Dear Queens and Kings,
Today marks the one year anniversary since the launch of Kingdom! It has been a crazy, wonderful ride and even one year later we're still super excited about this game and, more so, absolutely grateful for your support. We're also still committed to improving and expanding the game 365 days after it has launched, and we will continue to do so for the foreseeable future.
I'm taking this opportunity to launch patch 1.0.4, which fixes a bunch of annoying bugs in the current version. This is slightly ahead of schedule, so let me know if it's horribly borked!
The next patch—aside from a small spooky surprise next week—will be 1.1.0. For that version I'm working on a way to let you start a new game on any land immediately, probably through the map view from the menu.
Thanks for your support & enjoy!
Patch Notes
Crash on Startup An empty save file will no longer crash the game during startup
Crash on Startup A corrupted save file will now start a fresh game instead of hanging. The corrupted save is NOT deleted, so it can be salvaged or sent to developer for support
Infinite blood moon The game no longer prevents a "safe state" when all currently alive enemies are far away. Previously, the game could get stuck in an "infinite blood moon" because a new wave is approaching from the furthest portal before the previous wave has been defeated.
Trolls & flyers adapt their speed to the wave they are in, to stick together with the other enemies
Waves (especially trolls) now better predict the duration of their trip from portal to camp.
Increase tutorial ghost speed and improve 'leading' behavior.
Fix farmhouse not being stored if saving while it is under construction
Fix visual glitch with torch light on a stag mount
Prevent farmlands from overlapping each other
Farmers are better at sticking to their assigned farm
Allow farmlands to appear on either side of farmhouse until max amount is reached
Fix bug where player could not purchase new shield after one is stolen by a troll
Fix a bug that caused a single boat part to disappear after saving + loading
Disable touch screen controls on desktop platforms so the menu doesn't break
Tales spread of far off isles with mysteries waiting to be discovered. Rulers will need all the strength of their subjects to sail away and find new kingdoms in these New Lands.
Kingdom: New Lands builds upon the award-winning gameplay and mystery of Kingdom by introducing an abundance of new content to the IGF-nominated title while maintaining the simplicity and depth that legions of monarchs have come to experience and enjoy. Travel to the New Lands and welcome the deluge of new mounts, merchants, and vagrants that call these isles home, but be wary of the new obstacles that threaten your arrival -- for not just the greedy creatures block your way but even the environment itself can defeat you.
Be brave, ruler, and fight to the bitter end, lest these New Lands conquer you instead.
MINIMAL SETUP
OS: SteamOS or similar
Processor: Dual CoreMemory: 1 GB RAMStorage: 1 GB available space
Memory: 1 GB RAMStorage: 1 GB available space
Storage: 1 GB available space
RECOMMENDED SETUP
OS: SteamOS or similarMemory: 2 GB RAMStorage: 1 GB available space