Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty - Prologue 1939 News

General! Here is top news for this week.

The work on Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty continues. The cinematics scripts are already finalized and the operation dialogues are at 70% completion. Some operations are already implemented. Yet, this week we had a bad luck streak with Daniil Lapshin - one of our 3D artists falling ill with Covid-19. We hope he gets better soon and wish Daniil a quick recovery.



Last Saturday we got lots of cool new screenshots from the community. Make sure to check them out:

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1381850/view/2995442645659280383
To share great moments from your own playthrough with the community - add them to our community hubs or send them to our Twitter or Discord server. We will post regular news reports with the best ones.



This time Edmon shared his British perspective on the epic battle of Monty vs Patton:

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Do you think Edmon guessed Monty’s perception of Patton right? Let us know in the comments. Also, we would be happy to hear your thoughts on the Monty vs Patton storyline in general. Did you like the way these personalities are presented in Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom?

With best regards
Starni Games Intelligence Service

General!

Our ever-vigilant intelligence service has prepared a news update, for your eyes only!
Here are all of our spy’s key findings.



On August 5th Strategic Mind: The Pacific and Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg became available on the PS store. The PS porting and publishing on consoles is done by our partners from Poland - Klabater. Here is a tweet by the Klabater CEO Michał Gembicki:



We hope that the release on PS will be successful. As far as we are concerned the XBOX release will follow at a later date.




Two weeks ago we announced the community vote for the historical tracks that would be created for the Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty soundtrack. Now we are back with the results. We have carefully collected all the votes across Steam community hubs. We will list all the counted votes authors at the end of the post and we would like to give them a free copy of the Strategic Mind Franchise Soundtrack. Read more:

https://steamcommunity.com/games/1474770/announcements/detail/2976301985164724802



Did you watch our latest episode of the Developer's gameplay series? This time it is the Battle of Dunkirk - the 3rd operation of the UK campaign. This is an operation like none the other - since you have to defend against overwhelming German force and allow for the Allied troops' organized evacuation by sea. Watch the latest Dev gameplay episode:

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Not all playthroughs are successful on the first run. And our friend Edmon has failed his first attempt at the Battle of Dunkirk on Insurmountable difficulty. It is always better to learn from others' mistakes, so we highly recommend his playthrough. Here is the list of episodes:

Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baIwuaLWn24
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7gi2lPjdmI
Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX-gHuQM2xQ
Part 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bL8ZiBrUyp4
Part 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNhCxAoX21I
With best regards
Starni Games team

Hello guys!

Two weeks ago we announced the community vote for the historical tracks that would be created for the Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty soundtrack. You can find more details on the vote here:

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1381850/view/3001070878099534240
Now we are back with the results. We have carefully collected all the votes across Steam community hubs. We will list all the counted votes authors at the end of this post.

• Jääkärimarssi - 26 points (1 + 2 + 1 + 5 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 5)
  
• Finlandia - 25 points (3 + 5 + 1 + 5 + 5 + 3 + 1 + 2)
  
• Vapaussoturin Valloituslaulu - 17 points (4 + 4 + 2 + 2 + 5)
  
• Njet, Molotoff! - 12 points (5 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 3)
  
• Porilaisten marssi instrumental - 10 points (4 + 4 + 2)
  
• Sillanpään marssilaulu - 9 points (2 + 4 + 3)
  
• Säkkijärven polkka - 8 points (2 + 5 + 1)
  
• Jean Sibelius - Karelia - Intermezzo - 8 points (3 + 1 + 4)
  
• Pioneerien taistelulaulu - 8 points (4 + 4)
  
• Jean Sibelius - Karelia - Ballade - 6 points (3 + 3)
  
• Muistoja Pohjolasta - 6 points (3 + 2 + 1)
  
• Uraliin - 0 points
• Kremlin uni - 0 points

[h3]Top 5 winners that will 100% be added to the game:[/h3]

• Jääkärimarssi - 26 points
• Finlandia - 25 points
• Vapaussoturin Valloituslaulu - 17 points
• Njet, Molotoff! - 12 points
• Porilaisten marssi - 10 points

[h3]Runners up:[/h3]

• Sillanpään marssilaulu - 9 points
• Säkkijärven polkka - 8 points
• Jean Sibelius - Karelia - Intermezzo - 8 points
• Pioneerien taistelulaulu - 8 points

Additionally, we held the Reddit vote where all votes were gathered on Finnish (Suomi) subreddit with the following results:

• Finlandia - 25 points (5+5+5+5+3+2)
  
• Jääkärimarssi - 9 points (3+1+4+1)
  
• Sillanpään marssilaulu - 9 points (3+4+2)
  
• Porilaisten marssi - 9 points (4 + 4 + 1)
  
• Säkkijärven polkka - 8 points (2 + 3 + 3)

[h3]Runners up:[/h3]

• Pioneerien taistelulaulu - 6 points
• Jean Sibelius - Karelia - Ballade - 6 points
• Uraliin - 4 points
• Kremlin uni - 4 points
  
• Vapaussoturin Valloituslaulu - 3 points (Suggestion was to name it Kauan on Kärsity to avoid controversy - the it would have been better received)

So, based on both votes we decided to add Säkkijärven polkka and Sillanpään marssilaulu on top of the 5 winners, as the runners up. The final official community vote winners:

• Jääkärimarssi - 26 points
• Finlandia - 25 points
• Vapaussoturin Valloituslaulu - 17 points
• Njet, Molotoff! - 12 points
• Porilaisten marssi instrumental - 10 points

Runners up that we decided to squeeze in over the initial number of tracks we have had planned:

• Sillanpään marssilaulu - 9 points
• Säkkijärven polkka - 8 points

Please, let us know whether you are happy with the results.




As a token of our appreciation of the community help in the development, we would like to give each of counted votes authors a free copy of the Strategic Mind Franchise Soundtrack through Steam private messages. If you already own it - you are free to use or transfer this copy as you see fit. We will reach out to you through the Steam private messages. If you do not receive the key within the next 7 days, please contact us via email at [email protected]. Special thanks for taking the time to vote and the keys goes to:

• Eudgen
  
• Hogthunder
  
• redsimonDE
  
• gameleirabh
  
• brack coomba
  
• Oiniane
  
• cool
  
• jean.lapin
  
• [SF100] Eversti S. Zehender

We will keep everyone updated on our production progress.

With best regards,
Starni Games team

Hello, guys! Have you ever wanted to participate in the development of the game? Then help us choose the best historical music tracks for Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty that will then be recreated by our partners - Daraba Studio to serve as the game soundtrack.

You can learn all the details and vote in the comments here:
https://steamcommunity.com/games/1474770/announcements/detail/2976301080138546157
The vote ends on August 1. All later entries will not affect the results.

Have a great weekend,
Starni Games team

Hello, guys! Some of you probably remember the community vote we held when deciding the historical tracks lineup for the Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom. We think it worked out greatly, so now we are back with the new vote regarding the Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty.

We want to let you participate in the Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty development and help us choose the best tracks that will then be recreated by our partners - Daraba Studio to serve as the game soundtrack.


[h2]Our goals:[/h2]

• We want to select 5 tracks that for sure will be in Spirit of Liberty.
  
• We will most likely pick at least one track from each of the Classics, Marches, and Propaganda categories below.
  
• Note! All tracks we create will be instrumental (no voice). So, while we link some songs for the reference, there will be only tunes in game. Make sure to take that into account when you make your choice. Some tracks might lose much of their value without the voice.
  
• All tracks we link are just the reference and the final tracks we create for the game might differ significantly in the way they are performed and their length.

[h2]Rules:[/h2]

• Choose one of our community hubs and post your choices there - multiple entries by a single Steam account do not stack.
  
• Choose 5 tracks you like most and rank them. The number one gets 5 points, number two gets 4 points, etc. Example vote:
  1. Jean Sibelius - Karelia - Intermezzo [gets 5 points]
  2. Vapaussoturin Valloituslaulu [gets 4 points]
  3. Njet, Molotoff! [gets 3 points]
  4. Jääkärimarssi [gets 2 points]
  5. Säkkijärven polkka [gets 1 point]
  
• The more points the track gets - the more likely you will listen to it in game.
  
• Steam vote is the key vote, but we will hold other votes on Reddit (or other media) that will serve as a recommendation and hold less power. You can participate in both.
  
• You are encouraged to leave any feedback and/or suggest other tracks that could be added to the game. However, make sure you have stated your 5 choices clearly first.
  
• The vote lasts from 21 July to 1 August. All later entries will not affect the results.

[h2]Classics[/h2]

• Jean Sibelius - Finlandia (00:00 — 06:08/09:36):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5zg_af9b8c

• Jean Sibelius - Karelia - Intermezzo I (00:00/00:50 — 03:15/04:20):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ryhN5kNFzc

• Jean Sibelius - Karelia - Ballade (08:40 — 10:20):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ryhN5kNFzc


[h2]Marches[/h2]

• Vapaussoturin Valloituslaulu:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEtyScs6djU

• Pioneerien taistelulaulu:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IaUXefAsCU

• Jääkärimarssi:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DAgHFjDNtM

• Porilaisten marssi:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T9rlQO7xrQ

• Sillanpään marssilaulu:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDy6gEyIqzg

• Muistoja Pohjolasta instrumental:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg1I-RYurqs

• Muistoja Pohjolasta with lyrics:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeAvJc8zLWA


[h2]Propaganda[/h2]

• Njet, Molotoff!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl2_0OCwNbg

• Uraliin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9I88CXlmh4

• Kremlin uni

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq1N0Sb8aH4


[h2]Polka[/h2]

• Säkkijärven polkka

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMszu_VgMfY

Looking forward to learning your opinion!