'Warsim: The Realm of Aslona' The best management rpg you've never heard of!

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THE DARKMARSH UPDATE (47 features)

Prior to this update 'Darkmarsh' had two functional things in it, a semi working cup game run by a faceless goblin called Dapplogk, and a semi-functional toll bridge feature forcing you to either pay or not be able to access locations in front of it. For the longest time this region of the west has been unfinished with 9 of it's 10 locations inaccessible, so in an effort to start tying up loose ends the entire of Darkmarsh has now been added to the game, this includes an interesting and content filled village called Uktak, a strange statue with dynamic visitors, a killable bridge troll who expects toll, a goblin filled tavern floating on a lily pad (you can get drunk here), an improved cup game, a smugglers den, and a bunch more smaller things!

* Added Uktak Village to Darkmarsh in the West
* Added the hut with the 'x' banner to Uktak Village
* Added ability to question the Uktak speech custom
* Added varying graphic and text for Uktak if upgraded
* Added ability to recruit local goblins from Uktak (random number between 1-10 but doubled if Uktak is upgraded)
* Added friendship shrine in Uktak post upgrade
* Added 15 unique dialogues to local goblins in Uktak
* Added ability to speak to leader of Uktak (8 dialogues)
* Added investment in Uktak Event (with sfx)
* Added ability to take tribute from Uktak Village
* Added Grabtork the Swindler to Uktak Village
* Added New Guessing game (5 gold per play) with Grabtork
* Added ruins of Uktak village with dynamic screen (if village was upgraded before ruined)
* Added the ability to loot and sack Uktak village (with sfx and random loot)
* Added double tribute size if you upgrade Uktak Village
* Added new screen for bridge troll encounter (with sfx)
* Added new screen for backing away and refusing bridge toll
* Added new screen for paying bridge troll
* Added new screen for not being able to afford bridge toll
* Added ability to send knight to kill troll (dynamic outcome with screens and sfx)
* Added ability to try to speak with Bridge troll
* Added visitable swamp bridge post troll death
* Added visitable swamp bridge post troll toll paid
* Added visitable swamp brdige before toll paid
* Added 'Strange plant' dynamic darkmarsh explore event
* Added smugglers den to darkmarsh in the west
* Added ability to loot smugglers den (3 random treasures)
* Added 'Racing goblins' darkmarsh explore event
* Added 'Hek Plon' darkmarsh explore event
* Added 'Hek Plon x3' darkmarsh explore event
* Added 'Smugglers Cache' darkmarsh explore event
* Added The Deadmarsh to Darkmarsh in the West (4 random intro texts)
* Added the great bluetree stump to Darkmarsh in the West
* Added random troll chest reward for killing bridge troll
* Added ability to speak to Dapplogk
* Added Golden Lily Pad Tavern to Darkmarsh in the West
* Added Ruined Swamp Fortress to Darkmarsh in the West
* Added Swamp's End to Darkmarsh in the West
* Added swamp statue to Darkmarsh in the West (5 custom scenes possible)
* Added Screen for paying for Dapplogks cup game
* Added 15 unique dialogues to Golden Lily Pad customers
* Added indicators of gold won in Dapplogks cup game
* Added 3 sound effects to dapplogks cup game
* Fixed Dapplogk's cup game text colour
* Fixed Dapplogk's cup game graphic colour
* Fixed Darkmarsh compass graphic colour issue
* Fixed text not blocking if you can't afford 5 gold for swamp cup game

MONSTER PIT REVISITED (4 features)

Some stuff that was planned but never added during the monster pit update! Now here it is, you can challenge the arena grand champion to fight in your monster pit. Doing so will risk public opinion loss and can of course result in the death of your grand champion... But think of the glory!

* Fixed broken menu option for accepting challenges
* Added ability to challenge the arena grand champion to fight your monster
* Added bonus moves assigned to grand champion in monster fight if battlescore is 200 or higher
* Added new hall of fame death text 'died fighting in the monster pit'

BLACKMARKET ENCOUNTERS (23 features)

I got a report from gamingdictator that one of these encounters was bugged... turns out pretty much all of them in one way or another didn't conform well with the rest of the game, now they are all fixed up!

* Fixed Blackmarket slums dropped coin text colour bug (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed missing line in Blackmarket pickpocket encounter
* Fixed 22 grammar bugs in Blackmarket slums encounters
* Added missing screen for not having gold for old man begging encounter
* Added missing screen for giving old man nothing in blackmarket encounters
* Made giving dropped coin to beggar give +1 public opinion
* Added screen for giving coin to beggar in blackmarket encounters
* Added screen to keeping coin in blackmarket encounters
* Added screen for giving extra gold to beggar in blackmarket encounters
* Made giving extra gold to beggar give +1 public opinion
* Added missing indicator for market slave population drop in slave escape encounter
* Fixed 12 grammar bugs in Blackmarket dockrow encounters
* Fixed yellow text bug for dockrow hatbuyer encounter
* Added new screens for all reactions to hatbuyer encounter
* Fixed 15 grammar bugs in Blackmarket guildrow encounters
* Fixed 16 grammar bugs in Blackmarket guildrow encounters
* Fixed 19 grammar bugs in Blackmarket guildrow encounters
* Fixed missing line in fighters district big winner gold gift
* Fixed line spacing issues for gambler request encounter
* Fixed yellow text for gambler request encounter
* Added new screens for reactions for gambler request
* Fixed missing lost gold indicator for gambler request
* Fixed 18 grammar bugs in Blackmarket central encounters

NEW LOOT (10 features)

More opportunities to find loot items should mean more possible loot, so here are 10 random items you can find!

* Added new 'Bronze statue of a naked woman' Loot item (worth 90 gold)
* Added new 'Obsidian Orc fetus' Loot item (worth 140 gold)
* Added new 'Finely painted pebble' Loot item (worth 10 gold)
* Added new 'Warped Magical Mirror' Loot item (worth 190 gold)
* Added new 'Ancient Coin' Loot item (worth 40 gold)
* Added new 'Necklace made of goblins toes' Loot item (worth 20 gold)
* Added new 'Necklace made of orc teeth' Loot item (worth 40 gold)
* Added new 'Small jar of gold flakes' Loot item (worth 35 gold)
* Added new 'Solid silver fist' Loot item (worth 130 gold)
* Added new 'Arrow encrusted with gold' Loot item (worth 80 gold)

RECRUITERS IMPROVED (9 features)

Logical suggestion from Fox, now your public opinion affects how well recruiters function.

* Added dynamic system of public opinion effecting recruiters (credit Fox)
* Added PublicOp of greater than 75 doubles recruiter recruits (credit Fox)
* Added PublicOp of greater than 50 gives 50% extra recruiter recruits (credit Fox)
* Added PublicOp of greater than 25 gives 10% extra recruiter recruits (credit Fox)
* Added PublicOp of between -25 and -1 gives -25% recruiter recruits (credit Fox)
* Added PublicOp of between -50 and -26 gives -50% recruiter recruits (credit Fox)
* Added PublioOp Lower than -50 gives -70% recruiter recruits (credit Fox)
* Added new screen when knights turned to recruiters (credit Omer)
* Added new screen when recruiters turned to knights (credit Omer)

BUGFIXES (9 features)

A couple of new bugs fixed, thanks mostly to theGamingDictator!

* Fixed goblin upgrades not blocking ascii
* Fixed missing line in picked fruits sewer encounter
* Fixed text colour issue with empty patch of bluetrii fruit in sewer
* Fixed intro to insane difficult text bugs (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed grammar issues with load savegame screen (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed 'the room the as' text bug in game intro (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed 2 text bugs in mad king intro (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed issue with default faction settings in custom game (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed issue with troops joining rebels at some game starts even with no rebellion (credit u/TheGamingDictator)

EVERYTHING ELSE (4 features)

* Added 9 new goblin names (Sneggart, Snaggat, Snuggirt, Smorgat, Smiggort, Smuggert, Snouggert, Sunggit, Siggernt, and Sloggatt)
* Added new Grumpkin name (credit Kath and Cat)
* Added troops join deserters in bandit king/gambler king/demonic king start (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Altered text for exploring question in chelobs well (credit Mooredannym)

SCREENSHOTS

* A strange new tavern - https://i.imgur.com/TPCIG7W.png
* Encounters with a bridge troll - https://i.imgur.com/ZB2Wg1o.png
* The Floating Village - https://i.imgur.com/sRHxi9f.png
* A smugglers cave - https://i.imgur.com/nwoQfzB.png
* A smugglers loot - https://i.imgur.com/dLdaMVx.png
* Grabtork the Swindler, resident of the new village - https://i.imgur.com/YZ5hE3B.png

[huw2k8]

Hey everyone,

So after being asked by a few people if I had any way to further support me beyond buying the game I've decided to open a patreon. I'm not going be promoting it everywhere or anything like that so after this post you won't hear about it for a while, but I'm happy to offer it as option for people who want to help support the game further in it's developments.

I won't be doing any Warsim DLC as I don't want to gate content from anyone, but it is a struggle sometimes with continuing to fund development.

In 2017 following the games launch on steam there were 20 updates, then in 2018 there were 32, and then in 2019 just last year the game got 58 updates (more than one per week!) Although this year so far we're on 5.



There are currently three tiers on the Patreon (but I'm open to ideas):

* Helpful Goblin Tier - $1
* Loyal Warrior Tier - $3 (your name on Gro'lok's stump, and some names in game)
* Supportive Ogre Tier - $25 (the above +I'll mail you some notes and concept art from the development that month... Although there's only five of these)

You can find the patreon page here - https://www.patreon.com/Warsim/membership

Any support is appreciated but not expected, Thank you for all for being here regardless

Huw (Solodev of Warsim)

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Hey guys so just a little fun update, 10 features per patron since the launch last night! Thanks to the people who signed up for it my day/week/month is made

TITLE CHANGE (2 features)

Good suggestion from the GamingDictator to be able to change your lordly titles in the laws screen!

* Added ability to change your lordly title in other laws (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Added ability to change your royal title in other laws (credit u/TheGamingDictator)

HUNTER'S REST FIXED (7 features)

Had a look through hunters rest and found a number of issues and stuff that needs improvement so it's all done now!

* Added screen to recruiting from Huntsmans rest
* Added screen to trying to speak to guards in huntsmans rest
* Added screen to no one joins you huntsmans rest
* Added screen to population too low to recruit in huntsmans rest
* Updated hunters hall intro text
* Fixed text bug in huntsmans rest chief text
* Fixed broken huntsmans rest tribute cancel button

LEAFBURNER'S GUILDHALL (6 features)

Found some issues here and thought I'd add a little bit of extra content while I was fixing it!

* Fixed 6 typos with Klethus the guildmaster of the goblinwood leafburner's guild
* Fixed 2 line split bugs for Klethus' dialogues
* Added 'tell me about the districts of goblinwood' question for Klethus
* Added 'life as a non-goblin' question for Klethus
* Added 'what do you do here' question for Klethus
* Added new intro screen for room of hilarity leafburners guild

THE TALL GREEN MAN (2 features)

Tall green man? or two goblins on eachothers shoulders under a tall cloak... only time will tell!

* Made new sound effect for 2 goblins laughing
* Added tall green man throne room encounter (credit XxMeMe StormxX)

RACE EFFECT ADDITIONS (3 features)

As you guys are aware there are 94+ million possible races that can be generated in the game, thanks to 1000s of different prefixes and race types. The vast majority of the procedurally generated races have effects and stats and abilities that make them all vastly unique from eachother but a smaller number of them don't have any unique differences, for example Faceless races. Faceless Men sound cool but in reality in game they are just normal men... No more! Now they will get a blank face, same for unborn. I'm always happy to add new tweaks that further add diversity to the millions of races you are unlikely to ever see!

* Added 'Faceless' races will now have blank faces
* Added 'Unborn' races will now also have blank faces
* Added new racial trait '45' for blank faces (can be used for any new prefixes)

EVEN MORE LOOT (10 features)

Another batch of possible random items found while exploring!

* Added new 'Tapestry depicting the stars' Loot item (worth 160 gold)
* Added new 'Ancient talisman' Loot item (worth 95 gold)
* Added new 'fragment of an ancient talisman' Loot item (worth 15 gold)
* Added new 'a shard of an ancient coin' Loot item (worth 5 gold)
* Added new 'a magical jar of lava' Loot item (worth 199 gold)
* Added new 'two ancient coins stuck together' Loot item (worth 75 gold)
* Added new 'statue of a three headed vampire' Loot item (worth 80 gold)
* Added new 'a petrified dragon scale' Loot item (worth 55 gold)
* Added new 'a petrified harpy wing' Loot item (worth 50 gold)
* Added new 'a frozen wizards finger' Loot item (worth 20 gold)

GOT ENOUGH GIANT'S FACES? NO! (1 feature)

That's more than 5 giants per living human!

* Added 7,363,584,000 new giant faces (was 36 billion now 44 billion)

NEW NAME SUFFIXES (7 features)

Patreon themed name suffixes, though I still think these will merge in well with the 1000s of others.

* Added new name suffix 'the Patron' (+5 battlescore) (can be modified by random additional parts)
* Added new name suffix 'the Friend' (+5 battlescore) (can be modified by random additional parts)
* Added new name suffix 'the Benefactor' (+6 battlescore) (can be modified by random additional parts)
* Added new name suffix 'the Advocate' (+7 battlescore) (can be modified by random additional parts)
* Added new name suffix 'the Backer' (+6 battlescore) (can be modified by random additional parts)
* Added new name suffix 'the Blood-Patron' (+25 battlescore)
* Added new name suffix 'the Well-Wisher' (+3 battlescore)

NEW NAMES (4 features)

Can never do with too many character names, the mermen ones are based on latin words for water and sea related stuff.

* Added 5 new gnome names (Rumploo, Rumpledoop, Boopy, Boopydoo, Boopydoopy)
* Added 3 new ghoul names (Corpserash, Rotrash, Bonerash)
* Added 3 new fiend names (Bal-Bisnac, Eur-Dumabi, Aktaliddon)
* Added 5 new mermen names (Testa, Litore, Natare, Naqua, Atesta)

BUGFIXES (33 features)

A ton of bugs fixed including the Grand tournament bug! Thanks for all who reported it

* Fixed grand tournament bet void bug (thanks to everyone who let me know about this)
* Fixed grand champion last letter of name removed bug (credit u/videovillain)
* Fixed tavern talk file line blank bug
* Fixed blue tree in Darkmarsh graphic bug
* Fixed smugglers camp exit making you exit the entire west bug
* Fixed smugglers cache darkmarsh explore event triggering a follow up event
* Fixed knight not being removed during drunk encounter where you murder one of your knights
* Fixed darkmarsh not showing as name of area when exploring
* Fixed goblins burst into court at Jamboree missing line and colour issue
* Fixed slave soldier and slaver purchase screens not showing cost in slavers fort (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed layout of the slave fort hire text (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed bookrage shop text bug in Blackmarket (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed text bug in necromancers hall in Blackmarket (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed 5 text and grammar bugs in Fighter's district intro texts (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed fighter's pit intro text not showing if ascii disabled
* Fixed text bug in fighter's pit intro text (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed text bug in fighter's pit champion intro text (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed 3 text bugs in pitside tavern into texts (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed 4 text bugs in Rass the pitside tavern keep intro texts (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed 2 text bugs in Nezale's Nose screen (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed text bug in swordsmans companion clerk intro (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed 6 text bugs in gwyn shop clerks dialogues (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed 2 line split bugs in gwyn shop clerks dialogues (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed text bug in Axe bucket intro text (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed 2 text bugs in Spear Centre intro text (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed text bug in sharpest dagger intro text (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed 2 text bugs in Nezales hut intro text (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed 4 text bugs in Nezale dialogue text (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed 3 line split bugs in Nezale dialogue text (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed grammar bug on intro text to strongths hut (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed text bug with garralds city tours intro (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed 5 text bugs in Strongths dialogues (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Fixed 13 text bugs in central district intro texts (credit u/TheGamingDictator)

EVERYTHING ELSE (5 features)

* Updated Gro'lok's stump to include the new patreon supporters
* Added +5 goblinwood soldiers from goblins burst into court encounter at Jamboree
* Added new kingdom time 'Tempire' ruled by a 'Temperor' with 'Temperators' as lords (credit Tempheror)
* Added 2 sound effects to midas the dog encounter
* Added screen for tour operator not available in central district

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THE VAMPIRE UPDATE (67 features)

So while working through my long planlist for Warsim as I prepare the roadmap to getting the game released, I found a small list of various plans for the Vampire city of Baiaa and it's respective features. I then searched the list for the rest of the vampire related ideas and read through all of them before deciding to clear them all in a little update.

GENERAL BAIAA STUFF (25 features)

For this update I decided to go through the vampire city code and fix and upgrade anything I could find that needed improving, leaving what I am convinced is now a full and complete vampire city!

* Added 4 dynamic new screens for paying slaves and peasants to watch Baiaa pit fights
* Added new screen for defeating Baiaa (with peasant gain indicators and graphic)
* Reworked vampire council diplomacy screen to be much better
* Added 2 new screens for pre-Baiaa attack with sfx
* Added hiss sound to hiss text when speaking to bartender in Baiaa
* Added swipe sound to playing thralls finger in shades bloom tavern
* Added hiss sound to Baiaa pit master dialogue
* Fixed vampire hunter faction recruiting people during times devoid of vampires
* Fixed Baiaa entry infinite loop bug (credit Crishpy)
* Fixed tribute cancellation with Baiaa showing blocked option
* Fixed 4 text bugs in Biaa pit master dialogues
* Fixed incorrect report of troop deaths from wild vampires
* Fixed unneeded line break in Baiaa bartender intro
* Fixed grammar issue in upper district of Baiaa text
* Fixed 4 issues with text intro for Baiaa clan houses
* Fixed 5 text and grammar issues with Bartender of shades bloom tavern
* Fixed 2 grammar bugs with thralls finger game in shades bloom tavern
* Fixed 5 bugs in Thundil tavern in Baiaa
* Fixed 2 text bugs with Blacktower skeleton speak text
* Fixed text bug in room X in Blacktower
* Fixed 2 text bugs in crypt of the ancients in Baiaa
* Fixed 2 grammar bugs in blood pit payment screens
* Fixed Baiaa ruined council building text bug
* Fixed 3 bugs in ruined shadow district Baiaa text
* Fixed 2 bugs in ruined lower district of Baiaa text

VAMPIRES EXPANDED (2 features, or 1.16 billion... up to you really)

To fit with the Vampire update I've expanded vampire names and faces so there's even more variation.

* Added 1.16 Billion new vampire faces (was 1,089,234,432, now 2,244,483,072)
* Added 20 new vampire names

VAMPIRE HUNTER DIPLOMACY (6 features)

Vampire hunters were an unreachable background faction that arise to fight the wild vampire threat, well now while they're active you can interact with them diplomatically!

* Added screen for vampire hunters in diplomacy
* Added ability to ask random vampire hunters about the vampire threat (10 dialogues)
* Added ability to try and recruit vamp hunters
* Added ability to ask about vampire hunters
* Added ability to speak to random vampire hunters (25 dialogues)
* Added ability to provide troops to vampire hunters with custom screen

KNIGHTS VS VAMPIRES (and demons) (3 features)

Want to start your own knightly order dedicated soley to destroying Vampires! well now you can. Also demons!

* Added ability to make knightly order a demon hunting order
* Added ability to make knightly order a vampire hunting order
* Added battle event for Knightly order vs Wild Vampires

BAIAA COUNCIL IMPROVED (18 features)

The Baiaa council made up of the 6 vampire clans was pretty boring before, now you can actually speak to them and navigate the council a lot easier.

* Added new screens with sfx to selling peasants to Baiaa
* Added ability to speak to Lamour (7 dialogues)
* Added ability to speak to Nasarak (7 dialogues)
* Added ability to speak to Thundil (7 dialogues)
* Added ability to speak to Damar (7 dialogues)
* Added ability to speak to Dengeir (7 dialogues)
* Added ability to speak to Nemak (7 dialogues)
* Fixed 2 missing word bugs in Baiaa council intro text
* Fixed 6 text bugs with Baiaa law view
* Fixed text bug with selling peasants to Baiaa
* Fixed incorrect figure shown when selling troops to Baiaa (credit Defender)
* Fixed 6 grammar bugs in selling troops to Baiaa
* Fixed linesplit bug in selling troops to Baiaa
* Fixed text bug with selling slaves to Baiaa
* Fixed incorrect figure shown when selling slaves troops to Baiaa (credit Defender)
* Fixed 6 grammar bugs in selling slaves to Baiaa
* Fixed linesplit bug in selling slaves to Baiaa
* Added new screens with sfx to selling slaves for Baiaa

THRONE ROOM ENCOUNTERS (8 features)

For some the throne room is the heart of your kingdom, well now when there are wild vampires ravaging your countryside you will hear about it through the throne room in many different ways!

* Added new throne room encounter 'Vampires everywhere!' (dynamic and more likely if more vampires)
* Added new throne room encounter 'Pale beasts' (dynamic and more likely if more vampires)
* Added new throne room encounter 'Please send the army' (dynamic and more likely if more vampires)
* Added new throne room encounter 'Collecting wood' (dynamic and more likely if more vampires)
* Added new throne room encounter 'I killed a vampire' (dynamic and more likely if more vampires)
* Added new throne room encounter 'Guard has been bitten' (dynamic and more likely if more vampires)
* Added new throne room encounter 'I killed a vampire (but it's really a gnome)' (dynamic and more likely if more vampires)
* Added new throne room encounter 'Soldier joining vamp hunters' (dynamic and more likely if more vampires)

VAMPIRE END OF TURN EVENTS (5 features)

At the moment the actions of the wild vampires are pretty subtle and can only be seen in the end of turn report lightly. Now for relevant enough events there are pop ups informing you better of what's going on.

* Added new end of turn pop up screen for vampire hunter group forming to face wild vampires
* Added new end of turn pop up screen for rare vampire sunburn event
* Fixed vampire sunburn event didn't actually take effect
* Added dynamic detection of if sunburn death destroys vampires for good if Baiaa is already gone
* Added new turn report indicators of individual types of new joiners to vampire hunting groups each turn (ie militamen, rebels, and bandits)

EVERYTHING OUTSIDE OF THE VAMPIRE UPDATE (67 features)

The second time this has happened with one of my split updates and totally not planned which is really tripping me out, but again there are exactly as many features in the non-vampire update as are in the vampire update.

ZEEF'S MYSTERY BOXES (6 features)

Now the last hut on the right in Uktak has a function, it's Zeefs mystery box hut. Here for 100 gold you can buy a mystery box containing a randomly generated artifact that could worth more or less than 100 gold. Beware though Zeef might be open for conversation but don't ask about his name!

* Added new location to Uktak village hut marked 'Z'
* Added new character 'Zeef' with 5 dialogues
* Added Zeef sells myster boxes containing random artifacts (2-15 per year) for 100 gold each
* Added special Zeef destroys boxes event
* Added various sound effects for Zeef
* Added destroying Uktak village means you gain some of the remaining boxes from Zeefs hut for free

SATYR UPDATE (2 features)

So we had a competition across reddit, steam, and discord to see who could make the best Ascii Satyr faces as Satyrs were the last race to not have a face, thanks to u/Aethyrsix it's done! With the concept face from Aethyrsix I've managed to make over 16 billion of them!

* Added Satyr face generation to the game (16,866,210,816 total)
* Added Satyr face generator to the extras generator menu

NEW LOOT (22 features)

With yet again more in-game systems using loot items I've added another 20!

* Fixed mummified text bug in random loot
* Modified some of the random loot prices
* Added new 'silk tapestry depicting a battle' Loot item (worth 150 gold)
* Added new 'rusty crown piece' Loot item (worth 45 gold)
* Added new 'large diamond' Loot item (worth 750 gold)
* Added new 'ancient rusty fork' Loot item (worth 45 gold)
* Added new 'shrunken gnome's head' Loot item (worth 70 gold)
* Added new 'silver goblet' Loot item (worth 25 gold)
* Added new 'battle of the two pits trophy' Loot item (worth 40 gold)
* Added new 'necklace made of human fingers' Loot item (worth 45 gold)
* Added new 'glowing green potion' Loot item (worth 50 gold)
* Added new 'glowing red potion' Loot item (worth 50 gold)
* Added new 'glowing blue potion' Loot item (worth 50 gold)
* Added new 'glowing purple potion' Loot item (worth 50 gold)
* Added new 'black sapphire' Loot item (worth 500 gold)
* Added new 'ornate silver mirror covered in gems' Loot item (worth 455 gold)
* Added new 'malachite skull' Loot item (worth 125 gold)
* Added new 'diamond encased human eye' Loot item (worth 650 gold)
* Added new 'statue of a four armed orc' Loot item (worth 75 gold)
* Added new 'statue of two gnomes fighting' Loot item (worth 55 gold)
* Added new 'statue of a headless knight' Loot item (worth 50 gold)
* Added new 'pile of blank scrolls' Loot item (worth 15 gold)

IMPASSIONED SPEECHES (3 features)

Just a little something I thought about adding to the throne room, a rare encounter where a random local will come to give you an impassioned speech about something!

* Added new throne room encounter 'Impassioned speech about the throne'
* Added new throne room encounter 'Impassioned speech about War'
* Added new throne room encounter 'Impassioned speech about the love of the people'

BANKING TWEAKS (3 features)

A little bit of work on the bank, the 10% interest rate has been reduced to 5x less and some other issues have been dealt with!

* Added new loan system (2% payback per year instead of 10% to stop crazy snowballed owed numbers in short periods of time)
* Added new text explaining dynamic bank interest rate (credit Crisphy)
* Added new text 'enter 0 if you no longer wish to take a loan out' in bank

GRO'LOK'S STUMP (2 features)

Thanks to everyone who is supporting Warsim at the moment on Patreon, the extra support is mindblowing and really helpful so thank you!

* Added new patron names to Gro'loks stump
* Rebuilt Gro'lok's stump into 4 sections

BUGFIXES (16 features)

Lots of bugs fixed across a variety of areas, mostly found from playtesting.

* Fixed throne room signs not functioning at all
* Fixed 2 giant canyon text bugs
* Fixed 11 text bugs in canyon intro screens
* Fixed 6 line spacing bugs in canyon intro screens
* Fixed rumours of your friendliness spread missing line
* Fixed missing line with innocent man arrested in court
* Fixed new ore found not having indicators
* Fixed throne room upgrades not indicating hosting a celeration
* Fixed asking advice in throne room changes the advisors face to another random one
* Fixed sudden death gamemaster in thickblood tavern text colour issue
* Fixed sudden death gamemaster in thickblood tavern exit pause bug
* Fixed artifact discovery text bug when exploring
* Fixed loan screen appearing showing you +0 gold in loans if you enter 0
* Fixed wagon man explore encounter auto spawned a second random explore encounter once done
* Fixed minus figure for years remaining being shown once you continue playing beyond a timed game
* Fixed hosting a tournament but not having the gold causes inf freeze (credit Dootmaster64)

EVERYTHING ELSE (13 features)

Quite a lot of stuff here, new features and a much cheaper trap door!

* Added new alternate version of bookrage and bookrages shop if market calm/chaos orb effect is in place (credit XxMeMe StormxX)
* Added new book 'notes of a formerly angry man' in bookrages calm effect bookshop (credit XxMeMe StormxX)
* Added public opinion 1 in 3 chance of dropping when sacrificing peasants (credit Bookrage)
* Rewrote upgrade text for road upgrades
* Added road upgrades increase throne room visitors (with gold roads increasing them by 25%) (credit Toasty)
* Added 'Moohmin' imp name (credit Nikiforos)
* Added 'Fitzroy' human name (credit Nikiforos)
* Added -20 gold indicator when losing in sudden death dice game
* Added missing kingdom defeated music for paying off the rebels to disband
* Added missing screen for trying to hire mercs for an attack when no attacks left
* Added short march sound effect to gaining group of demon fighting warriors throne room encounter
* Reduced cost of trap door to 1k instead of 20k
* Added gold figure shown when asking about buying the arena

[huw2k8]

Hey Everyone, so this update is part of my attempt to cut down my 500+ feature list of Warsim to-dos. The list is made up of around 100 loose feature ideas and then 20-30 large feature updates such as Rpgification (The addition of more first person elements to the game), Expansion on Adventurers, Noble Houses, Demon Improvements, The Ancient Isle, And so on.

I am aiming to completely clear this list in the run up to full release on steam and hope to get there within this year if possible. This update is made up mostly of small things cleared from that list as I move on to my next update... Diplomacy!

DIFFICULTY CHOICE SCREEN UPDATE (4 features)

After a suggestion by DarkMark the Difficulty choice screen now has a few more options! You can also now see the debug modes available.

* Added new ability to ask about difficulties on difficulty choice (credit u/DarkMark8910)
* Added ability to show debug modes on main difficulty choice menu
* Updated debug modes intro text
* Added bank gold increase to cheat debug mode

IN-GAME WIKI REWORKED (3 features)

The Gaming Dictator pointed out that the in-game wiki was in a bad state, I've reworked it to be just a unit and battlescore wiki now and have brought it up to the same standard as the rest of the game. While writing this new battlescore Wiki I also got a little curious and ended up doing some research to find the strongest possible units generated in game, the winner was the 'Behemoth Arch-Demigod King' with a whopping 108000 Battlescore...

* Reworked in-game wiki to be a battlescore wiki (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Added new section of in-game wiki for strongest unit ever (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Added new formatting for unit and battlescore wiki pages in game (credit u/TheGamingDictator)

THICKBLOOD TAVERN IMPROVEMENTS (5 features)

Found a few issues with the Thickblood tavern not being to the same standard as the rest of the game!

* Fixed thickblood upgrade screen kicking you out after each upgrade
* Added current gold shown when trying to upgrade thickblood
* Added new standard upgrade graphics for upgrading thickblood
* Added 69 testcode entered in owned thickblood tavern which strips all upgrades from it
* Added new dynamic hire screen for Thickblood tavern

THRONE ROOM ENCOUNTERS (15 features)

After getting a duplicate throne room encounter a couple of times I decided to make it more varied, now the gold gift encounters are far more varied and some of them can be bad for public opinion if you take the gold. There's also now a super rare encounter where someone finds a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow and shares it with you and it can be a lot of gold!

* Added new bad gold taken encounter type where accepting gold is bad (credit Cat)
* Added new throne room encounter 'Burning Orphanage gold' very bad gold
* Added new throne room encounter 'Undeserving people' bad gold
* Added new throne room encounter 'Gambling scam profit' bad gold
* Added new throne room encounter 'Retired warriors fund' bad gold
* Added new throne room encounter 'Parents gold' bad gold
* Added new throne room encounter 'Found loot in a basket floating down river'
* Added new throne room encounter 'Found Loot buried under a loose tree stump'
* Added new throne room encounter 'Was handed loot by a cloaked figure in a busy market'
* Added new throne room encounter 'Collected 1 gold from each friend'
* Added new throne room encounter 'Gold but cant say where its from'
* Added new throne room encounter 'Wealthy son sends gifts'
* Added new throne room encounter 'Pot of gold at the end of the rainbow' (Rarer event) (credit Cat)
* Added new throne room encounter 'found on floor'
* Reduced required public opinion for gold gift encounter slightly

THE WORLDHEART EXPANDED (5 features)

This secret location has been expanded a lot more thanks to suggestion by u/CanadianWolverine

* Added new earthquake sound effect for the worldheart
* Added new intro screen to entering code on ancient door correctly
* Added new intro to the worldheart screen
* Added new event before stabbing the heart of the world (credit u/CanadianWolverine)
* Added new indicators at worldheart stabbed screen

NEW NAMES (2 features)

Some of my real life friends Cole and Darren's names backwards sounded very fantasy-esque!

* Added new vampire name 'Nerrad'
* Added new magi name 'Eloc'

BUGFIXES (14 features)

Lots of bugs fixed again in this update, the biggest being the duplication of champions in the Arena, no more clones!

* Fixed killed vampire throne room dungeons and trap door options broken
* Fixed grammar issue with diplomat wage increase throne encounter
* Fixed missing +4 prisoners indicator when jailing best beard encounter people
* Fixed grammar issue with item recieved in throne room
* Fixed 16 text bugs with crime encounters in throne room
* Fixed 15 grammar bugs with crime encounter in throne room
* Fixed Humpleburt gnome text bug (credit Steve Killbane)
* Fixed broken spacing on indicator for flip gold
* Fixed missing gold indicator in prisoner freedom bribe throne room encounter
* Fixed text bug with knight adventure story in throne room
* Fixed tax tax law on bank tax broken (credit Steve Killbane)
* Fixed personal champions grand tournament duplication bug (credit Dootmaster64)
* Fixed owned thickblood tavern doesn't disable hire bandits option if no bandits left
* Fixed champion training working even if you don't have a champion

EVERYTHING ELSE (3 features)

Just a few tweaks and a new screen for grand champion challenges.

* Added new wage change indicators for wage increase encounters in throne room
* Added new prompt for questing knights accepted in throne room
* Added new screen for grand champion challenge

[huw2k8]

Recently did an article exploring the proc gen race system in Warsim,

Check it out here

https://medium.com/@huw2k8/exploring-the-depths-of-procedurally-generated-fantasy-races-in-warsim-the-realm-of-aslona-a000954227c5

[huw2k8]

THE DIPLOMACY UPDATE - Coming soon!

Hey everyone,

So just letting you guys know that the Diplomacy update which I've been working on since the last Warsim release 9 days ago, will probably be released sometime near the end of next week.

The work that's been done already has in my opinion massively improved the experience of diplomacy, especially in trying to make peace with other kingdoms which was built to function similar to the vassal system but more in-depth and bigger.

So far the update is sizing up to be a huge one, with 214 features in at the moment but surely many more to come before it is complete.

**THE STORY SO FAR**

The update as it currently stands includes:

* A completely reworked peace process that includes an emissary system identical to the vassalisation process, as well as dynamic reactions for 30+ independent race prefixes, such as Light races being much more inclined to make peace with you if you're a good ruler, and Death races completely rejecting peace permanently, or pacifist races guarenteed to accept. The system also includes 49 different reactions to peace that range from asking you to pay a single coin, or accepting but murdering your emissary, to someone asking you to sacrfice 1 peasant per -1 relation, or asking you to answer a riddle... for peace!
* Improvments to hiring independent kingdom units including kingdoms friendly to you offering 10-20% discount
* Improvements and screens given to setting up and closing trade route with other kingdoms
* New pop up events at the end of turn including one that stops you from reaching the highest limit of number that can be stored in the games gold counter which is 2 billion (or more specifically 2,147,483,647) so if anyone reaches 1 billion they will be met by hyperinflation... sorry comrades but there be no billionaires in the realm of Aslona.
* Tournaments have been improved with lots of new screens, as well as a guarenteed public opinion boost depending on the size of the tournament, taking a hint from ancient rome on that one.
* Also following a player suggestion I've made it so the sorry old fields of Rihhm Village in the East can now be terraformed if you have the terraformers guild which greatly improves the village's economic output
* Also 98 billion more demigod faces after a few experiments
* 38 bugfixes and misc improvements
* And perhaps my favourite of all, the Arena now has a screen showing your lost gold when paying to watch an arena fight (if you don't own the arena and the arena owner charges you to watch fights). You can also get random events such as being let in for free or accidentally being only charged half... but that's not it... You can now still try and enter and watch and arena fight even if you don't have the gold, if it's your first time Gordeth the Ticket Attendant will happily let you through... but do it more and he might have to get the manager... or you know, you could let out your inner Karen and do it yourself!

**SCREENSHOTS**

* Instant peace when requested with Pacifist Fungus Orcs - https://i.imgur.com/nTwVJQd.png
* Gordeth is a good guy really - https://i.imgur.com/HQPcc3F.png
* Release the Karen! - https://i.imgur.com/HtzRXil.png
* The new peace emissary system - https://i.imgur.com/ZATcLYD.png
* Chances look good - https://i.imgur.com/pqxY2YX.png
* Oh no... what does he want? - https://i.imgur.com/n8VNHkp.png
* Publicly... Ugh - https://i.imgur.com/T9jyy4w.png
* Ok... how are we going to word this - https://i.imgur.com/vwcmjzF.png
* There were good people on both sides - https://i.imgur.com/Gh1zrnA.png
* Well... better than nothing - https://i.imgur.com/5pZxZ7Q.png

**WHAT'S LEFT TO DO**

I still have a number of systems I still want to work on before I release this diplomacy update and call it a day. They are as follows:

* Rework of the gifting gold system to adjust the gold gift amount from 500 gold to proportionally 100th, 10th, and a quarter of the kingdom in questions income as well as dynamic reactions
* The chance for diplomatic actions from other kingdoms such as gifting you gold and offering you peace
* The ability to declare war on a neutral or friendly faction with varied reaction
* An updated system for requesting military or financial aid
* A rework of the alliance system following on from the peace and vassal systems with emissaries and tons of varied reactions
* And several other things that are probably but not definitely going in to the update depending on time

I'm already happy with what's been done and feel like it's going to breathe life into the diplomacy system and make it much more interesting.

So that's it for now, looking forward to releasing this update!

[huw2k8]

Hey everyone, so this is a little something I worked on, on the weekend. This update includes a new questline where you can dismantle and profit from the Titan's Skull to the south; Improvements to the brawl pit and it's owner; A bit of a change to the end of turn battle screen which you will all notice once you play... hopefully it's an improvement! And a few tweaks, changes, and bugfixes everywhere else!

THE QUEST FOR THE TITAN'S SKULL (10 features)

It's possible to find a valuable fragment of a titan's skull as an item of random loot in game, there's also a giant titan's skull... some of you probably see where this is going. There's now a new quest that can be found in the Artifact market. If you succeed you'll notice the fragments finding there way everywhere!

* Added new character Hyruk the Moneygrubber to The three blades inn
* Added 5 dialogues with Hyruk
* Added 'Titan's Fragments' Quest to Hyruk
* Added ability to break Titan's skull down to fragments
* Added new reaction from Koova when asking about Titans skull if destroyed
* Added refreshing each year ability to get a free drink from Hyruk if quest complete
* Added Genuine titan bone soup to Mag's soup kitchen if quest completed
* Added Titan's skull fragment pedestal to History guild if quest completed
* Added Titan's skull fragment to Karald's trophy room if quest completed
* Added Titan's skull replica made out of fragments in Silver staff tavern if quest completed

BRAWL PIT AND FIGHTER'S PIT IMPROVEMENTS (13 features)

Was checking an old bug report by 71 and found a few things in need of improvement including a bug that has been there for a while where the fighter's pit didn't charge you to watch a fight ever!

* Fixed 2 text bugs with unowned brawl pit
* Removed redundant text colour code from brawl pit unowned
* Fixed non blocked options for betting on or watching a fight when you don't have the gold in unowned brawl pit
* Added ability to ask brawl pit owner about Battle of the two pits
* Added ability to ask brawl pit owner for betting advice
* Added new sound effect when buying brawl pit
* Added new additional screen when taking over brawl pit
* Improved formatting of bet screen for brawl pit and fighters pit
* Fixed Fighters pit not charging when entering or betting on a fight
* Fixed bet option not blocked if brawl pit doesn't have any bet money (credit 71)
* Fixed bet option not blocked if fighter's pit doesn't have any bet money (credit 71)
* Removed redundant text colour code in fighters pit
* Fixed non blocked options for betting or watching a fight in fighter's pit with no gold

WAGON MAN'S POST IMPROVEMENTS (4 features)

The wagon man's post now has more screens when interacting with it!

* Added new screen when destroying wagon mans post
* Fixed text bug in wagon mans post intro
* Added screen for cancelling trade with wagon man
* Added screen for starting trade with wagon man

BATTLE PHASE IMPROVEMENTS (5 features)

The previous battle phase screen was a bit of a mess, now it's been fixed up, I've also removed the end of turn event system that gives occasional rare random events on the screen you choose who you want to attack, these encounter will later be moved to the turn report like all other game events.

* Scrapped the random end of turn event system
* Added general face for end of turn battle phase screen
* Added special screen for end of turn battle phase if no general
* Added new war drum effects to end of turn battle phase
* Fixed battle phase loop discolouration bug

SAVE GAME SCREENS (2 features)

Don't know why these weren't a thing before!

* Added new screen for saving game
* Added new screen for successfully saved game

SLAVERS FORT IMPROVEMENTS (4 features)

Hiring slaves from the slavers fort was a single line of text, now it's been brought up to the level of the rest of the games hire screens!

* Removed defunct warnings of no slaves or slave soldiers available in slave fort
* Added new screen for not enough gold to buy slaves/slave soldiers
* Added new screen for not that many slaves to buy
* Added new screen for buying slaves/slave soldiers

BUGFIXES (18 features)

A number of bugs fixed here ranging from text bugs to issues with the diplomacy system recently released, thanks everyone who reported stuff here!

* Fixed issue with rihhm tribute
* Fixed entering the arena owned by someone who won't charge you entry gives you the entry fee gold for free
* Fixed 12 text bugs in Shaian
* Fixed executing 10% of your soldiers for peace encounter missing a line
* Fixed bugs with Koova titan's skull dialogue
* Fixed bugs with Koova southern cave dialogue
* Fixed 2 text bugs in Mags soup kitchen
* Fixed no entry fee charged for Karald's trophy room
* Fixed bug in silver staff tavern text
* Fixed text bug with Titan's Skull
* Fixed text bug in intro bandit king gamestart (credit psi_overtake)
* Fixed changed the laws as suits you bug (credit psi_overtake)
* Fixed sound not restarting after brawl pit fight as owner of brawl pit
* Fixed extra splitline in chelobs well prize screen
* Fixed able to return more gold than you took out when paying back loan
* Fixed Erak diplomacy blocker says Krut (credit Omer)
* Fixed you are a ant text bug in war declaration
* Fixed reduced wergild not showing (credit Omer)

EVERYTHING ELSE (4 features)

Arena betting has a new sound effect, now your kingdom symbol will always be the first letter of your kingdoms name which makes a ton more sense than the previous random symbol system. Shaian's birth rate is now a little higher, and there's a new screen when entering Karald's trophy room showing you pay for it (you previously didn't even get charged!)

* Made the kingdom flag symbol always be based on the first character of your kingdom name at game start (can still be changed manually)
* Added new coin sound effect when placing a bet in the arena
* Increased Shaian Birth rate
* Added screen for entering Karald's trophy room

[huw2k8]

Hey everyone,

for anyone checking us out right now Warsim is currently 35% off on Steam and Itch.io

If you're curious about the game it is updated constantly and has a 96% positive rating on steam. It's a game where you're put at the helm of a kingdom in a massively random world where you can get involved in almost every aspect of the kingdom and rule how you want!

Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/659540/Warsim_The_Realm_of_Aslona/?beta=0

Itch.io page: https://itch.io/s/29091/35-pandemic-discount-stay-inside

[huw2k8]

**DARKDALE**

So it's finally here! I've been working relentlessly on the Darkdale update for almost two weeks and I'm very happy with it. Darkdale is a city found in the second region of the west 'Songwood'. Darkdale is ruled by a king and is filled with all kinds of interesting characters and factions. There are three taverns, six buyable properties, and a ton of things to discover.

* Added dynamic text based on Darkdale's leader
* Added dynamic darkdale tax income
* Added chance Darkdale king is mercantile (extra tax)
* Added chance Darkdale king is Isolationist (can't see him)
* Added chance Darkdale king is normal
* Added chance Darkdale king is a vassal of yours (lots of respect, can collapse the city, earn all tax income)
* Added chance Darkdale king is a cultist
* Added ability to attack and capture Darkdale
* Added ability to destroy darkdale post capture
* Added ability to choose a champion to rule Darkdale
* Added ability to make a random local your vassal ruler of Darkdale

**MARKET DISTRICT (27 features)**

The market district is the hub of business for Darkdale, here you will find a brewery, two buyable properties, a pay-to-slap goblin, a bookwriter, a tavern, a market for buying stronger champions, and hireable foreign mercenaries.

* Added Darkdale Brewery
* Added ability to speak to Brewmaster
* Added ability to look at the brewing barrles
* Added ability to ask brewer for a free drink (you get one unless you are darkdales ruler in which case you can have as many as you want)
* Added Narmald the bookwriters house
* Added ability to speak to Narmald
* Added ability to read 'Tales of Grolok' book
* Added ability to read unfinished book of Narmalds
* Added foreign mercenary post
* Added ability to hire foreign merc group
* Added screen for empty foreign merc post
* Added leafburner's guild
* Added ability to speak to leafburner's officer
* Added ability to speak to leafburner's guildsman (random dialogues)
* Added room of hilarity to the guild (listen to jokes)
* Added Darkdale tavern
* Added ability to speak to Darkdale tavern's owner
* Added ability to speak to Darkdale tavern's patrons
* Added ability to play western sudden death in the tavern
* Added buyable tavernside houses for 3500 gold
* Added champion market (buy strong champions)
* Added screen for empty champion market
* Added ability to speak to the champion market seller
* Added goblin slapping stall
* Added ability to speak to goblin slap merchant
* Added ability to speak to goblin at slap stall
* Added buyable markets end estates for 20000 gold

**NOBLE DISTRICT (23 features)**

The noble district is the seat of the rich and powerful of Darkdale, here you will find the guards post, 2 buyable properties, an upperclass tavern, the treasury, the census office, the main fortress of Darkdale, and an order of noble knights.

* Added dynamic noble district introduction with guard commander
* Added noble district guard post
* Added ability to speak to commander of guards
* Added ability to speak to a random guard (20 dialogues)
* Added ability to ask about Darkdales garrison
* Added buyable evernoble estates for 25000 gold
* Added Darkdale city census office
* Added ability to speak to office captain
* Added ability to look at previous years tax income
* Added ability to look at the darkdale population stats
* Added ability to ask about the military
* Added ability to check population growth stats
* Added ability to check guard recruitment stats
* Added buyable bronze shield estates for 12000 gold
* Added lootable darkdale treasury
* Added the gilded crescent tavern
* Added the ability to buy ale in a gold mug brough on a red pillow
* Added ability to speak to gilded crescent bartender
* Added ability to speak to random locals (20 dialogues)
* Added viewable gold plate to the tavern
* Added knights of darkdale (an order who will join you if you have 100 public opinion)
* Added Darkdale fortress (Dynamic based on darkdales king)
* Added ability to speak to Darkdales king

**FOLK DISTRICT (26 features)**

The least lavish district but the one with the most hidden under the surface, the Folk district is home to number of interesting locations, a cat tavern, a society of jesters, and a number of colourful characters.

* Added ability to recruit peasants
* Added temple to Ha'Hah that can occur if cult rules Darkdale
* Added Jesters society
* Added ability to speak to society master
* Added ability to speak to a random member (15 dialogues)
* Added laughing door
* Added counting goblin
* Added jester's class
* Added chance of getting into secret society
* Added secret society meeting event
* Added Darkdale brawl hole
* Added Darkdale brawl hole for Cultist ruled town
* Added Darkdale brawl hole winners hireable if you rule the town
* Added buyable Negon's hovels for 1500 gold
* Added Darkdale Cat Tavern
* Added ability to speak to Cat Tavern Owner
* Added ability to speak to random patron at cat tavern
* Added silver cat statue to Cat tavern
* Added ability to pet a random cat in cat tavern (4 different cats)
* Added ability to look at cat wall of fame
* Added buyable Marketview estates for 15000 gold
* Added Mystic Myck's hut
* Added ability to speak to Mystic Myck (loads of dialogues)
* Added Nairolfs den
* Added ability to speak to Nairolf
* Added ability to speak to Flobert

**NAIRO'S PARTY (89 features)**

One of the hardest parts of the update by far, Nairolf is a semi-wealthy man who lives in the folk district and ever so often throws giant parties for the locals. Tons of random events and encounters keep this one interesting and a must see!

* Added invite to Nairo's party encounter if you've met Nairo and a party is formed
* Added entering Nairo's party without knowing them event
* Added entering Nairo's party while knowing them event
* Added random chance of party happening each year (1/3)
* Added random size of ale cellar (350-1850 mugs of ale)
* Added option to mingle with guests at party
* Added option to look around at party
* Added option to check the ale cellar
* Added Nairo offers a drink encounter (2 outcomes)
* Added Flobert mopping up some sick encounter
* Added Nairo leaf tube encounter
* Added Doodieman encounter
* Added Flobert Gemshorn encounter
* Added Myck response to Gemshorn if they're present at the party
* Added wet sock encounter
* Added Nairo and you have a drink together (2 outcomes)
* Added Flobert is let off work encounter
* Added Nairo how are you enjoying the party encounter (8 outcomes)
* Added ability for Nairo to smash his window (permanently broken in game)
* Added Nairo pass out event (if his drunk level is above 7)
* Added Flobert pass out event (if his drunk level is above 4)
* Added draft from the smashed window event
* Added Nairo draws on Floberts passed out body event
* Added followup on drawn on flobert
* Added spilt drink encounter
* Added second spilt drink encounter
* Added third spilt drink encounter
* Added fourth spilt drink encounter
* Added flobert brings you a drink encounter (3 outcomes)
* Added flobert sweeping smashed glass encounter
* Added call for a toast encounter (3 outcomes)
* Added ANOTHER TOAST encounter (3 outcomes)
* Added smuggled lich dust encounter
* Added flobert puke encounter
* Added Myck arrival event
* Added Myck talk with Flobert if flobert is working
* Added Myck talk with Flobert if Flobert is off work
* Added Myck ale refusal encounter
* Added seeing stars drunk encounter
* Added secret noble drunk encounter
* Added one too many drunk encounter
* Added You're not gerald drunk encounter
* Added It is home time drunk encounter
* Added Cure for hiccups drunk encounter
* Added covered in vomit drunk encounter
* Added spinning room drunk encounter
* Added very drunk, drunk encounter
* Added can't see anything drunk encounter
* Added time for a drink encounter
* Added backs away encounter
* Added lich dust recomendation encounter
* Added hangover report encounter
* Added local mason encounter
* Added drunk plans encounter
* Added good people good life encounter
* Added love the hosts encounter
* Added local wood-carver encounter
* Added nothing like a nairo party encounter
* Added Myck and Flobert Halfling talk encounter
* Added Myck house flood encounter
* Added Myck roof elf encounter
* Added Myck stolen crown encounter
* Added Myck pirate queen encounter
* Added Myck talking book encounter
* Added Nairo invites you to try and extra strong ale (2 outcomes)
* Added Nairo's favourite vase encounter
* Added broken vase encounter
* Added booze cellar leak encounter
* Added spilage drinker encounter
* Added Icewatch bard encounter
* Added Cellar damage encounter
* Added Flobert chugs 3 ales encounter
* Added comedian encounter
* Added Guard raid encounter (dynamic outcomes)
* Added chance that Nerrad the commander and his guards join the party
* Added Nerrad guard post robber encounter
* Added Nerrad poop smearer encounter
* Added Nerrad bush encounter
* Added Nerrad living hay bale encounter
* Added Nerrad Arm wrestle encounter
* Added Nerrad and his guard brothers encounter
* Added Nerrad chugs 5 ales encounter
* Added Nerrad passes out encounter
* Added Angry men fighting broken up by Nerrad encounter
* Added Angry men fighting broken up by Nairo encounter
* Added extra booze delivery encounter
* Added invite to flo and nairo drink (2 outcomes)
* Added Mushrooms with Nairo encounter (dynamic)
* Added Stargazing encounter

**BUGFIXES (8 features)**

* Fixed 6 text bugs with cat throne room encounter
* Fixed ability to access songwood graveyard once you've discovered darkdale bug
* Fixed bandit peace rejection text bug
* Fixed undead horde summon event text
* Fixed issue with gamebreaking save file names
* Fixed issue with gamebreaking title and kingdom names and gamestart
* Fixed destroying love cult camp missing line and text bug
* Fixed mad king face visible past ascii filter (credit mechaskyguardian)

**EVERYTHING ELSE (5 features)**

* Added scorpion pit is slightly cheaper if they are broke (credit Xenoyaut)
* Gave burn cat in furnace a unique graphic
* Made feeding cat always give +1 public opinion
* Updated Gro'lok's stump with new patron (thanks a bunch!)
* Made mad kings dead face have x's for eyes

**SCREENSHOTS**

* The Folk District - https://i.imgur.com/AnXIP92.png
* The Market District - https://i.imgur.com/lXvCTBZ.png
* The Noble District - https://i.imgur.com/0fLt6Pt.png
* Darkdale Cat Tavern - https://i.imgur.com/T7WdN20.png
* Nerrad, Commander of the city guard - https://i.imgur.com/vZfzoXI.png
* How is the party? - https://i.imgur.com/hbcnDbM.png
* A drink for me? - https://i.imgur.com/nNb1CWs.png
* Party Problems - https://i.imgur.com/9WZdZPR.png
* Oh my... - https://i.imgur.com/vCkomHW.png
* A purring goblin!?! - https://i.imgur.com/G1vHFLE.png

[huw2k8]

Hey everyone,

So I tested the Darkdale update this morning but found a few bugs including a game-breaking one, I did try to test it throughout the week but I guess I missed some. This patch fixes those but I thought I'd better also code some new content cause an update of just bugfixes is boring!

SELF-FUNDED NAIRO PARTY (5 features)

So Nairo's parties are great but they happen rarely, now if you're so inclined you can fund them yourself and have them happen whenever!

* Added ability to ask Nairo about hosting a party if one isn't already being hosted
* Added ability to buy 500 mugs of ale for the party
* Added ability to buy 1000 mugs of ale for the party
* Added ability to buy 1500 mugs of ale for the party
* Added special party event thanking you for paying for the event

KAFF'S LEGITIMATE GOODS (5 features)

Keep your eye on your coinpurse because there's a new merchant in town and her goods are questionable at best!

* Added new location in the Darkdale market district 'Kaff's legitimate goods'
* Added ability to buy 'genuine lich dust' for 10 gold
* Added ability to buy a fools gold coin for 1 gold
* Added ability to buy an immortality potion for 25 gold
* Added 8 dialogues with Kaff

NEW DARKDALE DIALOGUES (4 features)

Beefed up each area of the city with a few more things people say!

* Added 5 new Darkdale guard dialogues
* Added 5 new Darkdale tavern dialogues
* Added 5 new cat tavern dialogues
* Added 5 new gilded crescent dialogues

BUGFIXES (12 features)

Quite a few bugs here including one game-breaking issue with the temple of Ha'Hah, all fixed now!

* Fixed Flobert Myck encounter despite Flobert being passed out
* Fixed 'could have said it better myself' text bug
* Fixed 'these a strong' text bug
* Fixed Krut peace payment gold bug
* Fixed Erak peace payment gold bug
* Fixed gold shown as removed instead of added when paying goblin kingdoms for peace
* Fixed text bug in peace event 'coin of fate'
* Fixed duplicate intro text for Ha'Hah darkdale noble district
* Fixed duplicate intro text for Bandit darkdale noble district
* Fixed temple of Ha'Hah not allowing you to leave if it's already over
* Fixed temple of Ha'Hah freezing upon entry
* Fixed Nairo's den unenterable bug

**SCREENSHOTS**

* Kaff's fools gold - https://i.imgur.com/cy6GmnD.png
* Setting up your own party - https://i.imgur.com/NIlGrQS.png

[huw2k8]

Hey everyone,

So as we approach Warsim 0.8 I've been finishing up fixed and adding stuff to Darkdale and the rest of the game. Next two updates will take me a bit more time but I'm excited!

DARKDALE THE VASSAL STATE (6 features)

When a new game starts Darkdales leadership is randomly generated, there's a 1 in 6 chance they will spawn as your vassal and the city will be loyal to you, in this eventuality there is now a screen explaining that and automatically unlocking the region leading up to darkdale and the region Darkdale is in so that you can instantly access it.

* Fixed chance of darkdale loading up as vassal state
* Added special screen for Darkdale becomming your vassal at game start (credit VineFynn)
* Added Darkdale vassal start unlocks Denland and Songwood in exploration
* Added alt vassal screen for if you have started game with full unlocked exploration
* Made it twice as rare to get Darkdale as a vassal immediately in normal mode (credit u/TheGamingDictator)
* Made it impossible to get Darkdale as a vassal in hard mode and beyond (credit u/TheGamingDictator)

EXTRA PARTY EVENTS (9 features)

Another pack of events that can happen at Nairo's parties to make it feel like repetetive!

* Added ability to intervine in guard breakup of party if you are king of darkdale (3 responses)
* Added guards scarper away then partygoer cheers outcome
* Added guards nod and leave outcome
* Added guards close party outcome
* Added Kaff pickpocketing random party event
* Added Nerrad stops Kaff pickpocketing random party event
* Added hiccuping drunk are you the ruler of YOURKINGDOM party event
* Added you look like the ruler of YOURKINGDOM party event
* Added man recognises you and bows party event

MUSHROOMS (8 features)

The mushroom trip screens were pretty lacking now they're fixed up and there's a few more of them!

* Fixed all mushroom trip text spacing bugs
* Fixed all mushroom trip text colour bugs
* Fixed pause bug with animated face trip screen
* Added word vibrations trip event
* Added imaginary riches trip event
* Added rolling floor trip event
* Added prebirth existence trip event
* Added what am I trip event

BUGFIXES (25 features)

A lot of bugs fixed from both reports and playtesting, thanks for the help guys!

* Fixed Kaff shop options bug (Credit Germpot and u/thebestroll)
* Fixed Kaff gives hands you text bug
* Fixed issue with asking for troop support from ally/vassal typo
* Fixed no indicator of relation loss when requesting troops from ally/vassal
* Fixed 3 text errors in head diplomat what I do question
* Fixed deserter joining screen text showing your current soldier and knight figures instead of how many are joining you
* Fixed no gold taken from slapping goblin
* Fixed no gold loss indicator of slapping goblin
* Fixed nerrad party story text bug
* Fixed Nairo draws on Flobert even if Nairo is passed out
* Fixed Nerrad passing out event freezes game
* Fixed myck eye question text bug (credit Steve Killbane)
* Fixed oldest tree goblin stone text bug (credit Steve Killbane)
* Fixed goblin stone text bug (credit Steve Killbane)
* Fixed Eloc text bug
* Fixed hireable prisoners removed from game bug
* Fixed not able to see your current gold when speaking to silver tongue in throne room
* Fixed text bug with silver tongue in throne room
* Fixed troop non-direct troop screen only shown if there are troops relevant to it
* Fixed missing linesplit when destroying musicians guild
* Fixed Darkdale ruled by you only shows your flag on their walls on main screen but not in any district
* Fixed Nairos intro text hair miscolouration
* Fixed Blackbank 1 gold deposit duplication bug (credit Snaith)
* Fixed incorrect text when getting error screen with kingdom name
* Fixed names with sir title appearing when rolling a random name for your character

EVERYTHING ELSE (5 features)

A couple of things I couldn't fit in the other categories!

* Added new screens for setting up trade and cancelling trade with Smallhaven
* Reworked diplomats what I do section of dialogue
* Added text showing how many chances to ask people to join you in the blackmarket you have
* Added tags next to owned real estate in Darkdale now
* Updated Darkdale blocked from entering screen to mention their king

[huw2k8]

Hello everyone,

Just announcing that after 4 years of development and the 100+ updates on steam early access I am going to be increasing the price of Warsim on steam from $4.99 to $7.99 as of next month.

I'm always weary of pricing it to the point where it will exclude people who might genuinely want to play but I'm surviving almost entirely on a mix of Warsim and some savings at the moment and the difference in price really will make a difference for me.

I think when I first put the game on steam I didn't think much of it and wasn't sure if people would give it a chance but now after all this time and effort I know the game is worth it!

But regardless it will still be in seasonal steam sales and things so it will be possible to find it for less and it is still currently on 35% sale at it's current lower price

Happy to answer any questions and hear your thoughts!

Cheers

Huw

[huw2k8]

CHOOSE YOUR ORIGIN SYSTEM (12 features)

So for the longest time unless you played a custom game your origin was completely random. Random is fun, but sometimes you don't want to be shoehorned into being a demonic servant, or a bandit overlord right out of the gate. Now the system has been expanded and you can still choose randomness in the way of the new FATE option, but otherwise you're welcome to choose an origin that suits you and your desired playthrough a little better. I've also added a few differences in some of the options so even choosing the same origin twice might give you variation.

* Added new screen when starting a new game where you can choose your game origin
* Added ability to choose fate (get a random origin)
* Added new origin 'pulled sword from stone' (+5 public opinion)
* Added new origin 'Village elder last in line gets the throne after the rest died in disaster' (Arena is destroyed, -public op)
* Added rare chance that the disaster kills off old croll and gives you a random new diplomat
* Added rare chance that the disaster kills off ghoryn pikener and gives you a random new general
* Added new origin 'Slave army conquest' (-public opinion, start with slaver fort, start with slave army, mass desertion of normal army)
* Added rare chance that the slaver fort is destroyed during the conquest and you don't start with it
* Added new origin 'Winner of a tournament of strength' (+opinion, start with two strong champions)
* Added new origin 'It's a long story' (+public opinion, +new item in throne room, +some gold)
* Added rare chance the the 'long story' has an extra part where you gain a strong champion called 'Omer the Friend'
* Removed origin select screen from custom games

MERMEN MADNESS (4.3 Billion features)

Was messing around with the mermen faces and added a new eye type with a lot of variants, combined with all other possible parts of mermen faces there are now twice as many possible which has added over 4 billion new faces that can be generated... you know for all the folk who got bored of the first 4 billion of them.

* Added new eye type to Mermen/Triton faces
* Created a total of 4346939520 (4.3 Billion) new Mermen/Triton faces (8.6 billion total faces now)

MAGIC FARM IMPROVEMENTS (6 features)

Thanks to a suggestion by u/TimSEsq the magic farm has been reworked to make more sense!

* Reworked Magic farm to give barrels worth of Bluetrii instead of singles (credit u/TimSEsq)
* Reduced barrels to 25 fruit per barrel
* Fixed Magic farm gramamr bug
* Added new screen for looking at buying fruit
* Added new screen for successfully buying fruit
* Added new screen for failing to buy fruit

BUGFIXES (13 features)

Pretty much all of these bugs were reported by you guys so thanks!

* Fixed the land is your text bug (credit u/DrakoGFX)
* Fixed issue with showing -25 gold charge for entering owned scorpion pit (credit u/Mr_Choke)
* Fixed Scorpion betting max being increased when you enter owned pit (credit u/Mr_Choke)
* Fixed adventuers quarter tavern mages quarter dialogue (credit u/Mr_Choke)
* Fixed paying for mystery slaver cuts of theme music bug (credit u/theGamingDictator)
* Fixed incorrect text saying cost of fight in owned arena will need to be paid by you too (credit u/OddAndQuirkyUserName)
* Fixed Darkdale champion market not refreshing with any new champions (credit Walker)
* Fixed you you text bug in refugee kingdom screen (credit u/DrakoGFX)
* Fixed missing space bug in refugee kingdom menu (credit u/DrakoGFX)
* Fixed taxes and subsidies title error (credit VineFynn)
* Fixed grammar bugs in rebellion text
* Fixed 6 text bugs in Skull sign building in Artifact market (credit Mata)
* Fixed metallic text bug in skull sign building in Artifact market (credit Mata)

EVERYTHING ELSE (7 features)

A few uncatagorisable features added including my favourite, the ability to capture those Oooh snakes you find while exploring the south!

* Added yearly tribute indicator to mystery slaver
* Added the ability to capture wild Oooh snakes found in the south for your monster pit if you have available slot (credit Xenoyaut)
* Added dead kingdom music to Ancient plague game over screen
* Added new graphic to ancient plague game over screen
* Reworked text and formatting for ancient plague game over screen
* Added new patron to Gro'Loks stump (thank you so much!)
* Added rent text showing up in scorp pit when you own scorpion pit (credit Dark)

SCREENSHOTS

The new origin choice screen - https://i.imgur.com/fCDaLnM.png
Some new mermen - https://i.imgur.com/gJSpvIm.png

[huw2k8]

Hey guys so Warsim 0.8 the gigantic community update is here, I'm uploading the changelog here because it's too big but you can see it across these three steam announcements!

It's so big it had to be split across 3 steam update posts and it has over 1000 total features!

Part 1 - https://store.steampowered.com/newshub/app/659540/view/2194885323209872468
Part 2 - https://store.steampowered.com/newshub/app/659540/view/2194885323209879441
Part 3 - https://store.steampowered.com/newshub/app/659540/view/2194885323209884204

Hope everyone is staying safe in the lockdown!