A new update is going live in the next few minutes for any of you currently testing the game.
So what's new with this update?
New and Updated Features
Added German translation
Added auto language detection of German, Chinese Traditional and Chinese Simplified
Updated Credits
Bug Fixes
Fix Start campaign click issues
Fix Back button click issues
Fix Chinese text not rendering issues
Fix giant Chinese text in some areas
Fix tiny Chinese text in some areas
Fix load preview issues with file encoding
Fix campaign introduction text width issues
Fixed Resume button being a different size to the rest of the options
Keep reporting those bugs and I hope you all like how it is coming together.
Tales of a Spymaster - Update 0.40a Release Notes
Hello All!
There is a new update live now which contains some significant changes in certain areas. If you encounter any issues at all, please do report them.
- Updated to the new Steamworks API dll file
- Switched form using Steamworks.NET to Facepunch.Steamworks
- Using the new API for Steam overlay
- Using the new API for Steam achievements
- Added Cloud Save support
- Added Cloud Load support
- Updated the 繁體中文 (Traditional Chinese) localisation
Thanks for all the reported bugs so far by the testers :)
Tales of a Spymaster - Update 0.39c Release Notes
Hey All!
There will be another update released within the coming hours for those who are currently testing Tales of a Spymaster.
What is there to expect in this update?
Features:
- Added Localisation for 繁體中文 (Traditional Chinese)
- Added checks to stop mercenary hiring abuse
- Added extra Load Game logic
- Added string support to better handle 繁體中文 (Traditional Chinese), 简体中文 (Simplified Chinese) and 日本語 (Japanese).
Fixes:
- Start game now shows correct starting locations
- Start game now shows correct starting coat of arms on UI
- Start game now plays correct theme music
- Fixed Tutorial build menu text which was overwritten
Also as requested, a video of the tutorial has been uploaded for the game. You can see the game in action there. I have purposefully tried to be slow to give the user time to read the text on the screen.
Thanks for the continued reporting of issues! Every little helps!.
Tales of a Spymaster - Update 0.39b Release Notes
Hey All!
There will be another update released within the coming hours for those who are currently testing Tales of a Spymaster.
What is there to expect in this update?
Features:
- Steam Achievements
- New Black Market
- Added labels to poison/plague purchase
Fixes:
- Added some missing tile panels
- Fixed some minor tutorial button issues
- Fixed issues with AI gaining trust incorrectly
- Fixed failed assassination issues
- Fixed issues with plague particles
- Fixed issue with poison particles
Thanks for the continued reporting of issues! Every little helps!.
There shall be a new recording made tomorrow of the game in its current state and I will make sure to upload it here.
Tales of a Spymaster - Update 0.39a Release Notes
Hey All!
There will be another update released within the coming hours for those who are currently testing Tales of a Spymaster.
What is there to expect in this update?
Features:
- Updated French Translations
- Updated battle sound effect
- Updated the save game scripts to support localization
- Updated the load game scripts to support localization
- Hide load game screen when no saves available
- Updated some population values for balancing
Fixes:
- Fixed alignment of text in the account panel
- Fixed alignment of text in the loan panel
- Fixed alignment of text in the insurance panel
- Fixed issue where notification audio plays after being closed
- Fixed lost investigation actions
Thanks for the continued reporting of issues! Every little helps!.
This weekend I shall make a new recording of the in-game tutorial and I will make sure to take my time in the tutorial. I will then upload it for everyone to see the latest build.
Update 38e - Release Notes
Hey All!
An update will be released within the next hour for anyone currently testing Tales of a Spymaster.
What's new in this release?
- Added translations for Türkçe (Turkish).
- Added translations for French.
- Added translations for Português (Brasil).
- Added translations for Español (Latinoamérica).
- Made changes to language selection in options.
- Made various areas more friendly to localised text.
- Implemented a basic layout for main menu load game screen. Not functional yet though.
- New system for showing confirmation messages. Visually looks the same.
Bug Fixes:
- Turn notifications being clipped at the end in the tutorial.
- Minimap icon too small in tutorial.
- Buttons on various screens out of alignment.
- Text field alignments on various screens were not right.
- Mercenaries for defending were not working.
- UI cost for items not always correct.
- AI was not relocating settlers
- AI was not hiring mercenaries
- First few turns, certain errors were causing the AI to not do anything.
As you can see, some of them are big changes/fixes!
Tales of a Spymaster is due for release on May 17th, leaving 2 more months to continue fixing/improving the game. I hope you like how the game is coming together.
Early Access Development has finished! :)
Hey All!
We have just finished developing the last of the new features for the Early Access release, so we are well on track for the May 17th release date.
In the coming weeks, there will be an updated trailer released and there will be a lot of testing/bug fixes done prior to release.
Thanks to everyone who has wishlisted the game and I hope you like the direction the game is going!
Thanks again!
Approaching feature complete :)
Hey All!
So I thought I would share the latest build of Tales of a Spymaster with you all! My To Do list before Early Access release is slowly shrinking!
