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HexLands is a turn-based, roguelike city builder set on procedural medieval islands. Grow your empire and adapt to harsh environments! Customize your deck, manage your resources, complete quests, and synergize perks! How far will your empire reach?

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v0.35.0 is out! Win FREE KEYS! New card mechanics, treasure chests and more!

23 Dec, 2024

Hi guys!

Not so long ago 0.35.0 was released, but I didn't post the patch notes because first I wanted to make a devlog :) Feel free to check it out here:

Before I would start listing the changes: I'm giving away 2 full release keys! :)

All you have to do is join my Discord server[discord.com] and say something in the #giveaway channel till the year ends!
But to make things a bit more interesting, you can double your chance: you just have to try HexLands and submit at least a bit valuable feedback through the ingame dialog. (If you also participate in the Discord giveaway, make sure to use your Discord handle in the contact field)

And now here are the changes:

Treasure chests which when claimed, offer you new cards into your deck. This way you have another type of objective on the islands and also deck building has a faster pace.
New card mechanics, with a few initial cards already added:

Per turn resource generators, so e.g. now you can build on a Forest either a classic Lumbercamp, or a Forester's Hut which gives you more lumber but over 5 turns.
Building converters, e.g. now you can upgrade Houses into Manors.
Demolish buildings to free up some space!
Buildings which provide bonuses based on nearby resource providers
Buildings which provide bonuses based on nearby population
Buildings which provide bonuses based on nearby tiles, e.g. water or mountains
Cards which give you a new card after using them, e.g. a Pasture gives you Manure.
Cards which can be only used on specific buildings, e.g. Manure gives you extra food if used on Wheat Fields.

Balancing & polishing existing cards, removed placeholder portraits
Gold is unlocked after the second isle: all isles offer gold using cards and with that towns also start generating gold on level up
Tile claiming visuals improved: slight UI improvements, and if the claiming is due to a new House that's being placed, the House card will be anchored to its future tile.
Island affixes are clearer to read: they are grouped into good and bad affixes, and within a group they are sorted by impact.
Specific error messages, so now you know why exactly you can't e.g. build on a tile
Map and card algorithm fixes and improvements
Now you can replay the tutorial
A toggle to confine cursor to the game's window
Tiles have tooltips when hovered and also increased resource tooltip visibility
And other various small features, polishes and fixes.

Now I think I'll stop adding new cards for a bit. Instead I'll gather some feedback on the ones just added while I start implementing a new level of progression, the final one, throughout a run. Hopefully development will fasten up a bit, now that I've lost my dayjob. ^^

As always, join my Discord server[discord.com], just hit me up and I'll grant you instant access to the playtest! I'd love to hear you feedback!

Thanks for reading, good luck with the giveaway and have a happy new year! :)
Tudvari a.k.a. Portgate Studios

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Ukrainian localisation

Hello. I’ve seen your game on Reddit. It’s look amazing. I just want to see how many people want to play your game with Ukrainian subs and find people who can help with translation into Ukrainian. Hope for the best.

Dmytro Joestarovych

31 Mar, 2023 @ 5:51am

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v0.34.0 is out! Overpopulation rewards, Trading Ports and more!

4 Nov, 2024

Hi guys!

Sorry for not posting earlier, but ~17 days ago 0.34.0 was released, but I was too lazy to post the patch notes.
The reason is that I immediately got a lot of feedback, and jumped into developing because I guess it's much more fun! ^^
But here are the changes, better late than never:

Reaching higher than the required population increases the starting resources of your next island!
- Now that highscore is no longer the goal of the game, it felt wrong that overachieving didn't give you anything.
- So now there are 3 tiers, which upon reaching, each gives more and more extra percentage of resources on your next island!
- This way if you are good at the game, you get rewards, but the rewards won't scale endlessly, so you won't feel like you have to optimize the hell out of the game. ^^
You no longer automatically carry over 10% of your resources to your next island.
Instead there is a new Trading Port building. Each time you build one, you'll increase the starting resources on your next island by a fixed, additive amount.
Updated the image of Fishing Hut.
Small balance changes and fixes.
Lots of DevOps improvements.
Updated the game's description accross the stores to indicate that the game is no longer highscore but a campaign oriented.

That's it, I know it ain't much, but a good step towards the right direction. And due to this delay of publishing the patch notes, I'm happy to announce that v0.35.0 is soon out with tons of new cards and card mechanics! They are going to increase the depth of the game tremendously! ^^

Can't wait to show you all the new stuff, and as always, join my Discord server[discord.com], just hit me up and I'll grant you instant access to the playtest! I'd love to hear you feedback!

Thanks for reading and have a nice week!
Tudvari a.k.a. Portgate Studios

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Mega Update: Deckbuilding, Island Affixes, Gold, New Cards and more!

27 Aug, 2024

Hi guys,

Long time no see, the last update was 5 months ago... Sorry for the long wait, let me tell you what happened... ^^

First, I "just" wanted to add a huge feature: choosing your next island! It wasn't just a quick feature, so it took some time. Thus as the weeks went by, unfortunately, I got out of the habit of releasing and iterating quickly. So when I finished the feature, seeing that I was already a bit late, instead of releasing, I thought: why not add another feature as a compensation? And everytime I finished something, I still had this mentality so I started developing the next feature. Well... and that's how 5 months quickly flew by! 😅

And with finally releasing this huge update, I'll let in the next wave of playtesters! Still, if you don't want to wait in the queue, and for a more open discussion, join my Discord server[discord.com]! :) Just hit me up and I'll grant you instant access! I'd love to hear you feedback!

Without further ado, here are the major changes:

Deckbuilding

Instead drawing cards from an "infinite deck", now you have a "regular" deck which in the beginning only contains the basic cards.
Collect cards, adapt to your luck and build synergy.
Each time your deck is out of cards, reshuffle it, select a new card and fill your hand to 5 cards!
Added a 6th tutorial level to teach the deck mechanics.

Choosing your next destination

After completing an island, you can choose your next destination!
Choose from 3 islands, all having random card rewards and affixes.
Maybe you'll find an island with cool cards but the affixes make it really hard... Or maybe you find a perfect island with both awesome affixes and great rewards!

New resource: Gold

Build Gold Mines or sell resources to get some gold! (new cards)
Once you acquire a card requiring gold, your town's level up grants you increasing amounts of gold.
You can buy resources or spend your gold to use some other cards.

New cards

Fill water tiles with soil, turning it into land! (even if there's a fishing hut on it)
Get some free supplies from the capital!
Claim tiles for your settlements without building a thing!
Plant forests! (even if the tile already has a building or some other resources)
And some more! (also don't forget the cards mentioned in the other sections!)
Feel free to suggest some card ideas! And keep in mind that some has placeholder art. :)

Better card drawing and starter hand

Drawing a card now lets you choose from 3 cards, but it costs more! Previously you had to frequently spam card selling and then card drawing. With this change it feels like it's no longer case. Also spending resources just to draw a bad card wasn't really good. This way most likely you'll be happy with at least one of them.
Rather than starting with just a single Town Hall, you now begin with 5 cards. One of these is a Settler's
Wagon, which essentially functions as a free Town Hall. This way you can see your initial cards, therefore you can make a better decision regarding your first settlement.

Other Changes:

Cards when selected are now attached to your cursor, instead of just being higher in your hand than the rest of the cards. While holding a card, the cursor is also highlighted with some visual effects.
New loading screen! It's been 2 years, so it sure needed to be improved.
Tile hovering is enhanced for the sake of better readibility: now highlighted hexes also rise from the ground!
Card drawing algorithm improvements, less chance to be unlucky! :)
If there aren't enough resources for something, the missing resources also flash on the resource panel. Also now only the missing amount is displayed in the error message.
Existing tutorials got a more immersive look and they teach the mechanics better.
Various other smaller fixes and polishes.

Once again, sorry for taking this long, I'll try to release the next feature a bit quicker! ^^ (Though a new WoW expansion has just come out, so who knooows... :| )

Feedbacks, bug reports are always welcome, good luck and have fun!

Cheers, Tibor a.k.a. Tudvari a.k.a. Portgate Studios

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