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Name

 Axes and Acres 

 

Developer

 BrainGoodGames 

 

Publisher

 BrainGoodGames 

 

Tags

 Strategy 

 

Singleplayer 

Release

 2016-04-07 

 

Steam

 4,99€ 3,49£ 4,99$ / 50 % 

 

News

 33 

 

Controls

 Keyboard 

 

 Mouse 

 

Players online

 0 

 

Steam Rating

 Very Positive 

Steam store

 https://store.steampowered.com/app/448910 

 

SteamSpy

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 0 .. 20,000 +/-  

 

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 Axes and Acres Linux Depot [114.88 M] 




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Axes and Acres Patch 1.08 (Quality of Life + HOTKEYS)

Windows only for now.

-Discard now shuffles when you run through the deck
-Fixed a couple popup typos (FUTHER victory, forest fires destoyed, etc)
-Fixed the ? screen goal in advanced mode
-Fixed some sound/mute setting issues
-Clicking objective cards mistakenly should no longer trigger anything on the board
-Esc key now closes the "Quit" popup
-Dice are now sorted by face and then type

ADDED HOTKEYS
-[TAB] to cycle through buildings
-[1-5] to select buildings
-[Q or B] to select next Build die
-[W] to select next Work die
-[E or G] to select next Gather die
-[R] to select next Reproduce die
-[C] to select next Crusade die
-[D] to select next Wild die (W was taken)

-[M or T] to use a die for movement
-[S] to save a die for movement


[ 2023-04-09 15:50:43 CET ] [ Original post ]

1.08c (Card Hotkeys)

Added Hotkeys to use cards in hand.

Shift + 1 (first card)
Shift + 2 (second card)
Shift + 3 (third card)

(Still on beta branch and only on windows)

Thanks to KwirkyJ from the Braingoodgames discord for the suggestion.


[ 2021-04-21 16:48:19 CET ] [ Original post ]

1.08b (Reproduction Hotkey Hotfix)

Fixed a bug with using the hotkeys while selecting a second reproduction die.


[ 2021-04-13 20:05:23 CET ] [ Original post ]

Axes and Acres Patch 1.08 (Quality of Life + HOTKEYS)

Windows only for now, and on the beta branch.
(To access the beta right click Axes and Acres in your Steam Library -> Properties -> Betas
then select "beta")

-Discard now shuffles when you run through the deck
-Fixed a couple popup typos (FUTHER victory, forest fires destoyed, etc)
-Fixed the ? screen goal in advanced mode
-Fixed some sound/mute setting issues
-Clicking objective cards mistakenly should no longer trigger anything on the board
-Esc key now closes the "Quit" popup
-Dice are now sorted by face and then type

ADDED HOTKEYS
-[TAB] to cycle through buildings
-[1-5] to select buildings
-[Q or B] to select next Build die
-[W] to select next Work die
-[E or G] to select next Gather die
-[R] to select next Reproduce die
-[C] to select next Crusade die
-[D] to select next Wild die (W was taken)

-[M or T] to use a die for movement
-[S] to save a die for movement


[ 2021-04-07 22:39:32 CET ] [ Original post ]

Militia 2 is Live on Steam

Militia is back with more bite-sized strategy that evolves to match your skill! Beat back hordes of ruffians that challenge you in Beam and Push World!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1070510/Militia_2/


[ 2019-08-11 18:31:39 CET ] [ Original post ]

Rolling in the Reef is Live on Steam! 15% off!

Feeling lucky on Friday the 13th? Time to roll some dice baby.



Grab Rolling in the Reef on Steam here! (At a 15% discount this week!)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/884960/Rolling_in_the_Reef/

You’d think making these would get easier, but I think this was the most difficult project I’ve ever made! Super happy with how it turned out, hope you enjoy Rolling in the Reef!


[ 2018-07-13 18:28:35 CET ] [ Original post ]

Patch 1.06b Live On Beta

Fixed issue with undoing wild die face deploys in the tutorial
-Updated to new version of Unity to hopefully fix strange Linux issues
-Fixed overlapping tutorial popup visual issue

(To access the beta right click Axes and Acres in your Steam Library -> Properties -> Betas
then enter "axesandacresbeta" -> Click Check Code -> Select in Dropdown -> Restart Steam)


[ 2017-08-10 20:59:52 CET ] [ Original post ]

Patch 1.06b is Live!

Fixed issue with undoing wild die face deploys in the tutorial
-Updated to new version of Unity to hopefully fix strange Linux issues
-Fixed overlapping tutorial popup visual issue

(To access the beta right click Axes and Acres in your Steam Library -> Properties -> Betas
then enter "axesandacresbeta" -> Click Check Code -> Select in Dropdown -> Restart Steam)


[ 2017-08-10 20:59:52 CET ] [ Original post ]

Solar Settlers is LIVE on Steam!

You can grab it here:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/655480/Solar_Settlers/

Solar Settlers is a card-driven space exploration strategy game set in the far future. Our sun is on the verge of collapse and so mankind has taken to the stars aboard colony ships to seek out a new home.


[ 2017-07-23 21:01:03 CET ] [ Original post ]

Solar Settlers is LIVE on Steam!

You can grab it here:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/655480/Solar_Settlers/

Solar Settlers is a card-driven space exploration strategy game set in the far future. Our sun is on the verge of collapse and so mankind has taken to the stars aboard colony ships to seek out a new home.


[ 2017-07-23 21:01:03 CET ] [ Original post ]

Patch 1.06 "Spring Cleaning" is LIVE



Patch notes here:

-Added stats screen to main menu
-You can now use the move box even with no workers on the board
-Fixed bug where you could deploy a 4th die to a space if you had two reproduce faces on it
-Added feature to highlight spaces that can be targeted by Hunters Hut card
-Added hide/show button to tutorial popup
-Fixed up some wording in the tutorial
-Fixed bug with reproducing too early in the tutorial
-Fixed bug with roads not calculating properly on very complex boards
-Fixed a bug with win streak triggering on 4 wins (now triggers on 3 properly)


[ 2017-05-15 17:22:21 CET ] [ Original post ]

Patch 1.06 "Spring Cleaning" is LIVE



Patch notes here:

-Added stats screen to main menu
-You can now use the move box even with no workers on the board
-Fixed bug where you could deploy a 4th die to a space if you had two reproduce faces on it
-Added feature to highlight spaces that can be targeted by Hunters Hut card
-Added hide/show button to tutorial popup
-Fixed up some wording in the tutorial
-Fixed bug with reproducing too early in the tutorial
-Fixed bug with roads not calculating properly on very complex boards
-Fixed a bug with win streak triggering on 4 wins (now triggers on 3 properly)


[ 2017-05-15 17:22:21 CET ] [ Original post ]

Solar Settlers is LIVE on Greenlight

...and we could really use your vote!

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=918918282



Solar Settlers is a card-driven space exploration strategy game set in the far future. Our sun is on the verge of collapse and so mankind has taken to the stars aboard colony ships to seek out a new home. You are the caretaker of one such ship, and must carefully manage the planets you find, technology cards you posses and fellow colonists as they gradually awaken from a long cryo-sleep in order to scratch out a new cradle for humanity.


[ 2017-05-04 23:12:10 CET ] [ Original post ]

Solar Settlers is LIVE on Greenlight

...and we could really use your vote!

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=918918282



Solar Settlers is a card-driven space exploration strategy game set in the far future. Our sun is on the verge of collapse and so mankind has taken to the stars aboard colony ships to seek out a new home. You are the caretaker of one such ship, and must carefully manage the planets you find, technology cards you posses and fellow colonists as they gradually awaken from a long cryo-sleep in order to scratch out a new cradle for humanity.


[ 2017-05-04 23:12:10 CET ] [ Original post ]

Tutorial Revamp is Live!



EDIT: We're Live!

Based on a ton of feedback both old and recent regarding how hard the game is to pick up initially, I'm going to attempt re-implementing the tutorials over the next few days. Just as a heads up if you're having trouble jumping in, help is on the way!

You can also check out the "How to Play" video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OBtCjKSF1k

or ask questions of the excellent Axes and Acres community in the Community Hub!

Thanks everybody for your feedback!


[ 2017-03-18 20:43:47 CET ] [ Original post ]

Tutorial Revamp!

Based on a ton of feedback both old and recent regarding how hard the game is to pick up initially, I'm going to attempt re-implementing the tutorials over the next few days. Just as a heads up if you're having trouble jumping in, help is on the way!

You can also check out the "How to Play" video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OBtCjKSF1k

or ask questions of the excellent Axes and Acres community in the Community Hub!

Thanks everybody for your feedback!


[ 2017-03-18 20:43:47 CET ] [ Original post ]

Patch 1.05 - "Age of Castles" is LIVE!

Go forth and spread your buildings far and wide, and bask in the grandeur of your kingdom!



Patch 1.05 features a ton of balance tweaks and quality of life reworks, as well as a big leaderboard update and a second major end-game win condition in the Castle!

You can read the full patch notes here:
http://blog.braingoodgames.com/2017/03/09/axes-and-acres-patch-1-05/

In other news, we have a 100% positive Steam rating for the first time in Axes and Acres young life! Pretty cool!

Thank you all for your continued support, you make this adventure awesome! As always, you can leave a comment here with your feedback or reach me at braingoodgames@gmail.com.


[ 2017-03-13 18:26:04 CET ] [ Original post ]

Patch 1.05 - "Age of Castles" is LIVE!

Go forth and spread your buildings far and wide, and bask in the grandeur of your kingdom!



Patch 1.05 features a ton of balance tweaks and quality of life reworks, as well as a big leaderboard update and a second major end-game win condition in the Castle!

You can read the full patch notes here:
http://blog.braingoodgames.com/2017/03/09/axes-and-acres-patch-1-05/

In other news, we have a 100% positive Steam rating for the first time in Axes and Acres young life! Pretty cool!

Thank you all for your continued support, you make this adventure awesome! As always, you can leave a comment here with your feedback or reach me at braingoodgames@gmail.com.


[ 2017-03-13 18:07:32 CET ] [ Original post ]

Minos Strategos Draft-Mode Launch Streaming Event Tomorrow!

Friday, Jan 27 (tomorrow). If you are going to stream the game, contact me at braingoodgames (at) gmail (dot) com for a key!

More details here!
http://blog.braingoodgames.com/2017/01/26/announcing-the-draft-mode-minos-strategos-launch-event/


[ 2017-01-26 17:35:47 CET ] [ Original post ]

Minos Strategos Draft-Mode Launch Streaming Event Tomorrow!

Friday, Jan 27 (tomorrow). If you are going to stream the game, contact me at braingoodgames (at) gmail (dot) com for a key!

More details here!
http://blog.braingoodgames.com/2017/01/26/announcing-the-draft-mode-minos-strategos-launch-event/


[ 2017-01-26 17:35:47 CET ] [ Original post ]

Minos Strategos Launches Jan 27!



Our latest single-player strategy game Minos Strategos launches next Friday, January 27th. Check it out and add it to your wishlist here:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/577490
If you're a YouTuber, Twitch streamer or other type of video game content creator, contact us at braingoodgames (at) gmail.com to get a beta prerelease key.

As always, thank you all so much for your continued support!


[ 2017-01-18 00:58:36 CET ] [ Original post ]

Minos Strategos Launches Jan 27!



Our latest single-player strategy game Minos Strategos launches next Friday, January 27th. Check it out and add it to your wishlist here:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/577490
If you're a YouTuber, Twitch streamer or other type of video game content creator, contact us at braingoodgames (at) gmail.com to get a beta prerelease key.

As always, thank you all so much for your continued support!


[ 2017-01-18 00:58:36 CET ] [ Original post ]

Vote For Us On Greenlight!



Please check out and vote on the Greenlight for our latest single-player strategy game Minos Strategos! (Description below).
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=813972641&result=1
You are the legendary Minos Strategos (general of the ancient city of Minos)! Command the defenders of the temple by harnessing the power of specific battle formations to push back the Minotaur hordes. Minos Strategos is a quick, single-player strategy game with a focus on elegance and clarity. Climb the single-player ladder as you devise flexible strategies, amassing an ever-growing collection of command cards as you go!


[ 2016-12-13 17:36:06 CET ] [ Original post ]

Vote For Us On Greenlight!



Please check out and vote on the Greenlight for our latest single-player strategy game Minos Strategos! (Description below).
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=813972641&result=1
You are the legendary Minos Strategos (general of the ancient city of Minos)! Command the defenders of the temple by harnessing the power of specific battle formations to push back the Minotaur hordes. Minos Strategos is a quick, single-player strategy game with a focus on elegance and clarity. Climb the single-player ladder as you devise flexible strategies, amassing an ever-growing collection of command cards as you go!


[ 2016-12-13 17:36:06 CET ] [ Original post ]

Age of Myth Update and 25% Off!

Hey all! Just launched the 1.04 "Age of Myth" update to Axes and Acres (with a 25% off sale!)



The Update includes:
-Added “Past Kingdoms” gallery to main page, allowing you to view previously finished games
-Balance Changes
-Set target framerate
-Bugfixes

Full Patch Notes:
http://blog.braingoodgames.com/2016/10/13/axes-and-acres-age-of-myth-patch-1-04-notes/

As always, please let me know if you have any feedback or suggestions!

My email is braingoodgames (at) gmail dot com


[ 2016-10-17 19:08:33 CET ] [ Original post ]

SkyBoats Launched on Steam!



Proud to bring you guys the third game from BrainGoodGames! If you're a fan of strategy games and or the single player ladder, check it out! :D

SkyBoats is on sale at launch for 10% off!

http://store.steampowered.com/app/510780


[ 2016-08-24 19:03:57 CET ] [ Original post ]

20% off! "Age of Legends" Patch Live! (1.03)



Hey everybody! The 1.03 update "Age of Legends" is Live!! To celebrate, Axes and Acres is 20% off for this week!! Lowest price ever :)

Patch includes:
-Leaderboard support
-Balance changes
-Practice/free play mode
-High rank point scaling tweaks
-A bunch of quality of life changes

Full Patch Notes: http://blog.braingoodgames.com/2016/08/15/axes-and-acres-age-of-legends-patch-1-03-notes/

You can get updates on Militia, Axes and Acres, and upcoming projects by following us on twitter at:
https://twitter.com/BrainGoodGames
or my personal account at:
https://twitter.com/BrickRoadDX

You can also find some insight into the BrainGoodGames game design process by following our blog at blog.braingoodgames.com

As always thanks for all your support, you guys are the best! Keep an eye out for SkyBoats, which launches on August 23rd!


[ 2016-08-15 19:23:03 CET ] [ Original post ]

Next Game: SkyBoats Kickstarter Live Now!



Check out our Kickstarter at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1279797925/skyboats-sail-the-skies :D

Also on Greenlight:

SkyBoats
Greenlight Game
By: BrickRoadDX
Ahoy SkyBoat captains! Today is your chance to learn to sail the skies, take control of the winds and discover vast riches up in the clouds.

Ahoy SkyBoat captains! Today is your chance to learn to sail the skies, take control of the winds and discover vast riches up in the clouds. In SkyBoats you are a skyfaring merchant who must meet the demands of the three sky cities to become the most successful Sky Captain! In SkyBoats, you’ll use our unique wind-sailing system to hone and display your piloting prowess. Even better, as you improve your skill at the game, SkyBoats will use your evolving rank to consistently give you a satisfying strategic challenge.


[ 2016-07-16 19:23:46 CET ] [ Original post ]

Added Linux Support!




Hey everybody! We're live on Linux! To celebrate, Axes and Acres is 15% off for this week!!

Let me know if it works with your particular flavor, and comment with any bugs or feedback you have!

You can get updates on Militia, Axes and Acres, and upcoming projects by following us on twitter at:
https://twitter.com/BrainGoodGames
or my personal account at:
https://twitter.com/BrickRoadDX

You can also find some insight into the BrainGoodGames game design process by following our blog at blog.braingoodgames.com

As always thanks for all your support, you guys are the best! We have some interesting stuff coming down the pipe in the near future that we can't wait to show you.


[ 2016-06-13 18:24:31 CET ] [ Original post ]

"Age of Axes" (v1.02) Update Is Live!

Huge content and balance changes, changes to high rank (10 and up) play, interface improvments and more! Check out the full patch notes and subscribe to our shiny new blog here:

http://blog.braingoodgames.com/2016/04/23/age-of-axes-patch-1-02-full-patch-notes/

Thank you all so much for your feedback and support. As always, you can email us at braingoodgames (at) gmail.com, or leave a comment below with your questions, comments and suggestions. Keep it coming guys! We're strongly considering adding Linux support for the next patch, it seems that there are a bunch of people out there who would like that!

1.02a:
Fixed a bug with rewinding the advanced side of the Work card
Fixed a bug with rewinding various move actions


[ 2016-04-24 16:59:43 CET ] [ Original post ]

The "Age of Axes" is Coming...

http://blog.braingoodgames.com/2016/04/16/ageofaxes/

Find out more and follow the patch updates as they're revealed! We can't wait to show you what we've been cooking up!


[ 2016-04-21 01:54:41 CET ] [ Original post ]

"Saving and Learning" (v1.01) Update Is Live!

The people have spoken, and they want to suspend their games! So we've added saving in the new update, along with a number of tutorial tweaks and bugfixes. Partial feature list to follow.

Thank you all so much for your amazing feedback and support. As always, you can email us at braingoodgames (at) gmail.com, or leave a comment below with your questions, comments and suggestions. Keep the feedback coming, and if you haven't yet, please leave a review on Steam, it really helps a lot!

-Suspending games implemented
-Draggable popup boxes
-Cancel some popup boxes during play
-Tutorial language clarifications
-Objective language clarifications
-Renamed "Builders" to "Masons"
-Made it more clear when a die selected for movement
-Made it more clear when resources are on the same space as workers
-More explanation of the goal in ranked.
-Made supply explanation more clear
-Added option to manually set you rank to either 1 or 5 in settings
-Added barbarian clarification popup
-Added alert for when you're low on rounds
-Fixed a couple typos
-Fixed a bug that caused corrupted save files
-...Many small tweaks + bugfixes

We can't wait to hear your questions, comments and suggestions as we push forward to make Axes and Acres the best game it can be! Stay tuned for a balance/content update some time in the near future!

Edit:
-1.01a Save feature bugfixes
-1.01b Fixed bug with Builder's Hall saves, skip fade when resuming
-1.01c Fixed bug with barbarian spawners appearing on constructing buildings
1.01d Fixed bug with cancelling wild die deploy dialog. You can now undo deploy actions (as long as you haven't done something else).
1.01e Fixed bug with advanced tutorial, potential fix for "ghost dice"

P.S Militia is on sale this week for 33% off on the Humble Store! ($4 USD!)
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/p/militia_storefront


[ 2016-04-11 22:23:34 CET ] [ Original post ]

Axes and Acres has Launched!

We're super proud to release Axes and Acres; BrainGoodGames' second title on Steam! We've been playing a ton over the past few months gearing up for release, and I'm happy to say we think it turned out really well!

Many thanks to the awesome community for making launch videos!

Dad's Gaming Addiction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtJTJvV8Eb8

Emicarn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okZE6F4D4BM

Highsight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLz2XPi4JI4

KevGuuey
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3LDlzBaIVs

and GenEnemy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7o0paUMnn4

We have a bunch of stuff planned for a v1.01 Update sometime in the next week, so stay tuned for that. If you have any particular comments or questions or features you'd like to see in Axes and Acres, let us know in a comment. Thank you all very much for your support! Hope you enjoy Axes and Acres, it's been a ton of fun making it!


[ 2016-04-08 03:10:21 CET ] [ Original post ]