Hello everyone! Today we would like to show you the graphics, animations and particle effects of the machine gun that will come with the Machine Gun Update 0.8 (planned for early December). The machine gun is modelled after the heavy MG 08. For the gameplay in the early years of the war, we wanted a stationary machine gun, which most closely resembles the weaponry used by the Germans, since the light MG 08/15 was not distributed until 1917. A stationary machine gun also has the advantage of creating more points of interest in the gameplay. The MG 08, which weighed over 60 kg (133 lbs) with cooling water and mount and was therefore too heavy for its infantry to follow on foot, was well suited for these purposes. We plan to tell you more about the gameplay in another Dev Diary. In this Dev Diary, we want to give you a brief impression and have therefore put together a video: [previewyoutube=F4IPKXhAE3I;full]All Quiet in the Trenches - MG08 Showcase for Update 0.8[/previewyoutube]

106 years ago today, on November 11, 1918, the Armistice of Compigne was signed in the early morning hours, which silenced the guns a few hours later, at 11 o'clock, and heralded the end of the First World War. This was preceded by more than four years of endless bloodshed. In some countries, such as the United States, France, Belgium and many Commonwealth countries, today is a special day of remembrance for the fallen of the First World War. In Germany, today is not a national day of remembrance, but November 17th is this year's Volkstrauertag ('people's mourning day'), which is intended to remember the victims of violence and war of all nations. This day is also a special one for us personally. We started developing All Quiet in the Trenches about seven years ago. It was supposed to be a small, short game about the First World War that we wanted to release on November 11, 2018. 100 years after the end of the First World War. However, after the first prototypes and playtests, we realized that we wanted to delve deeper into the subject matter, both narratively and mechanically, and give the game more time and space to develop in order to do justice to the complex issues and their impact on all involved. So it has been with us for many years now and will continue to be so for years to come. Nevertheless: Without the original idea of making a game for the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War, All Quiet in the Trenches would probably never have existed. We plan to release the next major update at the beginning of December.

Hello everyone! For version 0.8, we have made changes to the cutscenes in the battle. The new system offers us new possibilities for further features and for balancing the levels. The new cutscenes are generally completed faster and can also be skipped once the NPC troop calculation is complete. What has been changed?
The situation is as follows: Troop I moves from A to B. Troop II then throws a hand grenade at the new position B, causing a soldier from Troop I to flee to position C. Troop III then moves to position C and captures this soldier. The calculations for the NPC troops are turn-based, so all this happens in a single cutscene. Due to the way the individual events were linked, the NPC troops' calculations were previously paused in certain situations (e.g. when a hand grenade was thrown and a soldier's position changed) until the in-game display caught up. This was the easiest way for us to implement and didn't pose a problem prior to version 0.7, as such links occurred very rarely. However, with the introduction of melee combat and the revision of the grenade mechanic, the cutscenes sometimes became very long, which is why we decided to write a completely new system for them. With the new system, the display is completely decoupled from the logic. Actions, movements, injuries and other value changes now take place in the background. All these things are then forwarded to a system that progressively processes the actions in the display. This not only results in a better and clearer code structure, but also makes it possible to skip the cutscene once the calculations are complete. Furthermore, the cutscenes are also faster because events that occur independently of each other are played in parallel.
The gear symbol in the bottom right corner indicates that calculations are still being carried out. If it is no longer displayed, the cutscene can be skipped by pressing the ESC key. The new system also offers us further possibilities: Previously, if a soldier was wounded by a rifle shot, we had no proper display for this in order to avoid further chaining and thus slowing down the time between rounds. So far, the soldier has walked to his target position and played his wounding animation there. We have found that this automatically led to the effectiveness of, for example, overwatch being rated as too low, because it was often not clear what exactly the consequences were. With the new system, we can now better depict such moments.
From version 0.8 onwards, rifle shots will be assigned directly to a specific soldier and displayed accordingly. Furthermore, the new system now allows us to do a text-based simulation of a battle in the engine to better balance the individual levels. This involves replacing the player group with a NPC troop and running through a level multiple times at the push of a button. This allows us to see which levels have one-sided odds and adjust them again. The rework of the cutscenes was not originally planned for 0.8, but arose from the frequently expressed feedback to be able to skip cutscenes. We are looking forward to your feedback on the new system!

Bugfixes:

• Fixed an occasion where escorting soldiers would never return to the troop
• Fixed separated soldiers not regenerating physical exertion (a hidden value that causes the 'Out of breath' attribute and increasing exhaustion per turn)
• Fixed that soldiers that are already retreated still can get wounded by artillery

• Influence of the number of active soldiers in melee increased
• Influence of morale in melee combat slightly decreased

Hello everyone! Work on the Machine Gun update has been underway for a while now. Today we would like to introduce you to a feature that will be added with version 0.8: It will be possible to obtain equipment from dead, wounded or captured soldiers.

Search corpses

Search prisoners

First aid for allies

Bugfixes:

• Fixed endless cutscene when ending a turn in battle very quickly
• Fixed "treat fever" not working
• Minor changes to checks on whether a soldier is stuck while moving

We have got an increasing number of reports in the last few days that the game can get stuck in the cutscenes during the battle. As the 0.8 update will take a while longer, we wanted to release a quick fix for this. As always: Thank you for your reports! Improvements:

• Faster melee combat cutscene

• Prevented the possibility of getting stuck in a cutscene during melee combat
• Prevented soldiers in hospital can have an exclamation for not digging latrine
• Hotfix for an error when not digging latrine and all soldiers are unavailable after battle

Unless something goes wrong, this will be the last minor patch before we start working on the Machine Gun update. As always, thank you very much for your feedback and bug reports! Improvements:

• Improved selection of first aid positions
• Soldiers will put down their rifles when giving first aid or looting

• Fixed a bug where soldiers who broke orders (e.g. avenging a comrade) or panicked would sometimes be counted as 'unavailable' for the rest of the game, which could lead to various strange situations
• Fixed a bug with notifications when the number of soldiers exceeds eight
• Fixed a rare error that could occur when exiting to the start menu
• Fixed a possibility where soldiers can get stuck in a wall
• Fixed Troop Danger UI element that pops up briefly at the start of a new turn
• Fixed an issue where the rifle would sometimes be rotated incorrectly in the soldier's hand when picked up again

Unfortunately, a bug has crept in that we wanted to fix as quickly as possible. Bugfixes:

• Fixed that separated soldiers escorting wounded soldiers do not move

We will be exhibiting All Quiet in the Trenches at the Indie Arena at Gamescom from next week. So with 0.7.3, we are now bringing a few improvements to the battle, as well as the first two tutorial levels, in addition to further bug fixes. We wish you a continued good experience! Improvements / Changes:

• Added a new UI element that shows the danger of rifle fire when changing troop actions or providing cover fire
• Improved system for determining whether a soldier is on an area or the open field
• New tasks are now slightly highlighted until you click on them
• Several balancing and display changes in the tutorial levels
• Removed the requirement to exceed a certain danger level for cover fire
• Allowed 'Tactical Movement' in addition to 'Retreat' when flanked
• Prevented 'panic' when troops are in melee or flank positions (too many sources of error for now)
• Increased aggressiveness of the French NPC troops in the 'Defence into Attack' battle
• Some minor NPC behaviour balancing in battles
• Some minor map adjustments regarding movement paths
• Improvements to highlight camera
• Increased turn rates for soldiers by a bit
• Increased fire rate for suppression and flanking
• Adjusted rifle fire target positions
• Added a small trail for rifle fire
• Changed professions for Kohn and Mencke (we went over the information of all the soldiers, as we are printing small cards with the soldiers for Gamescom)
• Increased Pedersen starting fitness

• Hotfix for the possibility of getting stuck when forced to move (we'll think of a better solution at some point)
• Fixed a rare occasion where NPC troops would get stuck in an area and never move
• Fixed inability to loot in a specific area
• Fixed problem where separated soldiers would sometimes be shown in wrong areas
• Fixed weird camera behaviour when all currently moving soldiers become separated or wounded
• Fixed display of wrong attributes when troop position changes due to having no active soldiers
• Fixed grenades sometimes rotate when still hold in hand
• Fixed new soldiers not appearing in project detail window when acquired via Karrsbruck favor
• Fixed wrong text when hovering over flanking action
• Fixed that the tutorial window overlaps the notification for a task
• Fixed soldier name not being displayed correctly in 'Eating Rats' story (EN)

The second patch for 0.7 comes with even more bug fixes. Many thanks for the detailed reports you send us! Bugfixes:

• Fixed an error that could occur when an NPC troop tried to loot in an impassable area
• Fixed an error in the 'Friendly Fire' level that could occur, when enemy reinforcements arrive
• Fixed an error that occurred when there were not enough hospital beds available
• Fixed possibility of getting stuck when your last soldier panics and you are forced to move
• Fixed two phase changes triggering at the same time at the start of 'Home Leave' scenario
• Fixed soldiers staying MIA when they aren't anymore (e.g. when their death has been confirmed)
• Fixed collapse attribute claiming Nurse Elisabeth is grateful for it, when she's actually unhappy about it
• Fixed recovery attributes being added to MIA soldiers
• Added relevant attribute displays to Take Cover project in Mission (e.g. soldiers who are out of breath)
• Fixed tooltip for Lusitiana and added a missing translation

We're happy to announce that our second major update is now available!
It focusses on the battle phase in the game and has the following core features:

• Overhaul of all battle systems: Gunfire, melee and grenade throwing
• Improvements to NPC troop behaviour logic
• Improved balancing in the battle phase
• Better display of certain effects and more detailed tooltips
• Some new animations and improved battle camera cutscenes

• Added new close combat system: Melee combat will automatically occur when troops move within a certain threshold of an enemy troop, defeated troops will have to move out of the 'close combat zone'
• Added new suppression system: It's possible to target a single enemy troop, suppressed troops cannot give fire orders or throw grenades
• Added new flanking system: Flanked troops are forced to reposition
• Added new cover fire system: It's now possible to cover your own troops when they move
• Added the possibility of soldiers getting wounded in the field and a project to bring wounded soldiers into your cover
• Added two new game-over options: Losing all your soldiers on the battlefield, or having only one soldier when surrounded by enemies
• Added animations for close combat, throwing grenades and being wounded
• Added highlighted scenes to the cutscene camera in battle: The camera will pan to melee combat or grenade scenes when they are near
• Added three new journal illustrations

• Reworked NPC troop behaviour to adapt the new changes
• Improved NPC troop behaviour to have an aggression multiplier: The more turns played in a battle, the more aggressive they will be
• Improved NPC troop behaviour to look for more ways into a target trench (and therefore move horizontally more often)
• Improved NPC troop behaviour to adjust their strategy more on behalf of other troops (e.g. if only a few troops are firing, they are more likely to do so)
• Changed being able to wound the last remaining soldier of a troop
• Reworked impact system: Multiple impacts from different sources are now possible
• Reworked troop actions: Hold position now includes all other troop actions that are not movements
• Reworked overwatch: Project is limited to two soldiers with higher efficiency
• Reworked throwing grenades: A distinction is made if the grenade hits, partially misses or completely misses
• Added several projects in battles to be displayed in 3D space
• Changed displays in 3D space to be a bit smaller
• Changed effect displays for projects to be easier to understand
• Added new attribute tooltips: they now highlight the primary effects
• Reworked danger display: The danger from gunfire is now better displayed in the troop action info window, removed all other danger sources
• Reworked UI troop info displays: They only show the most important attribute, and now also show the current fire actions instead of the last troop action
• Changed UI troop info displays, so that they don't appear when the corresponding troop is out of sight
• Improved UI troop info displays, so they don't overlap anymore
• Adjusted some project and attribute icons
• Improved soldier movement slightly
• Improved cutscene camera in general
• Adjusted tutorial slightly to cover the new changes

• Rebalanced every battle level to adapt to the new changes
• Increased the number of turns it takes to decide whether a battle is lost or won
• Increased the playable distance in each level and the distance to get 'Outside the formation' or 'Too far forward'
• Increased movement distance slightly, but limited the distance being able to advance
• Increased cover impact on firepower
• Changed attribute 'Narrow cover' so that suppression is impossible from there
• Changed attribute 'Bushes' so there can be no suppression there.
• Rebalanced ammunition usage
• Rebalanced stress gain / reduction to be less dependent on danger and more on attributes
• Rebalanced the decisive soldier traits for specific projects in combat
• Rebalanced all chances of impact from danger sources
• Increased wound intensity for non-player soldiers: they will take slightly more serious wounds and bleed faster
• Increased morale penalty for running out of provisions

• Fixed a number of bugs and errors when reworking the Battle Phase, which may have resulted in other bugs and errors ...
• Fixed scattered soldiers sometimes moving in advance direction
• Fixed being able to move onto an area with a troop with zero active soldiers
• Changed troops without remaining active soldiers to be moved to retreat territory
• Fixed 'Bunker panic' story being able to trigger for every soldier
• Fixed 'Bad work' dialogue adding fear directly when choosing the topic
• Fixed typo in Camp_Cherries story (EN)

Hello everyone! In today's Dev Diary we write about the visual features that shall come with version 0.7. We plan to release the 0.7 Battle Update on Wednesday, 31 July.

Information on attributes and values

Animations and other improvements

Improvement of the cutscene camera

Hello everyone! We are nearing the end of the development phase for the Battle Update. We're doing our best to release it by the end of this month. But before that, we'd like to introduce you to a few selected changes we've been working on over the last few weeks:

More buttons

Changes to melee combat

Bringing wounded soldiers into cover

Changes to the grenades

New game over options

Hello everyone! Over the last few months, we have made a number of changes to the battle based on your feedback. Today, we would like to give you a few details about the upcoming changes that will be released with the 0.7 Battle Update. All Quiet in the Trenches is a game that is somewhere between strategy, role-playing and simulation. We want to retain the simulative aspect, especially in the battle, because we believe that it is better suited to creating in-depth experiences. However, we also found that the previous approach was perhaps a little too simulative, lacking transparency and with too little opportunity for direct influence. We have tried to restructure the battle phase so that the player has more influence on what happens, the effects are more direct, but we have still retained the previous feel and the simulation aspect.

Danger display

Troop Actions

Command: Take Cover

Command: Fire on sight

Command: Suppress

Command: Fire from the flank

Command: Provide covering fire

Cover

Troop display

Conclusion

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Hello everyone! It's been a little over a month since the Trench Update and we can tell you that the next update will be for the Battle Phase! We have a lot of features and changes planned, which we will tell you about in the Dev Diaries in the near future. But first something personal: We are a small, familial dev team. Jenny and Carola are siblings, Alex is Jenny's partner and Julian is a good friend of ours. When tragic things happen, it affects us all in some way. Unfortunately, something like this happened a few weeks ago and someone very close to us passed away unexpectedly and far too young. This has hit us all hard and made it very difficult to work over the last few weeks. We all needed time to come to terms with it. And now that most of us are back to work, we realise how much pressure we are under to release a new update as soon as possible. As there was a lot of content planned for the Battle Update (more work than the Trench Update), we're going to split it into two parts to take some of the pressure off our shoulders. We plan to split the update as follows: 0.7 Battle Update The new battle update is planned to essentially include major changes to the game design of the battle phase, some new animations, adjustments to the NPC troop logic and more detailed tooltips. Many of the changes are based on your feedback and are intended to make the battle phase more comprehensible and direct. 0.8 Machine Gun Update The outsourced part of the Battle Update is planned to be be moved to the Machine Gun Update. This is planned to add the machine gun, an expanded map, new levels, events and stories to the battle phase. All other updates in the roadmap will then move up one step. We have also adjusted this in our roadmap. To help us with the stories, Marie is also joining our team and will take over some of the writing from now on. She was previously on board for a short time as part of her studies and we are delighted to have her back. We hope you can understand our decision and wish you many more interesting experiences with All Quiet in the Trenches.

Second round of bugfixes! Bugfixes:

• Fixed an error that occurred when a soldier working on the "Deliver Message" project was wounded or collapsed
• Fixed an error that sometimes occurred when a soldier collapsed while the project window was open
• Fixed an error that could occur when allied troops had a start area in battle that was destroyed by artillery
• Fixed two constructions that didn't provide a movable area (and were therefore useless)
• Fixed collapsed soldiers still being visible in the trench phase
• Removed a non-existent historical tooltip
• Fixed some typos

Hotfixes for the new update that address the most common bugs, that were reported to us. Bugfixes:

• Fixed an error when opening task window in the first battle
• Possible fix for an error that sometimes occurred at the start of a battle and prevented the game from continuing (let us know if this bug still persists)
• Fixed typos

Two and a half month after our initial release we can announce that our first major update is now available!
It focusses on the trench phase in the game and has the following core features:

• Building/repairing selected defences, barbed wire, ladders, bridges
• Longer Trench phases with new tasks, projects and additional features
• New trench areas and new defensive and offensive battles
• New stories inside and outside the Trench
• Expansion of the map
• General revision and improvement of existing content

• Added construction feature in trench levels with 35 construction projects
• Added the possibility of constructions being destroyed by artillery fire or skirmishes during the trench phase
• Added two lieutenant tasks related to constructions
• Added two new trench levels
• Added four new defensive battle levels
• Added two new offensive battle levels
• Added 7 new stories
• Added new lieutenant and soldier projects and short event chains in the trench phase
• Added new trench artillery barrage system: soldiers have to be "convinced" to go out under artillery fire
• Added the option to send exhausted soldiers back to camp for a few days
• Added an option to ask Lieutenant von Karrsbruck for a new soldier
• Expanded the map to include south-eastern regions and reworked some existing regions

• Trench levels now have a variable length and can get even longer
• Soldiers can now also collapse in the trench phase when they are too exhausted
• Added a new dialogue option when a character has other "!" information available
• Reworked prestige/mood icon
• Project user interface now shrinks, when there are many open projects
• Added some more information when trying to get soldiers out of locked projects or when trying to put soldiers into locked or full projects
• The location of choices in the journal is now randomised
• Adapted the first tutorial trench level to use the new systems (for construction and artillery barrage)
• Added a few more tutorial steps
• Added new icons for soldier healing status
• Text tooltips are now also displayed in dialogue and project descriptions

• One camp turn now lasts 10 days instead of 12 (resulting in more camp turns until home leave)
• Slightly increased chance of being sent to a trench in camp instead of an offensive battle
• Minor battle balancing (battles should last a bit longer)
• Lieutenant's "Ask for favor" dialogue now only costs prestige if he grants you a favour (previously, refusing could also cost prestige)

• Fixed a possible error in game-over window
• Fixed some pathfinding errors
• Fixed "Defend into Attack" battle being rated as a defensive mission
• Fixed battles that never ended
• Fixed one trench level being selected more often than the others
• Various minor bugfixes
• Fixed some typos

• New loading screen added
• Various text adjustments
• Added some more historical tooltips
• Removed grain post-processing in heat waves (didn't look good)

Hello everyone! Today the #TurnBasedThursdayFest on Steam begins. We're taking part and giving a 10 % discount on All Quiet in the Trenches. Feel free to also check out the many other fantastic games at the fest! On this occassion, we're releasing our first major update later today: the Trench update 0.6!

Hello again, in today's Dev Diary, we would like to take a closer look at the additional changes that will be coming with the next update.

Artillery fire

Longer phases

Send to camp

What more is there?

In today's Dev Diary, we would like to take a closer look at the "Construction" feature that will be coming with Trench Update 0.6. An important aspect that we would like to expand in the gameplay is the ability to complete optional tasks that not only have a direct impact, but also a potential long-term change. In our initial release version in the tutorial, there was already an option to rebuild a destroyed position. A feature that we did not take up again afterwards... Until now!
"Constructions" are individual areas in the trench, such as defences, barbed wire or ladders. During the trench phase, certain positions may be destroyed by artillery. This may mean that defensive positions in the battle can no longer be manned, that certain routes in the trench become impassable or that the enemy has an opening into the trenches. These areas can then be repaired by your troops.
In addition, some new, defined areas of the trench can be optionally extended. Ladders enable further retreat options, barbed wire directly in front of the trench prevents rapid infiltration. If sufficient capacity is available, new positions can even be built.
We have therefore decided to install new camera zones in the trench phase. This provides a better overview of the trench. The optional projects can be added from there in the left-hand bar. We first want to see how this feature is received. With the release of 0.6 there will therefore be 35 "Constructions" for the time being.
We have also added 2 new trench levels. These are not only a visual component, but also have an influence on which "constructions" are possible. They also change the starting positions in the event of an enemy attack.

Two months have passed since our early access release version 0.5. Today we are happy to announce the next major update: Version 0.6 will be the "Trench Update" and will focus on the Trench Phase. Attentive observers will know that this update was not previously included in the roadmap on our homepage. As indicated in our last post, the positive response to the game allows us to add further updates in addition to those already announced. We are very happy about this. The Trench Update is one of them!

What will be included in the Trench Update?

• Building/repairing selected defences, barbed wire, ladders, bridges
• Longer Trench phases with new tasks, projects and additional features
• New trench areas and new defensive and offensive battles
• New stories inside and outside the Trench
• Expansion of the map
• General revision and improvement of existing content

What about the Battle Update?

What are we planning for further development?

When will the Trench Update be released?

With this small patch, we are fixing a few bugs that have been reported to us. We are still working hard on version 0.6 and expect to be ready to give you some news in the next few weeks! Improvements:

• Improved generated escape path when surrounded by enemies in battle

• Fixed an error in battle that occurred when calculating a path that was too long
• Fixed weird camera behaviour in battle when escorting a wounded soldier to hospital very close to the rear trench

• Removed the email button, as it didn't work on the Steam Deck (only a handful of people contacted us by email anyway)
• Some minor camera adjustments

Hello everyone! We've started to work on 0.6.0! To ease the wait, we thought about giving everyone who has already played the game and wants to start a new playthrough the option of a new and harder experience. That's why we're introducing the new "Hard Mode (Experimental)", which can be selected when starting a new game. Why experimental? This mode includes some tweaks to the game's economy. We haven't done a lot of testing with this mode and we don't know if we'll keep it (in this form). So please feel free to give us your feedback when you've played it! This patch also includes some other improvements and bug fixes. You can see the complete changelog here: Features:

• Added "Hard Mode (Experimental)" game setting: Affects the starting morale and fitness of your soldiers, the reputation of your superiors, the capacity of the hospital, the supplies of the quartermaster and in the village, the consumption of rations, exhaustion, the trust and respect of your soldiers, the supply of ammunition and equipment, the chance of having to fight after being in the trench, as well as a modifier that causes your soldiers to receive more severe wounds on average and to bleed to death faster

• Added a save popup warning when exiting the game
• Added a soldier alert when running out of ammo in melee combat
• Added some soldier alerts for panic / calming project

• Slightly increased the chance of survival for the wounded soldier rescued from no-man's-land during the trench phase
• Slightly reduced the maximum time it takes to get a guaranteed replacement for a lost soldier
• Increased chance of soldiers being able to fight again after being wounded in battle
• Slightly increased chance of desertion and mutiny
• Prevented the lieutenant from scolding the player for coming out of a battle without a scratch when soldiers are missing in action
• Added some negative impacts when soldiers get imprisoned
• Minor rebalancing of panic in battle

• Fixed inability to continue the turn due to movement restrictions in rare circumstances in battle
• Prevented the last soldier of your troop in battle from being forced into a locked project (e.g. panic)
• Fixed soldiers sometimes being positioned incorrectly in battle
• Fixed the currently selected action in battle not being highlighted in the UI at the start of the turn
• Fixed overlapping phase changes when Home Leave scenario is triggered
• Fixed an error in desertion story
• Some text adjustments / fixed typos

It's now been a week since we released All Quiet in the Trenches in Early Access. We'd like to briefly look back at how things went for us and look ahead at what's to come. In the last 7 days, almost 3500 people have bought the game and 90% of your ratings were positive. This is a great acchievement for us, especially since we are a very small indie studio - without a publisher and marketing budget. Thank you very much for your support and trust! It is not a given to buy a game in Early Access. Your constructive feedback also helps us a lot. It allows us to identify what is already working well and what we can potentially improve. We have created a roadmap in advance to help you assess what content we want to add to the game during Early Access: https://totallynotaliens.com/aqitt#roadmap This roadmap has deliberately been kept short so that we can hopefully implement everything in it, regardless of the game's future success. Based on current developments, it looks like we will be able to add a few additional points to the roadmap. We are very happy about that. So be prepared that a section may be added to the roadmap every now and then and that the order of other sections may therefore change. This should never result in something being cancelled, but only happen if it means more content can be added to the game. We are currently working on a small patch to version 0.5.5, after which we will focus on developing the first major update. This will take a few weeks. We will try to keep you regularly updated on our development. Until then, we hope you continue to have a good time with All Quiet in the Trenches and thank you for your support!

Small patch to version 0.5.4 This patch is a wild collection of smaller improvements, balance changes, and bug fixes that we have received from you. Thank you very much for that! Your savegames should remain intact with this patch. If for some reason this is not the case, you can find version 0.5.3 in the beta branch on Steam. (edit: there are some problems with soldier background dialogues and old savegames, also some of Elisabeth's newer texts might not appear, but nothing game-breaking) Improvements:

• Added the option to warn the lieutenant of an imminent attack detected by your troop via the recon project.
• Added more conditional texts for Elisabeth (to better indicate if a wounded soldier is in danger of dying even if his fever has subsided, or to ask for help if a soldier has bad recovery).
• Allowed the Lieutenant to complain about the poor work ethic of soldiers assigned to his projects during the trench phase as well.

• Increased chance of weather changes (especially snow in winter)
• Some tweaks to hospital capacity and helping in the hospital
• Some adjustments to the prestige gain for doing lieutenant projects when below medium prestige
• Reduced danger for 'Get Rations' and 'Get Ammunition' projects in the trench
• Randomised wounds gained while being MIA a bit (on average they'll be less severe now)

• Fixed a rare error in soldier pathfinding
• Fixed the possibility of two troops being on the same area/location in battle
• Fixed dialogue button appearing in character window when soldiers are missing
• Fixed prisoners of war appearing in camp
• Fixed lieutenant complaining about soldiers doing bad work in his projects who weren't assigned to those projects
• Fixed treat fever project happening when the soldier is already dead
• Fixed Kohn asking for work while he's in hospital or missing
• Fixed own soldiers joining an allied troop being hidden in project view (they are now in "unknown location")
• Fixed display of some soldiers (e.g. looking at the same place for loot when there are two locations)
• Fixed notifications sometimes being displayed twice
• Fixed one journal choice not being translated and some typos
• Fixed text overflow in drop downs in settings menu
• Some other minor fixes

• Minor changes to soldier background dialogues structure

Small patch to version 0.5.3 Balancing:

• Reduced the cooldown for soldier story arcs in the journal by a small amount (which means you will probably get a few more stories for your soldiers until the end of the game)

• Prevented shader errors from popping up, as this does not seem to be an issue at all (will be fixed in a later patch)
• Fixed an error in the journal on Kummerbunt's story arc
• Fixed Kummerbunt asking if he can do church service when he's a prisoner of war, wounded, missing, dead or in other ways indisposed
• Fixed clicking "Return" when writing in soldier note sheet processing a new turn
• Fixed endscreen window to close journal immediately (now you can actually read what's written there!)

• Changed the load save game window from an endless scroll view to page buttons to reduce a heavy lag when having many save games

Hello everyone, First of all, a huge thank you to everyone who supports us during the Early Access phase and the wonderful feedback we have received! We would like to correct a mistake on our part in this news. When we were asked by players months ago about the amount of time required for a playthrough, we had roughly estimated the playtime at 10 - 15 hours based on game tests by us developers and empirical values from the demo. Although we never put this estimate on the Steam shop page, we did state it in response to a few enquiries and finally included it in the FAQ on our homepage. The time needed for a playthrough of our game can vary considerably. One major factor is, of course, the different playing styles of the players. To further complicate matters, our strong focus on replayability means that, in addition to player decisions, many random factors also have a major influence on the number of events and stories, the difficulty and therefore also the playtime. Probably the main effect of this is that the phase changes in the game are determined by chance. This affects: - How many turns you stay in camp - Whether you are sent into battle or into the frontline trench - Whether there is an enemy attack during your time in the frontline trench Since a turn in camp takes 12 days, while in battle you need over 15 turns for a day, this has vastly different effects on the amount of time it takes to play. So what's the takeaway from this? There are actually players who have completed their playthrough after just over 2.5 hours. This is of course a huge difference to our initial assessment. We would like to correct this and apologise to all those who expected a longer minimum playtime for each playthrough. It was never our intention to make false promises! We hope that the Early Access version will still be a valuable, long-lasting experience for all players thanks to its high replayability.

Small patch to version 0.5.2

• Fixed game-over end screen bug
• Fixed a bug in a story with Lotze
• Fixed Elisabeth saying a soldier has recovered from fever when he is dead instead
• Fixed dialogue about laundry duty with Madame Laroche could lead to an error

Small patch to version 0.5.1 We didn't think we'd need it, but here's a quick Day 1 hotfix patch.

• Fixed a game-breaking error in a main story in camp (by the way: a dialogue option in that story is "I'm sorry. It won't happen again")
• Fixed soldier names in loading window showing the names of deceased soldiers (they should only show you active soldiers)
• Fixed a missing localisation in a story

The time has finally come: Our game All Quiet in the Trenches is now released in Early Access! [previewyoutube=mF16Xw-9K3w;full][/previewyoutube] We are excited about your feedback :)

The Early Access release of All Quiet in the Trenches is fast approaching. It'll launch the day after tomorrow, Wednesday 17th January 2024! We have published a roadmap on our homepage, showing the current state of development and our planned future updates. Feel free to take a look: https://totallynotaliens.com/aqitt#roadmap We're also planning to take down the demo on Wednesday morning. So if you haven't played it yet, now's your last chance :)

After the demo, we have spent the last few months focussing fully on the Early Access of our game All Quiet in the Trenches. [hr][/hr]

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It's almost time: On 17 January, our game All Quiet in the Trenches will be released in Early Access. Therefore we've created a new trailer. Have fun :) [previewyoutube=mF16Xw-9K3w;full][/previewyoutube]

Another small patch to version 0.4.3! List of changes: - Fixed a possible "NullReferenceException" on some devices for formulas - Fixed being able to cancel Laundry project multiple times which could lead to an error - Fixed territory for "advancing over creek" not being placed correctly - Fixed some typos - Increased the negative consequences of mercy killing or failing to start the project Thanks for your feedback!

And again another small patch to version 0.4.2! List of changes: Balancing: - Soldiers will now recover from exhaustion slightly quicker when resting during camp phase - Added some more conditions for consequences when an inadequate soldier is being sent on the "Deliver message" project - "Dig graves" project now has an alleviating effect on "Hospital Capacity" for a few turns, instead of only instantly Bugfixes: - Fixed "Abstinent" soldiers getting no value changes at all from "Trip to the pub" project - Fixed "Assist in the hospital" project not being cancelled correctly - Changed "Assist in the hospital" project to allow any number of soldiers and Nurse Elisabeth asks for confirmation before adding the project - Fixed the intro story for the offensive battle displaying the outdated "Into the Trenches!" confirmation - Fixed Nurse Elisabeth reprimanding the player every time she's talked to, after not completing the "Latrine fatigue" project (now she will only say the text once per turn) - Fixed error that sometimes occured when leaving the trench in battle with only one soldier - Fixed camera transition in start screen not working - Fixed some bugs with getting wounded in mission - Fixed typos in Pedersen introduction Other: - Added a feedback popup when resetting the tutorial - Added a short "loading" message before a level ends - Changed VSync option standard to be on - A few more minor adjustments Thanks again for your feedback!

Hi everyone! Minor patch 0.4.1 for the demo build is now online. It contains several bugfixes, text issue fixes and some more minor adjustments. Thanks to everyone who reported their bugs to us! A list of all changes: - Fixed overlapping continue button in journal when several stories trigger at the same time - Fixed game getting stuck in mission when no soldier was left on the troops area - Fixed dialogue "Encourage comrades" not disappearing which could result into an error - Fixed error when dragging a soldier icon when using both left and right mouse clicks at the same time - Fixed an error sometimes occuring in a dialogue with a soldier who is giving first aid - Fixed some parts of the tutorial close button being blocked - Fixed naming of screen resolutions in options menu - Fixed sometimes resetting screen resolutions when going to options menu again - Fixed some grammar and punctuation mistakes in english translation - Added a small UI description for "relevant attributes" in projects - Changed demo ending to first turn of the battle (some players found the current ending too abrupt) - Limited base frame rate to 60 (your graphics card will now no longer explode :D) - Increased screen resolutions scroll bar sensitivity Thank you for playing and supporting All Quiet in the Trenches! :)

As of today, the demo of our game All Quiet in the Trenches is live at Steam Next Fest! Feel free to stop by until 16 October and play our free demo. You can expect about 30-45 minutes of gameplay in which you take on the role of an Unteroffizier - a sergeant - in World War I with responsibility over a handful of men. What you do won't change the war, but it will change the lives of you and your soldiers. In the demo you will learn the basics of the game in the trenches, in battle and behind the front lines. We'd love to hear your feedback on our demo on Discord or Steam. What did you like, what not so much, what sticks in your mind and what would you like to see in Early Access?

Our last few months have been all about our All Quiet in the Trenches demo for Steam Next Fest, which takes place next week from 9/10/2023 to 16/10/2023. Feel free to visit us here during this period and get the free demo. [hr][/hr]

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It's already been a few years since we started developing All Quiet in the Trenches - the first game by our indie studio Totally Not Aliens. Now we are approaching the Early Access release with great strides. A free demo will be playable at the Steam Next Fest in October 2023. In the meantime, we will continue to work diligently on the game, will provide you with regular updates, and look forward to everyone joining us on our journey this year and beyond. [hr][/hr]

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