Hey guys,

Well, this will be the last of the "spam" for a while. Arena Monarchy has now been officially released into early access. It will be 10% off for 2 weeks.

As mentioned before, the vast majority of the content in Arena Monarchy has already been implemented, a lot different to the initial EA release of Dead Monarchy. The only major content left in Arena Monarchy that needs to be implemented are the various arena champions that form the "goal" that the player works towards.

Overall, the focus in Arena Monarchy is a lot more refined, focusing solely on combat, theorycrafting builds and collecting loot with some base management on the side as well.

Main Differences:

To reiterate again, here are the main differences between Dead Monarchy and Arena Monarchy.

Arena Monarchy has waypoint plotting for grid movement during combat, this feature will eventually find its way into Dead Monarchy as well as the majority of the content from AM.

Arena Monarchy has base management, the interactions between each building in AM has been streamlined and is a lot more "snappier" than DM.

Click [LMB] on the battle grid to plot a grid waypoint. The orange outline will project the path. You can place multiple waypoints. Click [ESC] to cancel a waypoint. Click [RMB] on the destination tile to move the character along the plotted path to the selected tile.

Wild Strike has gotten a rework. It now costs 10 AP across all weapon types, maximum hit chance is reduced to 50% after getting the bonus perks.

All weapon abilities have a minimum of 50% chance to hit. This is an attempt at trying to bring Wild Strike back in line and make weapon abilities competitive especially after implementing all the new weapon abilities, I want them to be used.

Time progresses forward by one day only when you fight. This means that you can only do one fight per day so you have to pick your fights carefully as you'll need to manage daily wages and intake.

Most of your loot will come directly from the arena fights rather than buying it from the marketplace. Stronger enemies drop better loot so there is a degree of risk involved in acquiring better gear.

All the weapon types from Dead Monarchy are in Arena Monarchy. You do not choose your starting companions in Arena Monarchy. 3 additional companions that specialise in new exotic weapon styles will join you, they are randomised. The pacing in Arena Monarchy is a lot faster than Dead Monarchy so in this way, the playthroughs will start off differently as your starting companions will shape your opening strategy.

Dead Monarchy:

Things will slow down for Dead Monarchy as I shift all my focus towards balancing and fixing Arena Monarchy based on player feedback. If you haven't heard, the vast majority of the content from AM will eventually make its way into DM, so development has not stopped for DM at all, it is just a necessary shift to ensure I am not overwhelmed and burn myself out.

I don't foresee Arena Monarchy being in early access for more than a year or so, that should be enough time to balance and bugfix and once everything has settled in, I will then begin porting the content back into DM.

It will be a lot of work, AM was built off DM, but things have taken their own turn for AM. AM has been upgraded to a newer version of Unity and with additional factors like days/hours being calculated differently and the huge amount of new weapons and abilities that were added in for AM, the changes "under the hood" are quite substanial. Weapons mean new models, new animations, new animations means more rigging, etc etc etc.

It will all be done in good time though, my commitment to Dead Monarchy remains the same. I am quite excited to see what it will be like to essentially combine the two games together. That being said, Arena Monarchy can stand on its own. The pacing is a lot faster than DM and other differences like there only being one marketplace means the progression in AM is a lot different to DM with the majority of your loot coming from risky fights.

Thanks Again:

It's funny but I've been doing this for 8 years now, time flies, part of me feels like not much has changed but looking back at the work that one developer has done, I do believe it is quite impressive and justifies the pricing for the games that I've created.

Thanks again to all the players that have supported me in the past, present and future, your support really does mean the world to me.

Support Links:

Discord Link: https://discord.gg/E35jAfUKrp


Steam Guide: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3421339131

Cheers,
Kevin.

Hey guys,

Arena Monarchy will be releasing into early access March 6th this week, 06/03/2025, 5:00pm PST. There will also be a launch discount of 10% for 2 weeks.

Thanks to everyone who wishlisted and downloaded the demo, as always your feedback and support is greatly appreciated!

As mentioned before, most of the content in Arena Monarchy will eventually make its way into Dead Monarchy so all the feedback on combat/balance will go a long way in improving both games.

Compared to the early access launch of Dead Monarchy, the vast majority of content in Arena Monarchy is already present. Aside from the legendary champions, the majority of foreseeable updates will be focused around combat balance.

Looking forward to hearing from you all. I'm on Discord and the Steam forums as often as I can be.

Link: https://discord.gg/E35jAfUKrp


Cheers,
Kevin.

Hey guys,

Just letting you all know that Arena Monarchy is participating in the Steam Next Fest and that a demo for Arena Monarchy is now available.

Multiple new weapon types are available to try out right now and you'll be able to get a good grasp of the new fighting styles with the new enemies that you can fight against in the arena.

If you can't wait, Dead Monarchy is also on sale right now for 50% off.

A detailed guide is available here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3421339131

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3383910/Arena_Monarchy/

Cheers,
Kevin.

New Game Announcement:

I hope you all had a great holiday season. As it is the start of a new year, I thought it would be the perfect time to announce my new game! Arena Monarchy is a standalone expansion to Dead Monarchy and in some ways, you can consider it a spin-off title. In Arena Monarchy you are put in charge of a ludus and must train up a stable of gladiators to defeat the legendary champions of the arena. The premise is simple but as with Dead Monarchy, the meat of the game revolves around the combat system and in Arena Monarchy, the combat system has been vastly expanded.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/3383910/Arena_Monarchy/

Gameplay Trailer:


Dead Monarchy Integration:

As I have alluded to in the past, most of the weapons, helmets, armor, abilities, enemies and environments will eventually be implemented into Dead Monarchy too. This will be a huge undertaking though as Arena Monarchy was separately developed after Dead Monarchy was fully released. Arena Monarchy has been in development for 1.5 years, so there is a substantial amount of new content. I cannot give an exact timeframe as to when this will happen though, I would say roughly 2-3 years from this point in time. Integrating Arena Monarchy into Dead Monarchy will be a seamless experience, it won't be a separate mode but rather I will work it into the "overarching" narrative of Dead Monarchy. In other words, the content will be accessible as post-game content, after you finish the main story for Dead Monarchy. Not only that but the city environment that serves as the backdrop for Arena Monarchy will be fully explorable in Dead Monarchy. The city itself though isn't in the best shape and wandering the streets won't be without danger. The city will take up an entire map and will function more like an "urban" wilderness map rather than a city with interactable shops and characters. That said, the ludus and base management mechanics will also be implemented into Dead Monarchy so the new city will still technically have shops and other services, but all of these will be found in your ludus rather than scattered around the city.

The Major Differences:

The biggest difference in Arena Monarchy and one of the reasons why it had to be separately developed is how time progresses. Arena Monarchy is a far more refined and focused experience compared to Dead Monarchy. Turn-based combat, gladiator management and base management are the three pillars of Arena Monarchy. Time will advance at the end of each fight, so wages are paid after the fight on the following day. There is no overworld map exploration, so time no longer gradually increments as the player moves across the map. In Arena Monarchy, time is basically set to 12h and after completing a fight, time will advance forward a whole day. This means that in Arena Monarchy, you will really have to pick and choose the fights that are assigned to you, do you do the easier fights for less money or risk it for the greater reward. Upgrading the manor within your ludus will also gradually unlock new types of fights so then you are deciding if you should directly invest into the infrastructure of your ludus or save up money for new gear. Gear progression will also be different in Arena Monarchy as there will only be one marketplace to buy gear rather than multiple, so you'll find yourself relying more on gear that you acquire directly from enemies since there is no overworld map with several outposts to travel to. Given the differences, integrating all of this content will be a time-consuming process so you can start to see why I can't give a definitive date yet.

Current DM Plans:

Prior to the announcement of Arena Monarchy, the original plan was to release the "cultural factions" by the end of this year however a couple things changed. Firstly, even with this new content added, all that would be really added would be new armor sets and enemies with different perk configurations. Whilst those are still new enemy types, I felt that I could make better use of my time, so I shifted gears and decided to focus on getting Arena Monarchy ready. All of the enemy and armors planned for the "cultural factions" update was then also implemented into Arena Monarchy.

After the "cultural factions" update, the next planned update was the Northern Expeditions update. This update would have featured new weapons, armor and enemy types however to fully implement all of that into Dead Monarchy in a meaningful way means new overworld maps also need to be created and designing terrains is always a time-consuming task. By the time that I made the announcement for the Northern Expeditions update, I had already created all the new weapons, armors, abilities and enemy types in Arena Monarchy. Combat is without a doubt, the meat of Dead Monarchy and this is when I was faced with a decision. I could gradually release a series of "Expedition" updates that feature new overworld maps, battle maps, equipment, abilities, enemies etc however that would have taken several years. At the same time, I had all the equipment and abilities already set up in Arena Monarchy and with so many new abilities I figured I could hit two birds with one stone. I could release all the new combat features which I consider the selling point of the content update, and I could get immediate player feedback on all the new weapon types and see how they all work together as opposed to gradually releasing batches of new weapon types and tweaking bit by bit.

The expedition updates are still coming to Dead Monarchy, but they won't be implemented until the content from Arena Monarchy is implemented into Dead Monarchy since they utilize the same equipment, enemy types etc. So, on the topic of "selling", if all you want is new content for Dead Monarchy, it is still coming and you don't need to pay more for new content if you already own Dead Monarchy, all you have to do is wait. It will come eventually, you just have to keep in mind that I'm a solo developer with a lot of things to constantly balance so my time is limited.

If you are craving for new content immediately and want to experience all the new weapons, helmets, armors and enemy types in one place then Arena Monarchy will give you that. Just keep in mind all the differences that I mentioned above as it is a far more focused experience.

As such, I will be shifting my focus towards Arena Monarchy for now but just remember that ultimately, all these paths I am taking are arriving at the same destination. There is still an update planned for Dead Monarchy to address some of the recent issues reported to me and also the grid waypoint feature, but the update will probably be in Q1. For Dead Monarchy to get all this new content, Arena Monarchy needs to be fully developed, and all the combat balancing and iteration needs to be done first. It may start as two separate games but eventually they will combine. So, if you want to see that happen sooner than later, please consider getting on board and getting involved. Wishlist Arena Monarchy and join the community.

The Discord Channel:

It is finally a thing. There is now an official discord channel for my games. Join the channel to see some additional teasers. I will be active here to answer any questions, provide help and this is also where I will be posting development progress. I'm quite excited to finally get this up and running and I hope to see you all there.

Link: https://discord.gg/E35jAfUKrp


Thanking My Community:

When I started development on Dead Monarchy all the way back in 2017, I knew it was going to be a long journey. My dream has always been to be able to develop games full-time without having to worry about the financial side of things, without having to split my time between game development and a part-time job. Given that I am adamant on creating niche games though, I haven't released a breakthrough indie game, nor did I really expect to however I am still moving forward and still chasing my dreams. When Dead Monarchy first released into early access, it was pretty barebones however the community still supported it because they could see the passion I put into the game. Given that it was my first game, I was also extremely nervous and had no idea how the combat system in Dead Monarchy would be received. Thankfully most of you guys loved it and the feedback that was provided only helped further improve it. This time round, Arena Monarchy will also be released into early access however there is significantly more content compared to the initial early access release of Dead Monarchy and it will also be half the price. Arena Monarchy should prove to be a far better early access experience.

Final Closing Statement:

Thanks again for all the support guys, I really mean it. I still remember a few particular comments that you guys said when Dead Monarchy was first released into early access. I didn't let it change me, at least negatively, I am still here, working away on my games, hoping to provide you guys with quality entertainment. I am still here, still chasing after my dreams, for what else could truly motivate you more than that in life?

Arena Monarchy will be releasing in Q1, 2025 for only $5 USD.

Cheers,
Kevin.

Hey guys,

What's this? Snow? A brief teaser at next year's major post-release content, "Northern Expeditions". More info will be released later towards the end of this year. New maps, new armors, new enemies (from early to end-game), entirely new weapons and abilities.









Cheers,
Kevin.

Hey guys,

The beta build has now transitioned to the live build. You will need to start a new playthrough for this update, it will break existing save files. For those that were already playing on the beta build, please transition to the live build, existing save files from the beta build will work without issues.

Here are the instructions to access the previous build.

Opting In:

- Right click Dead Monarchy.
- Select “Properties”.
- Select “Betas” on the left menu.
- Select “previous - Previous live build” from the drop-down list.

Near Future:

There will be a couple of smaller updates before the end of this year which includes a much requested QoL feature, "waypoint plotting" in combat, IE being able to plot a path when moving on the grid.

Then, a much larger update will introduce new endgame enemies and new helmets/armors right at the end of this year which will be released as the new beta/experimental build.

Lastly, sometime in the first half of next year, there will be another massive post-release content drop which I will elaborate on sometime in the future but rest assured, there is still a lot of content on the way.

For those that haven't tried the beta build, let's recap what this update will cover.

Roaming/Pathing Patrols:

- Roaming mobs, so now you have roaming enemy mobs that will roam around. I decided to not make them actively hunt down the player as there are already hostile random encounters however combat will trigger if you happen to not be paying attention and walk into the roaming mob or they path into you.




- Patrolling mobs, bands of militia will actively patrol the roads going between havens and outposts, these are neutral groups. You can choose to attack them by clicking on them to interact or leave them alone.



Both variants will have triggers for settlement conditions too. Time of day will also impact the hostile roaming patrols. IE if you path into them during the morning, you will spawn on opposite sides, if you path into them during night, it will be an ambush scenario instead.

New Factions:

These new factions will basically be utilising underused armour sets and perks. The first step was redistributing the armour sets that were originally all given to the sellsword faction to some of the new factions. The sellsword faction was basically just where I dumped all the standard armours in combination with specific sellsword armours. Balance wise, this would result in some sellswords with extremely weak tier 1 armour sets mixed in with other sellswords wearing ancestral tier gear yet both units would have similar stats. Whilst in some ways that is thematic, because of the sheer amount of armour sets, a lot of them you wouldn't really see and also diminished the power of the sellsword faction if you got lucky with tier 1/2 gear spawning on them.

Vagrants (Level 6) = they use tier 1/2 standard light helmets and armours, they have extremely high movement thanks to Lightfooted Movement perk and also have Adaptive Strikes.

Looters (Level 6) = they use tier 1/2 standard medium helmets and armour, they have Graceful Impact, so are quite tanky if you don't have the ability to hit consistently.

Pillagers (Level 6) = they use tier 1/2 standard heavy helmets and armour, they have perks like Kinetic Impact so will punish the player when they (enemy unit) are hit.

Zealots (Level 4) = These guys will use peasant outfits, so they have extremely low armour however they have Nimble Movement perk so they will still take a few hits. The distinct thing about Zealots though is that all units have Calculative Strikes, meaning they will always inflict bypass damage when flanking from left/right. During midgame despite wearing low armour, Zealots can prove to be a challenge if you are surrounded as you are bound to eventually be hit from the left/right and as such you'll take bypass damage.

Fanatics (Level 4) = These guys will wear the monk and butcher outfits with menacing hoods. Light armour again but they will have a damage reduction perk along with Adapative Strikes meaning they will eventually hit.

Adventurers (Level 11) = These guys fight somewhat similarly to sellswords as well but have their own set of perks, visually adventurers will make use of all the additional sellsword variant helmets/armour that were only available in marketplaces/arena rewards beyond Korburg (first haven) and not originally worn by sellswords. Adventurers will also make use of the standard tier 3/4 light/med/heavy equipment.

Sellswords will now exclusively wear ancestral (orange) gear instead of having the previous larger range of equipment, however this change only applies to armours, for helmets they still have a wider range.

Dynamic Potraits:

This took forever to get working but was something I've always wanted to do. Dynamic portraits, IE a portrait of each character that will get updated in real-time based on the equipment the character is wearing. A lot of things had to get reworked under the hood to get it working but it definitely beats the old static portraits.




Deployment Menu:

- Manual deployment is now being phased out. If you have an existing playthrough it will still trigger but you will not have the option to toggle it on and off. Manual deployment is being phased out due to there being issues that I just couldn't fix (disappearing deployment grids, wonky camera etc). It's only used during early game and once your party is close to 18, it starts becoming a chore.

- The option "Instant Deployment" is now essentially toggled on by default and not accessible in options. This option always existed however the deployment itself was quite wonky and couldn't be used with smaller party sizes as the player did not have control over where they could place the units in relation to the UI.

- So now, there is a dedicated "Organise" menu where the player will configure their deployment position and drag and drop who is in active/reserve groups. You can no longer drag and drop into active/reserve in the "inventory/perks" menu, you can only do this in the "Organise" menu, otherwise it will break things.




- Within the "Organise" menu, the top box is active and bottom box is reserve, as usual you can drag and drop between the two boxes. The difference is the representation of the active box will match the deployment positions in all battle maps and it also allows for empty positions, meaning the first combatant doesn't always have to be in the top left-hand box. In other words, it is just a literal depiction of the formation. If you want your player captain to spawn in the second line, middle position, then all you need to do is to drag him into the corresponding position within the UI (orange highlighted portrait) and then the player captain will auto deploy in that same position whenever a battle occurs.

- These changes naturally do not reflect in ambush battles, as deployment in ambush battles is not two straight lines.

- I had to manually go through all 250+ battle maps to update their positions in relation to the UI so let me know if you encounter any issues, IE deployment positions not matching up with the UI.

Sorting Keys:




- Sorting keys have been added to Inventory and Marketplace menus. Previously the sorting options were all bound to one key that you would have to click multiple times to cycle through. That was made due to UI limitations however it resulted in the player not knowing what current "sort" filter they were currently on. This has all been reworked now.

- "Quality Filter", there is a separate filter button and it will sort the items from lowest quality to highest. Lowest items at the top so it means selling items will be faster.

- "Lowest Price", there is a separate filter button and it will sort items from lowest price to highest.

- "Highest Price", there is a separate filter button and it will sort items from highest price to lowest.

- The previous sorting button, "curved arrow" icon, will now just sort items in the order that they were added to the inventory, IE the default filter.

That's it for now. As always, thanks for the support guys.

Cheers,
Kevin.

Hey guys,

This build will have quite an impact on ongoing playthroughs so a new playthrough is suggested, but not required. It is suggested due to the new "Deployment Menu". Overall, this update continues with more UI improvements.

If you already have a playthrough with "Instant Deployment" enabled, then the playthrough should be fine.

Here are the instructions on accessing the beta version.

Opting In:

- Right click Dead Monarchy.
- Select “Properties”.
- Select “Betas” on the left menu.
- Select “roaming - Experimental build” from the drop down list.

Deployment Menu:

- Manual deployment is now being phased out. If you have an existing playthrough it will still trigger but you will not have the option to toggle it on and off. Manual deployment is being phased out due to there being issues that I just couldn't fix (disappearing deployment grids, wonky camera etc). It's only used during early game and once your party is close to 18, it starts becoming a chore.

- The option "Instant Deployment" is now essentially toggled on by default and not accessible in options. This option always existed however the deployment itself was quite wonky and couldn't be used with smaller party sizes as the player did not have control over where they could place the units in relation to the UI.

- So now, there is a dedicated "Organise" menu where the player will configure their deployment position and drag and drop who is in active/reserve groups. You can no longer drag and drop into active/reserve in the "inventory/perks" menu, you can only do this in the "Organise" menu, otherwise it will break things.




- Within the "Organise" menu, the top box is active and bottom box is reserve, as usual you can drag and drop between the two boxes. The difference is the representation of the active box will match the deployment positions in all battle maps and it also allows for empty positions, meaning the first combatant doesn't always have to be in the top left-hand box. In other words, it is just a literal depiction of the formation. If you want your player captain to spawn in the second line, middle position, then all you need to do is to drag him into the corresponding position within the UI (orange highlighted portrait) and then the player captain will auto deploy in that same position whenever a battle occurs.

- These changes naturally do not reflect in ambush battles, as deployment in ambush battles is not two straight lines.

- I had to manually go through all 250+ battle maps to update their positions in relation to the UI so let me know if you encounter any issues, IE deployment positions not matching up with the UI.

Sorting Keys:




- Sorting keys have been added to Inventory and Marketplace menus. Previously the sorting options were all bound to one key that you would have to click multiple times to cycle through. That was made due to UI limitations however it resulted in the player not knowing what current "sort" filter they were currently on. This has all been reworked now.

- "Quality Filter", there is a separate filter button and it will sort the items from lowest quality to highest. Lowest items at the top so it means selling items will be faster.

- "Lowest Price", there is a separate filter button and it will sort items from lowest price to highest.

- "Highest Price", there is a separate filter button and it will sort items from highest price to lowest.

- The previous sorting button, "curved arrow" icon, will now just sort items in the order that they were added to the inventory, IE the default filter.

Fixes:

1. Fixed the issue of dynamic portraits showing the player's feet when "Faster Movement" is enabled.

2. Sorting of stacked items now takes into account the entire stack value rather than individual price.

3. Fixed the issue of roaming patrols breaking after interacting with the treasure chests that spawn in the overworld maps.

4. Fixed the issue of roaming patrols breaking after completing locations spawned by contracts.

That's it for now, there are still a couple more issues I need to tackle before this will all transition to the live builds. As always, thanks for the support guys.

Cheers,
Kevin.

Hey guys,

The first of the free post-release content has been uploaded to the beta/experimental branch. A lot of work has been done under the hood as this update introduces quite a few major additions.

Here are the instructions on accessing the beta version.

Opting In:

- Right click Dead Monarchy.
- Select “Properties”.
- Select “Betas” on the left menu.
- Select “roaming - Experimental build” from the drop down list.

Roaming/Pathing Patrols:

- Roaming mobs, so now you have roaming enemy mobs that will roam around. I decided to not make them actively hunt down the player as there are already hostile random encounters however combat will trigger if you happen to not be paying attention and walk into the roaming mob or they path into you.




- Patrolling mobs, bands of militia will actively patrol the roads going between havens and outposts, these are neutral groups. You can choose to attack them by clicking on them to interact or leave them alone.



Both variants will have triggers for settlement conditions too. Time of day will also impact the hostile roaming patrols. IE if you path into them during the morning, you will spawn on opposite sides, if you path into them during night, it will be an ambush scenario instead.

New Factions:

These new factions will basically be utilising underused armour sets and perks. The first step was redistributing the armour sets that were originally all given to the sellsword faction to some of the new factions. The sellsword faction was basically just where I dumped all the standard armours in combination with specific sellsword armours. Balance wise, this would result in some sellswords with extremely weak tier 1 armour sets mixed in with other sellswords wearing ancestral tier gear yet both units would have similar stats. Whilst in some ways that is thematic, because of the sheer amount of armour sets, a lot of them you wouldn't really see and also diminished the power of the sellsword faction if you got lucky with tier 1/2 gear spawning on them.

Vagrants (Level 6) = they use tier 1/2 standard light helmets and armours, they have extremely high movement thanks to Lightfooted Movement perk and also have Adaptive Strikes.

Looters (Level 6) = they use tier 1/2 standard medium helmets and armour, they have Graceful Impact, so are quite tanky if you don't have the ability to hit consistently.

Pillagers (Level 6) = they use tier 1/2 standard heavy helmets and armour, they have perks like Kinetic Impact so will punish the player when they (enemy unit) are hit.

Zealots (Level 4) = These guys will use peasant outfits, so they have extremely low armour however they have Nimble Movement perk so they will still take a few hits. The distinct thing about Zealots though is that all units have Calculative Strikes, meaning they will always inflict bypass damage when flanking from left/right. During midgame despite wearing low armour, Zealots can prove to be a challenge if you are surrounded as you are bound to eventually be hit from the left/right and as such you'll take bypass damage.

Fanatics (Level 4) = These guys will wear the monk and butcher outfits with menacing hoods. Light armour again but they will have a damage reduction perk along with Adapative Strikes meaning they will eventually hit.

Adventurers (Level 11) = These guys fight somewhat similarly to sellswords as well but have their own set of perks, visually adventurers will make use of all the additional sellsword variant helmets/armour that were only available in marketplaces/arena rewards beyond Korburg (first haven) and not originally worn by sellswords. Adventurers will also make use of the standard tier 3/4 light/med/heavy equipment.

Sellswords will now exclusively wear ancestral (orange) gear instead of having the previous larger range of equipment, however this change only applies to armours, for helmets they still have a wider range.

Dynamic Potraits:

This took forever to get working but was something I've always wanted to do. Dynamic portraits, IE a portrait of each character that will get updated in real-time based on the equipment the character is wearing. A lot of things had to get reworked under the hood to get it working but it definitely beats the old static portraits.




Known Issues:

As this update is one of the largest updates ever, there are bound to be some issues. I've decided to upload it to the beta branch for initial feedback. This update will probably be in beta for a while since there are still additional UI features that I am planning to add and there are still issues that I need to fix regarding the roaming patrols.

- Opening a chest breaks the patrolling militia, they will eventually reset though.

- Loading back into the map from a battle (contract spawns) will break the pathing/roaming mobs, they won't have map icons and cannot be interacted with. Again, it will eventually reset as you do other battles.

That about wraps it up, unfortunately it is taking longer than expected however with the scope of this update there were bound to be issues. Once this update is released to the public build, I will then start working on the new cultural factions. The cultural factions update will probably release much later into the year, think Q4.

As always, a big thanks for all the support over these years.

Cheers,
Kevin.

Hey guys,

Here is another round of UI and QoL updates. There will be another update towards the end of this year which if all goes well, will add some major UI features.

Change Notes:

- Organised Chaos (Tactics), whilst previously a bug where the 60% hit chance cap was applied to Wild Strike as well when it should have only been applied to Quick Shot on adjacent tiles, after further testing I have decided to leave it as it is and I have updated the tooltips to correctly reflect the changes.

- You can now end the current phase during combat with [Enter].

- Added map orientation NSEW markers to every single map exit.

- Added an option in "taverns" that allows you to spend 10000 crowns to increase the Affinity of all havens by +5% (not possible in Quick Interactions).

- Added an option in "taverns and the player camp" that allows you to sleep until the next day (5h).

- Fixed the bug where the hit chance % box would not appear in certain scenarios during combat.

- Added "level up" icon in appropriate menus.

- Added "injured" icon in appropriate menus.

- Added "repair helmet" icon in appropriate menus. In the smithy, it will be easier to tell who needs equipment repaired.

- Added "repair armour" icon in appropriate menus. In the smithy, it will be easier to tell who needs equipment repaired.

- Added a "chest icon" to every single spawned chest in the local map.

Cheers,
Kevin.

Hey guys,

So firstly I know things have been a little quiet on the development side but rest assured things are going smoothly and I am still working on Dead Monarchy.

Firstly for the past month or so, I've had to shuffle around my plans again as the freelance modeler that I work with was free to do more work, that work being putting together new armour sets for the post-release content. Because of that, I haven't had as much time to work on the planned UI updates.

The UI updates will take a bit longer as I still have to split my time between modelling, I'm also working on some more complicate QoL features of which I will talk about later on in the future. Most likely there will be at least 2 larger updates this year.

That's all I have for news regarding development, things are quiet on the surface but I am still working away as usual. As a teaser, here are 3 reworked armour sets that will eventually be making their way into the post-release content.



Dead Monarchy Review:

I now want to give a shoutout to Clydian Fayre, he has done a very detailed review on Dead Monarchy and he has been livestreaming a playthrough of Dead Monarchy. If you are still on the fence about Dead Monarchy, considering checking out his video. I've joined in on the livestream to watch him play, great commentary and a few pesky bugs have been caught thanks to him. As a solo developer of a niche title, it's always very motivating to me to personally watch players enjoy the game that I spent years working on.



Campaign Playthrough:



Cheers,
Kevin.