This update adds 2 new fixed maps from the recent map making contest, which will be used in the upcoming legacy tournament. You can still sign up here until January 15th: http://forums.mode7games.com/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=10815

It also fixes some edge cases where multiplayer related achievements weren't being granted properly.

This update adds 2 new fixed maps from the recent map making contest, which will be used in the upcoming legacy tournament. You can still sign up here until January 15th: http://forums.mode7games.com/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=10815

It also fixes some edge cases where multiplayer related achievements weren't being granted properly.

Dear fellow Tacticians,

the new year is about to arrive and we are all already eagerly anticipating the arrival of Frozen Synapse 2. While patiently waiting and to start 2017 off with the bang of a well place virtual grenade, we will finally move into the hot phase of our Frozen Synapse Legacy Tournament!

First of all, huge thanks to everyone participating in our map creation contest!

The voting was a head to head contest between two maps, so we decided to useboth of them for the tournament and will reward each map creator with a Frozen Synapse 2 Closed Beta key.



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1st place: Frozen Synapse 2 Closed Beta // Frozen Cortex // nervous_testpilot Discography
2nd place: Frozen Synapse 2 Closed Beta // Frozen Cortex
3rd place: Frozen Synapse 2 Closed Beta

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Signup deadline: January 15th, 23:59 GMT
How to sign up: Post your FS username (and your Steam name) in the
announcement thread of the official FS forums
Match type: Dark Extermination
1st round: January 16th - January 22nd
2nd round: January 23rd - February 5th

Have fun training!

Dear fellow Tacticians,

the new year is about to arrive and we are all already eagerly anticipating the arrival of Frozen Synapse 2. While patiently waiting and to start 2017 off with the bang of a well place virtual grenade, we will finally move into the hot phase of our Frozen Synapse Legacy Tournament!

First of all, huge thanks to everyone participating in our map creation contest!

The voting was a head to head contest between two maps, so we decided to useboth of them for the tournament and will reward each map creator with a Frozen Synapse 2 Closed Beta key.



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1st place: Frozen Synapse 2 Closed Beta // Frozen Cortex // nervous_testpilot Discography
2nd place: Frozen Synapse 2 Closed Beta // Frozen Cortex
3rd place: Frozen Synapse 2 Closed Beta

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Signup deadline: January 15th, 23:59 GMT
How to sign up: Post your FS username (and your Steam name) in the
announcement thread of the official FS forums
Match type: Dark Extermination
1st round: January 16th - January 22nd
2nd round: January 23rd - February 5th

Have fun training!

Here's a look at the new units which will feature in the sequel...

https://youtu.be/HxpdI47qLMI

Here's a look at the new units which will feature in the sequel...

https://youtu.be/HxpdI47qLMI

The Beta-prelaunch period for Frozen Synapse 2 is slowly heating up. As part of our prelaunch activities and along other content we have coming up for you in the near future, we will hold a Frozen Synapse 1 tournament with some magnificient prizes and the chance for some lucky winners to grab some FS2 Beta invites!

However, before the tournament kicks off, you can win a Frozen Synapse 2 Beta key, by designing a Frozen Synapse 1 map that will be used in the elimination round of the tournament - so without further ado, I'll introduce our first Frozen Synapse Map Making Contest (Drawings, pictures and real life miniatures are valid submissions)!

You can find more info about the rules over in our official forums here - http://forums.mode7games.com/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=10780

The Beta-prelaunch period for Frozen Synapse 2 is slowly heating up. As part of our prelaunch activities and along other content we have coming up for you in the near future, we will hold a Frozen Synapse 1 tournament with some magnificient prizes and the chance for some lucky winners to grab some FS2 Beta invites!

However, before the tournament kicks off, you can win a Frozen Synapse 2 Beta key, by designing a Frozen Synapse 1 map that will be used in the elimination round of the tournament - so without further ado, I'll introduce our first Frozen Synapse Map Making Contest (Drawings, pictures and real life miniatures are valid submissions)!

You can find more info about the rules over in our official forums here - http://forums.mode7games.com/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=10780

Many thanks for the recent feedback on the UI - has been really helpful and is much appreciated.

Thought I would update you about some changes we're thinking of making based on your feedback and our own appraisal of the situation.

None of this is final; all of it may not happen! That's the end of the caveats. Here's what we're planning on doing:

- A fundamental mechanics change to aiming and shooting which will be announced soon! This adds a new level of depth to the game and is very fun to play with. It may not feature in every mode but early tests are encouraging - Ian will be explaining this system soon when some issues have been worked out.

- Time handles replaced with wait orders. Wait orders are issued using the dragging functionality from time handles, but you do not place orders directly on the handles; you simply create a wait, then place your order in the stack after it. Time handles have always sucked to interact with directly, but dragging left to right is still the best way of defining an amount of time quickly; this should alleviate the former while retaining the latter.

- Units will have a "selection handle", which is a larger clickable element attached to the unit by a line. Selection handles will avoid overlapping with other UI elements meaning that you won't have the problem of trying to distinguish between two overlapping units.

- Probably something to make "check" less terrible to use

- Hopefully some better scaling of the aim handle so it's less tiny when zoomed out

- Probably some other things I haven't figured out yet

Many thanks for the recent feedback on the UI - has been really helpful and is much appreciated.

Thought I would update you about some changes we're thinking of making based on your feedback and our own appraisal of the situation.

None of this is final; all of it may not happen! That's the end of the caveats. Here's what we're planning on doing:

- A fundamental mechanics change to aiming and shooting which will be announced soon! This adds a new level of depth to the game and is very fun to play with. It may not feature in every mode but early tests are encouraging - Ian will be explaining this system soon when some issues have been worked out.

- Time handles replaced with wait orders. Wait orders are issued using the dragging functionality from time handles, but you do not place orders directly on the handles; you simply create a wait, then place your order in the stack after it. Time handles have always sucked to interact with directly, but dragging left to right is still the best way of defining an amount of time quickly; this should alleviate the former while retaining the latter.

- Units will have a "selection handle", which is a larger clickable element attached to the unit by a line. Selection handles will avoid overlapping with other UI elements meaning that you won't have the problem of trying to distinguish between two overlapping units.

- Probably something to make "check" less terrible to use

- Hopefully some better scaling of the aim handle so it's less tiny when zoomed out

- Probably some other things I haven't figured out yet