Scythe: Digital Edition News

Dear players,

Our first major update is here! The Early Access build 0.5.4 brings a host of changes and new options for the beginners and the veterans alike.



- Tutorial missions overhaul
All tutorial missions have been debugged and revamped to provide a smoother, smarter introduction to the game. In addition, completed missions are now marked as such so you can follow your progression.

- Current score preview
The scoring tab now includes a new button which displays the current score of each player.

- End game scoring animation
A completely new animation is now played at the end of the game to show the details of the scores, step by step: Popularity tiers, Stars, Territories under control, Resources under control, Structure bonus and Coins.

- Return of the Combat Cards
Exit Ammo! The game now uses the traditional name and icon for the Combat Cards. It's exactly the same thing.

- Power, Popularity and Triumph tracks
Here's a new option available any time from the Options window. It'll add the traditional panels around the map so you can quickly check the position of all players in the race for Stars, Power and Popularity.

- Industrial Rusviet combo ban
This new option is available when starting a new game. If turned on, it'll prevent the random pairing of the Industrial player mat with the Rusviet Union faction, as recommended by the FAQ of the board game.

- Round counter fix
Global rounds are now counted instead of individual turns.

- Camaraderie ability fix
Cheer up Polania, your Mech ability will now work as intended. Let's read the rule again: You do not lose popularity when forcing an opponent's workers to retreat after winning combat as the aggressor. This applies any time on your turn when your character or mechs force an opponent's workers to retreat after combat.

This patch also adds extra tooltips and numerous bugfixes, with additional bugfixes being worked on. As usual, if you stumble onto any bug please, please report it on the forum and we'll investigate.




As a small gift for your ears, here's a free DLC containing all music tracks currently in the game. It'll be updated with any extra tracks added to Scythe: Digital Edition in the future (yes, including new factions themes!). You can finally listen to these bone-chilling Nordic tunes while playing the original board game with your friends.

Visit the DLC page below and simply press Download. The tracks will be added to your hard drive (by default in C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Scythe Digital Edition\Scythe soundtrack) as well as your Steam client music player (available by hovering over the Library button).

https://store.steampowered.com/app/893130/Scythe_Digital_Edition__Soundtrack/
We hope you'll enjoy this patch and DLC. Feel free to leave a review to support the game.

Cheers!
- Asmodee Digital & The Knights of Unity

Dear players,

After reading a lot of feedback we've updated our plans for the next months. There's much we want to do!
We're of course looking forward for your suggestions on the forum.

• Tutorial missions update
  
• End game screen update
  
• Current score preview
  
• Traditional tracks for Stars, Power and Popularity (optional)
  
• Traditional name and icon for the Combat Cards, currently known as Ammo
  
• Industrial Rusviet combo prevention (optional)
  
• Turn counter fix
  
• Camaraderie ability fix
  
• Plenty of other bugfixes
  
• and a small surprise ;)
  

• Promo Cards unlockable by completing Steam achievements
  
• Sound effects for game events and interactions with elements of the interface
  
• Easier to use tracker on top of the screen
  
• Expandable player mats
  
• Traditional resources models (optional)
  

• Online multiplayer lobby with asynchronous and synchronous games, chat, friends list and ELO system
  

• Hard difficulty AI
  
• Action Assist Display
  
• Improved visibility on the map for the Encounter tokens and the black Saxony units
  
• Camera rotation
  
• Basic stats for local games
  
• Extra sound FX
  
• Keyboards shortcuts (press Alt to display them)
  
• Mac OS X support
  
• Steam Trading Cards
  
• 5 additional languages: Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Traditional Chinese & Simplified Chinese
  

• Bribes (see page 26 of the rulebook)
  
• Spectator mode for online games
  
• Textured character models
  
• Drag & drop for the Move action
  
• More local game stats
  
• Camera customization (rotation, animations)
  
• More improvements to Hard AI
  

Thanks a lot for your support!
- Asmodee Digital & The Knights of Unity

Dear players,

Scythe: Digital Edition is now live in Early Access. It's time to gather your Mechs and claim the technologies of the Factory in the name of your faction!

We would like to thank all players involved in the beta tests. Your feedback has been very useful to catch sneaky bugs and note excellent suggestions. The best is yet to come. In the next days we'll update our roadmap for the next months, including the return of the online multiplayer mode.

If you've tested the game during the first beta, it's time for you to discover the Medium AI bots, the Undo button and the many other features added since April.

The Early Access build 0.4.1 also includes:

• The full list of Achievements now available
  
• Saxony Medium AI now able to complete two objectives in a single turn
  
• Fix for the Ammo not distributed to the losing side of a battle after spending 1+ Power or Ammo
  
• Fix for the Authenticating freeze
  
• Fix for the action log not appearing after loading a saved game
  
• Fix for a rare issue with corrupted savefiles
  
• Other minor fixes and localization updates
  

Keep sharing your impressions and suggestions on the forum. We look forward to building this game with you.

And now... cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war!
- Asmodee Digital & The Knights of Unity

Dear players,

The Beta 2 of Scythe: Digital Edition ends today. Thanks a lot for participating and sharing your feedback: it's been extremely helpful!

The next build will include fixes for several issues reported by the community, including the Authentification freeze. Our plans for the coming months will be updated to include a series of players suggestions brought up during this beta test.

See you very soon,
- Asmodee Digital & The Knights of Unity