I've added an online test galaxy. It will automatically pop up in the 'Galaxy Campaign' section.
Give it a try. It will be interesting to see if it holds up to a good stress test.

Cheers,
Steve.

We will update the game during our maintenance on Sep 27th, which will last for 3 hours and run between 12:30-15:30 (UTC+8). After the maintenance we will give all players 8,000 Bronze Coins, 300 Honor, and 15 Unit Medals as compensation for any inconvenience caused. Be sure to arrange your time accordingly.




Golden Autumn, Grand Conquerors! Reward Events are coming with [Monkey King] holding [Divine Ocean]!
Massive login rewards, brand-new [Guts & Glory] and [Attire Treasure], [Flag Frenzy] with new maps, total spendings events and more all coming together!
(You can check the [Golden Autumn, Grand Conquerors] Event Notice for more details on the events.)

• Palace Guards level 4 → 5
  
• Spear Militia 4 → 4.5
  
• Ironcap Spearmen 4 → 4.5
  
• Imperial Spear Guards 4 → 4.5
  
• Demesne Pikemen 4 → 5.5 (fixed a display error)
  
• Imperial Pike Guards 4 → 5
  
• Silahdars 4.3 → 4.8
  
• Modao Battalion 4.4 → 4.8

Improved AI logic for forming Stand Firm after Charge:

1. After Charging, Stand Firm is immediately formed at the original location.
   
2. Stand Firm faces the designated Charge direction and does not change its orientation as the enemy moves.
   
3. When Stand Firm is formed close to the enemy, the attack frequency of the unit temporarily increases

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1. Increase HP.
   
2. Increase slashing defenses.
   
3. Every 2 attacks will trigger an area effect of [Poisoned Weapons], which reduces the enemy's movement speed and damage while causing continuous bleeding. (The effects are calculated separately and cannot be stacked)
   
4. Reduces damage taken from infantry units
   
5. Reduce damage taken from 4-star and 5-star Units.
   
6. Increase the effect of the [Poisoned Weapons] debuff, which reduces enemy movement speed and damage.

1. Increase HP.
   
2. Increase slashing defenses.
   
3. Every 2 attacks will trigger an area effect of [Poisoned Weapons], which reduces the enemy's movement speed and damage while causing continuous bleeding. (The effects are calculated separately and cannot be stacked)
   
4. Reduces damage taken from infantry units
   
5. Reduce damage taken from 4-star and 5-star Units.
   
6. Increase the effect of the [Poisoned Weapons] debuff, which reduces enemy movement speed and damage.

• [No Retreat] will launch an immediate attack when it's impossible to form a formation, continuing until there's enough space for a formation.
  
• Improved the hitbox of the spearman's attack distance.
  
• Adjust the [Stubborn Resilience] troop trait:
  Sword & Shield: Excel at defending and counter-attacking. They will reduce damage taken during counterattacks while repelling enemy units.

[Long-distance Charge] is a common characteristic for lancer cavalry. All lancer cavalries have already incorporated it. Adjustments will be made to the descriptions of the following units:

• Dagger-Axe Lancers: Remove [Sprinters], add [Long-distance Charge].
  
• Tundra Yeomen: Add the [Long-distance Charge].
  
• Chevaliers: Add the [Long-distance Charge]

We have recently received feedback from our Warlords requesting more time to participate in [Free Battle] and [Deathmatch]. Therefore, after this week's maintenance, the activity times will be adjusted. You can find more details below:

• Monday: Deathmatch 20:00-24:00 UTC+8
  
• Tuesday: Free Battle 20:00-24:00 UTC+8
  
• Saturday: Free Battle 20:00-24:00 UTC+8
  
• Sunday: Free Battle 20:00-24:00 UTC+8
  
• Sunday: Deathmatch 20:00-24:00 UTC+8

1. In Ranked Battle, if a disconnection occurs, the current match's outcome will be determined..
   
2. The default setting for [Newbie Camera] will be changed to [Classic Camera].
   
3. Changes have been implemented to the Merchant Bandits on the World Map, reducing the density of NPCs to an appropriate level.
   
4. Add a Watchman for Turul Város

1. Optimize the tutorial Map [Unit Control Training] and [Augolia].

1. Fixes the issue of potential memory corruption when opening the pop-up web browser.
   
2. Fixed the issue causing client crashes when multiple loads were occurring due to reconnection.
   
3. Fixes the issue of incomplete display of scroll item titles.
   
4. Fixed the issue with the collision of a city wall step in the Siege Battle map [Turul Város].
   
5. Fixes the display issue with the Equites attire.
   
6. Fixed the issue where a texture is missing on the Siege Battle map [La Grande Gloire].
   
7. Fixed the issue of of missing data in the Death interface.
   
8. Fixed the issue of an incorrect background during character creation.
   
9. Fixed the issue of other players shaking while on horseback in low graphics settings' field of view.
   
10. Fixed the issue where the poleaxe [Earthen Nourishment] can also take effect on non-poleaxe heroes.
    
11. Epic quality Artillery can now be donated to the [Fame Envoy] and will contribute 300 donation progress.

Log in during the event to get [Secret Treatise] x50 and [Random Infantry Manual] x10!
Runs from Sep 27 (after maintenance) through Oct 12 (until maintenance).

1. Part of the [Guts & Glory] rewards can be unlocked for free. You can also purchase [Monkey King] hero attires or [Monkey King] packs to rank up in [Guts & Glory] and unlock all premium rewards!
   
2. You may claim all premium rewards of ranks you've earned by purchasing [Guts & Glory] at any time.
   
3. After [Guts & Glory] ends, rewards can be claimed until the next version update. (You may still purchase [Guts & Glory] during this time to get all premium rewards.) Rewards still unclaimed at the time of the next version update will be lost, so claim them in time!

1. Complete event quests to earn experience and rank up for tons of rewards.
   
2. The event contains daily, sign-in, badge, and matchmaking quests. Daily quests refresh at 00:00. You can earn 1,100 points from sign-in and daily quests. Badge and matchmaking quests can be completed at any time, and each of these may be completed up to 30 times. You can earn 600 points from these.
   
3. You will no longer be able to obtain experience from these event quests after reaching maximum rank (1,500 experience). Experience can only be gained from quests and cannot be bought.

• Epic Hero Equipment Schematic Crate
  
• Treatises
  
• Golden Treasure Orders
  
• Unit Mastery Items
  
• The exclusive avatar [Monkey King].

Runs from Sep 27 (after maintenance) through Oct 12 (until maintenance).
Rewards can be claimed until Oct 19 (until maintenance); you may still purchase [Guts & Glory] during this time.




Spiritual light seeps through the void, to be used at your beckon and will. The legendary spear skin [Gold-banded Staff] is here! Obtainable for a limited time from Sep 27 to Oct 26 (until maintenance).

You can acquire it under [Attire Treasure (G)], and the chances are as follows:

• Spear attire [Gold-banded Staff] 0.5%
  
• Sealed Weapon Skin (Previous Seasons) - 14%
  
• Uncommon or Rare Attire - 85.5%

You can check the exact drop rates in the [Attire Treasure (G)] menu in-game.



Runs from Sep 27 (after maintenance) through Oct 12 (until maintenance).
Lotus Ash Sea\Dragonrise Island\Jaderock Creek\Sandstorm Gorge（UTC+8）
Available between 12:00-14:00 and 18:00-22:00 every day.

Espada Forest（UTC-4）
Available between 10:00-13:00 and 16:00-19:00 every day.

Press J to open the Matchmaking interface and choose [Flag Frenzy] to enter.

You've got a chance to earn [Poem Collections] throughout the [Flag Frenzy] mode. Up to 50 [Poem Collections] drop each week.
The drop event lasts from September 27 after maintenance to October 11 at 0:00. Drop count resets every Wednesday at 00:00 (server time).

• Canyon (New),
  
• Arandil

Win Conditions

• The map comprises three phases and three locked flag points. A preview will appear which flag can be contended for in each phase. The first side to win during two phases wins.

Flag Points

• A team gains progress when they're the only ones with heroes inside capture range.
  
• There's a time limit for each phase. Should the time run out, the one with the most progress wins the phase.
  
• Naturally, capturing the flag immediately wins you the phase.

Between Phases

• After each phase, all players on the side with the most flag captures recover to up to 525 leadership, while players on the other side recover to up to 600. In case of a tie, both teams recover to up to 600.
  
• The next phase's flag point unlocks after a certain time.

Armor, Artilleries & Units

• You'll be provided with armor, artilleries and units, but any runes you've equipped will still take effect.

Leadership Refunds

• It costs leadership to draft units from supply points or the deployment menu. You'll be refunded leadership based on how many soldiers remain of a unit you withdraw.
  
• Units that have retreated cannot be drafted again.

• Spend a total of 500 Sovereigns: Golden Treasure Order x1, [Peach of Immortality] x50
  
• Spend a total of 1,000 Sovereigns: Golden Treasure Order x1, [Peach of Immortality] x50
  
• Spend a total of 2,000 Sovereigns: Golden Treasure Order x2, [Peach of Immortality] x100
  
• Spend a total of 3,000 Sovereigns: Golden Treasure Order x2, [Peach of Immortality] x100
  
• Spend a total of 5,000 Sovereigns: Golden Treasure Order x3, [Peach of Immortality] x200
  
• Spend a total of 10,000 Sovereigns: Banner of Unity Selection Box x1, [Peach of Immortality] x500
  
• Spend a total of 20,000 Sovereigns: Golden Treasure Order x5, [Peach of Immortality] x1,000
  
• Spend a total of 30,000 Sovereigns: Golden Treasure Order x8, [Peach of Immortality] x1,000

Runs from Sep 27 (after maintenance) through Oct 19 (until maintenance).

You'll be able to exchange the limited-time item [Peach of Immortality] you earn from Total Spendings Return events in the Pavilion of Glory for amazing rewards. Below are some of the available rewards. You can check out the full range of rewards in-game in the [Pavilion of Glory (O)] menu.

• Treasure Essence x150
  
• Doctrine Water x100
  
• Banner of Unity Selection Box
  
• General Pay Off Vouchers
  
• Golden Treasure Orders

Runs from Sep 27 (after maintenance) through Oct 26 (until maintenance).



Conqueror's Journey Battlefield is on, and you can use the [Secret Treatise] to Excavate. New Doctrines are available in Conqueror's Journey Battlefield: Paradox Doctrine, Power Champion Doctrine, Epic Spear Doctrine A, Bloodletting Doctrine, Zealous Knight, and Ardent Knight.
Runs from Sep 27 (after maintenance) through Oct 19 (until maintenance).



Contains: Zweihander Unlock Order x4
Original Price: 4,000 Sovereigns
Discount Price: 2,800 Sovereigns

Contains: Zweihander Unlock Order x4
Original Price: 7,000 Sovereigns
Discount Price: 4,900 Sovereigns
Available from Sep 27 (after maintenance) through Oct 8, 24:00 (UTC+8).

• Hero Attire [Monkey King], original price: 1,980 Sovereigns,4, discount Price: 1,680 Sovereigns, buy Limit: 1
  
• Mount Attire [Wukong Transformation], original price: 1680 Sovereigns, discount price: 1280 Sovereigns.
  
• Unit Attire [Wukong & Heaven], original price: 1680 Sovereigns, discount price: 1280 Sovereigns
  
• Unit Banner [Banner of Unity], original price: 680 Sovereigns, discount price: 500 Sovereigns

• Hero Attire [Monkey King]
  
• Mount Attire [Wukong Transformation]
  
• Unit Attire [Wukong & Heaven]
  
• Unit Banner [Banner of Unity]
  
• Original price: 6,020 Sovereigns
  
• Discounted price: 3,680 Sovereigns

Buy Limit: 1
*Purchase can be made at the O-Event-Attire Discount Sale.
*If purchasing Hero Attire separately, you can spend 2080 Sovereigns to buy the upgrade pack which includes Mount Attire [Wukong Transformation], Unit Attire [Wukong & Heaven], and Unit Banner [Banner of Unity].

Original Price: 150 Sovereigns
Discounted Price: 120 Sovereigns
Buy Limit: 50

Discount sale from Sep 27 (after maintenance) through Oct 19 (until maintenance)

We're back with some more updates to share, this time as we are preparing for Steam Next Fest in a few weeks, we have been tweaking and messing around with every aspect of Play Pretend to make it the best it can be. This months update will be covering our new UI and menu changes that we have been working on.

After beating all the enemies in a room you will be presented with one (or both) of the following ways to get more powerful, either by increasing your base stats or by collecting a new idea to place into your power grid. These are far simpler to navigate and have been given a complete aesthetic makeover by our very talented artists.



If however, you are beaten by all of the scary imaginary monsters of Play Pretend, or you are skilled enough to beat them all and win the game, you are given a report card with some info on how you did, how many enemies you have beaten and a record of how powerful you became.



But that's not all for today, we also have a look at our new map feature. Instead of playing through a completely linear world with random encounters. We decided to give you some options in how you approach each world, with a new multi-path map showing you where the enemies lurk, different schoolrooms are, and allow choice in playing the way you want to. This is currently in the concept-art phase but we’ll have a shiny complete map to reveal soon.



That wraps up our August update, Next month we will have loads more to share and have lots more information on our involvement in Steam Next Fest which will be just around the corner. - H

Incredibly minor patch that fixes a bug where the laser no longer restores a life, and I've widened the laser life restore timing window.

We've been quiet this month getting all ready to show off our fantasy world in all its entirety. This is a long ol' post so strap in!

Way back when development started for Play Pretend, we knew we wanted various imaginary worlds themed after childhood dreams and fantasies. As such, we just had to have a medieval fantasy world featuring dragons, knights, and a princess. We set out to develop it as our first world and so it's been through many iterations to get to where we are now.

EGX:
Those of you who we met last year at EGX may remember our fantasy world as a flat, green landscape. While we were happy with how it was looking then, we knew we could do so much better.

The first thing we knew we wanted to address was the colour scheme. I've mentioned this before in a previous post, but as a reminder, here's a peek at how far the fantasy environment has come:

THEN:


NOW:


As part of the recolour, we shifted theming a little too, when we first set out with the fantasy world we were fully set on a very typical fantasy princess look. While fleshing out some of the other worlds, however, we decided to shift this to more of a fantasy/witch mix which really contributed to how we themed our props and final colours. Spooky?




Of course, our worlds would be pointless if they weren't full of a wide range of enemies. We've been working really hard to get a full set of enemies in along with Agatha in all her glory. In celebration of the enemies being completed, here's a rapid rundown of some of the fantasy roster:

Froggie + Toad Bombers - Long-range attackers who will try their best to hit you with their frog spawn bubbles.



Nekomancers - Slippery cats who use their magic to teleport away when targeted.



Empty knights - Hulking suits of armour that chase you down. Careful when you hit their helmet off, it'll only make them quicker




All throughout the development of the fantasy world, we've faced an large number of challenges, most of which are less related to the world itself and more about how we build worlds in the first place. These varied from little things like how to mark areas inaccessible to the player, to big things like what should happen in terms of visibility when the player walks behind some of the environment. However, with most of these issues now out of the way, we are finally able to pick up the pace on world development, which means we're getting closer to being able to reveal that all-important release date!

If you want to hear more about how we solved these challenges and what they entailed, drop me a DM on Twitter and I'll do my best to answer any questions! (@dog_possum)


As work on the fantasy world draws to a close, we are now gearing up for a public playtest (Steam Next Fest is coming up soon 👀!) If you haven't already, be sure to wishlist Play Pretend so you can get your hands on it as soon as our demo goes live! -> {LINK REMOVED}bit.ly/PlayPretendGame

Of course, we are also hard at work on the other worlds, playable characters, and our all-important Ideas that really put the rogue-lite into... well... the rogue-lite!

As always, keep in touch over on Twitter, wishlist the game on Steam, and join our community Discord to help us with early playtesting. We can't wait to see what you all think very soon! - B

Please be informed of the below known issue after the September 26th update.

We are currently looking into this issue, and we apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Thank you for your patience.

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Dear Open Wheel Manager 2 fans,

We are excited to announce that Open Wheel Manager 2 will be released in Early Access on the 24th of October!

In the nature of Early Access, we will continue to develop and improve the game experience and we are excited to do it following your feedback.

We thank you again for your enthusiastic participation in the recent playtests and we look forward to the future of Open Wheel Manager 2!