Hello Castle Crafters! 🏰✨

We’re back with another exciting patch for Castle Craft, and we’ve implemented a bunch of the things you've requested! Not only have we squashed bugs, but we’ve also optimized performance, improved gameplay mechanics, and balanced some key elements to make your castle-building and defense experience even better! 💥

• Resource spots now save and restore when loading/saving. Goodbye re-load resource exploit 🦴
  
• Brute charge attack has been improved for more devastating impact! 💪⚡
  
• Minions now find the closest resource spot they can reach, making resource gathering more efficient.
  
• Rocket artillery’s projectile trajectory and performance have been fine-tuned for a cooler "drunken rocket" behavior! 💥
  
• One-click upgrades for prefabs like windows and doors! 🏗️
  
• Prefab integrity checks optimized for smoother performance.
  
• Telekinesis ability is now more reactive! Grab and throw objects even faster! 🪄✨

• Friendly archers' range reduced by around 15% to balance the battlefield.
  
• Road now gives a sprinting speed boost, so you can sprint even faster on roads!

• Added confirmation prompt when deleting a profile—no more accidental deletions! 🔒

• Bomblings no longer become (occasionally) invincible after dying! 🦴
  
• Fixed player equipment visibility when controlling a trap—now it’s all about the traps!
  
• Blade Prison and other skills are now reliably activatable during the combat phase.
  
• Brutes no longer die from fall damage during their charge attack.
  
• Fixed falling kill zone being too high in Stygia—now you can dig all the way to the ground without dying.
  
• Pickup kiting issue when running past a pickup is now fixed.
  
• Iron pickups no longer get stuck inside the iron resource spots.
  
• Fixed wall upgrade ability missing the change grid size sound.
  
• Right Mouse Button no longer cancels digging volume abilities.
  
• Attached prefabs (banners or horizontal spikes) no longer block wall upgrades.
  
• Things no longer attach to banners unintentionally.
  
• Mid-Air Smash can no longer be activated from very low heights.
  
• Climbing and Mjolnir sounds now respect audio volume settings.
  
• Platoon follow/unfollow bug has been resolved—platoons behave as expected!
  
• Flying player pawn no longer takes damage from spikes while in building mode.
  
• Telekinesis projectile no longer lingers mid-air if hitting friendlies.

• Fire lights now have a more orange hue than yellow for a warmer, more atmospheric glow.

We’re also making great progress on our first content patch, and it’s going to be big! Here’s what you can expect:

1. Reworked building menu – Say goodbye to shuffling skills on your skill bar! A smoother, easier interface is coming.
   
2. New economic zones: Quarters and Barracks will increase your minion and platoon limits—more builders, more warriors!
   
3. Improved procedural level generation – Get ready for even more dynamic, unpredictable battlefields! 🌍
   
4. Platoon Command Tool – Easily reposition your platoons in the building phase or command them during the combat phase—tactical freedom at its best! 🔧⚔️

Do you have any issues with Castle Craft? Let us know & we will get it fixed as soon as possible 🔥

The Castle Craft Crew
Philipp, Marco, and Jonathan

Hey everyone,

In case you missed it - Castle Craft entered Early Access this week! Thank you all so much for the support and for the feedback so far! If you haven't yet, but would like to provide your feedback, join our Discord[discord.gg]! We’d love to hear your thoughts and see what you’ve been building!

To celebrate the launch, we have some amazing bundles lined up with our friends at Door 407, Blobfish, and Rogue Duck Interactive.

Our bundle with Diplomacy is Not an Option is live! Diplomacy is Not an Option is a base-building survival RTS with an active pause, taking place in a medieval fantasy setting, where your choices can decide the destiny of the world. The prequel and shareware for Diplomacy is Not an Option is also live as well so be sure to check that out!

We have a bundle with Brotato as well. Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens.

We also have a bundle with the recently released Kingdom’s Deck! Kingdom's Deck is a card-based city builder where you build and protect your Kingdom from the enemy siege.

-Marco, Philipp, Jonathan