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Steam News14 December 20232y ago

Update 0.9.5 - New Game Phase & No Movement Cost

A new minor version of the game was released. Here’s all the changes: Game Mechanics Remove Movement Cost - Movement and Attacks do not cost anything anymore.

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What changed

1 fix3 additions4 changes3 removals
  • Gameplay
  • Maps
  • UI and audio
  • Fixes
  • Compatibility
addedA new minor version of the game was released. Here’s all the changes:
removedRemove Movement Cost - Movement and Attacks do not cost anything anymore.
removed4 Game Phases - Removing the cost attached to troop movement allowed for splitting up the turn phases into 4 distinct phases (vs. 3 before). and re-ordering them. The turn phases are now: "Deploy -> Attack -> Battle -> Build" This allows for a much cleaner, faster and less complex game without losing any of the game's depth
changedImprovements
addedFirst turn deploy phase now has 3x the time so players can check out the map and think about strategy at the start of the game
removedRemoved Timer for Single Player Mode

Border Clash changes

addedA new minor version of the game was released. Here’s all the changes:
removedRemove Movement Cost - Movement and Attacks do not cost anything anymore.
removed4 Game Phases - Removing the cost attached to troop movement allowed for splitting up the turn phases into 4 distinct phases (vs. 3 before). and re-ordering them. The turn phases are now: "Deploy -> Attack -> Battle -> Build" This allows for a much cleaner, faster and less complex game without losing any of the game's depth
changedImprovements
addedFirst turn deploy phase now has 3x the time so players can check out the map and think about strategy at the start of the game

A new minor version of the game was released. Here’s all the changes:

Game Mechanics

  • Remove Movement Cost - Movement and Attacks do not cost anything anymore.

  • Oil to build units - 1 Oil is now required for any unit to build

  • 4 Game Phases - Removing the cost attached to troop movement allowed for splitting up the turn phases into 4 distinct phases (vs. 3 before). and re-ordering them.

    The turn phases are now: "Deploy -> Attack -> Battle -> Build"

    This allows for a much cleaner, faster and less complex game without losing any of the game's depth

Improvements

  • The full Border Clash Wiki is now also integrated in interactive Help Pages within the game, access via (?)-Icon on top of the screen

  • First turn deploy phase now has 3x the time so players can check out the map and think about strategy at the start of the game

  • Change Timer Settings in Game Creation to "Time per Phase"

  • Removed Timer for Single Player Mode

  • Create View Toggle for Unit Display Mode

  • Slight transparency for UI panel backgrounds

  • Better Formatting for Country Pick Order Panel

  • New Scoring Strategy for Multiplayer Leaderboard - Progress Scoring Strategy now gives points for played games as well to reflect "experience" in the game

Bugfixes

  • Fixed bug where Player Pick mode showed resources double

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Steam News / 14 December 2023

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