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 …
Warfare – version 115
Hi Everyone, Today we’ve got an update for you themed around Warfare! We’ve implemented lots of new system and features – all in support of our future AI Rivals update. Any bugs, issues, or have any feedback? Let us know on discord or email contact@lionshieldstudios.com. Big thanks as always to all our beta testers …
Infrastructure II – version 114
Hi Everyone, It’s time for another big update! As we mentioned in our last development post, the AI rivals will need a lot of big tech changes and we’ll be rolling some of those out early as we finish them. The first early tech change we’re launching for this update …
Cemeteries, Witches, and Wolves Update – version 113
We’ve got a Halloween themed update for you with a bunch of new game mechanics! If you’ve got questions, ideas, bug reports, come chat with us on discord: https://discord.gg/kingdomsandcastles, or email us at contact@lionshieldstudios.com. Here’s what’s new: Cemeteries Now when peasants die, their bodies will need to be taken to a cemetery …
Beautification Update – version 112
While we’re still hard at work on other updates (Rival AIs, VR, twitch integration, and secrets), we’ve got the Beautification Update ready for you now! If you’ve got questions, ideas, bug reports, come chat with us on discord: https://discord.gg/kingdomsandcastles, or email us at contact@lionshieldstudios.com. Now let’s get to what’s new: Gardens Added …
Grand Buildings – version 111
After incorporating lots of your feedback, the Grand Buildings Update is now out for everyone! If you’ve got questions, ideas, bug reports, come chat with us on discord: https://discord.gg/kingdomsandcastles, or email us at contact@lionshieldstudios.com (or post on the forums here). Thanks to all the beta testers, we really appreciate your efforts. And another …
Creative Mode – version 110
Hi Everyone, Creative Mode is now live! Issues, questions, ideas, feedback, bug reports? Chat with us on discord: https://discord.gg/kingdomsandcastles, or email us at contact@lionshieldstudios.com (or post on the forums here). Thanks as always to all the people who tried out and provided feedback on the beta. And super special thanks to our translators …
Merchants and Ports Now Available!
We’re excited to announce the new Merchants and Ports update is now available! Thanks to all the people who tried out and provided feedback on the beta, we could not have done it without you. Also special thanks to our translators! As always, if you have any feedback or bugs …
Infrastructure Update (v106)
We’ve been reading the forums, chatting with you on discord, and checking out all the suggestions on our community feedback page. We’re happy to announce our first free content update. This was originally going to be part of our upcoming Merchants and Ports update, but there was enough here we …
Patch Release – Version 105r1
In case you missed it, we released version 105 back on Thursday. While we are still working on a content update, first we wanted to quickly get some fixes and improvements out to everyone. If you are still running version 104, make sure to restart steam. That should trigger the …