Catan Universe 2.0.0 Release
Unity 2019.3.x update
New Features
- new main menu UI (full reskin)
new flow → select single/multiplayer → expansion → game mode
• new “level progress screen”: shows rewards for players’ level progress
Raised experience level with new rewards from 20 to 25
• lvl 21: Asia-Pieces
• lvl 22: Orient-Tiles
• lvl 23: Set-Tinting 2
• lvl 24: Asia-Tiles
• lvl 25: Orient-Pieces
- New pet: Al Pacacino
- new sun system: suns can be used to play a singleplayer game of your choice
• emoji system
• matchmaking panel (in the top center, when matchmaking is started): show ‘player dots’
indicating how many players are found, e.g. 3 of 4 players → 3 filled, 1 empty dot
• Custom Match / Singleplayer Options: toggle for “Random start player” (incl. tooltips); crown indicates 1st player is the start player (incl. tooltip)
New account system
• registered users can play Catan First Island Custommatch for free in locked options, only 3 players
• Android and iOS users can purchase IAP (gold) without registration
• once they register with their all IAP and progress is transferred to their new “registered user account”
- Steam users have to register before buying in the shop. But they can play and level up before registering and all their progress will get transferred
• unregistered users can’t use the in game chat anymore
New in-game UI
Desktop:
• button click for normal build menu behavior → new in both
• desktop/mobile
• players can also drag&drop → already existing feature in the mobile
• version
• if candidates are shown: headline indicates “Select position for x”
• in-game options screen
• panels get translucent when trade board is opened → panels are sent to
• foreground on hover
• panels can be opened via keyboard keys ‘1’, ‘2’, ‘3’, … (plus ‘enter’ for
• chat)
• panels can be pinned → in default ‘unpinned’ state, if the user clicks outside of the panel, it will be closed
• drag&drop cards, like in mobile version
• show cards on hover
• resource bar
• tooltips, like on mobile version
• new designed screens like ‘select player’, ‘select dice’, etc.
• new hide/show buttons, like in mobile version
• quick trade, like in mobile version
• game action ticker (on left bottom of the screen)
• shows actions of all players, like building, buying or playing cards, etc
• holding ‘alt’ key shows tooltips immediately (even if deactivated)
• almanac quick links: ‘shift’ + left mouse click on UI / board items shows almanac entry
Mobile and Desktop Version:
• better UI animation / badge / game overall flow
• dice animation before badges
• better “+/-x” animations & card animations
• opponents’ gamepieces are animated from their buildmenus to the board
• gamelog/chat: automatic scrolling to newest entry is deactivated as soon as scroll rect is
• not scrolled to bottom
• hints to UI → highlight on elements like playerframe, victory points, trade block,
• etc.
• show ingame menu → options, dice statistics
• new emjoii chat system
• board pieces animation on start / exit in-game: pieces fall onto table / fly away from it
• expansion screen → after a sun was used for a SP game, a hint to the shop is
shown in the loading screen (back to the main menu)
• hexagon animation when loading in-game
• new “it’s your turn” ticker
• drag&drop / build buttons show amount of game pieces left
• game log: added ‘players turn’ separator
• players own game pieces support physics
In-game camera Mobile and Desktop:
• automatic camera movement
• camera zooms/moves to new/destroyed buildings, and when ships,
knights, or the barbarians are moving
• enable/disable 2d camera
• enable/disable automatic camera movement
• move camera per screen edge - slider
• tooltip delay – slider
Desktop:
• movement per keyboard (arrow keys + WASD)
• movement when touching screen edge
• zoom towards mouse cursor position (before: centered zoom)
New in game shop system
• new purchase flow when not enough gold
→ ‘buy via gold’
→ shop opens, shows ‘gold’ category with overlay indicating how much gold is
needed
→ then, when purchased, opens ‘expansion’ category and selects the initial
expansion for purchase
New Tutorial steps
• new tutorial steps for camera movement, zoom & tilt