AI Kingdoms – Beta 2

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The AI Kingdoms update is now in beta, hooray! But where’s beta 1 you ask? We graduated Alpha 45 to beta 1 (it was secretly a beta build candidate all along). So beta 2 is the next major build after Alpha 45. Here’s the notes: Features: New pass on AI …

AI Kingdoms – Alpha 45

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This month we focused on making the AI more responsive to what you’re up to (building up troops, not fast enough with trade, wrecking their kingdom, etc) and optimizations. Here’s the notes: New Features: Added three new AI conversation events Added AI skill levels (low, medium, high, and very high) …

AI Kingdoms – Alpha 44

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We’ve been in public alpha for a little while now, updating about once a month (or sometimes more frequently). Alpha 44 is our latest build and has lots of big changes. We focused on improving survival mode, AI invasions, and finally the great hall can now host feasts! Here’s the …

How do I use Steam Mods with the GoG version?

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How do I download Steam Mods? We’ve enabled anonymous game server downloading for the mod files on Steam Workshop. You can use a website, such as this one: https://www.steamworkshopdownloader.io/ to download mods you find interesting. 1. Find the mod you want on the steam store, and copy it’s web address …

A Quick Note

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We support justice, equality, and compassion. So for the next seven days we’ll be donating 100% of the proceeds from Kingdoms and Castles to:– NAACP Legal Defense Fund– Community Bail Fund If you can donate too, please consider joining us! -Pete & Michael

Mod Support – version 117

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Hi Everyone, Mod support has always been a hotly requested feature, so we’re glad it’s now live. While you’re waiting for AI Kingdoms (we’ll have more progress to show on this soon), take a look at some of the cool mods people are already making. Here’s a few we’d like …

Steam Workshop Now Supported

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Greetings! It’s our pleasure to announce official mod support for Kingdoms and Castles via Steam Workshop! You can subscribe to mods and banners created by other players from the community workshop. They’ll download in the background. Restart the game and you’re off with mods! Getting Started Making a Mod If …

Fish & Pigs – version 116

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Hi Everyone, We’ve got a big new update for you that adds new buildings, food types, and mechanics. We had been planning to launch this all packaged together with the upcoming AI Rival Kingdoms update, but after chatting with the community, we decided to launch this early! We’ve been wanting …

Lion Shield is Going Carbon Negative!

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Hope you’ve been enjoying the recent update! Here’s some quick company news: Recently, we found out about Stripe’s efforts to not only offset their company’s carbon footprint, but to go carbon negative by funding technology to remove carbon from the atmosphere. You can read more about their efforts and why …

GDC 2019 Talk – How We Made Kingdoms and Castles

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Here’s a talk we gave at the Game Developers Conference earlier this year. It covers the strategies we used making the game efficiently, generating attention, and launching on steam. It should probably be called a pre-postmortem since we’re still actively working on the game! More news on that soon. -Pete …