Warnament News

Hey everyone! We had to postpone this update for a week to ensure it turns out to be truly awesome! Bear with us, we've made some important changes.

Please note: Most of the new features are available in the demo, but you can gain access unlimited game in Warnament's closed beta for as much as $0.99! It includes multiplayer mode, full technology tree, 3 more political institutions, scenario editor & a standalone map editor app.

Head over to our itch.io page or straight to warnament.com to start playing in a few clicks!



[h3]v0.5.1 Released![/h3]

• Reworked bots: fiercer at war, cunning as ever at the negotiations' table
  
• Added new random events that might get triggered depending on what countries you neighbor with: for example, Communist neighbors might nationalize your citizens' business, and you get to decide how to deal with it
  
• Reworked Technology Tree: removed technologies providing additional bonus to harvesting resources to prevent well-developed countries from becoming too powerful (available in closed beta)
• Added Training Camp II that allows training more Shock Troops per turn
  
• Added detailed information about player's relationship with other countries (visible when trying to improve relationship with a country)
  
• New UI design
  
• Bug fixes
  

If you haven't done so already, please add Warnament to your wishlist on Steam:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1201700/Warnament/

This is the best way to show us that you're waiting for the game to come out, and provides us with superior motivation for releasing the game sooner!

Want some more Warnament? We got you! Here's what you can do:

• Join our merry gang on Warnament's Discord Server to chat with devs and fellow players, and send your feedback straight to the devs
  
• Subscribe to our YouTube channel, and watch weekly videos about the development process
  
• Join our mailing list to get the latest news about the game
  
• Follow Warnament on Twitter

See you in 2 weeks, when the next Warnament update is out!

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[h2]The Most Important Things About Warnament[/h2]

When's the release? We're aiming to go into Early Access by the beginning of 2024

What happens now? You can play Warnament's closed beta for as much as $0.99. It is updated bi-monthly, and includes map editor & multiplayer mode, along with the access to the devs’ eyes & ears

And what if I don't? There's also a free demo here on Steam. It doesn't have all the features but also gets regular updates, including some new content:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1201700/Warnament/

With that aside, let's finally talk about what's new in Warnament!

[h2]New Diplomatic Tools: Trading And Making Friends[/h2]



You can now exchange goods, machinery, and even entire provinces with other countries. Needless to say, that adds a new level of depth: if you happen to be a small contry but a filthy rich one, you can become a major player on the global politics arena.

Of course, if a country applied sanctions on you, they won't deal with you. If you have a beef with one of your neighbours, it will also make trading difficult, at the very least. But since the last update you can use finesse and start gradually improving your relationships with other countries with the means of diplomacy. Gameplay-wise it means spending some prestige points, so make sure you have plenty.



Last but not least, you will now be recieving answers to your proposals instantly, without having to wait for the next term. It works in the multiplayer, too: the other player will see your offer and be able to answer it immediately. But thread lightly, because that means wars can be declared instantly, too. So make sure you have your troops ready in case things go south.

[h2]Shock & A…rtillery[/h2]



Speaking of troops, we've got a couple of newcomers! Enter Shock Troops: they're like your regular infantry but stronger and resistant to chemical warfare. To convert regular troops to these elite swashbucklers, you'll have to construct a new building called Training Camp.

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Our other fighter is the almighty Artillery: it can strike your enemies from afar but there's a payoff - cannons do not have much durability and are therefore vulnerable to all kinds of attacks. Artillery comes with it's own new building, too: the Machine Factory.



Oh, and don't forget: with these guys around, Steel becomes one of the most precious resources out there. Need to improve a building? Steel. Build a fleet? Steel! Artillery, tanks, training Shock Infantry? It's steel, still. Steel!

[h2]Technical Improvements: Better, Faster, Stronger[/h2]

In multiplayer, the players are now receiving not only scenario data from the server but the map data, too. That means, if you run a server, you're free to upload any map to it, and any player will be able to join a session, regardless of whether they have this map or not!

We also made a bunch of smaller but still very important improvements regarding map loading speed optimization, and the map editor. Might not sound so epic but our players are loving it:



Speaking of the players: if you want more content for Warnament (scenarios, maps etc.) then our Discord server is the place to go. We have a frightfully active community of awesome players over there.

[h2]Up Next: Of AI's and UI's[/h2]

In the next couple of weeks we will be working of completely redesigning the game interface: we're consulting with a dedicated UI/UX designer, so it's serious business, folks! Real deal.

After that, bots will get their own reboot. We'll teach them to create their own game events, so they could decide to help you in a war (if they like you enough), or insult and attack you (if they don't).

Warnament is coming into its full glory with every update, so bear with us: good times are ahead!

Another fortnite of productive work, another Warnament update! This one brings some awesome new content!

Please note: Most of the new features are available in the demo, but you can gain access unlimited game in Warnament's closed beta for as much as $0.99! It includes multiplayer mode, full technology tree, 3 more political institutions, game configuration & scenario editor.

Head over to our itch.io page or straight to warnament.com to start playing in a few clicks!



[h2]v0.4.1 Released![/h2]

[h3]The Game[/h3]

• New unit: Shock Infantry - much stronger than your regular troops & immune to chemical weaponry (available in closed beta)
• New unit: Artillery - strikes from afar but isn't very durable
  
• New building: Machine Factory - produces artillery & tanks
  
• New building: Training Camp gradually turns up to 100 infantry troops in the province into 100 Shock Infantry troops (available in closed beta)
• Players can now spend Prestige points for improving relationships with neighboring countries (to prevent them from attacking you, because friends don't do that)
  
• Map loading optimized
  

[h3]The Map Editor:[/h3]

• Fix the wrong handle of priority for the province display
  
• Added working generation of transitions for complex islands, consisting of several provinces
  
• Easier selection of vertice in the editor
  

If you haven't done so already, please add Warnament to your wishlist on Steam:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1201700/Warnament/

This is the best way to show us that you're waiting for the game to come out, and provides us with superior motivation for releasing the game sooner!

Want some more Warnament? We got you! Here's what you can do:

• Join our merry gang on Warnament's Discord Server to chat with devs and fellow players, and send your feedback straight to the devs
  
• Subscribe to our YouTube channel, and watch weekly videos about the development process
  
• Join our mailing list to get the latest news about the game
  
• Follow Warnament on Twitter

See you in 2 weeks, when the next Warnament update is out!

Hey there rulers, and welcome to the first of many Warnament's patch notes! We'll keep you posted bi-monthly, speaking of all things that are new & improved!

New features are available in the demo, but you can gain access unlimited game in Warnament's closed beta for as much as $0.99! It includes multiplayer mode, full technology tree, 3 more political institutions, game configuration & scenario editor.

Head over to our itch.io page or straight to warnament.com to start playing in a few clicks!



[h3]v0.3.2 Released![/h3]

• Added trading: you can exchange resources, provinces & even war machinery with friendly countries. You can't trade with a country if it's applied sanctions to you though
  
• Interaction between countries now happens instantly, not after the turn is over
  
• Players will now receive notifications of whether a country has accepted or declined an offer from them
  
• Added support for user-made maps in the multiplayer (available in closed Beta)
  
• Performance optimization for playing on big maps
  
• Bug fixes
  

If you haven't done so already, please add Warnament to your wishlist on Steam:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1201700/Warnament/

This is the best way to show us that you're waiting for the game to come out, and provides us with superior motivation for releasing the game sooner!

Want some more Warnament? We got you! Here's what you can do:

• Join our merry gang on Warnament's Discord Server to chat with devs and fellow players, and send your feedback straight to the devs
  
• Subscribe to our YouTube channel, and watch weekly videos about the development process
  
• Join our mailing list to get the latest news about the game
  
• Follow Warnament on Twitter

See you in 2 weeks, when the next Warnament update is out!

Didn't have a chance to stop by and say hi during our last live stream? We've got you covered: come around this game's very Steam page on Thursday, we'll be answering questions in the chat room live!

[h3]June 22, Thursday, 9 am PST / 6 pm CET[/h3]

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