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Now Introducing Steam Community Items!
Hey, Steam fans, the wait is over! Now we’re adding emoticons, badges, trading cards, backgrounds and other goodies to Steam, so you can show off your love for Polytopia with pride!

We’ve added the basics:
12 Trading Cards (1 for each of the Regular tribes)
6 Badges (5 normal, 1 Foil)
11 Emoticons (2 Rare, 4 Uncommon, 4 Common)
5 Static Profile Backgrounds

As well as Point Shop items:
3 Animated Profile Backgrounds
3 Animated Stickers
2 Mini-Profile Backgrounds
2 Animated Avatars
2 Animated Profile Frames

Don’t like working with trading cards? All of these items can be purchased on the Point Shop as well!

There you go! Now, go get those trading cards!

-Zoythrus

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Hello Polytopians!

As you know, we just released the Diplomacy update for Polytopia, and we've been seeing some questions about what it's about, how it works, and how to use the new things it adds. So, we thought to write up an FAQ to help demystify some of the new content!

The Diplomacy Update
Q: What is the Diplomacy Update? A: The Diplomacy Update is the most recent update to Polytopia, which adds some new and exciting content to the world of Polytopia. Specifically, it adds the new "Diplomacy" tech after "Strategy" (formerly known as "Shields"), Peace Treaties, Embassies, Capital Vision, and Cloaks/Daggers, and we'll discuss all of those throughout this document.

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"Have you heard the stories of Po Iu, the legendary warrior? Kickoo myth is often based on their exploits, with classic stories such as "Po Iu Creates Fish," "Po Iu and the 7-Headed Beast," and "Po Iu Goes to Kaa Pu". Visit a Kickoo storyteller if you want to hear more!"

Hello Polytopians,

It's the Kickoo Tribe Moon, a whole month dedicated to celebrating the Kickoo, our favorite ship-building wayfarers!

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

Now, tell us what you think about the Kickoo in the comments!

P.S. Thanks for the art, Pokerface!

-Zoythrus

This unmoving countdown represents the time when Diplomacy is going to be released to you, the public, but relative to some point in the near past when we simply screenshotted the promotional webpage!

Yeah, you heard us right, we're finally releasing Diplomacy! After YEARS of development, Diplomacy will move out of beta and right to your fingertips (or cursor-tips, if you're on Steam) regardless of whether or not you were in the beta!



When was this countdown counting down to? Some point in the near future!!!! We'll also be closing the beta program for Steam at that time, too.

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Hello Polytopians!

You might have noticed two recent updates for the beta, and we'd like to give you some more details on what they entail.

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Update 2.2.0.7514

This build doesn't contains replays

- Chopping was moved to Forestry tech
- Update Daggers graphics
- Improved AI behaviour
- Added info button in Riots messages
- Update broken peace and destroyed embassy popups
- Added "Hostile" state when peace is broken
- Added info popup when player cannot establish embassy or send peace treaty
- Removed diplomacy actions from bottom menu, now they are only available in tribe info popup
- Adjust animations when placing and destroying embassies
- Invisible cloaks are not revealing by splash attacks now
- Prevent possible diplomatic contacts with nature
- Update camera zooming when revealing player's capitals
- Other UI improvements

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"The Luxidoorian Emperor always sets the “hottest fashion” which all Luxidoorians try to emulate, even if it’s impractical in the hot sun. The current Emperor prefers turbans, but the last one loved shawls"

Hello Polytopians,

It's the Luxidoor Tribe Moon, a whole month dedicated to celebrating the Luxidoor, our favorite money-grubbing snobs!

Not enough Luxidoor in your life? We're having discounts on all Luxidoor merchandise at https://shop.midjiwan.com until May 31st!

Now, tell us what you think about the Luxidoor in the comments!

P.S. Thanks for the art, Beauxtron!

-Zoythrus

“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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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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