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Dynastica relaunches on August 8, save the date!

Welcome back! Quite a lot has happened since we closed the beta and went back into the labs with all the great feedback we have gotten from our valued players. We have listened and as a direct consequence the game is no longer about destroying cities. 

Now it is about conquering the flags of your enemies and protecting your own; no elimination! The more flags the better and even faced with duress and loss of flags, it is perfectly possible to hold out and recover gracefully. 

Dynastica will re-launch with dramatic gameplay improvements on August 8, save the date!

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Trick-or-Treat: A Halloween Bling Bonanza

Time to raise the dead! For Halloween, we got a bag full of treats for you: We have released a whole slew of horrific items and mavens, like a Broom for swift travel, a Jack-o’-lantern giving troops a blazing reaction time boost, a Scythe for deadly attacks and a Mummy commander that boosts the attack and defence of the undead. As if that was not enough, we are also handing out Blings like candy – check your inbox!

Real horrorshow! P.S. As for the tricks, we trust that your fellow players will take care of that. ;)

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Everyone gets Bling!

The Merchant has opened his shop and celebrates the opening by giving all players up to 250 Blings each! In the shop there are several discounted packages as well as many, many individual items, spells, mavens and even resources. New players will also get some Bling to boost their game!

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Changelog

Improvements

Explorers can now move faster.

Animal move in battle engine improved so that they can take two steps.

New menu.

Camera movement is more accurate.

Bad sound effects have been removed.

Confirmation when a gift has been sent.

Upcoming battles are only shown for battles against cities.

Bug fixes

Fixed: Crash when right clicking on an object that is close to another object.

Fixed: !-symbol does not work on login.

Fixed: Enemy explorers visible in the upcoming list.

Fixed: Free text areas in Gift Window does not work well.

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New features!

We have launched a bunch of new features! Most buildings are now upgradeable, with up to three levels for some buildings. We have also created an upcoming events overview with estimated completion times for buildings and armies. 

Maria the advisor got company! Several new advisors have been added, such as Bob, The Mayor and Army Guy – all eager to assist players not to stray from their paths to glory!

Additionally, we have made a lot of small improvements such as better color coding of the minimap, graphics for the wall and guardtower in the city screen, scoreboard has links now and items that are about to expire are marked with a warning sign. 

Ps. In case you missed it, solo mode has been launched! There are no permanent alliances and everyone are out to get you. Try it today and start meddling in diplomacy!

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There have been requests for a high-resolution image of the skills graph, so here it is (click for original size of 2600x2600 px) – enjoy and have fun plotting your strategies!

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Dynastica Beta 2.0 is here!

We have released Beta 2.0 today. It is a major update of Dynastica and features many exciting content additions, better looking graphics and numerous balancing fixes.

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Preparing for Beta 2.0

In preparation for Beta 2.0, no new games will be started before the launch. This new release will bring many gameplay and graphics improvements to the game (see the sneak peek of the new skills graph above). We are very excited about this release because we think the Dynastica experience will be more solid and better than ever!

Beta 2.0 will be launched within a few weeks. Stay tuned and help spread the word about Dynastica!

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Changelog

Improvements

A new scoreboard.

The sections in the How-To are highlighted to make it more clear.

Bug fixes

Fixed: Resource mining stops occasionally.

Fixed: Crash when a city is overtaken (in the old worlds) and a third player is watching.

Fixed: A crash bug that occurres sometimes if you see enemy cities burning.

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Pillage, plunder and destroy

Major changes of alliance play and city battles are put into effect for all new games starting today and onwards.

There will be six alliances with six players in each alliance from now on. Also, all players in an alliance will be placed together in clusters on the map making cooperation easier and more fun. Additionally, we also allow magic towers, forts and cities to be built on unclaimed land. 

We have also changed the rules for battles against cities. The attacker will now pillage and plunder resources after a won battle against a city. The attacker can also choose to try and destroy the city after a successful attack, by leaving the army next to the city causing gradual destruction.

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Big changes, they are a comin’ 

Here is a work-in-progress update as we are making some important modifications to the game. We aim to improve teamplay, adjust balancing and make the game more fun in general.

We have often emphasized the social aspects of Dynastica and the most important component for social gameplay is the alliance. Here are three major modifications of alliance gameplay that will be released soon.

We are reducing the size of alliances and increasing the number of them. There will be six alliances in total with six players in each alliance and all players in an alliance will be placed together in clusters on the map. This change makes it easier to get a sense of the strength and size of alliances and also make strategic choices in planning of constructions and expansion.

Regarding balancing and gameplay mechanics, we are changing the rules for battles against cities. After a won battle against a city, the attacker captures resources from the city and if the attacker leaves his army by the city – the city will eventually be destroyed. Additionally, we will change some of the rules for where magic towers, forts and cities can be built, e.g. allowing magic towers and cities to be built on unclaimed land. 

More upcoming features

Restructuring and balancing of skills graph

Updated content

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Changelog

Improvements

Cities under attack flashes on the minimap.

Treasures are yellow on the minimap.

Mouse-over explanations in all windows.

The players name is now a link in the chat and notification windows, which opens a new private chat.

Quick buttons to give gifts and to go to a players country added to the chat window.

Disable companies if there is not room for more in the city garrison.

Progress circle added to the build queue in the city.

Bug fixes

Fixed: A memory problem which caused crashes if you had a large visible area.

Fixed: Two small bugs when destroying pins.

Fixed: Impossible to select treasure chest if too close to another object.

Fixed: Impossible to join if not enough space between army and company.

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Give a hoot and contribute

Get heard in Dynastica, a browser-based 3D strategy game.

Dynastica is the first game to use Soundcloud to stream the in-game soundtrack and now we want to invite the Soundcloud-community to try and create sounds for the game. Sounds must be downloadable and licensed under a Creative Commons attribution license. Your help is much appreciated!

Join this Soundcloud-group and share your sounds http://soundcloud.com/groups/dynastica-give-a-hoot-and-contribute (Not a part of the Soundcloud community? Sign up here!)

Dynastica is free to play and currently in open beta. Try it here!

Wishlist of sounds

Default click sound

Sounds for selected buildings

Farm

Lumber Colony

Ore Colony

City ambience

City under attack

Magic Tower

Building under construction

Sounds for selected units

Army

Idle army

Army in battle

Army walking

Set path waypoint

Set destination path

Explorer

Idle explorer

Explorer walking

Set path waypoint

Set destination path

Set destination path to treasure chest

Sounds for placing items

Default place item-sound

Place item on city

Place item on lumber colony

Place item on ore colony

Place item on farm

Place item on explorer

Place item on army

Open magic book

Open skill graph

Open chat

Various sounds in battle replay window (see example below)    

Ambient sounds

Effects

ps. we will also consider community-contributed in-game music themes :)

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Changelog - First updates 2011

If you thought we had taken a long vacation you were wrong… Balancing and configuration (affects new games only)

The Company Transport does not require food anymore.

Fixed: Silver Leopard takes too long time to build.

All build times for companies decreased

Master Merchant does not depend upon Marketplace anymore

Fixed: The build time for Beast Master is 0

Fixed: The build time for Bard is 0

Improvements

The shields grow in size when zooming out.

The client now disables the objects where an item/maven is already present when assigning an item/maven.

Shorter tooltips that appears instantly for the HUD-components.

You can not give a city if you don’t have more than 3 yourself.

Bug fixes

Fixed: Object invenstory becomes empty after destoying an object.

Fixed: Treasure chests with “any colored key” does not work.

Fixed: Can’t place army in random placing within country boarders.

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Sleigh bells ring, are you listening?

For the holidays we bring you this holiday themed re-edit of one of our soundtrack songs. Enjoy!

From the whole Dynastica crew, to all of you: Happy holidays!

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Sharing is caring

We have been getting into the holiday spirit and launched two new features today, making it easier for players to share the joy of glorious victories and invite friends to play in their alliance.

Share battle replays

Players can now share battle replays on their blogs and favorite social networks. By copying the share url or embed code, they can show off their greatest battles, post warnings about strong armies and compare strategies

Play with friends

We have also launched another much demanded feature: alliance invites. Players can now easily share an alliance invite-link with their friends.

Upcoming changes

Better balancing

Improved skills graph

Downloadable client

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The holidays are coming!

Out of gift ideas? Don’t worry – give your friends gifts in Dynastica.

We have improved the gift system. Players can now share their wealth and help out friends. By the click of a gift button, players can give resources, items and even whole cities to those in need.

Sharing is caring! :)

Upcoming features

Embed and share your victories and losses on blogs and Facebook

Alliance invites