Hi everyone
We are happy to release our next rather extensive update including a whole new Battle board created in the best Halloween spirit where we celebrate a productive summer and prepare for the cold dark winter with a sacrifice to Freyr and the spirits roaming around us hoping for their blessings and goodwill.
To celebrate Álfablót (or Halloween as the Christians among us call it) we have a
20% discount on Wartile during the Steam Halloween Sale.
Another great announcement is that we officially have partnered up with
[url= www.deck13.de ] DECK 13[/url]as our publisher. DECK 13 is one of Germany's leading developer studios with major releases such as Lords of the Fallen Lords of the Fallen and just recently The Surge. DECK13 is also running a publishing department aimed to assist Indie studios as ourselves to penetrate a crowded market and help us bring Wartile to other platforms.
The Álfablót Battle Board
The Álfablót is a Norse Celebration in honor of Freyr and to offer respect to the spirits in the coming of the dark winter. In this Battle board Witches of Nature gather around Frays alter at the foot of Yggdrasil to open a spiritual link to Alfheim and through this communicate with the Elves and gain magical powers. During their chanting, Landvættir (land spirits) are attracted from near and far, and some are easily provoked.
Godly Cards
Six new godly cards can now be unlocked as part of the progression from existing battle boards.
- Draugr Shrine (Unlocks on Lost Norse)
- Freyr’s Hex (Unlocks on Dark Forest)
- Pilgrim’s Madness (Unlocks on Dark Forest)
- Flames of Glod (Unlocks on The Rescue)
- Æsir’s Respite (Unlocks on The Monastery)
- Thor’s Roar (Unlocks on Thor’s Wrath)
New unique tokens
A significant addition is Unique Tokes with special passive powers to boost a figurine. These unique Tokens are rare, and only one can be assigned to each figurine.
- Eir’s Blessing
- Affliction of Hel
- Inspiration of Heimdallr
- Loki’s Distraction
- Tyr’s Courage
- Odin’s Ravens
- Thor’s Might
- Njord’s Blessing
- Devotion of Ull
- Freyr’s Omen
Other Token related improvements.
- Tokens and the token menu have received a visual overhaul.
- Tokens are destroyed if removed from a figurine.
- Tokens can now be purchased at the Marchant
Other:
- Added new extra music to the campaign menu
- Attached loading screen that contains game hints
Shortcuts - kind of a game changer
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We have made keyboard shortcuts to improve the general controls in the game. You no longer need to drag and drop cards but can use either 1.2.3.4.5 to quick select cards to the mouse pointer or use Q to toggle between your godly cards and E to toggle between ability and pick-up cards.
TAP will toggle between your figurines. We are pleased with the result and think it's a significant improvement and are excited to hear what you think.
Bug Fixes:
- Fixed the Token equip menu to work with all resolutions properly
- Removed a stray Heidrun Archer from the Dark Forest map
- Fixed an error allowing the AI to move inside totems.
- Fixed an error causing you to be unable to pick up “Bones” on the Dark
- Forest if your unit was already carrying an item
- Fixed incorrect values causing the Heidrun Leaders not to wear any equipment on the second difficulty
- Fixed an error causing interactable objects sometimes not to be reachable when it should be.
That was all for now... Happy Halloween.
Best regards
The Wartile Dev Team