Becastled News

• Fixed: improved XP distribution on kill — now shared between attackers and those within range, allowing archers to gain XP from minibosses at greater distances.
  
• Fixed: vertical shooting range of enemy archers when targeting high ground.
  
• Fixed: wall positions not loading correctly for units.
  
• Fixed: assign workers and other UI elements visible during night battles.
  
• Fixed: militia could not be called in from some save files.
  
• Fixed: work slots with "waiting for worker" not loading correctly.
  
• Fixed: sawmills not finding trees in some cases.
  
• Fixed: animals blocking the path of recruits during training.
  
• Fixed: banner button hitbox issue.
  
• Fixed: night timer freezing after the game win screen.
  

The next patch will feature reworked unit controls with classic commands: move, attack while moving, hold ground, and defend position. This should eliminate much of the confusion and some pathfinding bugs for units.

Hey everyone, join us tomorrow for a dev live stream at 6:00 PM CET!

We will try to beat the game at hardest difficulty while doing a QA session.

Stream link: https://www.twitch.tv/manapotionstudios

See you tommorow!

(See you local time on the right side of this page)

Hey everyone, our biggest update to date is live!

It's a complete overhaul of combat system with new features and better performance. Thanks to everyone who participated in beta, it helped us to fix a lot of bugs and adjust how new mechanis work.

What's new:

• Improved combat with deeper combat mechanics
  
• Enemy towers: destroy them all to win a map. But be prepared - you’ll be attacked with greater force!
  
• Map editor, create and share your own maps
  
• Mini-bosses can spawn every 5th wave, make sure you are ready to meet them! Each is dangerous in it's own way
  
• New river map scenario
  
• You can call militia at night to help you fight
  
• New units leveling system
  
• Pikeman have really long spears now
  
• Swordsman have shields from the start and can cover from arrows
  
• Enemy paths, you can see how enemies will move across the map
  
• Hundreds of new sounds
  
• You can give banners with auras to your units or place banners on walls or towers
  
• Water will freez in winter creating new paths for enemies
  
• Sandbox mode
  
• Combat difficulty now adjusts to your wealth and army size, fights can be more challanging on higher difficulties
  
• Improved game performance
  

Let us know what do you think about new update in the comments!

Hey everyone, quick overview of what is new in this update:

• Improved combat with deeper combat mechanics
  
• Enemy towers: destroy them all to win a map. But be prepared - you’ll be attacked with greater force!
  
• Map editor, create and share your own maps
  
• New river map scenario
  
• New units leveling system
  
• Enemy paths, you can see how enemies will move across the map
  
• Mini-bosses, each is dangerous in it's own way
  
• You can call militia at night to help you fight
  
• Hundreds of new sounds
  
• Simplified mood system
  
• A lot of old bugs was fixed and hopefully not much new was created
  

Performance is greatly improved now, bigger cities and fights will run much more smoothly. Also game works pretty good on Steam Deck, give it a try if you have one.

There are still some bugs there that we want to fix before release on March 24, thought game should generally work fine. Let us know if you encounter any problems here or on discord.

How to join the open beta:

1. Right-click on Becastled in your Steam library.
   
2. Select Properties -> Betas.
   
3. Under Beta Participation, choose beta.
   
4. That’s it! You’ll just need to wait until March 13.