• The AI is less likely to accept ultimatums, and very unlikely to accept another ultimatum if it's recently accepted one. This should make it less straightforward to bully yourself to victory.
• Losing a city that doesn't have a ritual site no longer cancels the final ritual.
• When you get an ultimatum or offer, there is now a button to go to the other empire's capital.
• Increased cooldown time of some espionage actions.
• Settings now accessible from more places, and settings button is a gear icon instead of the word "Settings".
• You can now adjust the tooltip delay in the settings.
• Fixed airship command panel positioning when dyslexic fonts are active.
• Fixed graphical glitch in dyslexic fonts.
• Fixed some multiplayer desyncs.
• Fixed some crashes.
• Fixed some missing text.
• The soundtrack now includes the eight new tracks from the update.

Addendum: Version 1.1.0.4 fixes a performance problem that this update introduced.

[ 2022-08-19 14:30:26 CET ] [ Original post ]

Design steampunk pixel airships out of functional modules and conquer the skies!

In the game, ships are viewed side-on, and their modules are operated by individual crew members. During combat, players give high-level commands to a small fleet, positioning their ships, ramming and boarding others. Ships and terrain are fully destructible: they can catch fire, explode, break apart, and fall. Players can also compete against one another in Internet and LAN matches.

The ships are highly detailed, teeming with sailors moving around at their individual tasks, like an ant farm or a cut-away drawing. The player's choices in ship layout are crucial, and an important part of the game is exploring the design space of different airships and their matching tactics.