Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles News

[p]Hello Surveyors.

Earlier this month we shared that Tomas had announced his passion project 'ShipShaper'.
The demo has been in a soft launch state for the past couple of weeks gathering feedback and content requests (those of you who were here as part of Bulwarks development will no doubt know his working process!)

Well today the big pivotal moment in ANY pc games lifecycle went live with NEXTFEST - and Tomas pushed a brand new update out that players can access now with some brand new parts, features and a host of quality of live adjustments.

This comes on top of his most recent updates allowing you to place your creations in a bottle (as well as the Ursee Dioramas) AND the ability to 3D print anything you shape!

You can find details on his latest demo right here :[/p][p][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink]
If you like what you see, then feel free to give the demo a try and see what vessels you can create!

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Don't forget to drop a wishlist and a review if you enjoy it, and of course feedback on the forums is always seen and appreciated.

Oh, and of course on actual launch you'll be able to import your ships INTO Bulwark or even export them into your own game creations as models, which is pretty neat.

Tell your friends, and help creative sparks like Tomas continue to do things a bit weird, but always cool.

Have a great NextFest![/p]

[p]Something new arrives, something that is about my love for boats and ships. As you may have noticed , ships play a vital role in Bulwark, and each ship is unique. Handcrafted little homages to the age of sail and early steampowered warships. And For Bulwark I wanted to make a ship designer expansion, and that's what I've been working on for the lasts months.

It's gone really well and it's turned into a versatile design tool called ShipShaper that I am spinning of into its own application, And the demo is available right now !!
[/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p]For you Bulwark users, no the demo does not export to Bulwark YET!, but the final product will allow you to design boats for use in Bulwark 100%. And it opens the door to modding and so much more. I am also adding something special to ShipShaper, and the reason it's its own thing, a license to use whatever you create in shipshaper in mods, indiegames, 3d printed minis, whatever. You can create and use what you make.

[/p][h3]Here's the important bit.. This is an entirely new and more creative direction for the entire franchise, and the Tech in ShipShaper will power my future big sailing game. ut in order to develop that over years, your support is invaluable.

Just a simple wishlist or follow on the Shipshaper page or demo is gonna mean the world to me.

Nextfest is in two weeks and any boost going into that is vital for all of this to work.

PLAY THE DEMO HERE! NOW:[/h3][h2][dynamiclink][/dynamiclink]
"I hope you can find the time to try out shipshaper the demo and hopefully like what you see and wishlist"
[/h2][p]And here's a longer session of me fooling about with it [/p][previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p]
Thanks for the patience, it's been a barren 6 months for Bulwark, but as you can see the plans are ambitious and all connect back to Bulwark as much as to new games. The Falconeer Chronicles will keep growing for a long time,

Cheerio,
Tomas[/p]

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[p]So there are a number of items to mention in this update post.

1. Steamcloud saves no longer syncs settings between devices. This means controls and performance settings aren't synced. So your PC can use mouse and keyboard settings at 4K but your steamdeck retains its gamepad settings. Quite a big QoL of deck users. This change is live for all users[/p][p][/p][p]Beta improvements availlable on game properties/betas/beta patch

1. The Mad Lector Battery unique building now comes in three colors, green, red and blue. The location you place it will determine the color, just move it slightly to get a color thats saved in your file. The Battery was always a fun photomode enhancenment/cosmetic. but now you can make even more atmospheric shots.

2. Half V-sync added as option. This is essential if you have a 240hz monitor but your PC cannot run at that resolution and framerate. (or your hyve city is preventing you). then you can run the game at a v-synced 120 fps. Or if your monitor is 100hz you can now choose to play v-synced at 50hz

3. 85% downsampling added to AA settings,. in addition to 150 and 200% upscaling, there's a 85% downscaling. this lowers the resolution of the gameview, while keeping the interfaces at native resolution. You would only want to use this on steamdeck or portable low resolution devices..

Bugfix:

The Mancer Lord Illuminator could be prevented from sailing up if you already acquired the top tier ship captain thru the entagon.. now fixed.[/p]

[h3]A small QoL patch [/h3][p]I made a small patch to the beta branch (game properties/betas) today.
Here's the changelist

-Waves are spaced out more over time in regular play (300% more duration), they remain as hectic and unchanged in Total Conquest. just for regular play.
-you can select harbor endpoints from the sky, not just startpoints, makes managements a tiny bit easier.
-I noticed someone mentioning the "hold" mechanic to open the harbor or commander menus was unclear at the start. And I can imagine people not being used to this and thus missing tons of content.
So I made a quick fix,, if you click the harbors or command tower or question marks, you will always see the circle progression bar for a second , but if you just click it doesn't fully make the circle. Sort of a hint that you need to press longer. Hopefully that's an intuitive way to make it clearer.
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Please leave a review![/h3][p]Today I am going to ask that if anyone hasn't left a review yet for Bulwark or especially the Falconeer and you have it in your library to please do that. It's the daily deal for the Falconeer Remaster and truly needs all the help it can get. Cuz this daily deal is a huge step in funding Ancient Waves and more Bulwark content.

Reviews help draw in new audiences and simply an important step to success, its super appreciated.
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