[img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43052267/e556d6dd946e66553d0404b499a1ed1e9f54abac.png[/img] Greetings, Your Many Majesties, and thank you for your patience! We at Tributary have been busy working on the biggest King of the Castle patch to date. We're royally grateful to all of you who've been playing the game, giving us feedback, and sending messages [url=https://discord.gg/xasJBFH2kR]in the Discord[/url]. We’ve been listening to your feedback. This latest update - DEMOCRACY MANIFEST - adds some key new features to King of the Castle that have been in demand for a long, long time! If you’re excited by this and want to see more from us in the future - [url=https://store.steampowered.com/app/1839880/King_Of_The_Castle/]leave a review![/url] It helps our game reach even more people, which in turn opens up the possibility of even more updates for KOTC. In the truest spirit of democracy, we can only do this with your help. [h2]King of the Castle v1.2 “Democracy Manifest” includes[/h2] [h3]Three new Schemes, including Loyalist:[/h3] [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43052267/030011ce4b74ba1fc8ea9aadf33359e649aa3ca5.gif[/img] LOYALIST - Why scheme when you can team? If a region wins the game, then in the next reign they can now opt to support their favoured [strike]puppet[/strike] Monarch instead of scheming against them. But be careful - voting for the Loyalist option can backfire if you and the Monarch start to clash... UPRISING - Get the people on your side! The Monarch has always been able to win the game by rallying the commonfolk, but now for the first time the Nobles have the same power. In the Uprising scheme, you can stoke a revolution and attack the very foundations of the Monarchy itself! SORCERY - Recruit a wizard to your cause! In the Sorcery scheme, each region can now bribe a wizard to help them win the throne - and every region has a different wizard available for recruitment. This is the first all-region scheme to offer a completely unique ending depending on which region completes it! [h3]Premium Nobles Region selection[/h3] [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43052267/d832426035b8439311a61f8d0c15e3efaab5e46e.gif[/img] Premium Nobles (a.k.a. anyone who owns the game) can now choose which region they want to join on game startup! This feature works in both Party Games and on Twitch. For those concerned about unbalanced teams, we got you - The Monarch can also re-balance the Regions before starting the game with a click of the button. This was by far the most-demanded feature from our audience, and we're very pleased to add it in now. It was technically difficult, but we’re excited with the result. For design purposes, this is only available at the start of a New Dynasty - otherwise it would encourage team-switching as soon as one region started to fall behind in their scheme! We've also made it exclusive to players who own the game because this feature increases our server load considerably. Also, there are a bunch of secret commands on Twitch that can be used instead of the standard region name. Comment below if you’ve discovered any! [h3]Larger, easier to read screens[/h3] [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43052267/f3fad7f3bc57cf4ef108a23d296a6faa305da979.gif[/img] Tired of eye-strain? So are we! We've improved readability across all the UI, so our poor phone-users can put down their magnifying glasses. This includes larger Challenge icons, resizing of text and choices in Events, larger Stat icons in Votes and a considerably larger choice section in the initial setup of a Vote. [h3]40 new Shields[/h3] [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43052267/16e002a5569dcccf412d17c3eef1d9935a83ae1a.gif[/img] We've added a fleet of new shield designs, including 19 contributed by streamers! [h3]New music from Hassan DuRant[/h3] [img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43052267/35f97b63c6a2075a9aff7f6c6de3f018b70e7ba9.png[/img] Several amazing new backing tracks have been added to the game, courtesy of our wonderful musician [url=https://www.hadurant.com/]Hassan DuRant[/url]. We’ve also made the intro idents a touch quieter. No longer do horns blast your headphones off your head as soon as you reach the startup screen. We’re working on releasing a soundtrack for the game but this is currently being mastered - please bear with us! [h3]New events[/h3] A raft of new content has also been added to the game for 1.2, including: [list] [*] Jailbreak - a full event chain kicked off when one of your imprisoned Nobles breaks out of prison and goes on a classic revenge rampage. [*] Old Leaders - a dynasty event chain centering around the knock-on effects of rebellions from prior reigns. [*] The Rightful Heir - another dynasty event chain, this time featuring the previous Monarch's Heir coming back to haunt you! [/list] And a bunch of smaller new events, including... [list] [*] Hunting Ban Repeal [*] Stage Fright [*] Shaky Foundations [*] Bear Death [*] Fishy Heritage [/list] [h3]Quality of life[/h3] [list] [*] Players may change their pronouns after joining on Twitch [*] Premium player banners showing in Votes, Game Over, Overview and Richest Noble [*] Social buttons on news portal [*] Text for number of Nobles in the game now a button that takes players to Noble List [*] Improvements to the web app for Party Mode [/list] [h3]Bugfixes[/h3] [list] [*] Typo fix in the first battle of the rebellion [*] Correct name of town in Jousting event [*] PLANTNAME variable in Exotic Plant is now correctly parsed [*] Fix to soft lock in Split Tournament [*] Fix to wrong speaker reference in Rogue Golem [*] Wealth update in Boat Race fixed [*] Fix to rare soft lock in Guards event [*] Fix for doubled Nobles in Strange Fossils [*] Fix to Barons Intimidation end stage scheme event sometimes not firing [*] Can now only offer concessions to Kirth if your treasury is high enough [*] Various other typo fixes [*] Balance fixes [/list] [h3]NOTICE: Price increase on the 24th[/h3] We hope you enjoy the update! One more thing, however... The current low, low price point is great for KOTC, but as we continue to support and expand the game it has become difficult to justify. We hate to do this, but we're going to [b]increase the price[/b] on July 24th, bumping it up to [b]$9[/b] (or your regional equivalent). Before you grab your torches and pitchforks and launch an Uprising scheme against us, please know that this is necessary for the game's long-term survival, and we've only done this after a lot of painful consideration. Also, you still have 2 weeks to buy a copy before the price hike. So tell your friends! Grab a copy of KOTC now! And sharpen your daggers - you'll want them nice and ready for the new schemes... [url=https://discord.gg/CntxJ7wKDp][img]{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/43052267/00aca297720d043572cb96efbca852b7f211c7d4.gif[/img][/url] Finally, if you haven't yet, please consider leaving us a review. The main way our players find King of the Castle is through the Discovery Queue, which is powered almost entirely by positive reviews. The more players we have, the more likely it is we can do more updates and expand KOTC further! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1839880/King_Of_The_Castle