Hello Polytopians!

It's Concordance Day, once again! The time we like to dedicate to talking about the Ancient Polytopians, their tyrannical ways, and their downfall which lead to the tribes we have today.

Normally every year around this time, we usually have an art contest where we hand you a blurb about the Ancients and you make some art around it. Well, this year, we've decided to give you all the gift of our own art!

The war was long, the battles were brutal, and the Ancients were slowly losing their grasp on the land. This coalition of upstart tribes had won, and there was no doubt about that. Some say the Ancients weren't actually wiped out that day at the Plains of Razul, but went into hiding to plot their revenge...



There you go!

Happy Concordance Day!
-Zoythrus

Hey Polytopians!

Discounts on everything! Get the game and any DLC you're missing for 50% off, both on Steam and on the Switch! You can even get the Special tribes on mobile discounted as well! Get those tribes or skins you're missing and enjoy your well earned break from relatives during the Xmas holiday!

The discounts will last between December 22nd and January 5th.

Happy Holidays from all of us at Midjiwan!
-Zoythrus

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Hello Polytopians!

As you pass through the gate, sword and shield in hand, the sun hits your eyes and you hear the roar of cheering fans. You've trained all your life for this moment, and now is the time to show your skills to the world. You lock gazes with your opponent and know that this won't be an easy fight.

You can now join in-game tournaments hosted by us, Polytopian communities, and even your friends, all from within the app, itself! We're also releasing the Tournaments Update in its entirety, which means that Live Games, Crossplay, Lobbies, and Replays are all finally being released to the public (you can click here for more info on those things)!

The first official Polytopia tournament is named Polysseum - New Dawn and you can sign up to participate right now!

New Dawn will start at DECEMBER 16th - 9 a.m Pacific Time / 6 p.m. Central European Time and it's first come, first served. We've only got 64 slots, so be fast!

You will also able to join other tournaments at the Challengermode platform! You can even use the platform, yourself, to host your own tournaments and we encourage you to give it a try!

So, without further ado, here's the changelog for update 2.4.3.9541:

- Added Live Games - Games with a new timer setting for short turns, designed to keep players engaged throughout an entire match
- Added Replays - View, share and save your favorite plays of all time
- Added Tournaments - Participate in community-hosted and official Polytopia tournaments from within the app!
- Added Steam/Mobile Crossplay - Now Steam, IOS, and Android can all play together!
- Added Lobbies - Improved systems to gather players for a game with previously configured settings
- Fixed Tons of Misc bugs related to the above things

Have fun out there, and good luck!
-Zoythrus

Added Tribe Skin Pack #1:

- Hoodrick Yorthwober
- Vengir Cultist
- Bardur Baergøff

Added new tribe selection popup
Fixed Japanese localization
Small bug fixes

Looks are everything, especially on the battlefield! Get these fancy skins for Bardur, Vengir, and Hoodrick and become the most stylish and coolest in the square.

Want a refresh on what's included in this pack?

The Baergøff are the Bardur’s elite hunters. Clad in the sanctified pelt of their first Baerion kill, they’re ready for anything!


Bands of the Hoodrick’s finest sharpshooters and survivalists, the Yorthwober know their way around combat just as well as they do the hills and forests.


Fanatical Vengir Cultists devoted to Burzgor shrug off their flesh in the harrowing Thdkrkr Ritual to show their dedication to revenge.


You can get all of these now right here!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2186650/The_Battle_of_Polytopia__Skin_Pack/?beta=0

2.3.5.9230 Changelog:

Added Tribe Skins
- Hoodrick Yorthwober
- Vengir Cultist
- Bardur Baergøff

Improved Japanese localization
Misc bug and stability fixes

Hello Polytopians!

Your patience has been rewarded! The Tournament Update prepared by our wonderful friends at Challengermode is finally going into beta testing! Live Games, Lobbies, Replays, and Tournaments are some of the cool, new additions to Polytopia, and we need your help testing them out! Since most of these things (not to mention all the humor) have already been discussed in that link, we'll keep this a nice, short refresher to get you all up to speed.

So, what are these things? Let's break them down, one by one.

We're overhauling the normal process that you've used to join games by creating Lobbies! Lobbies are a much more flexible version of the previous idea, as now they're not time restricted and you can invite people through a shareable link! This should hopefully make joining a game with friends a lot easier!

• If the current owner leaves the lobby, and you have at least one more player that accepted the invite, that player will become a new owner
  
• Players also choose their tribe when they first join through the invite
  
• Invite being accepted counts only when you pick a tribe upon invite
  
• In order to promote fairness and do away with the limitations of turn order being determined by join order, turn order will always be randomized when the match starts.

Live Games are the new replacement for the 5 Minute Timer, which functions similarly to a Chess Timer. You start with some time in a bank, and every turn you take rolls over any unused time for next turn. The longer you take, the less time you'll have for later, so you'll have to be quick! Don't worry, you'll get more time as you play, so you're hopefully never going to get stuck.

• Anyone who runs out of time gets skipped, and they'll automatically get kicked after 3 skips
  
• Start time: 60 sec, Time per turn: 8 sec, Time per City: 12 sec, Time per Unit: 1 sec

Online multiplayer games will now be saved to the cloud, and able to be accessed from the new "Replays" tab in the multiplayer menu! You can share links to the replays for everyone to see that particular replay!

• Replays can be favorited, regardless of whether they're yours or someone else's.

You can now join in-game tournaments hosted by us, Polytopian communities, and even your friends, all from within the app, itself!

• Tournaments will feature only Live games
  
• Keep an eye out for official Polytopia tournaments
  
• Your tournament games will have a Challengermode icon next to the name
  
• Tournament games will not affect your ELO

1. Go to the Polytopia Multiplayer menu. Next to "New Game", you will see "Tournaments"; click on it.
   
2. Connect your Polytopia account with Challengermode.
   
3. Then you will see all available tournaments for your device. Find a tournament you like to participate in and click "Sign up".
   
4. 45-60 minutes before the start of the tournament, you will need to confirm your participation. You do that by going to the Tournaments browser, finding the tournament under "Joined Tournaments", and clicking "Confirm".
   
5. After that, when the tournament starts, you will get an invite to your match as you do with a regular game.

Yes, yes, ingame tournaments and lobbies are cool, but we've added something that many of you have been asking for since the moment Polytopia was added to Steam.


Yeah, you heard us right! Steam, Android, and iOS can now all play together!!! Just add your mobile friends like you would anyone else, and get started dukin' it out! Likewise, all Steam players can join tournaments with mobile players, and vice-versa.

• Do note that your mobile and Steam accounts are still separate. There's been no account merging, and it's pretty likely that your friends will have multiple copies of you in their friend lists for each of your accounts. We are looking into ways to differentiate them so you'll know if you're inviting your friend's Steam account instead of their Android one.

• To make it simpler for matchmaking, other turn timers, besides Live Games and 24 Hours, have been removed.
  
• You can now spectate games where you've been defeated. You won't get any more vision over the map, though, to help prevent cheating (e.g. "ghosting").
  
• The new Tribe Skins (Yorthwober, Baergøff, and Cultist) have been added to this version.

Thank you for joining us on this journey as we've added these features to the game!

Since this is an Open Beta, anyone can join! Just use the Beta Access Code: polytopiabetatesters to get access!

Android fans can use: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/air.com.midjiwan.polytopia

iOS fans can use: https://testflight.apple.com/join/gOmMb4DE

Tell us what you think in the comments!
-Zoythrus

Hello Polytopians!

We've got some small fixes for the current Tribe Skins beta.
-Zoythrus

Bug Fixes:
- Fixed some localization issues
- Fixed mixing tribes
- Fixed Polytaurs and added skin for Cultist Vengir Polytaur
- Fixed Japanese-specific localization issues

While most would see the banishment of the Vengir as a bleak tragedy, the hunt for retribution did push them into becoming master metallurgists. The highest role in Vengir society below “Monarch” is “Blacksmith,” and that tends to happen when you need a steady stream of swords and armor.

Hello Polytopians,

It's the Vengir Tribe Moon, and we're releasing a special bundle to help get you into the spirit! You can get a limited-edition poster and pin set right now until the end of November!



Now, tell us what you think about the Vengir in the comments!

P.S. Thanks for the art, Polytoblerone!

-Zoythrus

Hello Polytopians!

It's the time for tricks and treats, and we're here to give you a treat - 50% discount on the game and DLC! This even applies to the Special Tribes on mobile!

Now you can get Polytopia and all the Special Tribes just in time for everyone's favorite spooky day!

Happy Halloween!

-Zoythrus

https://store.steampowered.com/app/874390/The_Battle_of_Polytopia/

Hey Polytopians!

Today, we'd like to introduce something that you've all been waiting a long time for - Tribe Skins!

What are Tribe Skins? They're like, Halloween costumes for the tribes, which will cosmetically change an entire tribe's aesthetic from the ground up! New clothes, new buildings, and sometimes even new animals! So, without further ado, let's introduce the first batch of Tribe Skins!


Bardur who have survived the 5 Tests of Strength are given the rank of Baergøff, meaning “Elite Baerion Hunter”. The sanctified Baerion pelt is thought to let the wearer channel the animal's raw ferocity in battle.




Can you hit a BuzzFly with an arrow from 2 tiles away? Then you might be ready for the Hoodrick Yorthwober. These expert sharpshooters have been personally trained in combat and survival by Yorth, the legendary archer, and comprise the most elite force the Hoodrick can muster.




Vengir of the fanatical Burzgor Cult will perform the visceral Thdkrkr Ritual, shrugging off their mortal flesh and gaining power directly from the God of Blood, themself. Their zealous display of devotion isn’t taken as seriously as they’d like by the other tribes, however.



The skins have been released to beta on mobile right now for final testing, but will be added to Steam very soon! Note, the skins are still works in progress and might get a few changes between now and public release.

If you'd like to test them out now here on Steam, use the beta code polytopiabetatesters in order to gain access to the beta!

2.2.10.8545 Changelog:
Added Tribe Skins Batch #1
- Hoodrick Yorthwober
- Bardur Baergøff
- Vengir Cultist

Added new tribe selection preview
Added a quiver of arrows to the Archer unit

Fixed bugs
- Ruins Swordsmen supported by wrong city
- Misc bug fixes

Known Issues:
- Text strings may be outdated/inaccurate, but these will be fixed by release


Q: How do I get access to these skins?
A: You'll have to pay for them, but thankfully, they're only $.99USD (or a $2.99 bundle on Steam once we add them), so they're super cheap. Much like tribes, the skins are added to your account forever when purchased.

Q: Why aren't the skins showing up on Steam?
A: The DLC that unlocks the skins needs a little more time as we set them up. It's a slightly different process to set up DLC on Steam than it is on mobile, and just needs your patience.

Q: If I buy a skin, do I have to use it all the time?
A: Nope! There is now a skin picker on the tribe selection popup, so you can choose which skin you'd like to use.

Q: Do the skins make any gameplay changes, such as adding new units or abilities to the tribes?
A: No, they do not. Even if some units have gotten new weapons, the skinned versions of tribes play the exact same way as their default skins.

Q: Can the AI use the skins?
A: Yes, but only ones you've purchased.

Q: Can I use the skins in multiplayer?
A: Of course you can!

Q: Are skinned versions of tribes considered a "separate" version of that tribe?
A: No. Both Cultist Vengir and default Vengir are still "Vengir", and thus, would still be considered a "mirror match" with different colors if they were both being used, just like if you had two default skins like it is now.

Q: Will all the tribes be getting skins?
A: Yes, but we'll be releasing them in batches. This first batch has skins for Hoodrick, Bardur, and Vengir, and subsequent batches will have skins for other tribes.

Q: Can I buy a skin for a tribe I don't own?
A: Yes, but you'll need to buy the tribe as well in order to use them.

Q: Will the skins be added to the Steam version of Polytopia for free?
A: No, they are DLC.