Heraldry Studio news & patch notes

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35775928/f753dcaae88297f81a42dbf21c24f073d12337b2.jpg In this tiny update two new shield shapes are added. One is completely round, the other oval. Main reason for this update is to notify people of a new, related flag making software (in early access) Flag Builder Studio. You can check it out here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3316860/Flag_Builder_Studio/ Let's discuss both Heraldry Studio and Flag Builder Studio in Discord: https://discord.gg/StwnxP6

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35775928/3e6d7ac60d7f5571bd680a5f4ad5bebf1a70a349.jpg In this update I implemented a feature that I wanted for a long time - outlines! As you have noticed, Heraldry Studio is not a vector program. Everything is rasterized. Therefore getting outlines to work wasn't easy, but the result mostly looks great. Switch outlines "ON" in the top layer, right under the shield shape selector. Do you like the outlines? Tell us in the HS Discord: https://discord.gg/StwnxP6

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35775928/e47f0e9bc39d2c611cd54c3a0ed7e2242f27ba3c.jpg Finally, after more than four years, Heraldry Studio is being released out of early access. The app has been more successful than I could ever imagine. For this full release Heraldry Studio has been added tutorial windows, that hopefully would help better onboard new users. Ancient trailer video and capsule images on the Steam page had been updated too. The updates to Heraldry Studio will not stop. Talk with the community, speak about what you would like to see in Heraldry Studio in our discord channel: https://discord.gg/StwnxP6

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35775928/a46323bff141a4510fcaa355e6bd629bc379f6f8.jpg In this update we bring you new shield shapes. Now there are six different shields! HS Discord: https://discord.gg/StwnxP6

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35775928/085e8a812ad57e34712ec27908a591cd0e5715b6.jpg A new update brings you charges of Sarcenic (by that meaning medieval Arab, Kurdish, Turkic) heraldry. Next week is a sale week! Our Discord: https://discord.gg/StwnxP6

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35775928/48e598e781e09cb4f30a1e53081633aeb7558866.jpg In this long awaited update we bring improvements to the user uploaded charges. The charges now should save themselves and be available at subsequent Heraldry Studio uses. There are some other small changes to UI. The problem with charges not showing in randomly generated arms is fixed. HS Discord: https://discord.gg/StwnxP6

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35775928/443d935c1c7b98696fa0d836727946a37ac4b21e.jpg This is a small Heraldry Studio update that gives you more flexible positioning options. Previously some of the charges were positioned slightly off. Now they are in their correct places. Five buttons have appeared to the left of the shield. Now, after you place a charge on the shield, you can try to better position the charge, improving overall composition. HS Discord: https://discord.gg/StwnxP6

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35775928/35f8e5ae3c7a392a5f653d254b415fae4e671ef8.jpg In this update a batch of medieval creatures (as seen in medieval manuscripts) had been added to Heraldry Studio. Next week - discounts! HS Discord: https://discord.gg/StwnxP6

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35775928/a8ed4d23568c185431f05cb35410347f4855d353.jpg In this update we bring new and better colour palettes. A new "proper" colour ir added that allows to pick almost any colour for any charge. Next week - discounts! HS Discord: https://discord.gg/StwnxP6

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35775928/fc76591e356407094f962474232be79ce47a4d77.jpg The 17th update to Heraldry Studio is a continuation to the last one. (You can read about my neighborhood arms project in the message to previous update.) This update has new charges: foxes and dogs and snails and other. As usual, a weekly sale starts on Monday. Heraldry Studio Discord is here: https://discord.gg/StwnxP6 #SupportUkraine

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35775928/56318aee02ba4d1e86c559d37481816f4b8981b0.jpg The 16th update to Heraldry Studio was planned to be a bit different. One of my personal projects is this webpage about neighborhoods of city of Jelgava http://jelgavas-ielas.lv/apkaimes/. They all have coats of arms designed by me (all unofficial). So this update was bunch of charges from these coats of arms: cats and buttons, and tankards and more. As usual, a weekly sale starts on Monday. Heraldry Studio Discord is here: https://discord.gg/StwnxP6 #SupportUkraine

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35775928/23870f159740982a6b431694d0e536654621be13.jpg In the 15th update to Heraldry Studio we bring you a batch of new "Leisure" charges! Weekly sale starts on Monday! HS Discord: https://discord.gg/StwnxP6

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35775928/f12071e06dd5e4fa1a97ddf0ea12027de0be69fd.jpg How is everybody? A rather technical update this time. Until now Heraldry Studio has worked single-threaded, like programs of ancient computing times. I tried to include some multi-threading for resource loading and similar things. I have to confess, computers won this time, and HS still isn't multi-threaded program. Nevertheless some speed improvements were achieved anyway - now larger resource file size will not impact speed. Two partition styles - "Arched" and "Rayonny" - are added to the list. They were secretly in anyway and would appear in random coats of arms, so, after a vote in Discord, I added them to be picked deliberately. They might look buggy in some configurations. Vote is on again: it's time to pick the next batch of charges to add!

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35775928/2f2f8b626a96b8e42ad611aeaf5be7e7e2036c72.jpg Randomized coat of arms are now available in Heraldry Studio! Some bugs are fixed. Sale is next week! Discord: https://discord.gg/StwnxP6

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35775928/961b0d10aa23d154940d90a1b7a6741c492e212c.jpg In 12th Heraldry Studio update we bring you 16 new charges. Half of them are crosses, others are chess rook, maunch, hand, galley, gauntlet, leg in armour, morion. Some bugs are fixed. There is a sale on monday, tell your friends! Vote for the next update in our Discord: https://discord.gg/StwnxP6 Also among news: my wargame Comrades and Barons: Gates of Freedom now has a Steam page! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1646380/Comrades_and_Barons_Gates_of_Freedom/

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35775928/0ed1e87f50d2450a399c4ea41e5f37ce60273ffb.jpg In this Heraldry Studio update we bring you partition lines. Next week as usual is the sale week. Enjoy, vote for the next update in our Discord: https://discord.gg/StwnxP6

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35775928/aec5e5c490b5d77bd543d5d1864d2452d7f94d3c.jpg With this update Heraldry Studio has many more position options. They are in new "Complexity" and "Charge orientation" panels. Our discord, vote for the next update: https://discord.gg/StwnxP6

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35775928/61c7cb3c9c2dbaaf79cede81e06e9ac73f3cfe86.jpg Now Heraldry Studio has ability to counter-change! First you have to add a charge, then click a button. Divisions can be changed in the top node. Now you can actually create Heraldry Studio's logo in Heraldry Studio! Plus, next week Heraldry Studio will be discounted again. Check out our discord, maybe vote for the next update: https://discord.gg/StwnxP6

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35775928/ce263ae88d4f52e8f4c64ee7b2587965fe3746e2.jpg In this Heraldry Studio update we bring you several new plant based charges - trees, leaves etc. Our discord to vote for the next update: https://discord.gg/StwnxP6

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35775928/ad841883e03c1a3b4751fc062b8e90cbd5225b38.jpg Heraldry Studio has a new updated charge distribution algorithm. Now charges will try to fill the given space while maintaing the right structure. Some new positions are added - per pall, per saltire etc. Meanwhile a bug has been fixed that made Heraldry Studio unusable for small number of users has been fixed. Our discord: https://steamcommunity.com/linkfilter/?url=https://discord.gg/StwnxP6

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35775928/1d3b5819fb3f1c6af863c1a33bfca947e330b9b0.jpg Now Heraldry Studio has the ability to upload your own charges! The button in menu lets you upload a transparent PNG file (not other files) and use it as a new charge. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35775928/88ec2998c874972ebe2b70e2372e52c9668a8aba.jpg Only silhouette counts! Non transparent images will look just like boxes. You can upload up to 5 custom charges. Discord: https://discord.gg/StwnxP6

This update brings you about twenty new charges - weapons and tools! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35775928/094e2e7555c109f0932cde724b01d382e0f15795.jpg While the two previous updates were somewhat minor, the next one will bring a bigger change for Heraldry Studio, vote in Discord: https://discord.gg/StwnxP6 {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35775928/a2401d41d82cb60b9fd81c1ab4fffc6051b05a5d.jpg

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35775928/2aba48ec224b1ec330f540bd2a095293a2a10e05.jpg The update is out! In the last vote it was a tough contest between ability to upload charges and colour palettes. Palettes won! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35775928/4eb06e3d1ab7b54e783ff514a2be088ed1455c42.jpg By clicking on the button below, you can get to change colour. The combinations are many! Vote for the next update in discord: https://discord.gg/StwnxP6.

Third update is out! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35775928/47bf5ea30d0e708951705a2f2d20d88261f30641.jpg New batch of animal charges have been added to Heraldry Studio. The charges are now divided in groups (majority of the new charges are under "Beasts"). Some previously removed divisions (cross, saltire, pale, pall) are back. Plus, now flaunches are available too! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35775928/568509723186f38ca88104b253e4dcb01879f556.jpg Vote for the next update in discord: https://discord.gg/StwnxP6!

Second update is out! Last time the community, in its infinite wisdom, had voted for shield divisions. Now the divisions are ready. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35775928/203fabc744b21c1b695185a8e416d1d921f38219.jpg Now you can divide the field in different smaller fields (not more than twice). Then the smaller fields can be operated independently - the charges can be placed, colours changed and so on. Vote for the next update in discord: https://discord.gg/StwnxP6 Merry Winter Sale!

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35775928/c6e3c7a7447be862dfb25f80e096c482d74ff150.png As the first update, we have added a handful new charges to be available - eagle, lion, crown etc. - some of the most important objects in heraldry. It's a small batch, first of many to follow. There have been some other changes "under the hood" but they are not that important. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/35775928/a4a17d1154f0cd3f70cdb01895ed08f625528023.jpg The next update is in hands of the Discord community: Will it be lions? Crosses? Something crazy? Take part here: https://discord.gg/StwnxP6 Also, Heraldry Studio and my other games are on sale this week. Look at them here: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/34886518 Enjoy!

Heraldry Studio is released! Thank you everybody who purchased it on the first day! It will stay in Early Access for about a year. The next step for Heraldry Studio is being decided in a poll in our Discord: https://discord.gg/StwnxP6 Thank you! https://store.steampowered.com/curator/34886518