9 Kings News

Ok, we'll say it again:



As of today, our demo was played by +200k unique players with Overwhelmingly Positive reception. Not to mention some very cool press pieces. Here's our favorite from gamesradar+.



We also had a lot of fun watching the hundreds of videos from all over the world that came out of it (keep 'em coming!!!)



Seriously, we couldn't thank you enough for all the love and support.

We're not a big studio. We've got no publicist. The person writing this note is actually writing it in between beta test sessions. We're a passionate indie team and your support means everything.

Thanks for joining us on this journey. We promise to keep working hard. We've improved the game so much this week with your help and that's just the start. We'll make it clean, we'll make it fast, we'll fix all the bugs. And most of all: we'll make 9 Kings as freaking FUN as we've always dreamed.

Expect more news very soon. We hope you stick around!

Love,
Sad Socket team

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2784470/9_Kings/

Last month we asked you to send us your CRAZIEST 9 Kings builds and we got a whopping 500+ screenshots so far.

So we thought it was time to celebrate some of the ones that blew our minds!

[h2]6. The Greedy Greed Greediness by Trakinas[/h2]

How many banks are enough, Trakinas?

[h2]5. Endless Soldiers on Endless Mode by Prehn0r[/h2]

I mean, at least we think these are soldiers...

[h2]4. Greed of Nothing by Knolle
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It looks like every king can get greedy, after all.

[h2]3. One million mercenaries by 千里云帆[/h2]

We're sorry your game crashed here, 千里云帆, but we'll immortalize this beautiful empire in this post (ps. Save Mode will be available on EA).

[h2]2. Cards!!!!!!!!! by Hitagi
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Hope you've got a very long sleeve to fit all these.

[h2]1. It's Lonely at the Top by Serenity[/h2]

Over one-thousand-freaking-years. This will never not blow our minds. Also, deleting everything else and just leaving the most powerful elves in the face of the earth alone in the desert was a very classy move.

Shoutout to everyone who's been sharing their gameplays with us. Keep 'em coming, you might be featured in the next post!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3122250/9_Kings_Demo/

Love,
Sad Socket team

Another chunky patch! Hope you guys like the surprises we've got for ya :)

• ABRAKABADRA: new decree that turns enemies into FROGS!
  
• Increased max number of enemy troops
  
• Battle cry on final battle!
• Yeaaaaaaaaargh*
  
• Anticipated Expansion year to improve player's strategizing capabilities.
  
• Offering card was updated! You now have one more card to delete plots (and get a cool bonus out of it)
  
• Exploration decree is now stronger!
  
• Optimized explosion FXs drastically improving end game performance.
  
• Optimized Shaman AI, improving game performance.
  
• French language is now available (santé!)
  
• Endless mode difficulty curve is less steep in the early years.
  
• Endless mode difficulty curve should be harder in later years.
  
• New Baron mode: try your skills in a higher difficulty!
  
• Boss battles are now more challenging
  
• Units killed by the Mangler will now also make Demon's Altar stronger.
  
• Several new UI indicators and tooltips added.
  
• Hovering over card types now tell you what card type they are. Now you can make sure you know what is a tower and what is a summoning building!
  
• Improved UI during battle.
  
• Adding Enchantments to plots will now trigger a correspondent text FX
  
• Cemetery plots now shows its summoned Skeletons stats.
  
• Boar and Shaman plots now tell you their buff effects.
  
• Added a delay in the Merchant event to prevent misclicking.
  
• Made sure that when your castle is at its max level, Castle cards stop appearing in the game.
  
• Fixed a very weird Unity glitch that cause the game to not properly shut down on some computers.
  

Let us know how the Endless Mode is feeling for you! We're still balancing it out and would love to hear your experiences.

And oh! If you haven't yet, don't forget to wishlist the full game. It really helps!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2784470/9_Kings/

Love,
Sad Socket team

[PATCH NOTE] 9 Kings 356

This patch improves performance across a wide range of builds and introduces new QoL features. Please keep us posted on your experience with the game!

• Overhauled unit spawn/death performance, significantly improving builds with high unit counts.
• Buffed the “Burglary” decree (now has double the effect).
• Castle cards now only appear when your castle can still be leveled up.
• Leveling up a tile now triggers a “LEVEL UP!” FX.
• View mode now works properly during diplomat events.
• Improved the re-roll system.
• Spore (Mycelium) stats are now displayed on its plot.

We keep working on optimizations and you should now experience fewer bugs than ever. We're also throwing in a few surprises! Check it out:

- Two new surprise decrees. Play the game and find out what they do!
- QoL: Added an option where all your building effects can be triggered simultaneously.
- Units marching now follow your chosen game speed.
- Improved damage/upgrade indicator (performance & visuals).
- Improved spell performance on Endless Mode.
- Improved unit spawning on Endless Mode.
- Fixed a bug that caused "Bargain" decree to not work properly.
- Balancing improvements.