Ozymandias News

Hi everyone, welcome to Mesoamerica!

Our new DLC map is on sale now and, if you have the Season Pass, you should see it in your game already.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2057783/Ozymandias__Mesoamerica/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2226120/Ozymandias__Season_Pass/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1768280/Ozymandias_Bronze_Age_Empire_Sim/

We've also released a free update, which includes everything in our changelog below. We had to postpone multiplayer notifications in the end, we are working through some technical issues with Steam but we expect them to arrive in not too long. To replace them in this update, we swapped in the new units in cities art.

[h3]v1.2.0.2[/h3]

• New DLC map available to everyone in multiplayer, if somebody, who owns the DLC/Season Pass, creates the game.
  
• Steam leaderboard added to show who has the most Treasure! https://steamcommunity.com//stats/1768280/leaderboards/8312573
• Added a Confirm step when you are resigning from multiplayer games to prevent people doing it by accident.
  
• New visuals for when armies and fleets are in cities. To prevent units obscuring the city (if it's a small one), they now display only their flag/sail and the city is clearly visible behind this.
  
• Increased the cost of growing cities with 5+ population (most noticeable with very large cities). This should improve the late-game combat balance and also delay (and thus prevent some) stalemates in Domination Mode.
  
• Sewer System (grow a city to size 8) opportunity buffed from -20% city yield tech prices to -50%.
  
• FAQ entry about city growth prices updated.
  
• Updated the timing of the combat phase of the end turn sequence to avoid scenarios where it feels like the results of the battles are not displayed for long enough.
  
• Fixed the Polynesian capital's underlying terrain being incorrect (when you need to own 3 city's on X terrain for opportunities).
  
• Fixed start of turn click mode transitions, which occasionally caused problems with opportunities.
  
• Fixed some minor translation issues.

⚠ Multiplayer games from before the update will no longer appear in the lobby but can be played in a new compatibility branch in Steam (you need the old build to see these games). Sorry for the inconvenience, this is how we keep everyone in a game on the same build, to avoid desyncs. The branch is called v1.1.x.x-multiplayer-compatibility.

Have fun! ⚔

Hi everyone,

The first Ozymandias DLC is out now and includes a new map: Indonesia!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2057785/Ozymandias__Indonesia/

Get access to released and upcoming Ozymandias DLCs at a lower cost with this Season Pass:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2226120/Ozymandias__Season_Pass/

Get an extra discount on our bundles:

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/29271/Ozymandias__Deluxe_Edition/

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/29272/Ozymandias__Complete_Edition/

[h3]⚔ Free Update: Domination Mode[/h3]

Our two most popular requests, rolled into one new mode, in which you play to the death! You can choose this from the start or you can use the 'Keep Playing' button to switch to it if someone else wins.

Read all about it and the other changes in the patch notes!

[h3]🐫 Roadmap[/h3]

Here's what we have in store for you: 5 more DLCs and 5 more free updates!
Buy the Season Pass now and get access to all DLCs on their release day.



Enjoy!

Hi folks, the big new feature in this update is Domination Mode, where you play until there is only one empire left. You enable it from the pre-game victory panel. In multiplayer, you can set the crown target to 0, when making a game, to turn it on.

A related addition, requested by many, is a 'Keep Playing' button on the results screen, which switches your game into Domination Mode if someone else wins. Here's the rest...

v1.1.0.5
- Opportunities that give you a crown are now disabled if you have a 4 crown wonder selected (also if your game is in Domination Mode).
- Slightly increased duration of conquest phase of end turn sequence.
- New DLC map, Indonesia, can be played by everyone in multiplayer (if someone who owns it creates a game on it).
- New 72h/turn timer in multiplayer.
- Fixed multiplayer edge case that could lead to a game getting stuck if someone left just before the turn ended.
- New sounds in the run up to your multiplayer game starting.
- Fixed incorrect terrain under some starting cities (affected a few opportunities).
- Fixed some incorrect empire difficulty ratings, which we had overwritten in a recent patch.
- Fixed some translation errors.

⚠️ Multiplayer games from before the update will no longer appear in the lobby but can be played in a new compatibility branch in Steam (you need the old build to see these games). Sorry for the inconvenience, this is how we keep everyone in a game on the same build, to avoid desyncs. The branch is called v1.0.3.x-multiplayer-compatibility

Hi everyone,

[h3]We are happy to announce more content is coming to Ozymandias with 6 free updates and 6 DLC maps, starting December 8th! 🎉[/h3]

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The first free update, first DLC, Season Pass and Soundtrack will be available on December 8th.

The Season Pass will include 6 DLC maps. Buy it on December 8th and get all the DLCs at a lower price when they come out!

[h3]Wishlist Now:[/h3]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2226120/Ozymandias__Season_Pass/

[h2]🏆 Nominate Ozymandias[/h2]

Please consider nominating Ozymandias for the Steam Awards through the game page! Whether you choose the "Best Game You Suck At" or "Better With Friends" category, your support means a lot. ♥

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1768280/Ozymandias_Bronze_Age_Empire_Sim/

v1.0.3.18
- Threats adjusted to be easier to see in similarly coloured terrain.
- Incorrect deep sea locations fixed in the map art.
- Saving the game can no longer fail if you click Quit straight after.
- Updates to multiplayer game list to prevent players from instantly resigning.
- Fix for buttons in the lobby that could be double-clicked confusing the server.
- The ‘Game Started’ sound will now only play if the local player is in the game in question.
- After you end turn in multiplayer, the timer tooltip will now show the time remaining in the turn.
- Timer tooltip now always shows the time remaining when you re-enter a multiplayer game.
- If your game timer runs out in a multiplayer game, you will now be returned to the main menu.
- Fixed long map names getting cut off in the game lobby.
- Fixed player names flickering on multiplayer results screen.
- Fixed a case where players with less Treasure didn’t get priority when empires were assigned.
- Fixed bug where timer ticking would not be heard if you were still in the opportunity choice.
- Fixed Holy City causing Harvest Festival to trigger erroneously.
- Wonders, which have been turned off, will now never be visible on the victory panel.
- You can no longer continue turning blank How To Play pages with arrow keys.
- The month shown on the Load Game screen is now localised in all languages.
- Minor translation fixes in FR & DE.
- Fixed a few edge cases relating to players leaving in between turns in multiplayer.
- Fixed an edge case in how players are ranked at the end of a multiplayer game.
The final 2 changes will arrive with a server update in ~15 hours so there will be a short outage then. These server changes will not disrupt long-running multiplayer games but our compatibility branches remain open in Steam if you have very old games.