Tomorrow morning (at 10AM CET) we’re going to be deactivating the current public demo on Steam in order to update it with a new and improved version, which will go live on March 26th. This demo will also be 100% free, available until launch, and will feature several improvements over the previous build, mostly focused on Skirmish mode and enemy AI, but also with several bug fixes and QoL updates. ????
What does this mean for me?
If you’ve already downloaded and installed the demo, you’ll still be able to play it outside Steam even while we upload the new one. Once the new version is uploaded, you can update your version via Steam and enjoy the new content! If you don’t have it downloaded, you can grab it and install it still today before it’s delisted and keep that version to play until the new demo goes live on March 26th.
Will we update the Demo on other platforms?
Yes! The Demo will be uploaded on other platforms as well!
What’s in the new version?
Campaign Map 01:
- Updated Campaign Map 01 with new balancing, dialogs and gameplay improvements
- New intro sequences - incl. option to skip
- New tutorial giving guidance in Campaign Map 01
- New starting combat skill for Lorelei
Skirmish:
- Skirmish available from the start
- Faction "1000 kingdoms" available including many new heroes, units and locations.
- Reworked unit, hero and card balancing of "1000 kingdoms"
- New skirmish map available
- Full iteration on skirmish map balancing
- Strong AI improvements for the skirmish maps specifically
General Improvements:
- New main menu with additional settings
- Improvements to performance and stability
- Improved movement system: you can now move through your own units and cities
- Improved UI to highlight information more easily and make tooltips more accessible
- Changed morale system: enemy armies to not flee the battle anymore. You can now defeat them in one go.
- Lots of polishing, bugfixing and smaller details
- The formatting/emoji shortcuts should work
Cheers!
Ilcin & the Chimera team
