The giant has come...



As the name implies, Bad North: Jotunn Edition is here for PC and Mac, and it boasts a giant amount of content offering new gameplay elements and systems including the ability to have select and start with commanders, selectable hero traits for each commander that give a unique attribute, four new items, and more. A new enemy type has also been added to give your defenders another threat to worry about.

Meta progression has been added to Bad North: Jotunn Edition allowing you to unlock items, traits, and more that you discover in previous campaigns and start with them when beginning a new campaign.

Beyond just content though, there are fundamental changes made to the campaign itself that make the game more accessible such as sharing gold among all units (previously tallied per unit), checkpoint islands to save progress during a campaign instead of starting all the way back at the beginning, enemy types being displayed on upcoming islands when viewing the map, buffed archers, and more.

Not all the changes make the game easier however; for anyone up to the challenge, a new “Very Hard Difficulty” has been added for seasoned Bad North vets.

Bad North: Jotunn Edition is the definitive version of the game and gives plenty of reasons for players to go back and face the hordes of Vikings they’ve fallen to over the last year, and the perfect chance to jump in if you’ve never played before.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/688420/Bad_North_Jotunn_Edition/

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Upgrades / Meta Progression

• Added 4 new Items – Mines, Jabena, Philosopher’s Stone & Holy Grail
  
• Added Hero Traits – unique buffs for commanders
  
• Unlock Items and Traits to equip your Starting Commanders
  
• View details of all upgrades seen in the game in the new Codex view
  
• Rebalanced all abilities that launch units (bomb, Warhammer etc.)
  
• Nerfed the Warhammer, tweaked it’s targeting and added a 3rd upgrade level
  
• Plunge attack is buffed and scales with Infantry level (veteran / elite)
  
• When losing an Item Island you can see which Item you would have won

Campaign

• See enemy types you will face before playing a level
  
• Number of enemy types correlates to total enemy numbers
  
• Movement of the Viking Frontier is more controlled & moves faster in harder difficulties
  
• Jabena Item allows one Commander to deploy on two Islands per Campaign Turn
  
• Optionally allow restarting of levels, as an option when starting a campaign
  
• Added checkpoint islands that provide a fixed point you can return to, rather than restarting your campaign
  
• Very Hard difficulty is unlocked after completing Hard
  
• Ability to delete old campaign saves

Economy

• Gold is now deposited in a shared Gold Bank, rather than distributed to commanders
  
• Total Gold in a campaign is more controlled, less RNG
  
• Some rare Islands will have a high gold count, but corresponding threat level
  
• Philosopher’s Stone Item adds additional Gold into the economy

General Combat

• Replaced the old red-shielded enemies with a new enemy type
  
• Most enemies (including those with shields) can be knocked off of ships
  
• Your archers are slightly more likely to target non-shielded troops
  
• All archers (except brutes) are more likely to target stunned troops
  
• Enemy archers are more likely to target shielded troops
  
• Axe-throwers are more likely to target shielded troops with axes
  
• Infantry are more responsive when ordered to retreat from enemies
  
• Pikes are more able to form up near stunned enemies
  
• Archers are better at targeting when close to terrain
  
• Units are less likely to get stuck on sharp corners of terrain
  
• Longships landing now do significant stun damage, instead of knockback

Commanders

• Choose the look and loadout (item + trait) of your starting Commanders
  
• See stats for kills and losses in the Upgrade screen
  
• See home and death islands in the Upgrade screen
  
• View dead Commanders in the Upgrade screen
  
• Holy Grail Item allows you to resurrect one Dead Commander
  
• Banner Icons altered to give visual representation of Commander Traits
  
• Additional facial features, including new hair styles and gray streaks

Controls

• Updated Camera controls for mouse / touch to improve responsiveness
  
• Added alternate mouse behaviours for single button mice and touchscreens
  
• Added alternate gamepad mapping

Visuals

• New UI for all Island Rewards and Won Game
  
• Updated unit outlines to be much crisper, especially with MSAA
  
• Less visual clipping between shadows, tiles, longships and land
  
• Tweaked coloration of the islands
  
• Updated graphical effects for fire and smoke
  
• Updated effects for bomb explosions

The open beta for Bad North's upcoming free content expansion has now ended.

To those of you who participated, we'd like to say a big thanks! Your feedback and bug reports have helped us greatly, and the team are now hard at work on the finishing touches to get Jotunn Edition released.

On that subject, we're happy to announce that Bad North: Jotunn Edition will be releasing July 24 for PC.

Head over to this post for more information on what's coming in this giant update to Bad North:
https://steamcommunity.com/games/688420/announcements/detail/1616143596933607836

Commanders.
A new update has been pushed to the Jotunn Edition beta branch.
The beta will be coming to a close in a few days, so please give it a go as soon as possible!

Don't forget to submit your feedback and bug reports here:
https://rawfury.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/1

Bugs
🛡️Units should no longer get stuck while navigating tight turns
🛡️Fixed an issue where portraits would go black when commanders die
🛡️Possible fix for white roofs on houses on MacOS

Balance / Polish
🛡️Late campaign commanders get levelled up
🛡️Various visual and audio fixes

Misc
🛡️All languages enabled in public beta


Missed the Jotunn Edition announcement? Read all about it here:
https://steamcommunity.com/games/688420/announcements/detail/1616143596933607836

Beta Patch 1 Changelog:
https://steamcommunity.com/games/688420/announcements/detail/1613892432433946078

Commanders.
A new update has been pushed to the Jotunn Edition beta branch.

Bugs
🛡️Fixed an issue where brute archers would sometimes lose line of sight in the open
🛡️Fixed an error in pike charge targeting (would sometimes target up cliffs)
🛡️Fixed some errors in the save game management for gamepad
🛡️Fixed some clipping issues with tiles and longships
🛡️Fixed the issue where foliage would disappear at extreme camera positions

Balance / Polish
🛡️Player units cannot get knocked off ships
🛡️Plunge attack scales with veteran / elite status (to match pike charge and volley)
🛡️Axe Throwers tend to prioritise shields
🛡️Longship stun radius slightly reduced
🛡️Reworked two-handed viking stats and fixed some bugs in their jumping behaviour
🛡️Pikes are less afraid of enemies that are stunned
🛡️Traits are more visible on UI banners (loadout and squad select)
🛡️Added notifications for lost items / checkpoints

Misc
🛡️Very hard is unlocked by default for all Beta players (will be locked in full release)
🛡️Added Amber Studios (who did mobile porting and lots of optimizations) to the credits
🛡️Updated various UI texts
🛡️Various visual tweaks / bug fixes
🛡️Various audio hooks added (not final)


Missed the Jotunn Edition announcement? Read all about it here:
https://steamcommunity.com/games/688420/announcements/detail/1616143596933607836

Something big is coming...



Introducing Bad North: Jotunn Edition, a brand new content expansion, launching this summer - completely free, on all platforms.

The team have been hard at work listening to feedback and crafting exciting new features and content for the game. For those of you that have the game on Steam, we’d like to invite you to check out a public beta for this giant update, starting right now.

We really want your feedback on this preview build, so if you have thoughts on the balance, new features, or find some bugs (oh no!), let us know here:
https://rawfury.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/1
(Select Bad North: Jotunn Edition under the game field)

Campaign Changes
We've reworked the campaign progression to show the enemy types on levels, advance the Viking Frontier faster and replaced individual gold with a shared gold pool. This all comes together to allow you to make much more informed strategic decisions between levels and makes tackling multiple islands per turn a more viable approach.



New Upgrades & Meta Progression
There are 4 more Items to find and we’re also introducing Commander Traits - smaller, passive buffs for your Commanders - so more than ever you will need to work with what you have and each run will be more unique. Over time you can unlock all these Items and Traits as Starting Upgrades, which you can select for your initial 2 Commanders when starting a new game.



Difficulty Changes
There are some new options for more casual play, such as Checkpoint Islands which give you a reset point, acting as a safety net for when your campaign reaches a tragic conclusion. You can also opt out of the "Iron Man" behaviour of the game by enabling Replayable Levels on a new campaign (no more save scrubbing needed!). And if more casual is not what you're looking for, we've also added an unlockable Very Hard difficulty for those who are up to the challenge.

On top of this we've tweaked up a lot of the basic / core mechanics, tightened up a lot of gameplay, polished the visuals further and added some quality of life features.

Features & Changes

🛡️4 new items
🛡️Hero Traits
🛡️See the enemy types you will face before playing a level
🛡️Shared gold
🛡️Checkpoints
🛡️Replayable Levels
🛡️Very Hard difficulty
🛡️Choose the look and loadout of your starting commanders
🛡️Unlock Items and Traits for your starting commanders
🛡️Track your unlocks in the new Codex
🛡️Replaced the red shielded vikings with a new enemy type
🛡️Units are more effective at retreating from enemies on command
🛡️Units (including shielded enemies) can be knocked off of ships
🛡️Rebalanced all attacks that launch units
🛡️Delete your old Save Games
🛡️Commander stats

Plus: Lots of visual / UI tweaks, small gameplay changes and too many things for us to ever list here!

To Access The Beta

In your Steam Library, right click on Bad North -> Properties
In the BETAS tab, click in the dropdown and select public_beta
The game will start updating and once it’s done, you will be in the preview of the Jotunn Edition!
Send feedback and bugs to https://rawfury.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/1 (Select Bad North: Jotunn Edition under the game field)

Your progress in this beta won't carry over to the full game, nor will it replace any existing progress.

Please note that any and all content is subject to change during and after this beta period. Viking safety cannot be guaranteed.

Thank you
/Plausible Concept & Raw Fury

1.07 is a smaller patch which is predominantly for a Unity Engine upgrade that improves stability, along with a number of bug fixes (including fixing some issues that were introduced in Patch 1.06).


Bug Fixes
- Fix for Game crashing on Windows systems with Citrix, or other virtual display drivers
- Fix for reduced total campaign gold (introduced by 1.06)
- Fix for viking brute archers having too much stun damage (introduced in 1.06)
- Fix for Game Over being triggered if the final level is the only level left
- Fix for blurry fatigue icon in loadout screen
- Fix for gamepad movement pointer disappearing if rapidly reselecting units
- Fix for certain enemies occasionally teleporting off of their ships when disembarking

New Features

- Added Easy Difficulty mode
- Added Controller layout cheatsheets
- Loadout / Deployment order is retained from turn to turn
- Game will detect if you trap yourself on the campaign map and trigger a game over


Bug Fixes

- Plunge can now drop from a height of 2 at upgrade level 1 and 2
- Slight buff to archers
- Replenish can begin before all units make it to the house, if some are delayed
- Fixes progression blocker if commander is stunlocked
- Early game enemy types appear a little sooner
- Improved Island Generation so failures are less likely
- Should reduce the chance of having islands stuck under the fog
- Improved some framerate spikes due to garbage collection
- Fixed a very rare crash related to navigation
- Corrected the %age completion on Game Over, so it’s more accurate and doesn’t show 100% if you lose the final level
- Popups can be closed with the back button
- Fixed issue where hover effects on soldiers stick when pausing / winning the level
- Fixed issue where full squads could be sent to replenish
- Possible fix for occasional soft-lock in the campaign map
- Fixed a bug where clicking commander portraits in the map screen would result in incorrect audio
- Fixed one issue that could cause an infinite loading screen on new Campaign
- Possible fix for game sometimes hanging at start
- Fix for archers sometimes shooting through cave walls
- Fixed issues where units would occasionally stick on each other (introduced in 1.04)
- Fix for potential progression blocker if some soldiers made it into a house but the commander gets stunlocked on their way there
- Fix for squads occasionally forgetting to follow their commander back out of a house
- Improved handling of corrupted campaign save files
- Fix for commander flags getting stuck on houses
- Cycling through squads will show godrays, indicating the selected squad
- Fleeing archers will be able to shoot from the ship before their commander arrives
- Fix for the squad destination marker sometimes becoming invisible
- Campaign Map updated with new visuals / animations / workflows
- Various aesthetic improvements to the islands
- Added several new island pieces to the island generator
- Pathways between levels on islands are more visible
- New fire effects
- Various additional UI / flow tweaks
- Squads will now exit the house and pretend they were helping, if they were replenishing when the battle was won
- Corpses get highlighted like grass
- Flee will popup an icon once the ship is considered fully fled (50% to the fog)
- Added sparklier snow ❄️