Hello Everyone!
In this update I am releasing Conquest Mode. I've been working on this mode for quite some time now, and it is still very much a work in progress. But I think that it is ready for some testing! I will be fixing bugs and adding more to it as we go, but now you have a chance to try it out for yourselves!
The main purpose of Conquest Mode is to add some context to the battles. Now, instead of just defeating an enemy, these battles have an impact on a greater war, which I think makes it more interesting.
Conquest Mode has a lot that need to be explained. If you click on the Tutorial button in the Start Screen, you will now see two tutorials. The Battle Mode is the original tutorial, Conquest mode is a new tutorial. For now it just contains screenshots with text on it. Hopefully, that will explain how it works.
In Conquest Mode your are no longer just in the bedroom, you are free to conquer the entire apartment. The apartment is divided into many areas and some areas contain forts. Initially, most areas and forts are controlled by a Neutral faction. They won't train any units, but their forts are well defended.
There are 5 factions in the apartment, you control the red one. Forts are used to train units and deploy armies. You can only deploy one army per fort. When that army dies, or returns to a fort, you can deploy another one. The enemy AI can deploy as many as they wish.
To train units you need money, to get money you need to capture areas. The more areas you control, the quicker you gain money. To capture an area, move one of your armies into it, and after 30 seconds, you will capture it.
To capture a fort, you need to battle the Garrison that is stationed in that fort, so make sure to bring lots of units.
If you click on one of your forts it will bring up the fort interface. Here you can train units. You will also notice a Barracks and a Garrison row of units. Barracks units are the units that you can deploy, once a unit finish training it goes straight to the Barracks. Garrison units are units that will defend your fort in case of an attack, so make sure to not leave any forts with 0 Garrison. To transfer units from Garrison to Barracks, simply click on the numbers. Clicking on the Queue numbers will remove units from the training Queue, and refund you the money.
To deploy an army from the fort, click on the deploy army, and load up any units you have in your Barracks. Once deployed, a soldier holding a flag will spawn next to your fort. This flagman represents your army.
At the start of the game, all factions are at Peace with one another. After a while, they will start declaring War. You can click on the Diplomacy button to see the current faction status. You can also click on the Peace/War buttons in the Red row to declare War or offer Peace to the other factions. Peace offers have a cool down, so use them wisely.
You can battle enemy armies by moving one of your own armies close to theirs. You will have the option to play the battle out, or just simulate it if you wish. The simulations aren't always accurate, so you could lose a lot of units to a small army.
Make sure to Save your game frequently.
There are still a lot of issues to be ironed out. The AI still needs some work, and everything needs quite a bit of balancing. There are also likely a ton of bugs as well. I tested it quite a bit, but it helps with more people testing.
Use the discussion board to report any bugs and suggestions.