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0.1.6

Empires Edge Playtest · published 27 Mar 2026, 11:46 UTC · build 22532780

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I'm happy to announce that the Stone Age Orc race has been fully illustrated. Now all the buildings between the two races look great! The artist did an amazing job!

Here are some additional improvements:

Fixed mission restart. Construction no longer glitches
Smooth transitions between screens
Menu window when pressing the Esc key
Main menu screen
FPS graph
Collapsible list of player objectives

There are still many tasks ahead. But the first playtest highlighted the AI’s complexity and the difficulty of immersion without a tutorial. This will be completely reworked. For now, we’re focusing on the core mechanics, their usability, and variety.

See you soon.

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