Calling all generals, we’re kicking off Community Bulletin #28!
Did you know that July is named after Julius Caesar, who was born this month? Just like Caesar, we hope you’re ready to conquer new territories and achieve greatness!
In this month’s bulletin, we're teasing Update v3.16, providing an update on v4.0, and covering everything happening in the RISK community (including tourneys!).
Let’s get this party started!
Update v3.16 Our team has been hard at work, and we're thrilled to announce that Update 3.16 is just around the corner!
Prepare for something that might add a bit of national pride to your strategies. Stay alert and keep an eye out for a special addition coming soon.
Can you guess what it is? Stay tuned!
Update v4.0 A major focus for our team is delivering Update v4.0, also known as the Network Overhaul.
To understand the Network Overhaul, imagine RISK is a car. To move forward with the features and updates we want to add, we need to overhaul the engine and steering.
When v4.0 launches, everything will look just as you remember—but it will run much smoother.
Reddit Dev Q&A
We had an amazing live Q&A session with our developers on Reddit on July 24th. Thank you to everyone who participated and asked questions! If you missed it, don’t worry—you can read the full Q&A recap [here (https://www.reddit.com/r/Risk/comments/1ebfwfn/live_qa_with_smg_studio_developers_of_risk/)] to catch up on some questions.
Building a Better RISK
We’re excited to introduce a brand new monthly developer blog series, offering you a deeper look into our processes than ever before. This new series will help us build a better RISK. Check out our very first blog where we discuss the Network Overhaul and Update v4.0: https://steamcommunity.com/games/1128810/announcements/detail/4259923998317224163
🎥 Content Creator Spotlight
This month, we’re shining the spotlight on some of our content creators who bring RISK: Global Domination to life with their strategies, tips, and entertaining gameplay videos. Check out these creators and give them a follow:
Reddit Over on the Reddit server, we have some cool content to showcase, provided by the community!
Special thanks to Joghurt_06 for creating a globe version of the RISK board game map. Check out their impressive work and see how they’ve re-imagined the classic map!
Get ready to test your skills and compete with the best! Here are some of the upcoming tournaments you won’t want to miss:
RISK Tourney: FFA World Championship Season 2 2024
make sure you join the Official Risk Discord and if you have any questions feel free to reach out to the amazing Discord community & staff.
And that’s a wrap for this bulletin!
If you’re seeking a challenge, join the RISK community Discord to stay updated on tournaments and improve your strategies in your future conquests: Join here
To keep updated on all things RISK related and more, follow us on Facebook, Instragram, X and TikTok.
See ya next time.
- Nick@SMG Studio.
RISK Tourney: FFA World Championship Season 2 2024
Greetings RISK Generals and welcome to a brand new RISK Free-For-All Tourney Season.
Do you want to play against Risk fanatics from all over the globe for a chance to win awesome prizes?
Sign up for the RISK World Championship Season 2 2024 here.
Signups soft close July 28th, make sure you join the Official Risk Discord and if you have any questions feel free to reach out to the amazing Discord community & staff.
This is your chance to ask us about the game, our development process, upcoming updates, and more. All you need to do is comment your questions down below!
The Dev team will be around for an hour, so get in while you can!
Dev Q&A on Reddit!
Greetings from the team at SMG!
The team will be live on Reddit for a dev Q&A. Mark your calendars and get your questions ready.
Date: Wednesday, July 24th, 2024 ⏰ Time: 7:30PM EST / 11:30PM UTC 📍 Location: r/RISK (Be sure to check our post for the exact thread link closer to the time!)
Set a reminder, post your questions and join the conversation!
We can’t wait to chat with you all and share more about what’s coming for Risk: Global Domination. See you there!
- Nick @SMG.
Patch 3.15.1
Hey everyone, just a small Hotfix today to fix up a bug with the latest map pack. If you recently purchased Viking Legends but couldn't access it, it should be available after a restart in the next 24 hours. Sorry to all those affected!
Fixed a bug where Viking Legends map pack would sometimes not be available after purchasing from steam DLC page
Fixed a bug where Viking Legends map pack would sometimes not be available after purchasing All Access Bundle
Building a Better RISK: Leading up to 4.0
Hello Generals and welcome to Building a Better RISK.
A brand new monthly developer blog series where we want to give you a more indepth look at our processes than we’ve ever offered before. Allowing us to build a better RISK… get it?!
Each blog will focus on trending topics from around the community, allowing us to gather YOUR feedback and address it in future updates. We’ve heard your suggestions, so let’s work together to make them happen.
So let’s start with v4.0 and share some insights into what it is and more importantly why we’re doing it.
For v4.0 we wanted to do something that really impacts the future of RISK. We have a lot of data to understand what players are looking for and how they’d like to see the game progress, especially with multiplayer, but for us to implement these changes, we needed to do some major admin - a Network Overhaul.
One of the best ways to understand what the Network Overhaul is, is to imagine that RISK is a car. And to move forward with the features and updates we’d like to add, we need to rip out the engine and the steering.
That way, when v4.0 launches, everything will look exactly as you remember - but ultimately will run a lot smoother.
To offer a more technical explanation, we’re reworking the way that the RISK servers operate, and refactoring the way that instructions are sent between players and servers.
As RISK was originally designed to be a single-player experience - multiplayer being added later - the game’s logic lives in the app. For Multiplayer RISK, we added the ability for each app to talk to other apps using a 'dumb server' to relay messages about the state of the game. This is known as a 'Client Authoritative' or 'P2P' (player to player) model.
Now that multiplayer has become more popular amongst the community, we're changing this to a new server-based model where logic and state is stored online, on servers owned and run by us. This is called “Server Authoritative” - it's more accurate, more reliable and opens up a whole slew of long-requested features once completed.
This means we will be keeping the game logic in the app (so you can continue to play offline) but we have to duplicate the logic on to our new multiplayer servers.
The app will tell the server what you want to do (attack, fortify etc), and the server validates, makes the move and tells the other apps. To do this, we have to change all the messaging from “This is what I did and this happened” to “This is what I want to do” - then the server then sends the “this is what happened” messages to everyone.
Not only are we changing the messaging, we also need new ways to split and separate the data (allowing multiple users to send messages at the same time), and new servers to handle the work. All while keeping single-player/offline working.
As you can see, this is a major undertaking and we’re only now beginning to get a good sense of how much we’ve bitten off - it’s a lot!
We recently entered the ALPHA phase and are on track to deliver v4.0 by the end of 2024. We’ll be sharing more information once we turn the corner to the BETA - including going into a lot more detail about the tech behind the scenes and why we’re using them. So if you’re keen to be part of the next generation of RISK then keep your eyes out for these blogs.
If you have any questions or any particular topic you’d like for us to cover, then let us know in the comments below.
A new season of RISK has begun and our Ranked Leaderboards have been reset.
You'll temporarily see '0' for your profile rank. Complete one Ranked Global Domination game to see your updated profile rank!
Check out the official RISK Leaderboards here: https://www.hasbrorisk.com/en/
-SMG Studio.
Community Bulletin #27
Greetings Generals, and welcome to a new Community Bulletin!
As we approach the midpoint of the year, it's incredible to see how far we've come. For those in the northern hemisphere, we hope you're ready for the warm, action-packed summer months ahead, while our friends in the southern hemisphere gear up for the cooler, strategic days of winter.
Without further ado, let’s jump right into the good stuff!
Update v3.15
Last month, we released Update v3.15, which featured our brand new Viking Legends Map Pack. Check out the exciting details in our release video:
The Viking Legends Map Pack included 4 brand new maps:
The World Tree: 42 Territories | 9 Continents 🌳
Roots of Yggdrasil: 55 Territories | 13 Continents
Way To Valhalla: Territories 70 | 13 Continents 🌩️
Ratatoskr And Friends: 42 Territories | 8 Continents 🦌
Which of the maps was your favourite? Let us know down below! 👇
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Season 18
Get ready to dominate once again! As our current season draws to a close, we want to remind you that the battle continues with the launch of Season 18 of RISK: Global Domination!
📅 Key Dates: Current Season End: June 19th Season 18 Start: August 21st
Best of luck Generals!
It’s been such a busy month for our Generals that if we listed everything, this Bulletin would go on forever!
Tourneys:
There have been so many tournaments going on lately. If you’d like to take part in community events, improve your skills, or chat with like-minded generals, I recommend joining the RISK Community Discord! (trust me, it’s a lot of fun!) 😊 Join here
Get Ready for the Risk Screenshot Competition!
Start capturing your funniest, wildest, or most relatable Risk moments and prepare to showcase them in our upcoming contest.
How to Enter:
Join the official Risk Discord
Post your Risk screenshot in the #risk-screenshots channel from June 17th to July 21st
Here’s an example of a fun screenshot!
Securing a chokehold on Europe Advanced with blizzards is truly a dream!
This week, the top 96 players will battle it out for the top spot and a chance to win awesome prizes. The 48 players who win a game this week will advance to the next round.
The Community Discord would like to know your settings and feedback. Help them make the best tourneys possible to give you the best possible World Championship experience here.
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Viking Legends Tournament
Embark on an epic journey of skill and valour and celebrate the release of the Viking Legends Map Pack.
The Viking Legends Tournament is a tourney run by the Discord Community. Check out some gameplay here.
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Risk Art Competition
Last month, the Discord community staff wrapped up the 2024 RISK Art Competition.
The theme was Risk x IP: Create artwork for a crossover between Risk and your favourite franchise.
Congratulations to the winners and finalists!
1st: Warmahmmer 40k x Risk by Gdam
2nd: Risk xMOrty by Sterling Fortune 27
3rd: Monopoly Dice by Trunk
Shoutout to everyone who participated and produced amazing artwork!
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Content Creators
Some of our content creators made videos of the new Viking Legends Map Pack. Check them out below!
These might just be some of the most relatable RISK memes I have ever seen.
Credit: Shashbrand
Credit: Sterling Fortune 27
And that’s a wrap for this bulletin!
If you’re seeking a challenge, join the RISK community Discord to stay updated on tournaments and improve your strategies in your future conquests: Join here
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Thanks again for being such a great community! See ya next time.
