Hello adventurers⚔️

It's been a while since we made an update about our upcoming game Project Wichstone and want to take this opportunity to share more details. To ease any concerns, our team is still actively working on the game and the progress so far has been incredible!

As our team continues working hard on the development, we are also having important conversations around whether we should partner up with a publisher or if we should self-release. No matter our final decision, one thing is certain: the game is coming and it will be awesome!

Thank you everyone for your support & patience whilst we’re making Project Witchstone the best it can be. We look forward to fill you in on the details once we have everything all taken care of.

Stay tuned!
- Spearhead Games Team

Dear Chefs,

We apologize for the inconvenience you might be facing during game loading. Our team is trying to resolve this issue as soon as possible and we deeply appreciate your understanding and patience in the meantime.

Thank you.

Hey Urists!

It's Alexandra here with a few community updates! With GDC and Pax East coming up, the team is quite busy with travelling this month. This means that we will be a little slow on game updates for a few weeks. But not to fear because we have some exciting community events planned!




You are invited to the first gathering of the Fey Mood Society, a gathering of Dwarf Fortress fans to celebrate the launch of Dwarf Fortress on Steam and all things fortress-related! Meet Tarn and Zach Adams, enjoy some delicious food and drink and meet other Urists at Lucky Strike Fenway. We will be in the Polo Room with pool tables, dart boards and a shuffleboard.

Friday March 24th 6-9pm ET

Tickets: $5

RSVP on Eventbrite


Don't miss our Pax East panel where Tarn and Zach will be discussing their experiences with procedural generation in some of their favourite games. It takes place Saturday March 25th from 2-3pm ET in the Albatross Theatre.



For those who are unable to attend Pax East, the panel will also be streamed on https://www.twitch.tv/pax2


This past weekend Dwarf Fortress was awarded Best Strategy/Sim Game at the DICE awards! It's an incredible honor especially amoungst all the amazing nominees this year. You can watch Tarn and Zach's acceptance speech in full on Youtube



That's from me today! If you're going to PAX East I shall see you there and in the meantime, happy diggin'

-Alexandra

Alright agent, listen up. You’ve gunned your way through streets crawling with Tora thugs. You’ve cracked down on Watts-Rucker’s clandestine experiments. Don’t think that’ll be the furthest CSA operations and the Deadlink project are gonna go. Luckily with our brand new expert hacker on the job, you’re bound to find your target list updated soon. Intel isn't fully sorted just yet. Why don't you take a closer look? Seeing any hints that catch your eye?

Minor Bugs Fixed

MinorBug Fix

Rotate, rescale, stack it - there’s so many options for customization with our advanced placement tools!

➡️Find out more about these features in this now public Patreon post: https://www.patreon.com/posts/75104701

Version 0.5.0 is out now. Level Cetazed & Tesla Tower finally arrived!
NOTE: The Demo still is only playable till Level 3.


The following bugfixes/features are out now:

• Level Cetazed
  
  
  
• Tesla Tower
  
  
  
• Added Blood Effects
  
• Monster Loot is displayed with a small Window in Tower Defense Level
  
• Victory/Defeat Screen
  
• Wiki Advisor Stops on Window Close
  
• Base Warning Indicator now shows delayed, if a building isn't configured correctly after 20 seconds
  
• Important Skills have a different Border
  
• Mobs reset themselfs properly now, when they are picked from mob pool
  
• Many more small bugfixes

Hello there!

Other big feature of the upcoming update is new Ages System!



In WorldBox, time moves quickly, so adding a day/night cycle or seasonal changes like winter and summer wouldn't make sense. Instead, we've been working on an Ages System that will take your worlds through a series of years, each with its unique impact on the environment and civilizations.



Some Ages will bring harsh conditions and disasters, while others will introduce magic clouds and better environments for your people to thrive in. The mood of kings/leaders will be influenced, leading to more wars or peaceful periods, and population fertility rates and food growth will be affected!



There will be 10 different Ages, each with a unique name and effects:

Age of Hope
Age of Sun
Age of Dark
Age of Tears
Age of Moon
Age of Chaos
Age of Wonders
Age of Ice
Age of Ash
Age of Despair











We won't reveal too much about each age just yet, but the names alone should give you an idea of what to expect!

We're currently beta testing the update with some players to ensure everything runs smoothly, and we've already fixed a lot of stuff!




This is also our final sneak peek post before release. Get ready for release that will come out very soon!

In case you missed it, check out our latest previews of the upcoming update, which we have shared on Twitter/Steam during the development process!

Diplomacy:
https://steamcommunity.com/games/1206560/announcements/detail/3631627017371418796

Alliances:
https://steamcommunity.com/games/1206560/announcements/detail/3631626193502166546

New Wars:
https://steamcommunity.com/games/1206560/announcements/detail/3672157322353811983

Clans and Bloodlines:
https://steamcommunity.com/games/1206560/announcements/detail/3672156687251117721

Age of Darkness:
https://twitter.com/Mixamko/status/1544391783102414848

Ages window preview:
https://twitter.com/Mixamko/status/1549416354549477376

Age of Cold:
https://twitter.com/Mixamko/status/1554062947185561603

Roses?
https://twitter.com/Mixamko/status/1561339139869523973

Swords?
https://twitter.com/Mixamko/status/1575249911507046400

Unity of Updog:
https://twitter.com/Mixamko/status/1582842869219352577

Tooltips and UI:
https://twitter.com/Mixamko/status/1592168092863500289

Debagrys:
https://twitter.com/mastef/status/1592475768533450753

(!):
https://twitter.com/Mixamko/status/1596536652654346240

Wars:
https://twitter.com/Mixamko/status/1600948642038579200

Wars x2:
https://twitter.com/Mixamko/status/1601897826065469440

Volcanoes:
https://twitter.com/mastef/status/1602912803370983424

More options for map generation:
https://twitter.com/Mixamko/status/1607110164506869760

We invite you to watch the following video in which we show the changes we have made to the game.



We invite you to our discord, where we will keep you informed of changes in the project on a regular basis. We also encourage you to write your suggestions, which we will for sure take a look at.
Bye!

serviceIT Team