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The Loving Update is out — with Steam Spring Sale!

[p]Pupultas!
[p]Our second update of March is already available! Now you can download three new love-themed challenges. Lead a rescue operation as Shankhar to save the love of her life or find yourself between masses of extremely aggressive crabs in the middle of their mating season — in any case, you’ll have to employ all your skills to survive emotional storms of the new missions. As always, the full list of changes is under the cut.
[p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][p]And while you play the challenges, we are burrowing through the research tree in preparation for The Deep Update! We’ll be unveiling the upcoming changes regularly, so stay tuned!
[p]Also, don’t miss the Steam Spring Sale! Till March 29th Diplomacy is Not an Option is 55% off!

Yours, the Door 407 dev team

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Update 1.0.134_r

Features
  • More Than Just a Crush — new set of love-themed Challenges with 3 missions;
General
  • Voltmortar, the winner of the Winter’s Map of the Season contest, has been added as a starting unit to the new Challenge map I’ll Stand by You;
Improvements
  • Slightly improved performance;
  • Some UI fixes and improvements;
  • Some SFX improvements;
Bug Fixes
  • In Colonialism Will Not Pass mission of the Sarranga’s story branch a building has been moved from inside a mountain.
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The Loving Update Teaser!

[p]Pupultas!
[p]Have you finished the Challenges added in The Protected Update? Cause there are more on the way! A small tribute to Spring season, The Loving Update will add three love themed missions that will test your resolve to pursue your desires.
[p]So, when? The Loving Update will be released on March 19th! And for now, get the feel of the upcoming maps in our short teaser.

Yours, the Door 407 dev team

Protected Update is here!

[p]Pupultas!
[p]The day has come, and you already can install the update and try out new content! Let’s do a brief recap of previously announced features.
[dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][p][h3]New Challenges[/h3]
A new set of Challenges: A Tribute to Rampart. Three missions in Tower Defence style![p][p][h3]Mounted Crossbowman[/h3]
A new unit is available in Stables II. Packing a stronger punch than Mounted Archers and way more mobile than Crossbowman, we hope it will find its niche on the battlefield![p][p][h3]Rebel troops can be hired[/h3]
Rebel troops have finally arrived — now they can be hired in Rebel Barracks, adding to the roster such units as Raider with Shield, Rebel Catapult, Rebel Hulk and Rebel Ballista. While their makeshift weaponry lacks in power, it can be created earlier, giving you better opportunities to defend right from the start. The new buildings and units are available in the Rebels’ campaign branch, in Sandbox Mode and in Map Editor.[p][p][h3]Recommended custom maps[/h3]
Our monthly custom map selection comes to the game. Now when opening Map Editor for the first time, you will be prompted to automatically download them, sparing you the effort of searching for them.
[p][h3]Map of a season contest reward[/h3]
Every three months when a season ends, we conclude it by choosing a favourite map of the season. As a reward we now add creators of such maps to the game as special starting units in Challenge missions. In this update, our first winner, FOTCH, joins us!
[p][h3]German localisation rework[/h3]
We’ve greatly improved German localisation and got rid of mistakes and inconsistencies.

As always, you can read the full list of changes under the cut. We’ll be waiting for your feedback!

Yours, the Door 407 dev team[p]
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Update 1.0.130_r

Features
  • Tribute to Rampart — a new set of Challenges in Tower Defence style with 3 new missions;
  • A new unit — Mounted Crossbowman is available in Stables II;
  • Rebel Barracks I and II — new buildings were added to the Rebels’ campaign, Sandbox Mode and Map Editor for hiring the following Rebel units:
    1. Raider with Shield;
    2. Rebel Catapult;
    3. Rebel Hulk (only in Rebel Barracks II);
    4. Rebel Ballista (only in Rebel Barracks II);
General
  • Selected Maps of the Month can now be downloaded right in Map Editor, if player wishes so;
  • FOTCH, the winner of the Autumn’s Map of the Season contest, has been added as a starting unit to the new Challenge map U-Turn of Events;
Improvements
  • When creating a map in Map Editor you now can save it in the menu (on ESC);
  • Multiple UI and UX fixes;
  • Some SFX improvements;
Bug fixes
  • A bug that made it possible to get achievements involving time limits after breaking them;
  • A bug that caused instant win on maps created in Map Editor with only Defend objective;
  • A bug that caused unit SFX not playing when a lot of units were selected;
  • A bug that caused music not to play on maps created in Map Editor;
  • Rare bugs that made it possible for numbers of Bones and Death Metal stored to turn negative;
  • Fixed Split Selection button functioning incorrectly with walls;
  • A rare crash that happened when the Citadel of the Undead is destroyed the same moment Twilight Overlord’s Avatar raises zombies;
  • Multiple localisation fixes, including massive rework of German localisation.
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The Protected Update Teaser. Custom Maps: Winter's Fan Favourite

[p]Pupultas!
[p]It’s March and this means The Protected Update is arriving soon. To be precise, it will become available on March 9th! As usual, we’ve prepared a short teaser.[p]
[p]Also, it’s time to conclude the results of the vote and find out which custom map is your favourite! As of today, the map that received the most votes is…
[p]Conspiracy from the Dark by Voltmortar!
[p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink][p]Congratulations! As a reminder, one of the starting units in a Challenge map we’ll add to the game in the future will be named after the map’s creator!

Yours, the Door 407 dev team