned up build and validation problems.
Thank you to everyone testing Northrealm Tribes and providing feedback. The next steps continue to focus on stability, balancing, and improving the overall gameplay experience.