Our ever-vigilant intelligence service has prepared a news update, for your eyes only! Here are all of our spy’s key findings.
Strategic Mind series is now available on PS4
On August 5th Strategic Mind: The Pacific and Strategic Mind: Blitzkrieg became available on the PS store. The PS porting and publishing on consoles is done by our partners from Poland - Klabater. Here is a tweet by the Klabater CEO Michał Gembicki:
We hope that the release on PS will be successful. As far as we are concerned the XBOX release will follow at a later date.
Community Vote Results
Two weeks ago we announced the community vote for the historical tracks that would be created for the Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty soundtrack. Now we are back with the results. We have carefully collected all the votes across Steam community hubs. We will list all the counted votes authors at the end of the post and we would like to give them a free copy of the Strategic Mind Franchise Soundtrack. Read more:
Did you watch our latest episode of the Developer's gameplay series? This time it is the Battle of Dunkirk - the 3rd operation of the UK campaign. This is an operation like none the other - since you have to defend against overwhelming German force and allow for the Allied troops' organized evacuation by sea. Watch the latest Dev gameplay episode:
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New Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom gameplay on YouTube by Edmon
Not all playthroughs are successful on the first run. And our friend Edmon has failed his first attempt at the Battle of Dunkirk on Insurmountable difficulty. It is always better to learn from others' mistakes, so we highly recommend his playthrough. Here is the list of episodes:
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baIwuaLWn24 Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7gi2lPjdmI Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hX-gHuQM2xQ Part 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bL8ZiBrUyp4 Part 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNhCxAoX21I With best regards Starni Games team
Community vote results - a new Soundtrack
Hello guys!
Two weeks ago we announced the community vote for the historical tracks that would be created for the Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty soundtrack. You can find more details on the vote here:
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1381850/view/3001070878099534240 Now we are back with the results. We have carefully collected all the votes across Steam community hubs. We will list all the counted votes authors at the end of this post.
Top 5 winners that will 100% be added to the game:
Jääkärimarssi - 26 points
Finlandia - 25 points
Vapaussoturin Valloituslaulu - 17 points
Njet, Molotoff! - 12 points
Porilaisten marssi - 10 points
Runners up:
Sillanpään marssilaulu - 9 points
Säkkijärven polkka - 8 points
Jean Sibelius - Karelia - Intermezzo - 8 points
Pioneerien taistelulaulu - 8 points
Reddit vote results
Additionally, we held the Reddit vote where all votes were gathered on Finnish (Suomi) subreddit with the following results:
Finlandia - 25 points (5+5+5+5+3+2)
Jääkärimarssi - 9 points (3+1+4+1)
Sillanpään marssilaulu - 9 points (3+4+2)
Porilaisten marssi - 9 points (4 + 4 + 1)
Säkkijärven polkka - 8 points (2 + 3 + 3)
Runners up:
Pioneerien taistelulaulu - 6 points
Jean Sibelius - Karelia - Ballade - 6 points
Uraliin - 4 points
Kremlin uni - 4 points
Vapaussoturin Valloituslaulu - 3 points (Suggestion was to name it Kauan on Kärsity to avoid controversy - the it would have been better received)
The final results
So, based on both votes we decided to add Säkkijärven polkka and Sillanpään marssilaulu on top of the 5 winners, as the runners up. The final official community vote winners:
Jääkärimarssi - 26 points
Finlandia - 25 points
Vapaussoturin Valloituslaulu - 17 points
Njet, Molotoff! - 12 points
Porilaisten marssi instrumental - 10 points
Runners up that we decided to squeeze in over the initial number of tracks we have had planned:
Sillanpään marssilaulu - 9 points
Säkkijärven polkka - 8 points
Please, let us know whether you are happy with the results.
Special thanks to to everyone who voted
As a token of our appreciation of the community help in the development, we would like to give each of counted votes authors a free copy of the Strategic Mind Franchise Soundtrack through Steam private messages. If you already own it - you are free to use or transfer this copy as you see fit. We will reach out to you through the Steam private messages. If you do not receive the key within the next 7 days, please contact us via email at contact@starnigames.com. Special thanks for taking the time to vote and the keys goes to:
Eudgen
Hogthunder
redsimonDE
gameleirabh
brack coomba
Oiniane
cool
jean.lapin
[SF100] Eversti S. Zehender
We will keep everyone updated on our production progress.
With best regards, Starni Games team
Developer's Gameplay #14: Battle of Dunkirk | Fight for Freedom UK Campaign
🔴 Developer's Gameplay #14: Battle of Dunkirk | Fight for Freedom UK Campaign
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Hello, guys!
Here comes the next episode of the Developer's gameplay series in which we hold the line in the Battle of Dunkirk - the 3rd operation of the UK campaign. This is an operation like none the other - since you have to defend against overwhelming German force and allow for the Allied troops' organized evacuation by sea. To see the Dev playthrough of it - jump in on our YouTube channel or on our Steam store page broadcast.
About the Developer’s gameplay series
This is a Developer’s gameplay series by Starni Games. In these episodes the Lead game designer of the Strategic Mind series Oleksandr plays our games with the commentary, explaining the game mechanics and telling you more about the game development process.
Last chance to give your vote for the Spirit of Liberty Soundtrack!
Hello, guys! Have you ever wanted to participate in the development of the game? Then help us choose the best historical music tracks for Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty that will then be recreated by our partners - Daraba Studio to serve as the game soundtrack.
You can learn all the details and vote in the comments here: https://steamcommunity.com/games/1474770/announcements/detail/2976301080138546157 The vote ends on August 1. All later entries will not affect the results.
Have a great weekend, Starni Games team
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Community Vote on New Tracks for The Soundtrack and Other News
General!
Our ever-vigilant intelligence service has prepared a news update, for your eyes only! Here are all of our spy’s key findings.
Help us choose historical soundtrack for the Spirit of Liberty
We need your votes! The voting will be closed on 1 August 2021
We have prepared a list of candidate tracks for the community vote. You will have only one week to vote, so make sure you do not miss the chance to participate in Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty development decision making: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1381850/view/3001070878099534240
SM: Fight for Freedom participates in the Dreamhack Beyond 24-31 July
An awesome online event in the form of a browser game + page on Steam. You can learn more about it here: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1381850/view/3001070878109676319
Night Phoenix continues his campaign in 14th operation Balaton defense!
Night Phoenix is back in the Strategic Mind series with the 14th operation in the USSR campaign - the Balaton Defensive Operation. He is one of the most insightful YouTubers in terms of game mechanics and overall understanding of the game - he gained our team’s respect after completing the whole playthrough of Panzer Strategy on 100% difficulty, which is quite a feat, as well as Japanese campaign in The Pacific. We hope that you will enjoy watching these as much as we do.
Here is the list of episodes covering the Balaton Defensive Operation:
Part 1:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Za4F2JHTv0
Part 2:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UyN_asbE4g
Part 3:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH-JUgF3o4c
Part 4:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFsvVE01ObI
Part 5:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehSlzWfOYtI
Part 6:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9UzIftem1s Ever vigilant Starni Games Intelligence Service
Fight for Freedom will participate in the Dreamhack Beyond 24-31 July
Today the DreamHack Beyond starts! It is an interactive event when you can create your own character, cheer for your favorite game teams, participate in side quests, play free demos, and more! The event will run 24-31 July.
Hello, guys! Some of you probably remember the community vote we held when deciding the historical tracks lineup for the Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom. We think it worked out greatly, so now we are back with the new vote regarding the Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty.
We want to let you participate in the Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty development and help us choose the best tracks that will then be recreated by our partners - Daraba Studio to serve as the game soundtrack.
Our goals:
We want to select 5 tracks that for sure will be in Spirit of Liberty.
We will most likely pick at least one track from each of the Classics, Marches, and Propaganda categories below.
Note! All tracks we create will be instrumental (no voice). So, while we link some songs for the reference, there will be only tunes in game. Make sure to take that into account when you make your choice. Some tracks might lose much of their value without the voice.
All tracks we link are just the reference and the final tracks we create for the game might differ significantly in the way they are performed and their length.
Rules:
Choose one of our community hubs and post your choices there - multiple entries by a single Steam account do not stack.
Choose 5 tracks you like most and rank them. The number one gets 5 points, number two gets 4 points, etc. Example vote: 1. Jean Sibelius - Karelia - Intermezzo [gets 5 points] 2. Vapaussoturin Valloituslaulu [gets 4 points] 3. Njet, Molotoff! [gets 3 points] 4. Jääkärimarssi [gets 2 points] 5. Säkkijärven polkka [gets 1 point]
The more points the track gets - the more likely you will listen to it in game.
Steam vote is the key vote, but we will hold other votes on Reddit (or other media) that will serve as a recommendation and hold less power. You can participate in both.
You are encouraged to leave any feedback and/or suggest other tracks that could be added to the game. However, make sure you have stated your 5 choices clearly first.
The vote lasts from 21 July to 1 August. All later entries will not affect the results.
List of candidates by categories:
Classics
Jean Sibelius - Finlandia (00:00 — 06:08/09:36):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5zg_af9b8c
Jean Sibelius - Karelia - Intermezzo I (00:00/00:50 — 03:15/04:20):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ryhN5kNFzc
Jean Sibelius - Karelia - Ballade (08:40 — 10:20):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ryhN5kNFzc
Marches
Vapaussoturin Valloituslaulu:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEtyScs6djU
Pioneerien taistelulaulu:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IaUXefAsCU
Jääkärimarssi:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DAgHFjDNtM
Porilaisten marssi:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T9rlQO7xrQ
Sillanpään marssilaulu:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDy6gEyIqzg
Muistoja Pohjolasta instrumental:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bg1I-RYurqs
Muistoja Pohjolasta with lyrics:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeAvJc8zLWA
Propaganda
Njet, Molotoff!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl2_0OCwNbg
Uraliin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9I88CXlmh4
Kremlin uni
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq1N0Sb8aH4
Polka
Säkkijärven polkka
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMszu_VgMfY
Looking forward to learning your opinion!
Fight for Freedom Community Items Added!
The Community items are finally out! Here is a preview of what you can get on Steam in terms of trading cards and other awards.
Get trading cards
To get your first four cards you just need to play for a few hours. You have already received them if you have played the game before. Here are all possible cards you can get:
Game card preview:
All trading cards come with a corresponding wallpaper:
Earn and upgrade badges
By collecting one set of eight trading cards you can earn a badge and then upgrade it by collecting more sets:
The traiding cards come in two rarities, so by collecting the rare set of cards, you can get a foil badge:
New emojis and Steam profile backgrounds
When you collect a set of trading cards you get not only a new badge but also randomly selected items such as Steam profile background and emojis. Here are some Steam profile backgrounds: Here are all the emojis for you to explore:
We are eager to hear what you think of the community items - so make sure to tell us.
Community items and music tracks vote incoming and other news
General! Our ever-vigilant intelligence service has prepared a news update, for your eyes only! Here are all of our spy’s key findings.
SM: Fight for Freedom community items to be released tomorrow
Steam Community items for Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom have finally passed the review and will become available tomorrow. We will inform you via a separate announcement with all the details.
Community vote for the Spirit of Liberty historical soundtrack will be held later this week
We are preparing a list of candidate tracks for the community vote and will present it to you later this week. You will have only one week to vote, so make sure you do not miss the chance to participate in Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty development decision making.
More photos from our trip to Games Gathering 2021 Odessa
We have recently travelled to another city in Ukraine to take part in our first offline event since the pandemics started. You can read more in our report:
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1381850/view/2999942440533300991 Here are some new photos from the Games Gathering 2021 organizers:
New Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom gameplay on YouTube - Insurmountable difficulty!
TheEdmon continues his Strategic Mind: Fight for Freedom playthrough on Insurmountable difficulty! If he succeeds he will become the first YouTuber to make good progress in the game playing the highest difficulty. So far the record has it as 2 operations in Blitzkrieg. Our team eagerly follows the playthrough curious to know how a Panzer Corps veteran would cope with this new undertaking.
