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18 Apr

It's Time For The ∑∫ỹriȱŋ Tribe Week!

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“I have no friends, so I’ll have to make my own!” thought a lonely ∑∫ỹriȱŋ citizen to themself before enchanting a unicorn into the first Polytaur. Ever since, Polytaurs have been a beloved part of ∑∫ỹriȱŋ society, often as cuddly companions, cheap labor, or steadfast soldiers.

Hello Polytopians,

It's the ∑∫ỹriȱŋ Tribe Week, a whole week dedicated to celebrating the ∑∫ỹriȱŋ, our tree loving friends!

Besides giving the ∑∫ỹriȱŋ some love, we're also donating proceeds from purchases of the ∑∫ỹriȱŋ toward planting some trees and saving the planet! (If you've already bought them, you can donate here.)[donate.earthday.org]
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13 Apr

Steam + Mobile Crossplay

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    Zoythrus™ on Steam Forums - Thread - Direct
Not officially, but it's also not off the table, either.

Steam + Mobile Crossplay

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    Zoythrus™ on Steam Forums - Thread - Direct
Nope

07 Apr

Update 2.0.69.6093

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Update 2.0.69.6093
Hello Polytopians!

We’ve got a relatively small update for you that should (hopefully) improve the multiplayer experience! So, without further ado, let’s talk about these new features.

Boot Camp With this update, we’re adding “Boot Camp”, a tutorial to help new players understand the basics of the game. While not exactly an in-depth look at the game, this tutorial goes through how to harvest resources and train units. It will be the first game you play when you first install Polytopia, but can be played again by going to “New Game” > “Boot Camp”.


Online Friends Now, friends who are currently playing Polytopia will have a small green dot next to them, so that you can see who is actually going to respond to the myriad of game invites you plan to send them.

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04 Apr

It's Time For The Xin-Xi Tribe Moon!

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"Climbing a big rock isn't hard, can't anyone do that?" Yes, maybe a small band of people, but what about an army of people? The Xin-Xi don't just climb mountains for fun, but have perfected the science of managing troop formations, defense, logistics, and supplies around these steep summits.

Hello Polytopians,

It's the Xin-Xi Tribe Moon, a whole month dedicated to celebrating the Xin-Xi, our favorite mountaineers!

Not enough Xin-Xi in your life? We're having discounts on all Xin-Xi merchandise at https://shop.midjiwan.com until April 30th!

Now, tell us what you think about the Xin-Xi in the comments!

P.S. Thanks for the art, u/Dapperfrog1864!

-Zoythrus

30 Mar

Multiplayer games I joined disappear

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    Zoythrus™ on Steam Forums - Thread - Direct
We'll be making adjustments to our backend in a bit, so please keep us informed if this changes.

Multiplayer games I joined disappear

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    Zoythrus™ on Steam Forums - Thread - Direct
I assume that it doesn't show up again if you try to refresh the games?

29 Mar

2.2.0.7410 Patch Notes

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Sorry for the delay, everyone! We've finally posted the patch notes for both the latest public and beta build.

Remember that you can play the beta by using the beta access code "TestDiplomacy"

-Zoythrus

2.2.0.7410 Change Log

Both Beta and Public Release:
- Added online status for friends and live status for game turn

Beta:
Balance:
- Reduced Kiton HP (20HP->15HP)
- Mind Benders detects invisible units (there is small dot on unit icon)
- Update riots (now number of Daggers depends on city level and riots prevent income)
- Update Daggers spawn (now they're more spread out, and prioritize areas with defense bonuses)
- Revert Windmill & Mint mechanics (we'll look back into this later, but for now, reverted)

Changes:
- New Cloak & Dagger sprites
- Added relation bar in tribe info screen
- Changed breaking peace logic (now second player cannot attack first player for one turn, but can move units and... Read more

23 Mar

Have Elyrion been fixed yet?

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    Zoythrus™ on Steam Forums - Thread - Direct
No, it has not been fixed yet. Sorry.

28 Feb

Esports!

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Live Games, Replays, and Esports, oh my! Hello, beta fans! We, with help from our lovely friends at Challengermode, have developed a few things that you’ve been asking for! So, let’s take a deep dive into all the new features that should help out our more competitive fans!

“Live Games”? Are the games….alive? Haha, no, dear reader, that’s what we call the new multiplayer time format! Many of you have been asking us for faster games, so we’ve added these new Live Games to satisfy you, which will replace the 5 minute timer option. Somewhat like chess tournaments, Live Games give you a timer of less than 1 minute for your turn at the start, and any time unused rolls over to the next turn. Also, you’ll get additional time for each city and unit you have, so you can get the opportunity to move your massive army across the map without str... Read more

16 Feb

how the hell do you not get bored playing a game

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    Zoythrus™ on Steam Forums - Thread - Direct
Our suggestion?

Just don't play 900 tile maps, then. It's okay to find them boring. To be fair, so do we. :P

15 Feb

Dagger defense

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    Zoythrus™ on Steam Forums - Thread - Direct
Well, "Dagger" units are simply resistance guerrilla fighters, and are good at hit-and-run, allowing them to be immune to counter attacks.

Also, just because they're guerrilla fighters doesn't mean that they can't retaliate when attacked, just like anyone else.

09 Feb

I think these 2 questions are interesting

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    Zoythrus™ on Steam Forums - Thread - Direct
1. There was only one tribe....the Ancients.

2. Who knows?

02 Feb

[Beta] Slightly broken Cloak strategy

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    Zoythrus™ on Steam Forums - Thread - Direct
Originally posted by AgentSte: When playing with Diplomacy, I have found that you can use Cloak to Infiltrate a city which you are currently sieging but have not yet claimed. This means that, by sitting on the city and sieging it indefinitely, one can spend every turn creating Cloaks on a nearby city, moving them over to the city under siege and turning them into 3 daggers.

Since daggers are independent (do not contribute to a city's population cap), this means that you can create an unlimited number of daggers to fill the map and swarm the enemy.

I really like the Cloak and Dagger units, but this seems to exploit a loophole in the mechanic in a way which is not faithful to the intended design. I'd suggest not being able to Infiltrate when sieging a city and/or not being able to Infiltrate the same city more than once
This is a bug, and we plan to fix it. :)

01 Feb

It's Time For The Ai-Mo Tribe Moon!

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The Moon may be special to most Polytopians, but it's the Ai-Mo who have a special respect for the Sun. Unlike other tribes, the Ai-Moyan calendar is based on the Sun, which is tracked and revered by a prestigious sect of astronomers, cosmologists, and priests known as the "Sun Speakers".

Hello Polytopians,

It's the Ai-Mo Tribe Moon, a whole month dedicated to celebrating the Ai-Mo, our favorite meditating monks!

Not enough Ai-Mo in your life? We're having discounts on all Ai-Mo merchandise at https://shop.midjiwan.com until February 28th!

Now, tell us what you think about the Ai-Mo in the comments!

P.S. Thanks for the art, u/Random-Person-45!

-Zoythrus

30 Jan

Do not research Diplomacy

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    Zoythrus™ on Steam Forums - Thread - Direct
It shouldn't do this, as you'll only find capitals of tribes you've discovered.

Opting in to Test Diplomacy Beta

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    Zoythrus™ on Steam Forums - Thread - Direct
Originally posted by Inspector Caracal: You have to enter the code from the instructions.

I struggled with this for a while before making myself read it more carefully and found it. >.>
And sure enough, we gave you instructions you just had to follow. :P

27 Jan

Diplomacy!

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The moment you’ve all been waiting for! Years of planning, re-designs, delays, and development have led us to this momentous occasion - Diplomacy! Well, the beta for Diplomacy, at least. You see, this new technology adds some fairly large changes to the game and how it operates, and we wanted to put it into an extra long beta test period so that you, our wonderful fans, can give it a try and tell us what you think so that we can make it the best it can be!

What Sorts of Changes? We’re going to take a deep dive into all that the Diplomacy tech has to offer, as well as other changes that we’ve done with this update. If you'd like to just get into the beta, instructions to do so are at the bottom, but we encourage you to read the post first.
This is going to be a long post, so be ready.

AI Improvements
As yo... Read more

17 Jan

Would you like to see achievements?

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    Zoythrus™ on Steam Forums - Thread - Direct
They're on the TODO list, but we're currently working on Diplomacy

14 Jan

Diplomacy update when?

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    Zoythrus™ on Steam Forums - Thread - Direct
Sooner than you'd think. ;)