Play Svoboda 1945: Liberation demo now & watch exclusive streams with our team
Hi! We just wanted to let you know that a follow-up to Attentat 1942 is around the corner! Our next game Svoboda 1945: Liberation will be released in August 2021 and for a great LudoNarraCon festival (happening here, on Steam!) we prepared a short DEMO!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1076620 Svoboda 1945 takes place at Czech-German borderlands after the end of World War II and deals with many events happening there - mass expulsions, looming communist Coup d'état, or fates of a war veteran. You'll meet a lot of new characters, but also some you already talked to in Attentat 1942! Expect a moving, historically accurate story, complex playable memories, and histories that shaped Europe.
In the demo, you will go through the very beginning of the game, arriving in our village, and starting your survey in the local schoolhouse. The demo includes 4 playable characters as well as the main map, and other scenes for you to try!
And don't forget to wishlist!
Exclusive behind-the-scenes streams!
For LudoNarraCon, we are hosting four special streaming events about Svoboda, where you can ask us anything and hear more about our approach. They will all happen on Steam and through Svoboda 1945: Liberation Steam page! The first one with our Lead Designer Vit stars 21:30 CET today (Friday 23rd!)
See the schedule at: https://steamcommunity.com/games/1076620/announcements/detail/3068616627206633283 So that's it! We are so thrilled to be sharing the demo and those streams with you as we hope to catch up with our players, hear your feedback and show you the next big thing for Charles Games.
See you all there.
Ondrej Charles Games
Experience World War 2 history in 4K!
Dear players, we at Charles Games hope you had a good start in 2021! Even though we're still working hard on finishing Svoboda 1945: Liberation and porting Attentat 1942 to yet another platform to reach more history-connosieurs like you, we never cease to think about the ways we can improve Attentat 1942 here on Steam. You've been with us from the start and we're thankful!
So as of now, Attentat 1942 is available in 4K everywhere, including Windows and Linux machines. So be sure to update your game!
You can now experience history in the greatest detail, read our encyclopedia entries without upscaling and enjoy our mini-games in the best way possible on 4K displays.
To celebrate, we are hosting a limited History in focus sale, until February 10th, bringing down the price by more than a half. So if you have somebody that you think would enjoy Attentat 1942, you know what to do.
Thanks again for all your continued support! It's been a ride and we're looking forward to staying on it with you.
All the best and stay safe! Ondrej Charles Games
Enjoy Attentat in 4K on Windows now
The game should now take full advantage of the 4K resolution on compatible displays. This update also includes minor fixes.
MacOS Big Sur - up and running!
Hello amidst those troublesome times! We are sorry to all of you affected by game crashes upon updating to MacOS 11.0.1 Big Sur. Apple made some unanticipated changes and they broke the game for some of you.
Also thanks to all your reports, we now published an update that should fix things for you. So make sure to update! If any problem persist, please do write us at info@charlesgames.net and we'll assist you.
We wish you a pleasant holiday season and take care, Ondrej Charles Games
Linux is here!
We are happy to bring you another big announcement. We discussed it in previous years, you've been asking us about it, but only after our switch to a new engine (introduced with our previous Remembrance Update) it became feasible. So as of now Attentat 1942 is available to play on Linux!
It took some extra programming, video recoding and a lot of testing, but we are really looking forward to seeing what players on another platform will think about our way of approaching World War 2 and history.
Our mission at Charles Games is to explore the narrative possibilities of videogames, especially when it comes to serious topics. Linux has been something we wanted to do for a long time, to bring our historically-acurate, captivating story to an audience that is keen on playing interesting games. We are happy to erase this debt.
And a final thanks all of you the in comments who helped us to make it happen.
So I hope you'll enjoy Attentat 1942 on Linux! And if you encounter any problems, please let us know here or at info@charlesgames.net.
Ondřej Community Manager
Little patches & Linux coming
Hello!
First of all we're rolling out what is the first post-launch update to Attentat 1942, polishing minor UI inconsistencies and fixing obscure bugs in specific situations. So play now to get the best Attentat 1942 experience on Mac and Windows.
But we also have big news! After weeks of toying with our development tools we reached the decision that we can safely announce that Attentat 1942 will be coming to Linux on June 16th! Rolling out here on Steam as well as other storefronts, with all the features of Remembrance Update. We know that Linux players had to wait, but our recent switch to Unity finally made it happen. And we are really looking forward to seeing the reactions of Linux players!
We'll be launching the Linux port in the afternoon, at 5 pm UTC+2/CEST. will drop an announcement when it's ready. See you then and take care.
Ondřej Community manager
Trading cards available!
We just added trading cards you earn while immersed in Attentat's story! We wanted to include them in Remembrance Update from the start, but it took us some time to get all of the requirements right. So instead we decided to postpone to give your the best version of trading cards possible.
Some of you might have already noticed some of our character portraits popping up in your Steam inventories. There's seven to collect in total. We hope this will improve Attentat 1942 experience for you.
And thanks for your recent support, we are delighted by all the interest in our game.
Talk to you again in the future and if you haven't, please check Svoboda 1945, a follow-up to Attentat, due to be released later this year.
Ondřej Community manager
Remembrance update is live!
Charles Games could never have happened if it wasn't for Attentat 1942. And our award-winning game just got its biggest update ever.
We spent a good portion of the last and this year porting the game to a new engine, fixing bugs and improving things as we went. We're excited to show you what is the best version of the game so far, so without further ado, here's what to expect after downloading Attentat 1942 Remembrance Update!
Improved UI. New profile screens, new backgrounds for more immersive experience
Steam Cloud save
64-bit version, meaning Attentat 1942 is available on MacOS Catalina and all near future versions of MacOS to come
Improved quality of videos and comics.
Many bugfixes and optimizations
Important thing about the save files We tried our best to figure it out, but since we changed engines (letting us to do many more things in future), we are not able to bring your old saves to the new, updated version. But if you do miss them, they are available in the legacy branch in Steam. You can find it all if you right click on Attentat 1942 icon in your Steam library and go to properties>beta branches. Sorry for any trouble this might cause you, but we firmly believe it's worth the hassle.
So that's it and with a mobile port coming soon, the future of Attentat 1942 is bright! And lastly, we wanted to thank you, our players, for your sustained support and feedback. Truly. We never could have done it without you. Thank you for helping us to keep history alive!
From all of us at Charles Games
Ondřej Community manager
Attentat 1945: Remembrance Update is coming, important info about save files!
Dear players, First of all, thank you for your sustained support and kind words that are still coming, both in reviews and articles. We couldn't go on without you!
The mobile port of Attentat 1942 is coming soon. We had to remake the game from the ground up, switching to another game engine (details in our devblog). This allowed us to polish the desktop version as well and bring you what is the best version of Attentat 1942 ever available! That means not only bringing it to the newest MacOS (Catalina and forwards) but also improving a lot of small things we couldn't do back in the day.
We decided to call it Attentat 1942: Remembrance update, because we are releasing it the day after the anniversary of the assasination of Reinhard Heydrich was attempted in 1942. The update will, of course, be free for everyone who bought Attentat 1942, thank you again!
Most changes were made to the UI. We reworked the look of player profiles, updated character intro screens, improved visual quality of comics and videos. We fixed some bugs hidden here and there and shortened loading times. Under the hood, everything is new!
The update will be coming live at 27th May. We'll be doing a dev stream on our page to celebrate the occasion, we're looking forward to showing you what is the definitive edition of Attentat 1942.
So what about the saves?
Our switch to a completely new engine means that as much as we tried to figure it out, bringing over save files from the old version will not be possible. We are really sorry for everyone who'll be affected. Upon updating, you'll have to start your game again, albeit keeping all the achievements, of course. But if you are in the middle of a journey to finding your grandpa's fate, you can by all means finish it. We will keep the original game alive in a beta branch, selectable through Steam's settings (we will post the thorough guide later, the option will pop up in Attentat 1942 settings in Steam Library).
Thank you for understanding. We are excited to bring you a brand new version of our game and we honestly believe it is worth the leap. It also opens up some interesting possibilities for Attentat 1942's future as well, including maybe (psst) Linux version...
So that's it. We are now in the very final phases of testing, tying all the loose ends and preparing everything for what is the biggest update Attentat 1942 ever.
Best Regards and we hope you're safe.
Ondřej Community Manager Charles Games
Attentat 1942 is coming to mobile and MacOS Catalina!
(The picture of Ludmila and Josef was our Valentine's Day celebration contribution)
It was our goal for a long time, but with switching to Unity engine (we wrote about it here) for Svoboda 1945, a way to finally port Attentat 1942 to mobile opened! ːwinter2019happydogː Both Android and iOS versions are currently in development and if nothing happens the game should be out in spring.
All dialogues and interactive comics' are implemented, most of interactive memories as well. We just need time to test, fine-tune things and make sure the port will be touch-friendly.
We're looking forward to bringing our historically-accurate game to broader audience.
Switching engines also means that Attentat 1942 will be again available on MacOS Catalina as we can easily create a 64-bit version!
In the meantime, consider wishlisting Svoboda 1945, our next effort in making thrilling, yet serious historical games. This time, set amidst postwar chaos:
