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Broken Banners

Hotfix 2.0.1
Fixed a bug where the stats screen were shown over gameplay in endless mode.
Capped endless items at 14.
Got some sleep and had a nice breakfast.

Broken Banners 2.0
As a big thank you to everyone who plays our game, we have been working hard to bring you a new update. This update brings many exciting gameplay updates, visual polish, as well as new content!

Features



  • 5 new levels: New challenges awaits!
  • Many new items: Find new builds and playstyles!
  • New tower: Fireland Hut, hurling fireballs at your enemies!
  • Major gameplay and visual improvements!
  • Bug fixes, balancing and other improvements to the game.

Note: The update features a new loading system. The first level you load will take additional time (it may appear to freeze, but that's normal), after this all levels will load quickly.
See patch notes for further details.

We hope you enjoy this update and feel free to reach out to us!


The Elven Faction (Karoline Grønvik)

Patch Notes v 2.0
General

  • Improved visuals. This causes the game to now use a loading screen. The first level loaded at the start of a new game session will take longer than the others (the loading may appear to freeze, but that is normal).
  • Improved speed buttons.
  • Changed tower stats visuals at the end of the game to a list (instead of displaying your tower cards).
  • Separated control panel from settings, added separate button.

Levels
Added 5 new maps and reworked the Mountain Pass level.
Stars required to unlock levels are changed to reflect this.
Reworked the Mountain Pass level, should no longer be insanely difficult.

Factions
Warlock Bonus reworked. Now gives +1/2/3 to all DoT triggered for each Warlock in play. Explanation: If a tower deals 3 DoT normally it would trigger 1 damage 3 times. With +1 DoT trigger it will trigger 2 damage (1 base+1 bonus) then 1 damage (1 base + 0 bonus, because no remainder) for a total of the 3 damage.

Towers
Added Fireland Hut: Reptan/Magic tower throwing fireballs.

Common
Swamp Hut: No longer slows. Changed attack speed scaling from 6/6/6 to 6/9/14.
Dark Knights: Changed attack speed scaling from 2/2/4 to 2/4/6.

Rare
Thieves Guild: Changed attack speed scaling from 4/5/6 to 6/8/10.
Forest Ruins: Attack speed scaling 3/3/3 to 3/4/5. Damage scaling 2/3/5 to 3/5/9.
Flamethrower: Changed attack speed scaling from 2/2/2 to 2/3/4.
Tar Pit: Changed effect scaling from 50/60/70 to 50/60/80.
Plague Totem: Changed damage scaling from 1/2/3 to 1/2/4.
Reptan Fight Pits: Changed attack speed scaling from 2/3/4 to 2/4/6

Epic
Elven Warglaives: Changed damage scaling from 3/4/5 to 3/5/8.

Legendary
Heart of the Forest: Changed damage scaling from 2/4/6 to 4/8/10.
Gattling Crossbows: Changed damage scaling from 5/5/7 to 3/4/5.
Reptan Hive: Changed attack speed scaling from 2/3/4 to 2/2/2. Damage scaling from 5/5/5 to 8/12/15.

Items
Items have been changed to make them more engaging and interesting.
Visual overhaul.

New Items
Replaced Dark Force with Impending Darkness: Giving +1 dot triggers.
Added Tax Policy: Interest cap +1.
Added Mountain Lords: Dwarves deals +30% damage if gaining maximum interest.
Added Venomclaw: Reptans has a 10% chance to deal double damage to enemies with a DoT.
Added Throwing Dagger: Assassins has a 10% chance to throw a piercing dagger dealing 1 damage.
Added Walking Bomb: DoT has a 10% chance on kill to unleash the remaining DoT as AoE damage.
Added Explosive Hits: Siegeworks has a 10% chance to create an AoE dealing 1 damage on hit.
Added Whirlwind: Infantry has a 10% chance on attack to summon a whirlwind dealing AoE damage.
Added Arcane Echo: Magic towers has a 10% chance to attack twice.

Reworked
Overcharge: Proc chance changed from 10% to 30%.
Rupture: Old effect: Crits apply a DoT dealing 3 damage. New effect: Crits have a 30% chance to apply a DoT dealing equal damage.
Reptan Reflexes renamed to Reptan Rage and effect is changed from 30% to 15% attack speed.
Shared Secrets: Changed from rare to epic.
Haste: Changed from rare to epic.
Deadly Strikes: Changed from rare to epic.
Renamed Walking Bomb to Living Curse.

Bugs
Shop rarity chances should now work properly (was giving common cards instead of rares).
Tower stats should no longer display ugly decimals (ex. 7.00).
Clicking the settings button will now pause the game.

Broken Banners: Factions
Update 1.1 of Broken Banners is finally here with many new features and changes to the game! As always, a big thanks for all your feedback and great reviews, we really appreciate it!


Features



  • 2 brand new Factions: Champion and Stronghold, as well as updates to current ones!
  • 5 additional towers, such as the Dwarven War Fort and Flamethrower!
  • 2 new enemies, the Ogre and the Gargoyle!
  • Bug fixes, balancing and other improvements to the game


Patch Notes:


Major



  • Stronghold and Champion factions added to the game.
  • Overhauled the Warlock faction and DoT damage system.
  • Siegeworks faction bonus now grants damage buff to all towers.
  • Infantry faction bonus now goes up to 6 in play.
  • Assassin faction bonus now starts at 2. All Assassins still start with 10% crit chance.
  • "Dwarven War Fort" a (Dwarf - Champion) Rare tower.
  • "Dark Knights" a (Human - Warlock - Infantry) Common tower.
  • "Elven Nightblades" a (Elf - Assassin - Magic) Rare tower.
  • "Flamethrower" a (Dwarf - Siegeworks) Rare tower.
  • "Reptan Fight Pits" a (Reptan - Infantry - Economic) Rare tower.
  • Added the "Ogre" a slow moving, high HP enemy.
  • Added "Gargolyes" a flying, armoured enemy.


Gameplay



  • Updated Endless Mode to give much greater challenge, and decrease wave duration of higher scored runs.
  • Made major changes to lvl 3: Forest Gates.
  • Made minor changes to lvl 2: Burning Plains.
  • Epics are now less common throughout the game.
  • Altered ratio of many weak vs. few strong enemies in favour of few strong enemies.


Tower Changes



  • Ironguard Barracks is now also a Stronghold.
  • Elven City is now also a Stronghold.
  • Reptan Hive is now also a Stronghold.
  • Castle (formerly known as Stronghold) is now a Stronghold replacing Siegework.
  • Watch Post's attack speed is now 3/4/6 and tier 3 damage is buffed to 6.
  • Swamp Hut now always slows and its damage has been increased to 1/4/9.
  • Mining Camp is now common and yields gold every 3/3/2 waves. Updated card description with missing information.
  • Cultist's Shrine is now rare and deals 10/10/15 damage, attack speed is 2/3/4 and range is 3/3/3.
  • Peasant Village now deals 6/11/18 damage and is Rare.
  • Forest Ruins is now Rare and deals 2/3/5 damage.
  • Forest Ambusher is now Common and deals 3/7/14 damage.
  • Elven Warglaives is now Epic.


Items



  • Added item "Deadly Strikes", making enemies take more damage for every Assassin in play.
  • Buffed "Odds and Ends" to give 2 gold discounts to item rerolling (was 1).
  • Removed item: "Artifact Collection" (to focus item rerolling on Odds and Ends).
  • Removed item: "Heavy Weapons" (now the Siegeworks faction bonus)


Misc



  • Steam Screenshots (F12) now works in the game.
  • Made minor changes to enemies health and speed stats, and enemies no longer decrease their animation speed while slowed.
  • New graphic for indicating where enemies come from.
  • Decreased audio of arrow volleys and ambience of swamp levels.
  • Minor visual and audio improvements.


Bugs



  • Fixed a bug causing the Retry/Endless buttons to not show properly.
  • Fixed a bug not giving Level Stars properly.
  • Fixed a bug causing Rare towers not to appear correctly after LVL 8.
  • Fixed a bug causing bench card's stars to jitter.
  • Fixed a visual bug causing stars to appear in the Item screen.
  • Fixed a bug causing the Cannon tower not to scale properly.
  • Desecrated Woods now display damage numbers correctly.
  • Fixed a bug causing the Sniper not to trigger on hit effects.
  • Made a workaround for players not being able to select bench cards (needs feedback).


We look forward to hearing what you think of the update, don't hesitate to reach out!

The Revenant Update
Update 1.0.5 of Broken Banners features exciting new content and targets issues you, the players have brought to our attention.

Features



  • The Revenant, a brand new, powerful enemy
  • 6 New Items, such as "Execute" allowing Infantry to instantly kill enemies below 15% HP
  • Additional balancing to towers and waves
  • Waves now has more variety with strong single enemies and multiple weak enemies
  • Bug fixes and improvements to the game


Patch notes:

  • Added the Revenant enemy to the game.
  • Added 6 more items to the game.
  • A new visual scaling method which should improve image quality (feedback needed).
  • In windowed mode, you can now draw the corners of the screen to scale the game to your need.
  • Fixed a bug with toggling damage numbers.
  • Fixed a bug causing a crash in endless mode when the player looses.
  • Fixed a bug where you could upgrade towers in the end screen.
  • The Siegework faction bonus now shows the correct tooltip.
  • Made small changes to waves.
  • Improved tower's tier 2 and 3 for most towers.
  • Throwing Axes are now also a Siegework.
  • The Dwarven Sniper is now also an Archer.
  • The Elven Warglaives is now also an Archer.
  • The Elven City is no longer a Siegework.
  • Fixed a bug where the Watch Post would wrongly Penetrate.
  • The base speed of DoT's has been nerfed.
  • Minor visual enhancements and fixes.
  • Minor optimization enhancements.


Regarding the Infantry faction bonus:
Some of you have given feedback of this bonus not working properly. I would like to assure you that it is working as intended. Damage numbers are rounded to not clutter the screen, so this bonus is most noticable on higher damage towers.

This update was done quickly to get important issues fixed, there will be more updates with fixes to less pressing issues.
We are very excited to hear all the positive feedback from you all, and we will continue to improve the game based on your feedback!

Launch and Onwards!
Broken Banners has launched!
We are very excited to finally share the full game with you and we hope that you will enjoy our game!

Going forward we will collect feedback in order to improve the game further, if you want to share your thoughts about the game you can do that in our Steam Forums.


A big thanks to everyone who is playing the game and those sharing their feedback with us!
-Lorebound Entertainment

Hotfix 1.0.1
Fixes

  • Fixed a bug causing towers to not attack properly.
  • Victory screen will now display correctly when you have achieved at least 1 star.
  • Improved enemy wolf cards.
  • Audio mastering.


More patches coming, hope you are enjoying the game!

Thanks for playing!

Thank you for checking out Broken Banners in the Steam Next Fest!


We have gotten a lot of great feedback from you throughout the demo!

Some fun stats



  • 1000 people tried the demo
  • 166 daily players
  • 1 hour median time played

We are very excited to share the full game with you and it's just around the corner, so make sure you wishlist the game to get notified when it launches!

If you haven't already please share your demo experience on our steam forums!

Until next time!