Diplomacy is Not an Option News

Improvements

• In the Map Editor publishing window, you can now select the visibility (before, maps were published as hidden by default);
  
• Maps are uploaded to the Workshop with a default cover. The cover is located in the preview.png file in the map directory (%userprofile%\AppData\LocalLow\Door 407\Diplomacy is Not an Option\DNOWorkshop). To change the cover, save the image you want in this file, the size of the image should not exceed 1 mb;
  
• Improved publishing: after clicking on the ‘Publish’ button, a window with a request confirmation appears. During publishing, the screen becomes darker, a loading indicator appears in the corner. Successful publishing immediately opens the Workshop map page;
  
• Added error messages related to the map publishing process;
  

Bug Fixes

• Bug that caused the map to load without saved changes when restarting the map in the Editor;
  
• Bug that caused adjacent walls to appear disconnected when playing a map created in the Editor;
  
• Bug that caused the attack directions in the Map Editor to always be random, even if a map creator has set the directions;;
  
• Character name in the message window could not go outside the box;
  
• A bug that caused non-Steam users to have problems with launching the game;
  

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Pupultas!

Long time no see! We haven’t been idle all this time – we’ve been working on the Map Editor, and now we are finally ready to let you try it out!

To celebrate the launch, Diplomacy is Not an Option received a discount of 55% till May 26th!

The long-awaited update adds the Map Editor with tools to customize:

• landscape – generate it randomly or handcraft every nook and cranny, dig lakes or erect mountains;
  
• resources – be stingy and make players count every single bit, or make them rich;
  
• waves – plan attacks and create an impossible challenge… or a snoozefest;
  
• objectives – decide if players should defend a building or a unit, or if you want to make them attack!
  

And of course you can share your creations with the community! Steam Workshop is enabled for you to show off your maps and let other players judge them.

Our work on the Map Editor isn’t finished and we’ll continue improving it in the future.

Additionally, there are some other game improvements in this update – for example, we’ve added the option for units to move with the same speed! The full list of changes is, as always, under the cut.
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Update 1.0.53

Features

• The Map Editor is here with Steam Workshop support. Now you can create your own maps and subscribe to maps made by other players.
  

General

• The ‘Not for Publishing’ map, created by the Door 407 team in the Map Editor, is available for Steam users;
  
• You can now level the movement speed of a squad by the slowest troop type represented in it. To do so, press [Ctrl] when giving the ‘Troop move’ order (RMB+[Ctrl] while controlling selected troops);
  
• Significantly accelerated map loading (about 30 times). Especially noticeable when loading large maps.
  

Improvements

• Updated one Ninth Twilight Overlord's line in the ‘Learning how to swim’ mission (now it contains a reference to ‘Diplomacy is Not an Option: Shareware’).
  

Bug Fixes

• Several localization fixes.
  

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Yours, the Door 407 dev team

The base-building, horde vaporizing Diplomacy is Not an Option left early access last year to a pretty warm reception by those who'd followed its development. In it you build up little medieval town-fortresses and use that economic engine to defend them from copious hordes of attacking fantasy invaders...
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Good Lords, Fair Ladies!

Diplomacy is Not an Option: Shareware is available now! Get a peek at what Diplomacy is Not an Option is! The free prequel contains a small campaign and an Endless Mode map for you to try. Hang your crown, put on a tricorn hat and join a mighty pirate captain Duncan on a quest to change Samreignia’s future!

Additionally, you can purchase all our games in the Door 407 bundle at 50% discount till May 7th!

Yours, the Door 407 dev team

Pupultas!

Our friends at Twin Earth have released their new tower defense voxel game, Castle Craft! Fight against forces of chaos, build and defend your castle!

And of course, the game is available in a bundle with Diplomacy is Not an Option, which provides an additional discount!

Yours, the Door 407 dev team