Hello Sidescrolling rulers,
A small change of plan for today's patch release. We found some major bugs at a very late stage that needed serious attention and also, as we're introducing a new ... CANNOT_SPOIL ... we needed to revisit balancing. On top of that there was a blackout yesterday that messed with our development schedule. And a dog ate our homework. Ok. That last part is a lie.
So the change is essentially this. We didn't want to let you down but at the same time we didn't want to release something that could potentially be unstable because it hasn't been tested or tuned properly. So we're putting up an Open Beta branch where those of you, so inclined, can jump right in and discover all the new stuff AND help us with the tweaks, balancing, new save system and such. And that ... STILL_CANNOT_SPOIL ... has had a huge impact on balance, so we'll actively update the open_beta based on your feedback until it's as close to perfect as possible. :)
To access the new Open Beta, find Kingdom in your Steam library, right-click and select "Properties". From there find the BETAS tab. Once in the BETAS tab select "open_beta" in the opt in dropdown list. To go back to the regular build, repeat these steps and select "NONE - opt out of all betas" from the same dropdown list on the BETAS tab. Also, all saves will remain for the current version and for the Beta.
We'll be setting up a sub forum for this specifically. We hope this will satisfy those of you that have been waiting and help us release a kick-♥♥♥ Version 1.2.
Kingdom Team "of Two" Pic!
http://imgur.com/HOdVWTU