Diplomacy is Not an Option News

Features

• 6 new maps for Challenge Mode divided in two sections: "A hunter becomes a prey" "Mosquito swarms";
  
• New Endless Mode version: “Gorge of Perdition”;
  
• In the Sandbox Mode, we added lots of new Attacking waves’ presets (mainly from campaign missions).
  

General

• Farm fields do not clear Fog of war until the Farm is built;
  
• Music theme changed in the cutscene after the "The Deer Hunters" mission (in the ‘For Sarranga’ plot branch).
  

Improvements

• Troops and enemies placed on fortifications became visible in the Map Editor;
  
• In the Map Editor, you can place ‘Landmarks and objects’ anywhere on the map;
  
• Some UI improvements. In particular, added confirmation window for switching to Photo Mode ([F11]);
  
• Some SFX improvements.
  

Balance

• Missions “Abberlore will fall!” and “The final battle”: the starting number of free workers has been reduced by ~30% for the ‘Ultrahardcore’ and ‘Pure Insanity’ difficulty levels.
  

Bug Fixes

• Bug preventing the completion of the ‘Destroy’ objective for some enemy buildings (such as Cathedral of Nine Pilgrims) in missions created in the Map Editor;
  
• Map Editor bug causing Fog of war to completely cover a map after adjusting game settings;
  
• In the Map Editor, the attributes of copied buildings (including the resources stored in them) are saved properly (applied not just for the first copied building, as it was before the fix);
  
• Several localization fixes.
  

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Pupultas![/p][p]A good friend of ours has released a demo of his game Dragon Spot - a cozy puzzle where you create islands full of tranquility… and dragons. Please give it a go![/p][p]Completing the demo will take about 20–30 minutes. It includes:[/p]

• [p] A cozy atmosphere with no rush — just dragons, villagers, and beautiful landscapes to enjoy.[/p]
• [p]A few puzzles of varying difficulty — solve them and get familiar with the core mechanics![/p]
• [p]Creative Mode — build your own island and turn it into a puzzle.[/p]
• [p]Several achievements you can collect while playing.[/p]

[p]Have fun with this summer's Next Fest.[/p][p][/p][p]Yours, the Door 407 dev team[/p][p]
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Pupultas![/p][p]While we are preparing the next update to Diplomacy is Not an Option, Abra-Cooking-Dabra team has released a demo for Steam Next Fest! If you haven’t tried the game during the playtests and want to rest from the difficulty of DiNaO, check out this cozy cooking card game![/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink]The demo offers:[/p]

• [p]6 levels to play, including a secret endless one — grow ingredients, prepare dishes and serve eccentric guests![/p]
• [p]Multiple dishes to cook — figure out every single one from hints, received from customers![/p]
• [p]Bizarre guests — some will try to mess with you![/p]
• [p]Meta-progression — players can buy new appliances and utilities between levels to improve their kitchen![/p]

[p]Have fun cooking![/p][p][/p][p]Yours, the Door 407 dev team[/p]

Pupultas!

Today marks the start of Steam Zombie vs. Vampires Fest! Obviously, we couldn’t miss the event — not when the Ninth Twilight Lord keeps breaking the fourth wall (which is quite costly to fix) nagging us to promote the Song more.

After all, only in Diplomacy is Not an Option you have a story branch where a metal band of undead conquers the world to throw the greatest concert of all time by using their devoted zombie fans as a resource!

And while the Fest is on, from May 26th to June 2nd, Door 407 Developer Bundle is 55% off!

Yours, the Door 407 dev team

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;