Doodle Empires News & Patch Notes

- Added New North America Map - Updated the way Resolution Settings work (This may or may not fix the flashing screen bug for Linux users) - Added Random Slavic nation names - Added a Random Name button for Forts/Markers, which currently has Anglo-Saxon, Latin, Mesopotamian, and Historical options - Added an Enable Borders option in the settings

- Added borders to all nations, faiths, origins, and groups - Added random faith name button - Added text above color bar showing how much draw power is left - Redesigned game settings menu - Added hints when hovering over cards/mechanics in game settings menu - Added tutorial mode, which will enable helpful pop-ups throughout the game - Added some color to the different map mode buttons - Added Anglo American and Mesoamerican nation name options to the random nation name settings - Added random fun facts to the main menu below the community links, and if you click the blue "Fun Fact" button it will take you to a related Wikipedia article (I haven't added that many fun facts yet lol)

I forgot to finish adding the tribal/settled nation switch button to half of the maps(Oops), but this patch fixes that lol :)

- Fixed drawing sound looping forever in free draw mode - Added an "Are You Sure?" pop up before nation/faith is deleted - Added button in nation inspector to switch nations between a settled nation and a tribe - Added South Asian nation names option to random names menu - Fixed bug where expanding into unclaimed territory caused lag

- Added a Free Draw mode where you can infinitely draw on the map - Added Random Nation Name button, which currently includes Anglo-Saxon, Latin, Mesopotamian, Chinese, and Historical name options (I did my best to make the names realistic, but still fictional. Apologies in advance if I butchered any culture's naming conventions though lol) - Added a Migration Chance slider to change how often tribes get a migration vs a regular expand - When editing a nation/faith/origin/group's color or during a split the color picker will now copy the previous color - Added Antarctica map - Added Dead Faiths List - Added a Zoom To button in the notes window, so you can zoom to the selected item - Optimized tile counting - Optimized Unions, Adopting Faith, Diverge Origin, Joining/Leaving Groups - Added Leader Trait Hint Icons and Stat Windows - Updated Terrain Trait Values

- Added disable found religion button in nation inspector to make specific nation unable to draw the Found Religion card - Added Limit Founding setting in the game settings menu that will automatically disable the Found Religion card after a nation founds a religion - Added Tribal Start setting in the game settings menu that will make the player's original starting nation tribal. It will disappear when you first hit the confirm button, so make sure to set it on or off before you start - Replaced default scrollbar designs with scrollbars in the shape of crayons

- Added Tribal Yurt icon next to tribal nations' names in the nation inspector - Fixed migration expansion starting immediately after erasing territory. You now have to let go of left click, and then hold left click again to start drawing new territory - Added a couple more splash texts to the main menu

- Fixed notebook scroll bar - Fixed spread religion card not being affected by refresh button - Added Tribes, which are nomadic nations that can migrate You can spawn in a tribe with the New Tribe card, and when you draw an expand card it will have a chance to either be a regular expand or a migration card, which has the player erase part of the selected tribe's territory and then redrawing it in another location. Currently migrations are more common than expands for tribes, but I may adjust that later. Also when a tribe draws the New Nation card it will become a regular settled nation instead of creating a new nation. As always, let me know if anyone encounters any major bugs with the newer features :)

- Added a Disaster card that will allow the player to erase a random amount of owned territory from the map (The min/max range of how much can be erased can be changed in the game settings) - Added Notebook that can be used to write notes about nations, origins, faiths, groups, forts, and markers - Redesigned game settings menu, so you can scroll through all of the card sliders - Added more random splash texts to the main menu

- Added search bars to scenario menu, custom map menu, load game menu, new game menu, dead nations list, and groups list - Added group states, which allows groups to be either an alliance, crisis, or neutral. Alliance can't expand into territory of fellow group members, crisis groups can only expand into territory of fellow group members, and neutral groups can expand anywhere. Alliance is the default - Fixed issue where groups and dead nations weren't being saved in scenarios

- Fixed bug where random nation was showing the previous selected nation's group in the inspector - Updated West Africa map's biomes, so that it's using the same biome map as the other maps - Redesigned the new game menu, so that it uses a vertical list of maps instead of a horizontal one

- Added Groups that nations can be added/removed from at any time - Members of the same group are not able to expand into each other's territory - Added Groups map mode - Added dead nations list, which allows for reviving old nations that are no longer on the map during a new nation card or split card - Fixed issue where nation tile counts were being counted multiple times every turn

- Fixed bug where random nation button wasn't working at times

- Fixed Afro-Eurasia preview image in scenarios menu

- Added an end age button that will appear below the draw power bar when in an age

- Fixed issue where turning off marker cursor wasn't working

- Fixed problem with game deleting faiths prematurely causing issues with expands, unites, and random nation button

- Fixed Issue with Spread Religion button

- Added regional names to Afro-Eurasia map

- Changed how game detects when a nation/faith has been destroyed

- The Conqueror, Expansionist, and The Great traits will now be more common during the Age of Conflict

- The Divisive, and Isolationist traits will now be more common in the Age of Division

- The Uniter, Peaceful, and Tolerant traits will now be more common in the Age of Unity

- Added Afro-Eurasia Map

- Hitting tab is now a toggle for forts/markers

- Added a Spread Religion card, which shows up when zealous leaders draw Adopt Religion

- Increased max card chance from 10 to 20 in the game settings screen

- Game will now only check to see if a nation/faith has been destroyed if it was affected last turn, which should reduce lag

- Fixed mistake where the function checking if faiths are destroyed was checking through the list of nations instead of faiths

- Added a new brush size above the tiny one pixel brush size

- Added customization sliders for fort range and strength

- Added Undo/Redo buttons to the Map Maker (Can also do ctrl + z/ ctrl + y)

- Added Bucket tool to Map Maker

- Added ability to save games as Scenarios

- Added Refresh Button to skip cards, or possibly fix softlocked saves

- Redesigned New Game Map Select Menu

- Updated East Asia Map

- Updated North Sea Map

- Added Pangea Map

- Added New Splash Text (Now at about 60 possible splash texts)

- Added ability to hold ctrl/command to only draw in areas owned by a nation

- Fixed bug where you could draw in the ocean of custom maps

- Added ability to hold the left shift key to only draw in unclaimed territory

- Added Great Expand card, which will appear when leaders with "The Great" leader trait draw a Large Expand card

- Added random splash text to the main menu

- Added biomes to the Appalachia map

- Seperated map modes onto individual tilemaps that will update as you draw instead of updating the entire map on one tilemap when switching map modes. This will massively reduce/eliminate lag seen when switching map modes

- Updated Central Europe map with new biomes

- Political and Terrain map mode buttons in the Map Maker

- Old terrain and new biome overlays are now on seperate tilemaps with different opacities for better map visuals

- Game now only saves tiles that are currently in use, which greatly shrinks the file sizes and load times in the early game

Kinda thought I had already done that last one in the past, but I was very wrong. Glad I double checked that, because this should be WAY better lol

- Added new biomes to the Earth map - Saves made on old versions of maps will now use the updated version We're in the home stretch as far as map updates are concerned! I did mess around with the save loading a little to make sure older saves aren't using old versions of maps without the new biomes, so if you notice any bugs/issues related to that please post about it :)

- Updated Europe map with new terrain types - Changed Age card weights to go to 0 when in an Age instead of giving you a New Leader card - Updated Doodle Barons list in credits

- Added new biomes to the Britain map - Added new biomes to the South Asia map - Decreased biome transparency within nation borders to make border colors more consistent

- Fixed issue with placing forts - Fixed Marker renames not saving

The Oceania and Middle East maps have been updated to include the new terrain types! Full list of changes below - Updated Oceania Map - Updated Middle East Map - Added X button to the marker window to cancel placement of a marker - Fixed bug where marker cursor would turn back on when the random nation button was pressed The next maps up for updating are the Britain and South Asia maps!

This is the start of updating the older maps with the new terrain types! Full list of changes below - Updated Mediterranean map - Updated Caribbean map - Added labels to the terrain types in the map maker - Reoriented the terrain buttons in the map maker, so now they are on the side going up and down instead on the bottom going left to right Sorry about the delay on this one. I messed up the forests in the two updated maps and had to redo them, and then I got sick a few days ago lol. Next map update should be quicker, and I'll go ahead and say that I'll be working on The Middle East and Oceania next :)

In this update we have new terrain types, which include jungle, desert, forest, and tundra. Full list of changes below! - New Terrain Types - New Terrain Leader Traits - New Leader Trait called "The Great", which is a less common trait that gives nations all of the benefits of the conqueror, expansionist and uniter traits. - Fixed issue with marker cursor setting - New Terrain Map Mode for a more colorful look at the new terrain types - New Terrain Types added to map maker - New West Africa map, which includes some of the new terrain types Currently only the new West Africa map has the new terrain types, but I am planning on gradually updating the other maps to have the new terrain also. I'm also thinking about adding an additional beach terrain type, which would include a coastal raider leader trait to go with it. As always, there's more to come, and please post about any bugs or issues with the game on Discord, itch.io or Steam :)

Some small fixes and additions!

Fixed edit faith color button
Fixed Adopt Religion bug
Fixed WASD movement when saving custom map
Fixed age value not updating in the nation inspector when hitting the random nation button
Increased Custom map max size from 800x800 to 1000x1000
Fixed issues with custom map preview screenshots
Added 4th bigger brush size

Still working on a solution for the castle/marker bug I've been seeing, and a few others. As always, let me know about any other bugs or issues you find :)

A couple quick fixes and additions after the Restructure Update!

Fixed edit buttons that weren't working
Reduced lag from random nation button
Slightly increased speed of compass spinner
Added an age tracker in the different inspector windows to track how long a nation/origin/faith has existed

Still looking into solutions for other issues I've noticed. Keep an eye out for more to come :)

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