We're excited to release our biggest update yet, bringing many of the features you've been asking for. Thank you for all your feedback - it helped shape this update!
⚔️ Combat System
- Army Plans let you draw offensive orders directly on the map
- New Defence Line tool allows you to create custom defensive positions
- Completely reworked naval invasions with preparation mechanics
- Improved battle visuals, explosions, and unit movement
- Better combat pacing and balance
- Every country now starts with military factories
- War justification now costs less diplomacy
- New recruit reserve warnings
🤝 Diplomacy & Coalitions
- Added Non-Aggression Pacts
- New Infamy system punishes aggressive expansion
- Countries can now form coalitions against powerful aggressors
- Improved diplomacy interface with new quick actions
- Better alliance coordination and peace conferences
- Puppet creation now requires less influence
🏰 Vassals & Colonization
- Manage your subjects by giving or taking territory
- New Liberty Desire system can trigger independence wars
- Four-stage vassal integration system
- Colonize neutral territories during peacetime
- AI countries now actively colonize as well
🔬 Research & Economy
- New Research Focus system with strategic specialization
- Reworked autoclicker progression
- Improved resource balance and passive economy
- Better recruit management for military production
☢️ Nuclear Warfare
- Nuclear weapons now devastate cities and armies
- Massive War Exhaustion and Devastation effects
- Cities can be permanently damaged by nuclear strikes
🤖 Smarter AI
- AI now manages taxes, conscription, and economy more intelligently
- Better expansion logic
- Improved technology progression
- Reduced bankruptcies and more competent military behavior
🏆 Steam Features
- Added 6 new Steam Achievements
- Improved Steam Workshop with upload progress and better reliability
🎨 UI, Sandbox & Quality of Life
- Full Dark Theme support
- Major UI/UX redesign across multiple menus
- Improved HUD notifications
- Better Peace Conference interface
- Expanded Sandbox and Map Editor
- Hard difficulty rebalance
- Historical city improvements
- Numerous bug fixes, optimizations, and stability improvements
Thank you for all your feedback and support! ❤️
We're continuing to improve Age of Clicks, and even more content is already in development. Stay tuned!