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- Kepler Protocol
We're joining Next Fest — and taking more time for the launch
In October you can play Kepler Protocol. In November you can buy it. Two pieces of news that belong together. The first: a demo in October Kepler Protocol will be part of Steam Next Fest, 19–26 October. For one week the…
Announcement7 changesServerUI/audio - Kepler Protocol
The Army Nobody Saw Die
We spent a night playing 540 games against ourselves. What we were looking for, we didn't find. What we found was worse. Kepler Protocol isn't only tested by hand. We have a second system that plays the game when nobody…
Event14 changesServerGameplay - Kepler Protocol
What Falls Does Not Fully Return
Across thousands of games no one died in our battles. The casualty counter lied. Not this time. A battle in Kepler Protocol is fought, won or lost, formations break — and afterwards, in the report, a number: the fallen.…
Patch notes5 changesServerMaps - Kepler Protocol
The Swarm Matures
We have dissected the Swarm once before: how it decides — no commander, only pheromone gradients. Today is about how it grows up. In one test game the Swarm tipped into a war mood after barely two months — the pheromone…
Patch notes6 changesGameplayMaps - Kepler Protocol
The Core Drill
For seventeen thousand games the Kaiserreich's greatest structure never once fired. The drill was not to blame. The planetary core drill is outright victory. A monument of Krupp steel and flux that grinds through the pl…
Patch notes5 changesUI/audioServer - Kepler Protocol
Ordo Arachnis — Where Command Ends
When the enemy has no mind yet still decides. In a test round of Kepler Protocol, an Imperial reconnaissance patrol observed a swarm-pack two fields away. The pack was heading north — direction clear, pace steady. Then,…
Patch notes6 changesServerBalance - Kepler Protocol
Mission Command — When the AI Decides Its Own Moves
In an early playtest of Kepler Protocol, the Kaiserreich's main army stood in front of Hive Beta. Fully manned, in combat, pinned. Back at the home base: a barracks, a reserve pool of soldiers, the material for a second…
Security11 changesCompatibilityUI/audio
