Observe news & patch notes

• Main Menu Script Submission: You can now submit scripts directly from the Main Menu.
• Graphics Settings: Added a graphics quality setting. If you're experiencing performance drops, lowering the quality should help improve your frame rate.
• AI Studio Enhancements: Added both scenario loading and the terminal directly into the AI Studio.
• Custom Alliance Limits: I forgot to mention this in the overhaul notes, but the game previously capped alliances at two countries max. You can now fully customize this limit in the scenario settings.

Hello everyone!

I am insanely proud to finally get this update out. This has been a massive undertaking and basically everything has changed. So let's not waste time and let's get into what has changed.

Main Menu

Remember how sad things used to look and how confusing it was? Now the Main Menu just has 4 buttons and a slick animated background with the leaderboards always visible.

Scenario Editor

The same can be said about the Scenario Editor. It has been completely transformed to be as functional as possible. Now, scenarios just live inside the editor before you launch them — you can take a look at them and edit them before launching.

I also added a "Countries" panel that you can use to easily add countries to a scenario. This was a feature requested in one of the reviews of the game that I liked very much.

Some reviews also raised a good point saying that countries essentially feel similar in power, but now you can set how advanced a country is by using the sliders while editing or creating a country.

Wars & Economy

I've added different types of troops such as Infantry, Tanks and Jets. These names get changed based on the scenario's date but their functionalities remain the same. Now you can just click on a front and see a head-to-head of two countries. Wars are now separated into two layers, ground and air, each very important.

In addition to how wars work, now there's a ledger that you can use to get some additional statistics of countries in the game.

There's also an economy system now. Countries need to build buildings to generate income and advance their technology and their economy. There are now two technologies only: Military Tech and Development Tech.

AI Studio & Tutorials

The game has been correctly criticised for the lack of tutorials for a long while. It was mostly a UI issue of not having the correct framework to create these interactive programming lessons. But now that I completely overhauled the UI this became a possibility, and I added programming lessons that teach you how to code in MiniScript from scratch.

I also added a way to create scripts without even knowing how to code! With the "Designer" button you can create a script that plays the way you want it to play.

The Leaderboards have also changed. Now there are 3 categories. Germany, USA and Turkey. Each with their own leaderboards. I've also added some cheat detection methods.

Other

• Loading times reduced

• Some performance improvements for late game stutters

• Chat feature removed, it wasn't popular and it was very hard for me to maintain.

• Challenges removed, for the same reason above.

Hello to all, Wars now use a front-based army system. When two countries are at war, their shared border becomes a front, and armies must be distributed across active fronts to fight. Only troops allocated to a front participate in battles on that border. No more throwing your entire army at every skirmish. What's new:

- Armies are split across border fronts based on threat level, border width, and strategic priority

- Disconnected borders with the same enemy create separate fronts

- Army numbers are displayed on the map at each front, showing both sides' committed forces

- Casualties flash red in real-time during battles

- Text scales with border size and smoothly transitions when borders shift

For Scripters:

Your scripts now have full control over army distribution. Use GetBorderFronts to see your active fronts, SetFrontAllocation to assign troops, and GetFrontStrength to scout enemy numbers. Or call AutoDistributeFronts to let the game handle it. Check the updated Help section in AI Studio for the full API.

Scripts that don't use front management will still work. The game auto-distributes as a fallback.

In other news, I am releasing a new game called 'That's My President!' it's a multiplayer party game and a singleplayer narrative game. Check it out below and don't forget to wishlist, it helps solo devs like me immensely.

Hi! Our community has been asking for this feature for a while, and I thought it was a cool idea to implement. From now on, you'll be able to edit a country's properties using the "Edit" tab after clicking on a country.

Furthermore, I updated the game's UI and fixed bugs that I was aware of.

For those wondering why I haven't been active since the last update: it's school season and I'm working on my master's degree. Since I'm the only developer of this game, when life gets in the way, things can slow down. But I've been learning a lot more about game development, and I have new ideas for Observe and its future that I'll be talking about soon.

Thanks!

The moment our community has been waiting for is finally here! Now it's time to put your skills to the ultimate test. LEADERBOARDS ARE LIVE!

Submit your AI scripts and watch them battle for supremacy on our new competitive leaderboards! Every season crowns new champions, and with each major update, the competition resets, giving everyone a chance to claim their spot in the Hall of Fame. GOD CONTROLS UNLEASHED! Not ready to code? No problem! Our new God Controls let you intervene directly - declare wars, boost armies, or obliterate entire nations with divine power. Perfect for casual players who want immediate action and spectacular visual effects!

VISUAL CHANGES

Watch nations battle with spectacular new conquest animations as colors sweep across the map!

The competitive era of Observe begins NOW. Will you code your way to the top, or will you rule through divine intervention?

Hello. This update focuses on diplomacy and some UI changes. Countries now have to declare war on each other. They can band together and fight against others by forming alliances. UI is now updated too. Notes:

-Added diplomacy.

-Removed the music player (for now, there will be more UI changes soon and it will be likely re-added).

-Changed all scripts to now use diplomacy functions, including our character AIs.

-Unified country and region panels. You can find more info about countries by switching tabs.

-Alliance map mode.

-An alliance gets disbanded if it owns the whole world, forcing the game to end with only one country left.

-Backwards compatibility for AI Scripts. It will auto-declare wars on your targets, but I highly recommend updating your scripts.

Moving forward, I am planning to add leaderboards and god controls to the game.

If you're a script creator, check here: observe.fandom.com/wiki/Functions

Also, please join our Discord and help shape Observe's future

Hello everyone, For the past month I was working on units update. After getting most of it done, I decided to scrap it as it wasn't a good fit for the game as a whole. Although I had to get rid of most of it, some parts like region animations are still useful. So this update tries to make the wars look a bit more dynamic. I also lowered casualties per battle. Next update I will be focusing on diplomacy. Countries no longer will be at war from the start. I am not 100% sure what else will be included in that update as I like to prototype and try out different things. Thanks for your continued support!