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Symphony of War Fan Art Contest is on!

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Greetings from the dev team!

We are thrilled to announce that the first Symphony of War Fan Art Contest is officially a go! And it's going to last SIX WEEKS to truly give you the time to create a masterpiece!

Prizes!

[h2]1st Place[/h2]
-5 free Steam Keys just in time for the holidays
-Create a unique Mercenary of your choice in game (after collaboration with us)
-Create a unique Artifact of your choice in game (after collaboration with us)
-Get your name into the random name bank
-Earn prestigious Discord role unique to contest winners
-Automatic entry into the SoW Beta team
[h3]2nd Place[/h3]
-1 free Steam Key just in time for the holidays
-Create a unique Mercenary of your choice in game (after collaboration with us)
-Get your name into the random name bank
-Automatic entry into the SoW Beta team
3rd Place
-Create a unique Mercenary of your choice in game (after collaboration with us)
-Get your name into the random name bank
-Automatic entry into the SoW Beta team
4th - 10th Place
-Get your name into the random name bank

Contest Rules:
-Steam submission process: Submit one picture by replying to the Steam thread, here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1488200/discussions/0/3469487692169908567/
-Discord submission process: Submit one picture by posting it in the #fan-art-contest - https://discord.gg/EJ4AFKFmrs
-Must be safe for work! Don't submit anything you'd be embarrassed to show your grandmother*
-Must be relevant to Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga - it's characters, world, lore, etc.
-Cannot use the actual assets from the game, must be a new work
-Obviously, you may submit artwork done by you...
-But also, you may submit commissioned work done by another artist, if commissioned by you! Art direction is a skill too!
-Not fulfilling any one of these guidelines is grounds for disqualification, which can be done at our discretion

*Real Talk: I'm well aware a couple characters (Beatrix and Diana), if depicted accurately to in-game graphics, could be interpreted as NSFW. I do strongly believe these characters can be depicted accurately in a tasteful way and I do not want to restrict submissions of these characters. We can have a one-on-one about it if there's any doubt, no worries.

Judging Guidelines:
It is very difficult to list criteria here, as artwork is so subjective. Veracity/loyalty to Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga's characters, world-building, lore, events will factor in, but outside of that, we appreciate all manner of artistic merits other than sheer quality and beauty. Creativity, dynamism, a great new take on an existing character, etc.

AI-Generated Art:
Just recently, AI-generated graphics have exploded in popularity. I'm more than happy to let you showcase what you've come up with - I don't want to completely stifle a fan's enthusiasm by expressing themselves through AI generators. However due to the nature of the contest and community feedback, AI-generated art will not be eligible for 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place prizes.

Artwork must not contain material that:
-Contains material that promotes bigotry, racism, hatred or harm against any group or individual or promotes discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age;
- Contains indecent or unsafe behavior or situations, profanities or obscenities, including but not limited to nudity, or pornography, or is otherwise inappropriate, indecent, profane, obscene, hateful, tortuous, slanderous or libelous;
-Does not comply with the terms or conditions or guidelines posted by Steam or Discord;
-Is otherwise inappropriate, objectionable, or unsuitable for the uses contemplated in these Official Rules, including for presentation in a public forum, as determined by Dev team in its sole discretion.

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Thank you for your interest, support, and feedback as we continue to make Symphony of War all it deserves to be!

Sincerely,

Phil

(Image credits: Kerifik, YourMaskedDitto)

Symphony of War 1.03 is live!

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Hello everyone!

Thank you so much for those of you who participated in our Jump Scare Halloween 2022 event! Hope you all got a lot of practice in setting up the powerful Ambush attack, and secured the Skull of Rowdain for your armies! The event has now wrapped up as we officially launch version 1.03, which we anticipate will be the stable public version for some time while we work on longer-term projects, such as translation, and the DLC expansion content!

Some minor changes have been applied to the game for 1.03 since the large 1.02.2 update:
-Halloween event concluded
-The Skull of Rowdain is now available as a random drop, or shop purchase
-Fixed the "Teleport" Nephilim power exploit
-Protagonist's upgraded 2nd attack bug fixed
-Fixed some path display errors
-Mercenaries purchased at T2 or T3 now always class down to the same base class (varies depending on which class the Mercenary starts as)
-Silver Dragon and Silver Dragon Rider attacks now inflict Chill, but deal less damage
-The 1.02.2 update notes can be seen here: https://steamcommunity.com/games/1488200/announcements/detail/3407561963591630986

Fan art contest!
We will be announcing the first SoW Fan Art contest very soon, stay tuned!

Legends DLC: Early in 2023 (we hope) we will be launching a major content pack for Symphony of War, including new chapters added to the main story, new artifacts, traits, classes, characters, game modes, and more!

Please follow our Twitch channel for weekly live dev streams: https://www.twitch.tv/dancingdragongames
Please join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/EJ4AFKFmrs

Thank you for your interest, support, and feedback as we continue to make Symphony of War all it deserves to be!

Sincerely,

Phil

Version 1.02.2 Halloween event is Live!

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Hello everyone!

The Halloween event is ON! Get those ambush jump scares in, and get your Skull of Rowdain legendary artifact! The event will last until 12am PST, November 1st.

In addition to the event, we've included a wide array of quality of life, user interface, and balance changes listed below:

Special Halloween Event!
-A new, powerful Artifact has arrived in Tahnra - the Skull of Rowdain. It locks your squad at "fearful" Morale, but every kill this squad gets counts as a Surrender (if enemies are able to surrender, some, like a few "fearless" late game squads, will still refuse)
-You will be able to get a guaranteed Skull of Rowdain by successfully executing 33 Ambush attacks. You will see your progress meter on the right side of the tactical map HUD
-After the Halloween Event, the Skull of Rowdain will remain in the game, but as a rare legendary unique

General Changes/Fixes
-Added a special dialogue if you clear all enemy units in Chapter 12
-Diana/Stefan bond option now never expires
-Decreased the amount of Mana contribution to "Blessing" from damage dealt
-Increased the rate of "Teleport" Mana generation by 50%
-Princes for Conscripts and Mercenaries have been "normalized" - you will see fewer extreme cases and prices will make more sense based on the power/traits the unit comes with, and the value of the resources of the unit's starting class
-The way Conscripts and Mercenaries interact with resources has changed significantly. Rather than being a "free" phantom resource for the starting class only, now newly-purchased units that start as a class which costs resources, will now "carry" those resources throughout *ALL* class changes.

Graphics
-You can now freely change between Diana's "Titan" and "Exemplar" graphics when the Titan class becomes available
-General Ragavi now has a unique palette for her Swordmaster class
-Jaromir now has a unique sprite for his Knight class
-Minor graphic fixes to various map design

UI/UX
-You now have the option to turn off battles for enemy phase, or all battles
-Artifacts now listed by rarity in ascending order
-You can now sell items in the shop
-Items with multiples now stack and can be sold en masse

Gameplay/Balance
-Selling artifacts now yields 50% of their purchase value, up from 25%

Artifacts/Items
-New Artifact: Skull of Rowdain: Locks your squad at "fearful" Morale, but every kill this squad gets counts as a Surrender
-Donar's Treatise of War now gives double CP in addition to XP
-STR, MAG, and SKL consumables increased in price. HP consumable decreased in price

Traits
-The Main Character unit now has 2 learnable trait slots
-Garrison has been changed: Now grants an extra 50% damage reduction effectiveness from all Terrain bonuses
-New Trait: Soul of Sayunaa. Swordfighters, Swordmasters, and Blademasters will always attack first when on defense, max 2 times per phase, and 1 range only. Unique to General Ragavi
-Tundra Warrior now grants immunity to the "Chill" status effect
-You are now able to find or buy trait books to learn "Shock and Awe"
-You are now able to find or buy trait books to learn "Tundra Warrior"
-You are now able to find or buy trait books to learn "Desert Warrior"

Classes
-Zweihander and Champion will now have the "Guardian" trait
-Sentinel now has an additional 5 Armor
-Siege Cannon damage decreased by about 10%
-Beatrix MAG modifier bonus decreased from 75% to 50%
-Hand of Zanatus Dragon Rider form deals significantly reduced damage
-Samurai given a significant evasion boost

Legends DLC: Early in 2023 (we hope) we will be launching a major content pack for Symphony of War, including new chapters added to the main story, new artifacts, traits, classes, characters, game modes, and more!

Please follow our Twitch channel for weekly live dev streams: https://www.twitch.tv/dancingdragongames
Please join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/EJ4AFKFmrs

Thank you for your interest, support, and feedback as we continue to make Symphony of War all it deserves to be!

Sincerely,

Phil

Limited Time - Diana and Lindly plushies!

Hello!

Our plushie campaign has launched! For the next 21 days, the Diana and Lindly plushies can be purchased from Makeship!



Lindly: https://www.makeship.com/products/lindly-plush
Diana: https://www.makeship.com/products/diana-plush

Grab 'em while you can! Availability will end on the 25th of October (which happens to be the launch of our Halloween patch!)

Thank you for your continued support, feedback, and being in our Discord. Have a great day,

Sincerely,
Phil

Jump scare your enemies to win a special new Legendary Artifact!

Happy October from Dancing Dragon Games!

We are currently working on a Halloween patch, which will be smaller than 1.02 was, but will still contain a number of Quality of Life improvements as we continue to refine Symphony of War's player experience. Please follow the progress thread here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1488200/discussions/0/3367027831290341565/

During the event, starting on October 25th, Ambush your enemies and win an awesome new Artifact, the Skull of Rowdain
During the Halloween Steam event, you will be able to earn the Skull of Rowdain simply by executing 33 Ambush attacks (accumulated on one save, can be repeated across multiple saves)

Note: After the event has finished, the Skull of Rowdain will remain in the game as a very rare Legendary Unique Artifact that can show up in Bazaars, Shops, Arena rewards, or a very lucky drop.

Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/rmvmGPaKgK
Discord is the best place to get game updates and sneak previews, hang with other players and the devs, show off your awesome army, submit a support ticket, and more!

Follow our Twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/dancingdragongames
Sundays at 2pm PST, I run a dev stream - it's always a good time!

Fan Art Contest
Soon, we will be running a Fan Art contest to win some Steam Keys, and in-game perks for top placements! This can be your own, or commissioned. SFW only of course, rules and dates to come!

That's all, talk soon! Sincerely,

Phil