Salute, Pilots!

We are happy to inform you that our combat demo was a great success. A lot of positive responses and feedback were received from players who have tried it online and/or during events. Thank you so much!

If you have not tried the Combat Demo, please try it now here.

Now that we've delivered the turn-based tactical mecha combat, we've been working hard to add the RPG experience into our Procedural Tactical RPG and package it into one cohesive experience.

When we say RPG, we're not just talking about the stats and leveling mechanics; we're also talking about the world, the characters, the story, and other narrative elements that make a role-playing game great. Our team has been working non-stop to tie in all the mechanics into a playable vertical slice, and after many months, that RPG vertical slice is now almost complete.

With that said, we are happy to announce that we'll be releasing this vertical slice as a prologue on Steam for FREE! It will be available for you to download on July 18, 2024.

Please tell your friends about it, and don't forget to add it to your wishlist so that you'll be notified when it is available:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2851820

The prologue doesn't have the procedural system implemented yet (that will be for another milestone update), but here are the things that you'll find in this RPG vertical slice:

This vertical slice will serve as the prologue chapter, an opening introduction that kicks off the events that trigger the conflict in the full game.



You'll be able to customize your mechs and see how your pilots level up their skills.

Not only that, you can change each mech's body parts and weapon load out, you can also customize their paint job and cosmetics.


We've added a world exploration layer where you can roam around, discover new places, and encounter events that'll tell you a bit more about the characters and the world of Kriegsfront Tactics.



And what better way to bring those characters to life than hiring some of the best voice actors?



Here's the current list of Kriegsfront Tactics Voice Actors:

• Michael Gonzalez
  
• Belsheber Rusape
  
• Su Ling Chan
  
• Damon Alums
  
• Craig Lee Thomas

Including this guy: Craig Lee Thomas' Helldivers 2 Spokesperson

Your support is once again required. Please wishlist the prologue so that more people will see it when it is out.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2851820

Feel the urge to discuss Kriegsfront Tactics with other enthusiastic fans in the genre?
Come and join our discord community! Toge Productions Discord

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See you soon, and godspeed, Pilots.
The Kriegsfront Team.

- Introducing the X3 frame generation mode. LSFG 2.1 can now generate two intermediate frames, effectively tripling the framerate.

X3 has increased GPU load by approximately 1.7 times compared to X2 mode. At the same time, LSFG 2.1 Performance and LSFG 1.1 have been optimized to be 20% faster in X2 mode compared to the previous version.

It has been tested that X3 mode does not cause any additional latency compared to X2. Latency is affected by the base framerate and when the GPU is fully utilized. For the best experience in both image smoothness and latency, it is recommended to lock the game framerate at 1/3 of the monitor's refresh rate in X3 mode.

The minimum recommended base frame rate remains the same as for X2 mode at 30 FPS for 1080p and 40 FPS for 1440p, respectively.

- New behavior when the final framerate should exceed the monitor refresh rate:

Previously, LS rendered all necessary frames, some of which were later discarded when displayed on the monitor. LS will now skip rendering extra frames while accounting for correct frame pacing, so the result should be very similar to the old behavior but much more resource efficient.
While a higher base framerate is better for latency purposes, forcing LS to skip frames may not result in the best smoothness.

Given that the LS framerate will never exceed the refresh rate now, for convenience and also for identifying issues, the 'Draw FPS' option also outputs captured frames when using DXGI capture.

Join our Discord community to share your experience and get help.

Hello everyone,

We're happy to announce that we're participating in Guerilla Collective this year, as part of our publisher's showcase. While we don't have specific news to share yet, we've put together a brand new trailer for everyone that shows what everyone has to look forward to within the game's world.



We'll have more news to share over the summer about the title! We're extremely excited about how the game is turning out and can't wait to share more information with everyone. In the meantime, you can find more announcements about the publisher showcase and other featured titles over on our publisher's steam page:https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/tophatstudios/

Thank you and see you all soon!

After a long wait, Ova Magica is finally releasing on July 23 into Early Access🎉💪!

We are so excited to finally share the game with everyone. Thank you ALL for your continued support and interest, especially in light of prior delays and development difficulties. The team is incredibly proud of what we've created, and cannot wait for you to all play Ova Magica!

Watch our brand new EA announcement trailer here:


And don't forget:
Our limited DEMO is only available until the end of the Steam Next Fest (17th June)!
We are grateful for all feedback; it helps us to improve Ova Magica as much as possible for the EA launch💚.

We will share more info about the development roadmap leading to the full game (1.0) soon!

Though it is launching in Early Access, Ova Magica already comes jam-packed with tons of content! Here’s a brief overview of what you can expect from the Early Access, as well as some hints for what’s coming in the future!

• 🎮🖱️ Playable with mouse+keyboard or controller. Fully playable on the Steam Deck.
  
• 🌎 Language: English
  (Full 1.0 release will also include: German, French, Spanish, Simplified Chinese and Japanese)

• 💇‍♀️ Customize your own character with tons of options and unique hair styles!
  
• 🥕 Grow a wide variety of crops and fruit trees on your farm, and decorate it to your liking!
  
• 🌻🍂❄️ Play through all 3 seasons (Solis, Ceres, Frigus) with unique weather, crops, events and blobs!
  
• 🐰🎃🎄 Visit all 12 festivals in Clover Town with unique items, blobs, decorations and mini-games!
  
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Meet 13 befriendable characters and learn their stories and personalities! (Marriage available for full 1.0 release).
  
• 💛 Raise the Heart Level of each character and unlock Heart Events to obtain unique quests and buildings! Each character has 3-4 (out of 7) available Heart Events in Early Access.
  
• ⚒️ Gather resources with upgradable tools to craft new furniture, decorations and buildings!
  
• 🏠 Upgrade and decorate your house and farm, and unlock loads of craftable blueprints!
  
• 🎣🦋 Catch a variety of fish and bugs that change along with the time and seasons!
  
• 🏛️ Donate items to the Clover Town Museum to get unique rewards!
  
• 🚧🎡 Construct buildings to unlock new features like the Boutique, Beauty Salon, Spa, Theater, Ferris Wheel and more!
  
• 🍳 Unlock tons of food recipes to cook for you and your blobs!
  
• 📷 Photograph every resident and their blobs for the Clover Town census!
  
• ...And much more!

• 🥚 Choose your starter blob! Pick one of three unique blobs to join you on your adventure!
  
• 🌊💣 Use your blobs to help you with everyday tasks like fishing, watering crops, removing barriers and more!
  
• 🐄 Raise blobs in your own Blob Barn to produce items like milk, wool, and more!
  
• 🐾 Collect up to 40 (out of 66) unique first-generation blobs, each with unique skills and appearances!
  
• ❤ ️ Breed your blobs to create even stronger blobs! Choose from thousands of combinations and create the blob that’s perfect for you!
  
• 🎾 Pet, feed, and play with your blobs to deepen your bond, and watch them grow even stronger!
  
• 🧭 Join the Adventurers' Club, and uncover the mysteries behind the ancient ruins!
  
• 🗺️ Journey into the untamed Blob Worlds, teeming with wild blobs. Visit 3 (out of 7) worlds in Early Access, each with a unique theme, new blobs, and hidden treasure!
  
• ⚔️ Travel with up to 3 blobs in your team and engage in strategic, turn-based battles with real-time action elements!
  
• 🥊 Challenge anybody in Clover Town to a blob battle, or try your luck against wild blobs!
  
• 🏆 Participate in the Clover Cup Tournament to compete against Clover Town’s greatest blob trainers, and win the grand prize! (Up to IRON League in Early Access)
  
• 👩‍🏫 Visit the Blob League Academy and take classes to learn more about blobs!
  
• ...And much more!

Ease the wait for the EA launch by checking out our Publisher's other amazing indie titles: https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/tophatstudios/

Thank you again everyone and see you soon!

Hello everyone,

As you may have seen, we're participating in this year's Guerilla Collective! We participated in one in years past, and this time are not only participating again, but inside of our co-publisher's showcase!

With that said, we're extremely proud to announce that Crypt Custodian will be releasing this summer on not only PC, but all consoles as well.

You can view the brand new trailer below:



Additionally, you can learn more about the publisher showcase (along with the other games announced) over Top Hat's publisher page here:

https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/tophatstudios/

We will be sharing more news about the game over the course of the summer. We're extremely excited to be able to finally share Crypt Custodian with you all!

Hello everyone,

We're happy to announce that not only did we participate in this year's Guerrilla Collective showcase, but we got a spotlight showing by way of our publisher, Top Hat Studios! As part of their official showcase slot, we've debuted a brand new trailer. Since the Steam page went live and the game was revealed, the game has grown tremendously and received a massive overhaul from a quality perspective. They say greatness takes time, and the team has been extremely dedicated to crafting a truly one-of-a-kind experience.



You can view the full, newly revealed trailer above. SONZAI aims to be an extremely high quality, meticulously crafted experience, and we hope the new trailer reflects that. The team has taken a very perfectionist angle on development, and while we realize development has been taking quite a long time (and from the outside may seem nebulous), we can assure you the game has made great strides toward completion. We've also updated the Steam page to reflect more recent updates to the game's recent state, and the new trailer has been uploaded onto it also.

All in all, we thank you all for keeping up with the title, and we're excited to share more in the near future. In the meantime, if you're interested in following other games shown in the Top Hat showcase, head over to their publisher page to see other announcements from Guerrilla Collective: https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/tophatstudios/

Ahoy, Seaorama Captains! ⚓️

We’re excited to announce that Update 2.07 for Seaorama: World of Shipping is now live! This update includes crucial fixes and major optimizations to enhance your gameplay experience. Here's what's new:

• Repair Cost in Port Upgrades: Repair costs are now shown correctly in port upgrades, ensuring transparency in your expenses.
• Major Optimizations: Significant optimizations have been made to address frame dropping and improve overall performance.
• CV Available Limitation: Limited to 25 CVs per position for those you haven't hired, to manage crew more effectively.
• Port Stuck Fixes: Addressed issues causing ships to get stuck in certain ports based on player reports.
• Trip Stop Numbering Fix: Corrected the numbering of trip stops for better route planning.
• Manager Fixes: Resolved issues with managers getting stuck after extended gameplay sessions.
• Trip Calculations: Improved trip calculations for more accurate voyage planning.
• Port and Countries Hover: Fix hover information for ports and countries

We’re dedicated to continually improving Seaorama: World of Shipping and appreciate your feedback. Enjoy the enhanced stability and new features in this latest update!

The Seaorama Team 🚢💙

Sup folks!

We're excited to reveal, as part of the Guerrilla Collective online showcase that we announced that as well as a PC release, Elsie is officially coming to PS5 and Switch!

Check out the announcement trailer below:



And if you're hyped for the PC release, make sure you Wishlist the game on Steam!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1515570/Elsie/

Ready to take on a thrilling challenge? To the Rescue Events offer an adrenaline-filled experience that will test your skills and endurance. Conquer five challenging levels and you'll be rewarded with an exclusive prize – but if you fail, you'll have to try again! Get ready for an unforgettable adventure – it's time to put your skills to the test!

The time of the event is based on the time on your PC, and the duration may vary slightly from the duration of this announcement.

This is a board game where you can travel Around the World!
This event will last a few days, but you can only do 3 laps.

Use tickets to roll the dice and move the number of spaces equal to the number on the dice.

You can get more tickets for:

playing levels—each level will have a tag showing the number of tickets you can get
completing daily and weekly tasks in your blog


There are a few Rainbow Tickets that give you one roll free.

You can buy Gold Dice to get special features:

Roll the dice for half price
Get ALL the gold rewards
Get x2 showplaces
Unlock the 2nd and 3rd laps


There are 60 different spaces:

Some are empty.
Some contain a reward.
Others have showplaces on them.
And some spaces can move you either back or forward.


Every time you finish a lap you will get a reward!
You can buy the second and third lap with Rubies.

If you didn’t get a special reward during your current lap, it will be stored in the Golden Cage and you will be able to claim it after the third lap.

This event may get you:

Booster parts
Time-limited boosters
Full boosters
Groceries
Blog points
Coins
Rubies
Collections


Have a wonderful trip Around the World!