Bronze Age

Devlog

• Post Mortem and What's Next
  July 30, 2021 by Commodore Shawn

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  It's been about a month since I posed Stuck in a Rut , about two months since the last meaningful feature work on Bronze Age, and almost three months since the last public release. I've had some time... Continue reading

  
• Stuck in a Rut
  June 28, 2021 by Commodore Shawn

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  I realize that updates and releases have been a little sparse of late. Unfortunately I'm suffering from a pretty bad case of burnout. The spark of inspiration just isn't there for me right now. I've t... Continue reading
• 3.2.0 Release: Tactical Combat (part 1)
  May 08, 2021 by Commodore Shawn

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  After yet another long wait, here is 3.2! 3.2.0 Features Tactical Combat No longer do you have to trust to auto resolve. Take personal command of your armies on the battlefield. Tactical battles are a... Continue reading

  
• 3.1.4.2 and 3.2 Update
  February 05, 2021 by Commodore Shawn

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  3.1.4.2 and Industrial Age 3.1.4.2 is out with a variety of fixes and performance improvements. Notably, the graphical issues with Optimized Tile Drawing should be entirely gone. Additionally, Indust... Continue reading

  
• Plans - Near Term and Long Term
  January 04, 2021 by Commodore Shawn

  Happy new year, all. I'm back from my break, and ready to get started on some new stuff for you all. Industrial Age First up is a few updates for Industrial Age to bring it up to date with 3.1.2. Most... Continue reading
• 3.1.2 Release - Royal Court
  December 17, 2020 by Commodore Shawn

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  Happy December! At long last 3.1.2 is here. New Features Royal Court Positions Your empire will now have several royal court positions. Characters can be assigned to these positions for a variety of b... Continue reading

  
• 3.1.1 Release : Shontu and Ghul Rework
  September 25, 2020 by Commodore Shawn

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  In my head 3.1.1 was going to take about a month, as per tradition for software development that estimate was way off... New Features This release is something of a mix of tweaks and refinements on ex... Continue reading

  
• 3.1.1 Preview : Legitmacy and Provinces
  August 24, 2020 by Commodore Shawn

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  3.1.1 Progress 3.1.1 is progressing nicely. The base of the Legitimacy system is in place, and will be getting some additional features. Legitimacy will also be gained and lost by capturing and losing... Continue reading
• 3.1.0 Release: Cults
  August 06, 2020 by Commodore Shawn

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  After entirely too long of a wait, 3.1 is here! 3.1.0 Features Marriage Characters no longer receive an automatic spouse upon reaching maturity. Instead there are now two options to find a spouse. Fir... Continue reading

  
• 3.1 Update Preview
  March 28, 2020 by Commodore Shawn

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  3.0 Update 3.0 received two patches this week. First 3.0.0.123 fixed a couple bugs and tweaked a few things, and also completely broke the game. In 3.0.0.124 I fixed the mess made by 3.0.0.123. This w... Continue reading
• 3.0 Released!
  March 20, 2020 by Commodore Shawn

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  At long last, here it is: Bronze Age 3.0. It's somewhat (read very) delayed from my initial plans, but you know what they say about software development. "The first 90 percent of the code accounts for... Continue reading

  
• Beta Update News: Nearing the End
  November 27, 2019 by Commodore Shawn

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  It's been awhile since the last devlog, I got a little distracted... I've more or less finalized the list of remaining features for the end of the 3.0 beta. Once those are wrapped up the beta will end... Continue reading

  
• Beta Update News: Phase 4
  September 05, 2019 by Commodore Shawn

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  Work on the 3.0 Beta is proceeding nicely, phase 3 was rather unfocused, but ended up adding a lot of new features and quality of life adjustments, such as: World minimap Logic mod support Console c... Continue reading

  
• Beta Update News: Phase 3
  June 24, 2019 by Commodore Shawn

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  Work on the 3.0 Beta has progressed into the third phase: AI and Modding support. The main focus is on re-introducing AI to the game, but a lot of reworks have slipped in as well. This work is proceed... Continue reading

  
• Beta Update News
  May 21, 2019 by Commodore Shawn

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  Work on the Bronze Age 3.0 beta is proceeding nicely, last weekend I published the last major update for the second beta phase. The update includes some terrain animations and cliffs on settlement ma... Continue reading

  
• Update News
  April 01, 2019 by Commodore Shawn

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  Beta News Phase 2 of the Bronze Age 3.0 Beta is proceeding well, and is about 60% complete. An update yesterday added metals, smelting, tools, and some new trade options for villages. Still to come: a... Continue reading
• Beta Update News
  February 09, 2019 by Commodore Shawn

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  Beta 2 I've just released Beta 2, which adds multiple settlement support, villages, armies, and exploration. I plan to continue with a series of shorter updates in a "beta 2 phase", iterating based o... Continue reading

  
• Artist Wanted
  January 10, 2019 by Commodore Shawn

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  I think that it's finally time to commission some proper artwork for Bronze Age. To that end I'm now looking for an artist to work with. This will be paid work, either a flat rate, profit sharing, o... Continue reading
• Merry Christmas
  December 25, 2018 by Commodore Shawn

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  `Twas the night before Christmas and all through the land, not a Maskling was stirring... because I haven't added them to Bronze Age 3 yet. If you'd like to see what I have added to Bronze Age 3, tho... Continue reading
• 3.0 Progress and Population Support
  November 30, 2018 by Commodore Shawn

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  In the past week I've been able to significantly increase my time to work on Bronze Age. The feature set I've planned for the first beta is almost finished. Logistic paths are being calculated and dis... Continue reading

  
• The Economy in 3.0
  November 08, 2018 by Commodore Shawn

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  As I mentioned last time , my time to work on Bronze Age has been rather limited lately. I have managed, though, to make decent headway on world structure and generation. A settlement from the world... Continue reading

  
• A Slight Change of Direction
  October 22, 2018 by Commodore Shawn

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  Why a Change? The further that Bronze Age has grown the more that I feel some things are holding it back. Contiguous World The entire world is stored and simulated at the highest detail level. This me... Continue reading

  
• 2.6.1 - UI Performance and new Population Needs
  October 15, 2018 by Commodore Shawn

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  UI Performance Improvements This update has improvements around UI layout performance. Framerates when viewing settlements should be noticeably smoother. The colors have also been tweaked to have bett... Continue reading

  
• 2.6 - Multiple Upgrade Choices
  September 25, 2018 by Commodore Shawn

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  Multiple Choice Upgrades The big feature for this release is multiple choice upgrades. Structures can now offer more than one potential upgrade, with the player able to choose from then when they upgr... Continue reading

  
• Performance Improvements Update
  September 10, 2018 by Commodore Shawn

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  A short update to let you know I'm still alive. I've been diving pretty deeply reworking things, but I'm almost finished converting all of the built-in javascript components over to the new C# API. Th... Continue reading
• Performance Improvements
  August 20, 2018 by Commodore Shawn

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  Performance improvements are my next big goal. For the past couple of weeks I've been working on rendering performance, which is wrapping up today. A screenshot of a world in 2.5.2.2. This is fully zo... Continue reading

  
• 2.5.2.2 - Better War Attacks and Tweaks
  August 03, 2018 by Commodore Shawn

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  Another small update today, addressing some small issues. I've scaled down my original plans for war, down to just better attack handling. There are some performance fixes that have risen in priority... Continue reading
• 2.5.2.1 - New Trade Dialogs
  July 22, 2018 by Commodore Shawn

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  A small patch today that overhauls the trade UI. There are new dialogs for editing trade routes and viewing trade throughout your empire, and to foreign ones. Trade Caps Trade agreements now work on a... Continue reading

  
• 2.5.2 - Hillfolk, Diplomacy Refinements, and Happiness Rework
  July 09, 2018 by Commodore Shawn

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  Hillfolk The hillfolk are a new AI type. They are Humittes structures, just like the villages, but more aggressive and prone to raiding. They will also surround their settlements with walls, if they c... Continue reading

  
• 2.5.1 - The Humittes
  June 27, 2018 by Commodore Shawn

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  According to legend, there was once a grand city called Atlantis. The whole of humanity lived in the city, and it possessed wonders beyond comprehension. In their arrogance the Atlanteans thought them... Continue reading

  
• 2.5.0 - Diplomacy Update
  June 18, 2018 by Commodore Shawn

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  Diplomacy Update It's been entirely too long without a release, but here we are. In hindsight my original diplomacy plans were far too ambitious. They've been streamlined and scaled down for now. I pl... Continue reading

  
• Diplomacy Update - Preview 2
  June 01, 2018 by Commodore Shawn

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  Work on the Diplomacy Update continues, slower than I'd like. I'm aiming for the part of the update in the next week or two. This morning I released an updated beta build (available on the community... Continue reading

  
• Diplomacy Update - Preview
  May 18, 2018 by Commodore Shawn

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  The Diplomacy Update is coming along, slow but steady. Basic diplomatic discovery and dialogs are done, as is the first new AI type. I've released a beta build (available on the community discord )... Continue reading

  
• Religion in Bronze Age
  May 11, 2018 by Commodore Shawn

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  The Humittes As part of the Neighbors Update (the update after the Diplomacy Update) there will be new races added to the game. Some of these races will be human. As part of this, the current Human ra... Continue reading
• 2.4.6 - May Content Update
  May 07, 2018 by Commodore Shawn

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  May Content Update The diplomacy update wont be out for a bit, so here's something to tide you all over. The May Content update adds buildings and production chains that will give new sources of happi... Continue reading

  
• 2.4.4 and Diplomacy Update Preview
  April 20, 2018 by Commodore Shawn

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  2.4.4 - Trade Waypoints 2.4.4 adds precalculated trade routes. These trade routes can be seen from the zoomed-out map, when the trade route tab is selected on the sidebar. Additionally, you can set w... Continue reading

  
• Buff and Bonus Update
  April 09, 2018 by Commodore Shawn

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  New Features Bonuses Some structures can now offer buffs. Buffs will increase the performance of structures, allowing for greater efficiencies as a reward for careful planning. Happiness makes extensi... Continue reading

  
• New Website and Upcoming Releases
  April 04, 2018 by Commodore Shawn

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  New Website The old wiki has been taken down, due to a bot infestation that I just didn't have the time to deal with. In its place is a new website . There you'll find some links, explanations, and (m... Continue reading

  
• Buff and Bonus Update - Preview
  March 18, 2018 by Commodore Shawn

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  The next update for Bronze Age will focus on settlement management. There are two main features: Bonuses and Buffs. Bonuses Bonuses are a new element designed to encourage a quality over quantity appr... Continue reading

  
• 2.3 - Boats Update
  March 10, 2018 by Commodore Shawn

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  At long last, 2.3 is here. With it comes new art, boats, tin, and bronze. New Features New world types. Continents - a water filled map, dotted with islands and small continents Mesopotamia - a land... Continue reading

  
• Boats Update - Preview 3
  March 03, 2018 by Commodore Shawn

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  2.3 Progress There are just a few more tweaks and playtesting left to do. I can confidently say that 2.3 will be out next Friday. Boats, Not Just For Trading The new trade ships in 2.3 also double as... Continue reading

  
• Boats Update - Preview 2
  February 15, 2018 by Commodore Shawn

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  2.3 Progress This last week I've wrapped up work on trade ships, trading logic, and the new world generator. Next up is transporting units on ships, and bronze. I've decided to move battle changes out... Continue reading

  
• 2.3 Update and A Potential Feature
  February 10, 2018 by Commodore Shawn

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  2.3 Progress I've been in a bit of a rut with the new artwork and the new world generator. I've shelved the new art for now, and gotten past the world generator issue, and now it's full speed ahead on... Continue reading

  
• Battles and Boats Update - Preview
  January 15, 2018 by Commodore Shawn

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  New World Generator and Bronze The world generator is getting an overhaul. The current world generator is too random and hard to control. In some of my test worlds I've ended up with metal and stone l... Continue reading

  
• 2.2 - Morale Update
  January 06, 2018 by Commodore Shawn

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  2.2 is here, which should add some more complexity and challenge to settlement management. You won't be able to endlessly grow settlements any more. The happiness of your citizens and the administrati... Continue reading

  
• Bronze Age in 2018
  January 01, 2018 by Commodore Shawn

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  Roadmap Happy new year! A big thanks to everyone who's played Bronze Age in 2017, and a special thanks to everyone who's participated in discussions and feedback. Your input is invaluable in helping t... Continue reading
• 2.1.1 and Morale Update Preview
  December 13, 2017 by Commodore Shawn

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  2.1.1 2.1.1 is a small patch that has a fix for a crash on saving while notifications are present, a missing sprite for the Maskling Grubfarm, and a rework of the mod loading process so that it no lon... Continue reading

  
• 2.1 - Conquest Update
  December 02, 2017 by Commodore Shawn

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  Conquest Update 2.1 is here, with reworks to combat, Maskling AI, and quieter lumberyards. Major Features Settlements can be Abandoned: Demolish the Admin Center, and the the population will leave as... Continue reading

  
• 2.0.3 and Conquest Update Preview #2
  November 18, 2017 by Commodore Shawn

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  2.0.3 2.0.3 has a fix for an odd edge case resulting in crashes while saving, and some adjustments to Masklingstribes. The growth of Masklingstribes is now capped to a fixed limit of structures. In th... Continue reading
• 2.0.2 and Conquest Update Preview
  November 11, 2017 by Commodore Shawn

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  2.0.2 2.0.2 contains several quality of life fixes, most notably visible region borders. Settlements in Bronze Age are tied to regions. There has been some confusion around not being able to place str... Continue reading

  
• 2.0 - New Era Update
  November 04, 2017 by Commodore Shawn

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  At long last, 2.0 is here. This release might be a little rocky, as the entire game has been pretty much re-written since 1.4. Major Features This Might As Well Be A New Game Entirely new, hex based w... Continue reading

  
• 2.0 Progress Update #10
  October 30, 2017 by Commodore Shawn

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  Progress No picture this week, but things are coming along nicely. The remaining structure upgrade work is done (houses can be upgraded now!), and I've just finished off rivers and mountains. I'm not... Continue reading
• 2.0 Progress Update #9
  October 23, 2017 by Commodore Shawn

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  Progress I had a pretty busy week last week, and didn't get nearly as much done as I would have liked. As a result the tentative timeline for 2.0 has been pushed back a week, to a targeted release of... Continue reading

  
• 2.0 Progress Update #8
  October 16, 2017 by Commodore Shawn

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  Progress I got a little distracted by further work on Maskling AI this week. There are some edge cases where it can get in a state that kills performance. There's more work to guard against that to do... Continue reading

  
• 2.0 Progress Update #7
  October 09, 2017 by Commodore Shawn

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  Progress A little later than I'd like on the progress update, but I was trying to iron out some last issues with the new Maskling AI. Speaking of which... Maskling AI is done! Now that Masklings order... Continue reading
• 2.0 Progress Update #6
  September 30, 2017 by Commodore Shawn

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  Progress Maskling tribe generation is done. They now have a small set of structures all to themselves, with their own crude economy. Next up is giving them some brains. Unlike 1.4, Masklings will now... Continue reading

  
• 2.0 Progress Update #5
  September 23, 2017 by Commodore Shawn

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  Progress Roads and trading are wrapped up. From a code standpoint the implementation feels better in 2.0 than the 1.4 version, a lot cleaner and more maintainable. I'm going to take a few days to work... Continue reading

  
• 2.0 Progress Update #4
  September 17, 2017 by Commodore Shawn

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  Progress Really good progress this week. Basic settlement management is finished, including population growth, food, and special resources. You can even create settlers to found new cities. Roads are... Continue reading

  
• 2.0 Progress Update #3 - A Question of Cities
  September 07, 2017 by Commodore Shawn

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  Progress Got a little side tracked this week, and spent most of it working on a scripting system for events and triggers. I finished that last night, proving it out with immigrant spawning. In 1.4 imm... Continue reading

  
• 2.0 Progress Update #2
  September 02, 2017 by Commodore Shawn

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  Progress Work is starting to pick up, as more and more underlying systems are finished. Units are in the world and being simulated, and save/load should be finished tonight. Next up is settlement foun... Continue reading

  
• 2.0 Progress Update #1
  August 27, 2017 by Commodore Shawn

  Progress Work on 2.0 is proceeding slower than I'd like, but the Trello Board has been updated. The "1.4 Feature Parity" list holds the remaining work to bring 2.0 up to parity with 1.4. Basic world g... Continue reading
• A Change of Plans
  August 18, 2017 by Commodore Shawn

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  Last week's dev log was a bit rambling and introspective, and I've been doing some thinking since then. A lot of my enthusisasm and energy for new features in Bronze Age is being sapped by some under... Continue reading
• Revisiting the Future of Bronze Age and Bronze Wiki
  August 12, 2017 by Commodore Shawn

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  The Future of Bronze Age Revisited It's been almost two months since I posted The Future of Bronze Age , so lets take another look at it. That devlog was posted shortly following the release of 1.2,... Continue reading
• Preview - New World Generation
  August 04, 2017 by Commodore Shawn

  1.5- World Update The goal of 1.5 is to make the world more interesting to interact with, focusing on new biomes and AI. New World Generator Settlements Tied to Regions - as discussed here Smarter Ma... Continue reading

  
• 1.4.1 - Image Export and Base Graphics
  August 01, 2017 by Commodore Shawn

  1.4.1 is here, with a small feature and a tweak to image loading. Image Export It was nice to see some of your cities in the Post your cities topic, and I thought I could add a small feature to make... Continue reading

  
• 1.4 - Settlement Update
  July 29, 2017 by Commodore Shawn

  1.4 is here, with an overhaul of settlement production logic and trading logic, along with a smattering of tweaks and performance improvements. Major Features New Settlement Production Logic The "Tar... Continue reading
• Settlement Influence
  July 25, 2017 by Commodore Shawn

  First, a few notes on 1.4: Work is almost completed. There are just a couple more bugs (which might get pushed to 1.5) and the standard release checklist to go through. I'm targeting release for frid... Continue reading
• Preview - Settlement Logistics
  July 14, 2017 by Commodore Shawn

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  With the release of 1.3.3 a few days ago I feel like Bronze Age is pretty stable, and it's time to start looking towards the future. 1.4 - Settlement Update The goal of 1.4 is to streamline some aspe... Continue reading
• Tile Sheet Guide
  July 07, 2017 by Commodore Shawn

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  If you haven't seen it, harry762 has made some gorgeous alternative graphics for Bronze Age visible here . To support his work, and anyone else's I've just uploaded a zip file with annotated tile she... Continue reading
• 1.3 - Resources Update
  July 06, 2017 by Commodore Shawn

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  1.3 is here, with quality of life fixes, upgradable structures, and mining. Major Features Brand new world generator, producing more varied worlds to explore. Copper ore and limestone now generate in... Continue reading
• Stats and Upgrades
  July 01, 2017 by Commodore Shawn

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  One of the features that will arrive with 1.3 is structure upgrading. Towers, walls, gatehouses, lumberyards, mines, and farms will all be upgradable. These upgrades will can currently do 3 things: i... Continue reading
• 1.2.5 - Maskling and Immigrant Rebalance
  June 20, 2017 by Commodore Shawn

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  1.2.5 has small changes to Masklings and immigrants, more significant than a simple bug-fix, but not really a new feature. Immigrant waves are now capped to no more than 50% of the settlement's existi... Continue reading
• The Future of Bronze Age
  June 15, 2017 by Commodore Shawn

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  Now that 1.2 is released I'm starting to plan for 1.3, and I think it would be a good opportunity to see what features you all would be interested in. Below is a list of the major features I have on m... Continue reading
• 1.2 - Warfare Update
  June 14, 2017 by Commodore Shawn

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  The time has come to bring the fight to the Masklings. Now, in 1.2 you can train your citizens as warriors and march out onto the field of battle. Right now you can train citizens as a melee-oriented... Continue reading

  
• The Matter of Masklings
  June 07, 2017 by Commodore Shawn

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  Masklings So Far Masklings (the little guys with spears) are currently the only antagonists in BronzeAge. They periodically launch raids from their camps, prompting the player to build walls and tower... Continue reading

  
• 1.1.4 Bugfixes and Sudden Visibility
  June 07, 2017 by Commodore Shawn

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  Woke up this morning to an email saying I had 4 new followers. Curious, I pop open my dashboard and find that the views and downloads for BronzeAge have spiked beyond any other project I've ever publi... Continue reading
• 1.1 - Economy Update
  June 03, 2017 by Commodore Shawn

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  This update is called the "Economy Update", but more properly it ought to be called "Public Release". The 1.1.0 update does a lot to make it feel like a proper game. Immigration especially, which let... Continue reading