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This bot attacks random enemy cells and displays distance from border to every cell (the darker is cell, the closer it's to border).

The algorithm for calculating distance from border (enemy cells) is needed to find the safest cell for constructing buildings on them

Currently its algorithm doesn't work very well and doesn't calculate diagonal distance. I could have time to do this but i'm too lazy. This is very hard and i have to do this later ;-)

I'm sorry, there was a delay but now i'm here and i'm not going to repeat this mistake

This weekend i renamed attacks stats in messages and added UI for selecting player type (human or bot). This is a test bot, it just builds all the buildings in order

There's a lot of hard and long work ahead with bots so good luck to me (and my friend if he agrees to help me)...

Hi there!

I started developing new version, i decided to number it beta 0.0 (i know, it's weird version number)

I renamed attack stats:

attacks left -> attacks

attacks -> attacks will be

Also renamed 2 buildings:

Line of defense -> Defense line

Air defense system -> Air defense

And fixed bugs:

I can save player name if it's incorrect

After shooting/bombing cell the attack cost doesn't change

Hi there!

I hope you (unlike me) remember about the poll where i asked you how to rename attacks stats (ground attacks (left), air attacks (left))

Let's look at the results:

Tumblr (2 votes):

. . . . user variants: 100%

. . . . . . . . Variants:

. . . . . . . . . . 1. attacks left -> attacks

. . . . . . . . . . . . attacks -> attacks will be

. . . . . . . . . . 2. attacks left -> attacks

. . . . . . . . . . . . attacks -> attacks production

Discord:

. . . . 'this' and 'next': 100%

We see that the "'this' and 'next'" variant won. But i think players' variants from comments are better because they don't have a prefix to attacks left stat. I think the 1st player's variant is the best because it's little shorter than the 2nd. It looks like this:

But you can still suggest your own variants

This weekend i'll just be fixing bugs so i may not post a devlog

Hi there... again...

I'm going to continue developing my game. This week i'll update my funlutab module and next week i'll be working on game.

There is an issue with stats names 'ground/air attacks left' and 'ground/air attack'. They look similar but 1st means '... attacks you have now' and 2nd means '.. attacks you'll have next turn'. Because of this, you may misunderstand the game.

What they look like now:

So i decided to come up with new names for these stats:

'tt' (this turn) and 'nt' (next turn):

2. 'this' and 'next':

3. 'are' and 'will be':

I'll post this same poll on my discord server and then i'll sum results

PS: in these both polls i'll vote on behalf of people who are not subscribed on my tumblr and not on my discord server

About the next update: results

Hi there!

The poll i posted the last week is now completed, so let's talk about results, they are weird..:

Tumblr (5 votes): save system - 60%

bots - 40%

Discord (4 votes): save system - 0%

bots - 100%

Maybe the comment about why i should add save system first influenced the results? But i posted screenshot of it on discord, so i don't know.

Anyway let's sum these results:

Save system: (3+0)/9=33.3333333333333333333333333...%

Bots: (2+4)/9=66.66666666666666666666666666666...%

Bots won, so in next update i'll add them

Good luck!

PS: day before yesterday and yesterday i was writing docs for one of my modules to publish it on github. It's so boring. And i'll do the same today and tomorrow (maybe even and day after tomorrow) with my another more complex module 😮‍💨. Good luck me...

About the next update

Hi there!

I have 2 ideas that i want to release: save game function and bots

Initially i wanted to add first save game function and then bots. In this case i'll number versions as beta 1.0, beta 1.1 (or 2.0) (1st number will be changed if new game is unable to read save files created by the previous version).

But maybe i should add bots first to increase the number of players? But how to number game versions in this case? Beta 0.0, beta 1.0?.. beta 1.0, post-beta 1.0?.. beta, pre?.. difficult question

So i ask you:

I'll post the same poll on my discord server. At the end i'll post results of poll in discord here and add them up with results of this to get the final result.

After i released the last update i tried to play RimWorld. I liked it. Maybe it'll become my favorite game...

pre-beta 2.0 released!

You can install it right now:

I'll write devlog about all additions and changes on itch.io today or tomorrow

Why did i have to reschedule the release?

I watched the @brickwall04's video about my game and found some text problems and bugs. So i decided to fix them but i couldn't make it in time, so i decide to reschedule the release

This a video about fixed problems and bugs:

And also i decide to block the end turn button for 2 second after pressing it to prevent players from skipping turns

Update is rescheduled by a day

I'm sorry, i'm very sorry but i have to reschedule update. Today i corrected some problems with inaccuracy of text but translator hasn't translated it yet. It isn't his fault, it's my fault.

I'll release it in 24 hours at the most

I feel so ashamed in front of you 😓

pre-beta 2.0 will re released July 28 at 18:00 - 19:00 GMT

PS: while i was creating this trailer, i realized that in fact i added only 1 menu and 1 language (but on 2 dialects). yes i've been developing this update for almost 3 months. i'm very productive :-{)

pre-beta 2.0 pre-2: buxfixes

Now it's very important to test the game, so if want to help me, pls go to my discord server 🙏. And as always i'll post in it this pre-release within next hour.

Now if you launch the game through web-browser you'll see this window. And there will also be no exit button.

I also changed credits and save button icon. Now "who goes first?" and "... won; ... lost" windows will adjust to players' names sizes.

(yes i know there is a bug right on the video but i'm too lazy to fix it)

Also added new soundtracks:

Both from Not Jam pack

It's pre-beta 2.0 pre-1 (it means i'm going to be releasing pre-beta 2.0 this week!) and i'll post it in my discord server within the next hour (yes this phrase has already taken root)

PS: i'm so happy now because i finally managed to steal gridroad and i'll play it tomorrow (or later) :-})

PSS: is it just me or did come up with a new emoji?

Now if you're newbie, you'll be asked to read the tutorial; after a 1st game you'll be asked to rate the game. I also remade the pause menu again, now it and some other windows will change their size depending on the text length. And yes i ask people for help with development right in the settings menu 😑

This is pre-beta 2.0 interim-4 (the last interim before pre-release!) and i'll post it in my discord server within the next hour

PS: maybe i should make larger the yes and no buttons in the "pls rate my game" window?

pre-beta 2.0 interim-3: bugfixes

Just compare:

I'll post this interim release in my discord server within the next hour

PS: i had to edit this video because i can't insert 2 videos into 1 post

Added background for entry field errors. Also name entry field has become taller and now they can accommodate the letters j, g, q, y (yes now you can tell q from g 🥳)

And now entry field don't disappear in release bundles (yes this problem wasn't only on Android)

This is interim-2 and i'll post it in my discord server within the next hour

Now you can drag and drop cursor in text fields

PS: while i was doing it i often regretted i using defold... because it doesn't has nodes ready... it's so scary...

Now text in entry fields will scroll if it doesn't fit. Also the selected entry field and its message will appear at the top of the screen on Android and IOS (i made this also on Windows to show it to you)

Now you can set players colors. I also remade the pause menu and drew an icon for save button.

This is pre-beta 2.0 interim-1 and i'll be releasing it on my discord server within the next hour

Added players customization window, now you can set players names. I've not created any icons for save and customization buttons yet, so they are just green.

Added auto layout and translations into simplified and traditional chinese. Thanks @freeve4-makes-games (translator)

If you want to translate my game, write me a private message

How to number game versions?

Soon i'll start developing a new version but i don't know how to number versions

Often developers number game versions as 1.0, 1.1, 1.2... But the 1st digit ("1") never changes and i don't see the point in it. So i numbered the alpha versions as 1.0, 2.0, 3.0... And i can omit the 2nd digit ("0") because it didn't also change (i didn't release intermediate versions). But in this case versions will be numbered 1, 2, 3... and it will look like the 2nd part of the game.

So i decided to ask you:

War & Economy

"War & Economy" is my first big project. It's the game about two city-states at the war with each other. Nobody knows the reason for this war. For their rulers, it's just very exciting game. And you act in the roles of these rulers. But nobody thinks about habitants of these city-states...

I was inspired to create this game by marble wars, in particular the MIKAN channel. I watched them and cheered on teams. I got upset if my team lost. I thought my team lost because i can't control it. I decided to create a game is similar to marble wars but it's played by players this game, not random chance...

Join the game's discord server

War & Economy has pre-beta released!

Now it's available on itch.io. Pre-beta because i'm going to release a beta version on Google Play/Steam in the future

It would seem - nothing new: just added more useless settings

But this is pre-beta 1.0 pre-1 and it means that i'll pre-beta release the game soon

So i made my discord server public to everyone can test my game

... And i decided to name my studio Mantyi...

Added a full debug menu that can be turned on/off. Also added settings for simultaneous sound playback. Currently turning the debug menu on/off is the only setting on new Other page but i'm going to add more useless settings to this page.

The tutorial is done! It turns out just writing a text and taking screenshots is long and difficult (it took me more than 3 days (including the previous week)). Also added a scrollbar but it only shows progress, i can't use it to navigate the page.

Working on the tutorial. Initially, i wanted to make an interactive tutorial but i realized it will be too difficult, so tutorial is just text with screenshots.

Added background music and credits page. The icons to the right of the names are links to their profiles. Also enlarged scales because they were difficult to hit.

Added the control section in the settings menu, but it's read only. I added so little content because i'm currently optimizing the game.

I plan to add a background music, so if you're good at making music, let me know so your tracks can get into my game

I realized it would be difficult to scale gameplay screenshot. So, I created a sketch of the new game icon:

But it doesn't tell new player about my game, unlike the old icon:

If you like the new logo, I'll improve it and it will become the new game icon