Hello commanders!
Welcome to your Coldwartober briefing! Today we are hunkered down in the war room preparing for the Steam Halloweens sale which starts today and we will be there with some sweet discounts on the base game and all the DLC, now is a great time to pick it up for a -30% discount. Get your friends a copy so you can play them. You only need 1 copy of the DLC if you do this!
Having grown up as a teenager in the early 80s, the threat of nuclear annihilation was a constant fear in the background of everyone’s mind. I can only imagine what it was like in the 60s with our children doing duck and cover exercises in school. We lived in 4 decades of a constant fear in the back of our heads that any spark in the geopolitical situation could erupt in the world's extinction 8 times over. It was pervasive in the culture; it was everywhere in the news.
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The entire team hopes that you get some outstanding treats for you and your families. Then you can sit down and throw some eggs at the trick or traitors (misspellings don’t happen here in the war room).
New Apocalypse Themed Terminal
Facing the Apocalypse? Do so with our themed terminal! Make use of the cypher and decrypt the Halloween Falcon punch code: WULFNRUWZMIBKIVLS. MIRVIN can help you with the rest, be sure to catch the decryption school from today’s live stream for further clues.
A smarter AI
In today’s patch, the AI has received some nice fixes and updates. For one, there has been a rebalancing on when and how the AI evaluates launching its nukes. Paying to a larger extent attention to threats, such as a faction being close to completing the Space Race but being weak in nuclear capacity. Or taking to a larger sense advantage and not backing down when having superior forces. Fortune favors the bold and the AI has just become a lot bolder.
We also updates its focus selection making it more fair and balanced after feedback from the community. We thank you all for the feedback!
The Terminal Conflict Community
There has been some flurry of recent activity of reviews, playthroughs, tutorials for this scariest month of the year:
- Check out Marcello’s review at Turn Based Lovers. What a treat to be reviewed by such a legend! We look forward to bringing you more!
- Reaching for the hall of fame? No indie game is complete without a Beta Tested review! Full analysis and in depth testing on a level everyone should aspire for. We loved your attention to the finer details!
- GMStarson everyone’s favorite tentacle monster, did a stream featuring Terminal Conflict on Twitch. You can check it out and his other streams here. We shake all your hands!
- MartinQ took a 6 hour dive through the tutorial and the big picture with our lead designer Gellert, and me in the chat cheering him on and answering his questions. The stream was interesting, as a lot of his talk was being analytical about games, history, and design. Ever wished for spying dolphins? Then you want to check this stream out and perhaps pick up the EYES ONLY DLC.
Speaking of DLC
Ever wondered what the difference is between the bundle and DLC packs and how to get what you are looking for? I got you covered! I have written up an award-winning explanation (no, seriously, someone gave it a Steam Award!). Check out this thread in the discussions.
This has been a fun time, and I hope you enjoy your Halloween. Let me know if you solve the cypher and feel free to show off your new Apocalyptic terminal.
Mighty Cheers and Happy Halloween! Please, try not to extinguish life on the planet as we know it.
Seth
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Upcoming Development
I) New Soviet Military interests system
II) Policies are getting rolled out with each new patch.
CHANGELOG
AI
- Re-balanced the AI's focus selection - AI will now be more balanced when selecting focuses
- Increased the AI's nuclear options to be more likely under conventional circumstances - the calculations for nuclear war has been extensively updated
- Will to a higher extent calculate the ability of their opponent to complete the Space Race when selecting a nuclear option
- Adjusted the impact for decision making based on the units the AI discovered and their potential range
GAME
- Fixed various smaller bugs
UI
- Now nuclear estimation screen displays and takes into account your own delivery units, their ranges and their locations
- Fixed an issue where the Archive was incorrectly showing
- Added a text to display where you can update the Seasonal Terminal
SEASONAL
- Added a Halloween Treat - Trick Or Treat Apocalypse Terminal
OTHERS
- Fixed some typos