The long awaited refactoring patch for Castle Story is here!

So, first off, you’ll notice that all the old save games are gone now. This is completely normal, and unfortunately there simply wasn’t anyway we could support older saves in the latest version of the game. But, just in case you wanted to keep playing on those saves, we’ve opened up a beta-branch of Steam called Legacy, which is the pre-refactoring version of the game. This will let you download the latest version of the game that still supports those saves.

To gain access to that branch, simply right-click on Castle Story in your Steam Library, go to ‘properties’, then click on the beta tab and select the Legacy branch, then hit OK. After a short download, you’ll have the pre-refactored version of the game re-installed. You can switch back and forth between them as often as you like.

Beyond all that, what’s changed?

Well, a lot of things actually. We’re still working on the full comprehensive changelog for all of you that want the nitty-gritty details, since it needs to all be translated to just English instead of English and French, and cryptic changes need to be decryptified, but we’ll have that put together soon.

However, let’s go ahead and cover the bigger changes, beyond about a billion lines of refactored code:

• The game is way more stable overall, no more sudden inexplicable crashes
  
• Stockpiles that accept orange crystal (up to 100 bits)
  
• Tutorial to help you learn the basics of the game
  
• A login system that will link your Castle Story account to your Steam Account
  
• A tweak for the AI to make bricktrons fill the fullest stockpile instead of the closest one
  
• Multiplayer is much more stable and playable
  
• Some game analytics for us developers to assist in debugging the game

The long awaited refactoring patch for Castle Story is here!

So, first off, you’ll notice that all the old save games are gone now. This is completely normal, and unfortunately there simply wasn’t anyway we could support older saves in the latest version of the game. But, just in case you wanted to keep playing on those saves, we’ve opened up a beta-branch of Steam called Legacy, which is the pre-refactoring version of the game. This will let you download the latest version of the game that still supports those saves.

To gain access to that branch, simply right-click on Castle Story in your Steam Library, go to ‘properties’, then click on the beta tab and select the Legacy branch, then hit OK. After a short download, you’ll have the pre-refactored version of the game re-installed. You can switch back and forth between them as often as you like.

Beyond all that, what’s changed?

Well, a lot of things actually. We’re still working on the full comprehensive changelog for all of you that want the nitty-gritty details, since it needs to all be translated to just English instead of English and French, and cryptic changes need to be decryptified, but we’ll have that put together soon.

However, let’s go ahead and cover the bigger changes, beyond about a billion lines of refactored code:

• The game is way more stable overall, no more sudden inexplicable crashes
  
• Stockpiles that accept orange crystal (up to 100 bits)
  
• Tutorial to help you learn the basics of the game
  
• A login system that will link your Castle Story account to your Steam Account
  
• A tweak for the AI to make bricktrons fill the fullest stockpile instead of the closest one
  
• Multiplayer is much more stable and playable
  
• Some game analytics for us developers to assist in debugging the game

Hey guys, just posted blog 95 up on the site. Sorry it's running late, that's my fault. Stupid moving, getting in the way of things. Anyway, as always, you can read the full blog here: http://www.sauropodstudio.com/dev-diary-ninety-five-testing-bugging-and-pausing/

It's a bit of a short one this week, as we're mainly focused on the testing and fixing the bugs our testers are finding right now.

and here's the brief synopsis!

Testing, as previously mentioned
The addition of a proper pause function
The best way to submit bug reports after the patch releases, which will be next week if all goes well with testing
Soundtrack of the Week - Official Soundtrack of Tie, by Jeremy Romberg

Hey guys, just posted blog 95 up on the site. Sorry it's running late, that's my fault. Stupid moving, getting in the way of things. Anyway, as always, you can read the full blog here: http://www.sauropodstudio.com/dev-diary-ninety-five-testing-bugging-and-pausing/

It's a bit of a short one this week, as we're mainly focused on the testing and fixing the bugs our testers are finding right now.

and here's the brief synopsis!

Testing, as previously mentioned
The addition of a proper pause function
The best way to submit bug reports after the patch releases, which will be next week if all goes well with testing
Soundtrack of the Week - Official Soundtrack of Tie, by Jeremy Romberg

Hey guys, dev diary 94 is now up on the main site and viewable at the following link:

http://www.sauropodstudio.com/dev-diary-ninety-four-almost-there-and-new-stuff/

As always, your brief synopsis:

Update on the patch progress, almost there!
New function for stockpiles
AI tweak for bricktrons using stockpiles
New sounds
Changes to the server on Windows
A new addition to the team
Community Game Night info for the event tomorrow night, on the 24th
Bug of the week involving a rock-headed bricktron
Soundtrack of the Week - Homestuck Vol. 9

Hey guys, dev diary 94 is now up on the main site and viewable at the following link:

http://www.sauropodstudio.com/dev-diary-ninety-four-almost-there-and-new-stuff/

As always, your brief synopsis:

Update on the patch progress, almost there!
New function for stockpiles
AI tweak for bricktrons using stockpiles
New sounds
Changes to the server on Windows
A new addition to the team
Community Game Night info for the event tomorrow night, on the 24th
Bug of the week involving a rock-headed bricktron
Soundtrack of the Week - Homestuck Vol. 9

Hey everyone!

Just posted Dev Diary 93 over on the main blog, which can be viewed at http://www.sauropodstudio.com/dev-diary-ninety-three-the-taskbar-at-hand/

This week, we talked about the following:

• The redesign and reintroduction of the taskbar
  
• The refactoring patch
  
• The serialization and finally completion of the save/load system and game objects
  
• The next community game night
  
• Soundtrack of the Week from Spaceheater

Hey everyone!

Just posted Dev Diary 93 over on the main blog, which can be viewed at http://www.sauropodstudio.com/dev-diary-ninety-three-the-taskbar-at-hand/

This week, we talked about the following:

• The redesign and reintroduction of the taskbar
  
• The refactoring patch
  
• The serialization and finally completion of the save/load system and game objects
  
• The next community game night
  
• Soundtrack of the Week from Spaceheater

Hey guys! Just posted blog 92 up on the main site. As always, you can check out the full blog here:
http://www.sauropodstudio.com/dev-diary-ninety-two-the-method-to-the-madness/

As always, here's your brief synopsis:

• Update on the Roadmap and the CMS system built on the backend of it
  
• A look into the development methodology we're using with Castle Story
  
• Some more information on the save/load system
  
• An update on the fixes to arena mode
  
• Soundtrack of the Week: Massive Attack - Mezzanine

Hey guys! Just posted blog 92 up on the main site. As always, you can check out the full blog here:
http://www.sauropodstudio.com/dev-diary-ninety-two-the-method-to-the-madness/

As always, here's your brief synopsis:

• Update on the Roadmap and the CMS system built on the backend of it
  
• A look into the development methodology we're using with Castle Story
  
• Some more information on the save/load system
  
• An update on the fixes to arena mode
  
• Soundtrack of the Week: Massive Attack - Mezzanine