Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga news & patch notes

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Hello, Long time no speak! We're deep in development on the sequel to Symphony of War - and in the mean time, we're still supporting the OG game. This time we've got a small update, mostly a technical fix for full screen mode, along with some modest balance changes. Please don't hesitate to join our Discord server for all the latest updates on SoW2 and be a part of our social community! Thank you as always to you who make this game possible! Bug Fixes:

Full screen mode is now Borderless Windowed mode, as the old style of full screen had caused display issues with newer GPUs

Fixed bug which sometimes resulted in Squads remaining at their current place on the list despite having been swapped

Emperor’s Missive now correctly applies damage reduction to tier 1 units

Minor Risen are correctly considered tier 2 units

Risen Archmage and Knight are now correctly considered tier 3 units

Corrected an Exchange exploit that allowed exchanging for nothing

"Wide Guard" Trait now interacts properly with "Bodyguard" trait

"Large" screen size setting is now set to whatever the biggest appropriate exact pixel scaled size for your screen Balance changes:

Removed HP Regen of final boss claw parts on all difficulties lower than Ludicrous

Lowered the Max HP of enemy Squads in Chapter 30 by 20% all difficulties

The final turn in "complete by x turns" challenge missions now includes the same turn as the max (Example: Turn 10 out of 10 is still within the threshold)

Eased promotion SKL stat requirements on Swordmaster from 60 to 52

Eased promotion STR stat requirements on Silver Dragon/Rider from 62 to 55

Eased promotion STR stat requirements on Behemoth from 60 to 50

Increased Armor of Paladins by 5

Increased damage dealt by all Dragons by ~5%

Increased all dragons Armor by 5

Increased HP/Armor of Gunner and Dragoon by 10/5

Increased Armor of Arbalests by 5

Decreased damage dealt by Fire/Ice/Lit Mages and Sorceress by ~5%

Decreased Weapon Power of Field Cannons by ~5%

Decreased SKL modifier of Behemoth class 10

Increased rarity and cost of Executioner trait book

Legends Chapter 1A 1 mission is unlocked 1 Main Story chapter later

Legends Chapter 1B turn score threshold increased from 12 to 15 turns

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Hi everyone - if you were thinking about getting the game, now is a great time to do so.

The game will be 40% off from April 15th through the 22nd!

Make sure to check out Freedom Games Publisher Sale page to pick up some awesome indie games at great prices. Whether you like to play alone or with friends, there are some great deals you won't want to miss out on! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1488200/Symphony_of_War_The_Nephilim_Saga/

Heyo! It's been a minute - know that we're working hard on our next game in development. Join our Discord server if you haven't already for the latest on our progress! https://discord.gg/dancingdragongames For now, Nephilim Saga is 40% off for the Spring Sale! Promotion lasts until the 21st. Thank you again from the bottom of our hearts for this very supportive community and hope all have a wonderful week- Sincerely, Phil Dancing Dragon Games

Hi everyone! If you were thinking about getting the game, now is a great time to do so as we are part of the Steam Winter Sale through our publisher Freedom Games! From December 21st until January 4th, the game will be on sale for 40% off and the Legends DLC will be on sale for 25% off! Make sure to check out Freedom Games' Winter Sale 2023 page to pick up some great games to play over the holiday season. Whether you like to play alone or with friends, there are some great deals you won't want to miss out on! https://store.steampowered.com/app/1488200/Symphony_of_War_The_Nephilim_Saga/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/2432430/Symphony_of_War_The_Nephilim_Saga__Legends/

Pulling this back a bit as I think I jumped the gun, without having any real footage to show off, nor a realistic timeline in place. So there will be a bigger more clear announcement when the time comes. Truthfully, it's been in very early development for some time, but now that The Nephilim Saga is in a stable state, we are focused on the next installment. It will be years in the making, as the saying goes something like "Later is just later, but suck is forever". However, there should be a lot more community involvement during development on this one, especially as things get into a playable state! Support will of course continue for The Nephilim Saga, and console porting is currently underway, which is intended for Switch and Xbox (though can't make any promises there, console ports are a whole 'nother thing) The best place to get updates on the development is our Community Discord server: The Discord is a fairly active place and definitely my "internet home" as it's checked daily. There have already been a number of discussions and teasers regarding SoW2 there. Feedback and interactions with community players is invaluable to us! https://discord.gg/dancingdragongames - Okay cool, but what's in the next game? It's tough to make design promises, but there are a number of features we are 100% committed to so far.

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• Naval ship meta - bombard land targets, transport squads, assault other ships via boarding, blast other ships to smithereens, customize your ships in between chapters {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41783859/712efeaee55546db2de581474429defef2d949b1.gif
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• A new story campaign, a greatly expanded perspective of Tahnra, a story told 120~ years after the end of The Nephilim Saga. The long peace established by the events of The Nephilim Saga have shattered as a new threat emerges, one that poisons the Donari Empire from within. A story told primarily from the point of view of Marius, an unlikely hero, and with a focus on the character drama and political intrigue of the day. Fans of Dancing Dragon Games will notice familiar themes, such as the skyborn
• World Map style main story navigation
• Larger squads - eventually getting up to 12 units in a single squad
• Revamped skill tree - edit your faction in a much greater variety of ways
• Voice-acted major cutscenes during the story campaign (hopefully)
• Expanded game resolution, sharper and cleaner graphics
• Greatly expanded flexibility with story units - very few are "leader locked"
• No stat requirement for class upgrades
• Revamped and enhanced Charge and Ambush techniques
• "God powers" from The Nephilim Saga more integrated into normal play, earlier in story
• Individual unit targeting/behavior tactics settings
• New stat concept - Initiative

That's just a small list of the major/known features for now, more to come when things move along! We also want to have more game mode(s) available at launch. As huge fans of Heroes of Might and Magic and other similar games with that style of mode, we are looking at a "Conquest Mode" that would allow you to create your own army from scratch, and stake a claim in a starting location in Tahnra. Paint the map your color - this sort of thing might play out like a game of Civilization and take weeks, little by little. Highly theoretical but I'm super excited about it! Heart felt thank you to our supporters, players, fans, friends, your feedback and presence mean the world to us. Sincerely, Phil and Mithran Dancing Dragon Games

-Protag gender graphics in cutscenes fixed -Steam saves now generate a backup in the backup folder (appdata/roaming/nephilim) -Many RU localization fixes -The game no longer launches in too large a resolution for Steam Deck

-Corrected an issue where optimal range AI would override Caladori Charm effect -Corrected an issue where memory Trait Tomes from 2 or more cycles ago would not be carried over -Improved the stats of Memory Dragon Riders for early game -Increased the STR of Aggarak the Returned -Increased the SKL of Calden Blackwall -English/Chinese Voice sfx languages can now be toggled in the options menu -You can now choose the form and name of your main character after starting a NG+ cycle -Reduced the passive regeneration for Zanatus claws -Necromancer and Dark Mage will display a gray promote arrow instead of green one -Fixed a crash associated with a squad with an aura effect being disbanded -Further translation fixes -Mid-chapter summons no longer count toward the move speed or type of their Squad -Fixed up some enemy scrambles to avoid janky gameplay situations like walled-off melee units -Added a ramp to the Southeast Walls in Legends Chapter 3B

Overview -More freedom for NG+ Selections -Stat calculation for memory units adjusted to be less punishing and more consistent -A number of bug fixes Memory/NG+ Stats Rebalance -Memory Units stats should be line with their classes starting stats when being reset to level 1 -Memory Units will now always regain their full stats faster and more smoothly as they level -Memory Units stats gained from consumables will now carry over with diminishing returns rather than being halved each Cycle -Nephilim doppelgangers will now scale in stats closer to their base counterparts, but cost 15 Capacity to place in a squad -Other story characters doppelgangers will now scale in stats closer to their base counterparts -Veteran Enemies modifier now adds more stats to enemies depending on the Enemy Power setting -The stat penalty for using Nerfilim has been increased, while the power recharge penalty has been reduced -Increased the amount of stat growth gained per Cycle with Veteran Troops with diminishing returns -Veteran Troops setting now also affects doppelgangers and Unique characters, but at a reduced rate -Memory Units that have had their LDR reduced early game will now consider their highest LDR ever achieved to confer a bonus to LDR Growth -Memory Units that have had their loyalty reduced will now regain it faster Other NG+ Changes -Most NG+ Options can now be set during playthrough -Memory Units that have reached Golden status can now be class changed freely. They will lose their Golden status temporarily and regain it when they are on an eligible class with max CP -Memory Fragment gain has been redistributed more evenly through each stage (boosted early game, slightly reduce late game) -Memory Fragment gain has been redistributed for Arena's relative rarity (bronze and silver fewer fragments, Gold and Platinum more fragments) Balance changes: -The Ally prisoner squad in Legends 3A will no longer be targeted by Enemy squads -Added additional special drops to some squads in Legends 3B -Moved fort locations and/or added friendly forts to Legends 3B -The MaxHP pool of the minions in main quest Chapter 30 have been reduced by about 20% Fixes/Other: -Dedicated Arena Token slots refreshed with Merchant Storeroom will now scale in price more quickly -Fixed an issue where Risen could still be summoned after all Unlife units (or all units on Dawn of the Risen) were already wiped out -Fixed alignment on Warcat's menu sprite -Fixed description on Calodori charm. (Translation pending) -Fixed Memory versions of Defiled Donari Tome and Book of Unlife to allow class changes -Fixed some traits that relied on HP being below or above certain thresholds incorrectly counting shields as HP -Healers will no longer consider the presence of a shield when deciding whether or not to heal -Healer classes that can also attack will no longer "standby for heal" and skip out on attacking while on Offense -Defeats will no longer be tracked during chapter 12 -Kills, defeats, turns, and surrenders will no longer be tracked during Chapters 13, 29, and the tutorial chapter -Fixed an issue preventing the trait Immortal Spirit from working in Quick Combats -Fixed an issue with the trait Challenger not resetting after initial use -All Epic (purple) items that were also Unique were either upgraded to Legendary or are no longer Unique. All remaining Uniques should be Legendary, and all remaining Legendries are Unique -Platinum Arena will favor dropping a non-unique item you do not own if you own all Unique items. -Bazaar Shops that have run out of Unique items to sell will now attempt to sell an item you do not own -Stat growths for Main Character's various classes have been equalized. They will still have different stat modifiers for different classes

-Permadeath option with New Game+ now properly refreshes based on your starting game choice -Fixed an issue where Japanese text on High Res font did not format correctly. -Bugged Hero units (would appear if you did not have Doppelgangers selected) have been removed from the Memory shop -It should no longer be possible to die during the Tutorial battle versus Zelos, no matter what settings you use -Increased the squad targeting factor for Exemplar power. -Fresh Start should no longer untoggle if you check your New Game Plus Options after starting a game without Clear Data -Proofs of Merit carried over to NG+ now function properly -Other minor text formatting fixes (additional missing localization text coming soon)

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41783859/28dad0f16071a0e268e8afad48643ed9b82274c9.png Hello everyone, it's finally here! Our first content expansion pack for Symphony of War - Legends DLC, which adds a huge amount of new experiences and replayability! Buy the Legends DLC now!: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2432430/Symphony_of_War_The_Nephilim_Saga__Legends/ --- LEGENDS DLC PACK CONTENTS INCLUDE:: ---

To access New Game+ please complete the final boss once!

NEW CHAPTERS AND STORY CONTENT: -Added 8 new chapters, which can be accessed at various points in the main story, and never expire. These chapters scale to your story progress (not your level) and offer many new types of map designs and challenges, as well as unique new artifacts released in the DLC. Several missing pieces of the main story are told in these chapters, as well as some pieces of the past, with foreshadowing to new aspects of the future as well] -General Ragavi has been upgraded to a full-fledged story character, complete with portrait, and available conversations and bonds NEW UNIT CLASSES: -Field Cannon: T3 firearms unit with cavalry movement {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41783859/98ff3a5aec67ce34c34610adb2750dc7e16ac4f4.gif -Oracle: T3 support class that casts a shield on your entire squad {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41783859/04217e7ca14d7777e49d4247b70122077e418248.gif -Arbalest: T3 Archery class that fires 3x the bolts at 40% strength, and comes with a large shield that protects against enemy ranged attacks -Dark Mage "T4" Mage class that inflicts the very debilitating "Curse" effect -Necromancer "T4" Mage class that greatly assists and controls in the creation and maintenance of undead units -War Cat: A large beast (Like dragons) with all aspects of Light Infantry, scaled up to a giant panther -Behemoth: A direct upgrade to the War Cat with a very powerful claw swipe -Unlockable super duper secret flying class upon completing one of the DLC chapters -Multiple "Risen" undead minion classes {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41783859/8dcff9c3846d63c2b47bcfd4b75f43d89aa0d29a.gif NEW GAME+: Too many options to list - you can do so much with New Game+! Finish a playthrough for a big haul of "Memory Fragments" which you can use to re-purchase old units, artifacts, etc, at the memory shop in home bases. You keep accumulating Memory Fragments when beating levels and doing more game clears. You can potentially have an entire army of undead, or, let's admit, multiple Dianas and Beatrixes! Craziness. NEW ARTIFACTS: -9 awesome new Unique Legendary Artifacts added, which are acquired via the 8 extra DLC chapters -8 New Artifacts of uncommon, rare, or epic quality new available for random drops or appearance in shops NEW TRAITS: -7 New unit Traits new available in the DLC -6 of these are also available via new Trait Tomes -2 new class change items, one to unlock Dark Mage, the other to unlock Necromancer -"Mark of the Risen" use to summon Risen undead minion units into your army --- --- VERSION 1.10 UPDATE! Alongside the Legends DLC, we are also launching a large free patch, which includes a bunch of QoL and is quite compatible with the Legends DLC content, but also enhances the existing game! These updates include: LUDICROUS DIFFICULTY! They've gone to plaid! The brand new Ludicrous difficulty cranks up the enemy AI to become quite clever and ruthless. In addition, the game pulls back a bit on your resources, and gives the enemies a slight stat boost in addition to their far smarter AI. For all combatants, runaway offensive power has been curtailed in the mid to late game, keeping those engagements interesting all the way until the end. Go Permadeath on Ludicrous for the ultimate challenge! Ludicrous difficulty requires competing Warlord difficulty to access. HOVER TOOLTIPS With both controller and mouse, you can get hover tooltips for various information, such as traits! We will continue to add more functionality to this new feature. ENEMY CAVALRY CAN HIT AND RUN Watch out, all enemy cavalry squads can now move after attacking, just like you can. This makes them especially deadly when used en masse! FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT You can now flip switches, take teleporters, and in some cases find treasures without using up your movement points or your action in a turn! It feels so much better now. REVAMPED FINAL BATTLE Don't want to spoil it too much, but the final boss is a lot more interesting now. END GAME KILL/SURRENDER/DEFEAT/TURN TRACKER After beating the game, you are now given a final tally of your turns taken, kills, surrenders, and defeats, with a window trim based on difficulty level! The game also tracks these in your save files along the way. ARENA REWARDS REVAMP We have rebalanced arena rewards to change up the incentive structure so you don't feel compelled to spam bronze arena a million times for the best outcomes. For example, S rank Platinum arena now yields a guaranteed unique legendary artifact! QUICK VIEW UI EXPANSION There is a new quick view mini-window to view squad leader traits and equipped artifacts for at-a-glance convenience! RUSSIAN LANGUAGE SUPPORT In addition to German, Spanish, French, BR-Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, Symphony of War now comes with Russian localization. MULTIPLE BUG FIXES Thank you so much for your continued interest and support! Have a wonderful day, sincerely, Phil

Hi everyone! We're excited to announce that Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga will be showcased at DreamHack Beyond on August 18th, 2023! Check out the Summer Indie Showcase at https://store.steampowered.com/curator/40157993/sale/DreamHackBeyondSummerIndieShowcase . We’re super excited to see you! If you want to join the community, join our Discord! Thanks for your support and we’re super excited to show off all of our hard work!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2432430/Symphony_of_War_The_Nephilim_Saga__Legends/ Hello everyone! If you missed it during the Guerilla Collective showcase, we have officially revealed the first DLC; Symphony of War: Legends This DLC will include major content for Symphony of War, including new chapters added to the main story, new artifacts, traits, classes, characters, game modes, and more! Please follow our Twitch channel for live dev streams Please join our Discord channel Thank you for your interest, support, and feedback as we continue to make Symphony of War all it deserves to be! Sincerely, - Phil

Hello, We have concluded the Beta on an improved Chinese translation, and have also patched out many strings that are still in English in all translated languages. We hope you enjoy! 1.05.1 is now available on Steam! Thank you and best regards, Dancing Dragon Games 大家好， 我们结束了对改进版中文翻译的beta测试，同时修复了许多在所有译文版本中都出现的不显示译文而显示英文的问题。希望各位会喜欢这些改动！ 1.05.1正式登陆Steam! 此致 敬礼！

我们对游戏内置中文进行了一些改进并建立了一个新的Steam测试分支（cnbeta），希望感兴趣的大家能够帮忙测试。解锁方法为：Steam库->右键游戏名选择属性->测试版->输入测试访问代码“di59sm3kgca05k3”并点击“检查代码”->选择参与的测试“cnbeta”，关闭窗口并更新便可 we need testing help for an improved Chinese language localization. There is a new Steam branch called cnbeta. Unlocked it with password: di59sm3kgca05k3 Please tell us if you prefer this version of localization. Thank you

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41783859/5c6d97df9109d874acc097c81a837ab7396a0d6a.png Please follow our Twitch channel for live dev streams: https://www.twitch.tv/dancingdragongames Please join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/EJ4AFKFmrs Hello everyone! As we continue to work on the Legends DLC expansion content, we have decided to release a slew of Quality of Life, graphics, and gameplay changes and bug fixes in the interim! Thank you again for everyone who has followed SoW's progression and we are excited to release new content for you soon! --- Overview -New, high-quality portraits are available for all story characters -Many story characters can now be disbanded from their default squads after Chapter 6 - you are now a lot more freed up in regards to building them into other squads if you prefer -Font spacing and readability fixes -Other minor QoL/fixes Portraits -New portraits are default enabled for all saves -A toggle has been added to the options menu to use “classic” portrait style Text/Fonts -Minor translation fixes -Korean Hangul input should now properly include the “final” consonant when constructing a composite character -Adjusted scaling, fixed spacing widths for all Asian languages and updated the font(s) to use a more clearly readable variant Localization -The Korean translation has been updated - Credit: Discord user Ludrik Gameplay -Many story characters that were previously locked as leaders until late game have been unlocked after chapter 6 -Enemy 2+ range squads should no longer have a "blind spot" where they fail to acquire a target despite one being in range after moving -Starting and growth of AGI for the Militia class has been increased -Light Cavalry charge attacks are now properly aligned with the Light melee volley, rather than in the same volley as heavy cavalry charge -Spear wielding infantry troops have been given some damage resistance to melee cavalry attacks -Required deployments will still be placed in their own squad and locked as leaders for any missions they are *required* in -Rebalanced “pity” units given in certain chapters to fill out squads. Tier 2 units are now included for a bit more immediate benefit, but their overall quality is lower -Chapters 13 and 29, which have been affectionately deemed "playable cutscenes", can now be skipped as such (you will be accelerated to victory and given Faction XP as if you completed the mission normally on this turn where appropriate) UX/UI -You can now select what sprite your squad is represented as on the tactical map using the "Map Sprite" option in Squad Operations -You can now change the sprite that displays on tactical maps to be something other than the leader's class -Added a new leader icon indicator for leaders that cannot currently have their squads be disbanded -You can now cycle-sort reserve units by various stats. (Xbox layout - Y button. Keyboard: G button. Mouse - Click Sort on the reserves menu) -Moved the equipped indicator to under the item so both can be visible at the same time -You can now new + previous unit in unit status with arrow keys/controller L+R when selecting a unit in Squad View -All gauges will now round up a pixel rather than down a pixel when displaying (HP bars will always show 1 pixel if the character is not incapacitated) -Improved the accuracy of the HP gauge in battle HUD (the gauge no longer draws under opaque parts of the frame, which was hiding the first and last few pixels) -Bronze Tokens can now only be "bought" in Exchange in multiples of 2 like Iron (since increments of 1 never create a valid exchange anyways) Minor issues and bug fixes -Using “Skip All” after Chapter 30 no longer softlocks -Donar's Treatise of War now works as described -Ace of Spades now works as described -Fixed squads entering the map after it has started having the wrong movement preview associated until they move/are interacted with -Failure state for the challenge mission in Chapter 20D now functions properly -Cavalry second move will no longer glitch when moving into a trigger region that forces end turn --- Legends DLC: July 2023 (we hope) we will be launching a major content pack for Symphony of War, including new chapters added to the main story, new artifacts, traits, classes, characters, game modes, and more! Please follow our Twitch channel for live dev streams: https://www.twitch.tv/dancingdragongames Please join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/EJ4AFKFmrs Thank you for your interest, support, and feedback as we continue to make Symphony of War all it deserves to be! Sincerely, Phil

Hello! We hope this will be the stable build of the game until we are ready to launch the DLC and Version 1.10. -Protagonist pronoun during Chapter 11 Interlude fixed -Corrected text within some animations (Level Up, Objective Captured, Got Medal of Valor, Exchange Unlocked, etc.) not being translated -Added a separate indicator for classups if the only upgrades available are firearms classes (will appear as a gray arrow instead of a green arrow). -Other minor translation fixes Thank you! Sincerely, Phil

Hello, -Fixed an issue with language changes breaking the resource management during class changes and resource displays during tutorials Thank you

Hello, We have uploaded Hotfix 1.04.1. -Fixed display of Steelshatter (effect was still there, but display was broken. Apologies but this will go untranslated for now) -Fixed a bug preventing cannons from firing from 2 range under certain circumstances Sincerely, Phil

{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41783859/57f355cd5668b305a4d6c450639334bd19a5e409.png Please follow our Twitch channel for weekly live dev streams: https://www.twitch.tv/dancingdragongames Please join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/EJ4AFKFmrs Hello everyone! The major focus of Version 1.04 is Localization. But first, there are two nice changes we've made to the game other than Localization: --- -There is now a very convenient "Skip All" feature available for cutscenes -Light Melee and Firearms attacks have been separated out as their own volleys. This is a small, but very impactful change. Light Melee attacks (militia, skirmisher, swordfighter, swordmaster, scout, hussar, ranger, rogue, assassin) now go before Heavy melee attacks. Firearms attacks (Gunner, Dragoon, Cannons at 1 range) now go first, before everything else. We believe this will greatly benefit the viability of these class groups, who we've seen get less use than we'd hoped. Mixed squads just got a big buff as a side effect of this change. Localization: We have Localized the game into the following new languages: -French -German -Spanish -Brazilian Portuguese -Chinese -Japanese -Korean Chinese key input: Despite a tremendous effort, due to the difficulty of navigating the base game engine, we were unable to find a solution to name input in Chinese. We apologize for this, and will continue to welcome new solutions. You may still name your character using Latin letters. We just did not want to hold back the rest of the game's localization. We are also having a few talented fans continue to evaluate for grammar and proper nuance of language. Russian: Russian translation is in progress. It started quite a bit later than the other languages, so will of course take longer. Thank you for your patience. --- Legends DLC: Quarter 2 2023 (we hope) we will be launching a major content pack for Symphony of War, including new chapters added to the main story, new artifacts, traits, classes, characters, game modes, and more! Please follow our Twitch channel for weekly live dev streams: https://www.twitch.tv/dancingdragongames Please join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/EJ4AFKFmrs Thank you for your interest, support, and feedback as we continue to make Symphony of War all it deserves to be! Sincerely, Phil

Please join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/EJ4AFKFmrs Greetings from the dev team! We are thrilled to announce that the first Symphony of War Fan Art Contest is officially a go! And it's going to last SIX WEEKS to truly give you the time to create a masterpiece!

Prizes!

1st Place

-5 free Steam Keys just in time for the holidays -Create a unique Mercenary of your choice in game (after collaboration with us) -Create a unique Artifact of your choice in game (after collaboration with us) -Get your name into the random name bank -Earn prestigious Discord role unique to contest winners -Automatic entry into the SoW Beta team

2nd Place

-1 free Steam Key just in time for the holidays -Create a unique Mercenary of your choice in game (after collaboration with us) -Get your name into the random name bank -Automatic entry into the SoW Beta team 3rd Place -Create a unique Mercenary of your choice in game (after collaboration with us) -Get your name into the random name bank -Automatic entry into the SoW Beta team 4th - 10th Place -Get your name into the random name bank Contest Rules: -Steam submission process: Submit one picture by replying to the Steam thread, here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1488200/discussions/0/3469487692169908567/ -Discord submission process: Submit one picture by posting it in the #fan-art-contest - https://discord.gg/EJ4AFKFmrs -Must be safe for work! Don't submit anything you'd be embarrassed to show your grandmother* -Must be relevant to Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga - it's characters, world, lore, etc. -Cannot use the actual assets from the game, must be a new work -Obviously, you may submit artwork done by you... -But also, you may submit commissioned work done by another artist, if commissioned by you! Art direction is a skill too! -Not fulfilling any one of these guidelines is grounds for disqualification, which can be done at our discretion *Real Talk: I'm well aware a couple characters (Beatrix and Diana), if depicted accurately to in-game graphics, could be interpreted as NSFW. I do strongly believe these characters can be depicted accurately in a tasteful way and I do not want to restrict submissions of these characters. We can have a one-on-one about it if there's any doubt, no worries. Judging Guidelines: It is very difficult to list criteria here, as artwork is so subjective. Veracity/loyalty to Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga's characters, world-building, lore, events will factor in, but outside of that, we appreciate all manner of artistic merits other than sheer quality and beauty. Creativity, dynamism, a great new take on an existing character, etc. AI-Generated Art: Just recently, AI-generated graphics have exploded in popularity. I'm more than happy to let you showcase what you've come up with - I don't want to completely stifle a fan's enthusiasm by expressing themselves through AI generators. However due to the nature of the contest and community feedback, AI-generated art will not be eligible for 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place prizes. Artwork must not contain material that: -Contains material that promotes bigotry, racism, hatred or harm against any group or individual or promotes discrimination based on race, sex, religion, nationality, disability, sexual orientation or age; - Contains indecent or unsafe behavior or situations, profanities or obscenities, including but not limited to nudity, or pornography, or is otherwise inappropriate, indecent, profane, obscene, hateful, tortuous, slanderous or libelous; -Does not comply with the terms or conditions or guidelines posted by Steam or Discord; -Is otherwise inappropriate, objectionable, or unsuitable for the uses contemplated in these Official Rules, including for presentation in a public forum, as determined by Dev team in its sole discretion. Please follow our Twitch channel for weekly live dev streams: https://www.twitch.tv/dancingdragongames Please join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/EJ4AFKFmrs Thank you for your interest, support, and feedback as we continue to make Symphony of War all it deserves to be! Sincerely, Phil (Image credits: Kerifik, YourMaskedDitto)

Please follow our Twitch channel for weekly live dev streams: https://www.twitch.tv/dancingdragongames Please join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/EJ4AFKFmrs Hello everyone! Thank you so much for those of you who participated in our Jump Scare Halloween 2022 event! Hope you all got a lot of practice in setting up the powerful Ambush attack, and secured the Skull of Rowdain for your armies! The event has now wrapped up as we officially launch version 1.03, which we anticipate will be the stable public version for some time while we work on longer-term projects, such as translation, and the DLC expansion content! Some minor changes have been applied to the game for 1.03 since the large 1.02.2 update: -Halloween event concluded -The Skull of Rowdain is now available as a random drop, or shop purchase -Fixed the "Teleport" Nephilim power exploit -Protagonist's upgraded 2nd attack bug fixed -Fixed some path display errors -Mercenaries purchased at T2 or T3 now always class down to the same base class (varies depending on which class the Mercenary starts as) -Silver Dragon and Silver Dragon Rider attacks now inflict Chill, but deal less damage -The 1.02.2 update notes can be seen here: https://steamcommunity.com/games/1488200/announcements/detail/3407561963591630986 Fan art contest! We will be announcing the first SoW Fan Art contest very soon, stay tuned! Legends DLC: Early in 2023 (we hope) we will be launching a major content pack for Symphony of War, including new chapters added to the main story, new artifacts, traits, classes, characters, game modes, and more! Please follow our Twitch channel for weekly live dev streams: https://www.twitch.tv/dancingdragongames Please join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/EJ4AFKFmrs Thank you for your interest, support, and feedback as we continue to make Symphony of War all it deserves to be! Sincerely, Phil

Please follow our Twitch channel for weekly live dev streams: https://www.twitch.tv/dancingdragongames Please join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/EJ4AFKFmrs Hello everyone! The Halloween event is ON! Get those ambush jump scares in, and get your Skull of Rowdain legendary artifact! The event will last until 12am PST, November 1st. In addition to the event, we've included a wide array of quality of life, user interface, and balance changes listed below: Special Halloween Event! -A new, powerful Artifact has arrived in Tahnra - the Skull of Rowdain. It locks your squad at "fearful" Morale, but every kill this squad gets counts as a Surrender (if enemies are able to surrender, some, like a few "fearless" late game squads, will still refuse) -You will be able to get a guaranteed Skull of Rowdain by successfully executing 33 Ambush attacks. You will see your progress meter on the right side of the tactical map HUD -After the Halloween Event, the Skull of Rowdain will remain in the game, but as a rare legendary unique General Changes/Fixes -Added a special dialogue if you clear all enemy units in Chapter 12 -Diana/Stefan bond option now never expires -Decreased the amount of Mana contribution to "Blessing" from damage dealt -Increased the rate of "Teleport" Mana generation by 50% -Princes for Conscripts and Mercenaries have been "normalized" - you will see fewer extreme cases and prices will make more sense based on the power/traits the unit comes with, and the value of the resources of the unit's starting class -The way Conscripts and Mercenaries interact with resources has changed significantly. Rather than being a "free" phantom resource for the starting class only, now newly-purchased units that start as a class which costs resources, will now "carry" those resources throughout *ALL* class changes. Graphics -You can now freely change between Diana's "Titan" and "Exemplar" graphics when the Titan class becomes available -General Ragavi now has a unique palette for her Swordmaster class -Jaromir now has a unique sprite for his Knight class -Minor graphic fixes to various map design UI/UX -You now have the option to turn off battles for enemy phase, or all battles -Artifacts now listed by rarity in ascending order -You can now sell items in the shop -Items with multiples now stack and can be sold en masse Gameplay/Balance -Selling artifacts now yields 50% of their purchase value, up from 25% Artifacts/Items -New Artifact: Skull of Rowdain: Locks your squad at "fearful" Morale, but every kill this squad gets counts as a Surrender -Donar's Treatise of War now gives double CP in addition to XP -STR, MAG, and SKL consumables increased in price. HP consumable decreased in price Traits -The Main Character unit now has 2 learnable trait slots -Garrison has been changed: Now grants an extra 50% damage reduction effectiveness from all Terrain bonuses -New Trait: Soul of Sayunaa. Swordfighters, Swordmasters, and Blademasters will always attack first when on defense, max 2 times per phase, and 1 range only. Unique to General Ragavi -Tundra Warrior now grants immunity to the "Chill" status effect -You are now able to find or buy trait books to learn "Shock and Awe" -You are now able to find or buy trait books to learn "Tundra Warrior" -You are now able to find or buy trait books to learn "Desert Warrior" Classes -Zweihander and Champion will now have the "Guardian" trait -Sentinel now has an additional 5 Armor -Siege Cannon damage decreased by about 10% -Beatrix MAG modifier bonus decreased from 75% to 50% -Hand of Zanatus Dragon Rider form deals significantly reduced damage -Samurai given a significant evasion boost Legends DLC: Early in 2023 (we hope) we will be launching a major content pack for Symphony of War, including new chapters added to the main story, new artifacts, traits, classes, characters, game modes, and more! Please follow our Twitch channel for weekly live dev streams: https://www.twitch.tv/dancingdragongames Please join our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/EJ4AFKFmrs Thank you for your interest, support, and feedback as we continue to make Symphony of War all it deserves to be! Sincerely, Phil

Hello! Our plushie campaign has launched! For the next 21 days, the Diana and Lindly plushies can be purchased from Makeship! {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41783859/400edbbd1ec45260ae0e45ea4f864750ebf6eec0.png Lindly: https://www.makeship.com/products/lindly-plush Diana: https://www.makeship.com/products/diana-plush Grab 'em while you can! Availability will end on the 25th of October (which happens to be the launch of our Halloween patch!) Thank you for your continued support, feedback, and being in our Discord. Have a great day, Sincerely, Phil

Happy October from Dancing Dragon Games! We are currently working on a Halloween patch, which will be smaller than 1.02 was, but will still contain a number of Quality of Life improvements as we continue to refine Symphony of War's player experience. Please follow the progress thread here: https://steamcommunity.com/app/1488200/discussions/0/3367027831290341565/ During the event, starting on October 25th, Ambush your enemies and win an awesome new Artifact, the Skull of Rowdain {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/41783859/70b1c4a9da7c50e8fd1f61d103811290ae90c40e.png During the Halloween Steam event, you will be able to earn the Skull of Rowdain simply by executing 33 Ambush attacks (accumulated on one save, can be repeated across multiple saves) Note: After the event has finished, the Skull of Rowdain will remain in the game as a very rare Legendary Unique Artifact that can show up in Bazaars, Shops, Arena rewards, or a very lucky drop. Join our Discord! https://discord.gg/rmvmGPaKgK Discord is the best place to get game updates and sneak previews, hang with other players and the devs, show off your awesome army, submit a support ticket, and more! Follow our Twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/dancingdragongames Sundays at 2pm PST, I run a dev stream - it's always a good time! Fan Art Contest Soon, we will be running a Fan Art contest to win some Steam Keys, and in-game perks for top placements! This can be your own, or commissioned. SFW only of course, rules and dates to come! That's all, talk soon! Sincerely, Phil