Diplomacy is Not an Option News

Speaking as a generally terrified person who curls up into a tiny ball whenever they feel threatened, the tower defence genre really resonates with me. Like a besieged castle, I am also in a state of constant high-alert and paralysing, teeth-grinding stress. I am incapable of any kind of meaningful conflict resolution, and embarrassingly vulnerable to being destroyed by hundreds of angry men with swords over the course of several helpless minutes.

Diplomacy Is Not An Option doesn’t bill itself as a tower defence game, but it is a real-time strategy game about protecting your medieval settlement as wave after wave of attackers try to smash it up. Rather than have you traipsing around the map in search of trouble to make, there is a refreshing focus on defence – offence’s nerdy younger sister – with victory determined not by how well you’ve conquered the surrounding land, but how capable you are of taking a beating and coming out on top.

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Features:
- Add troop type on the screen to the current selection by holding Shift and double clicking LMB;
- Type selection commands now work for buildings under construction (e.g you may select all wooden walls under construction by double clicking LMB on one of them);
- Saves display more detailed information (time, mission and difficulty);

Balance changes:
- Difficulty reduced in "Born to Chill" endless mode (beta);
- "A Walk in the Park" difficulty reduced in missions 1 and 2 (for the King choice)

Fixed bugs (demo & beta):
- Bug that forced enemies to turn on “party mode”;
- Bug with troop icons showing wrong troop state in the defense structure interface;
- “Attack point” order is no more preventing troops from following the "Attack" command;
- Desynchronized animations fixes (for troops, siege machines and in-building flags);
- Fog of war flickering;
- Camera no longer rotates randomly at the edge of the map;
- Sound system fixes (including bug with sound disappearance when the game is paused);
- Multiple interface fixes and UI improvements;
- Multiple localization fixes;
- General game optimization, performance improvements;

Fixed bugs (beta):
- Ballistae and Crossbowmen don't stuck in certain situations;
- Dietetics research fix (Research does no longer increase food consumption instead of decreasing it);
- Citizens and enemies don't stuck in stone walls anymore;
- Market is remodeled, some bugs fixed (zeppelin freeze, incorrect food resource display);

Folks! Important update!

Firstly, the Endless mode is back in the Demo.

Secondly, thank you so much for your support and for sharing opinions on Diplomacy is Not an Option. The entire development team had an absolutely crazy day, but it paid off.

Demo 2.0.4 / Beta 1.0.5 1st day Hotfix (changes applied for both versions):

- Once again, the Endless Mode is back in the Demo. However, the new-new Demo's save-load system doesn't support saves from previous Demo versions.
- Fixed the bug that caused workers to freeze instead of going to their target with no obstacles on the way.
- Fixed the bug that inverted camera control when rotating the camera.
- Fixed the bug that blocked unit icon dragging in the defense structure interface.
- Found and fixed several crash cases.
- Fixed the crowding bug (weird units behavior).
- Storages are remodeled.
- Several translations improved.
- Minor interface and balance improvements made.

Thank you for attention, enjoy!