Take a look at the new features, visual improvements and more in the trailer!

This update focuses on making the combat feel punchy, tighter and more rewarding, whilst altering how resources and population work along with brand new high tier Faction buildings, all combining to give more options when it comes to painting your civilisation across the Great Ursee.

Full patch notes:

● The Mancer Order have new top-tier buildings that house a lot more population, unlock if you install their leader, align with them, or have a Mancer population of 2500 and higher.
● The Mancer Order now have floodlights on some buildings as a flourish.
● The Mancer Order’s leader, ‘Lord Illuminator’, palace building has been improved.
● The Imperial Remnant have new top-tier buildings that house a lot more population, unlock if you install their leader, align with them, or have an Imperial population of 2500 and higher.
● The Imperial Remnant now have flags on some buildings as a flourish.
● The Bannerless have a new alternative second citadel type.
● Bannerless round walkways and foundations now have faction props.
● The Bannerless have new top-tier buildings that house a lot more population, unlock if you install their leader, align with them, or have a Bannerless population of 2500 and higher.
● The Bannerless now have flaming braziers on some buildings as a flourish.
New Mechanics
● Commanders and Captains unlocked within a scenario save are now available in free build.
● Demolishing buildings now recycles resources.
● Resource access is taken into consideration when workers build their houses.
● Workers will downgrade their houses if resource access is lost.
● Workers will upgrade their houses if resource access is gained.
● Special buildings give 40 splinters.
● All trade ships now give 1 splinter per journey, and merchant Princes give 30.
● Requirements for higher-tier houses are now more stringent (Stone cannot be built upon wooden foundations for instance)
● 1 splinter is given per population increase into your treasury.
● Splinters from trade and population growth can be added to your treasury from within the inventory or it’s automatically collected after dawn.
● Splinters from trade and population are shown separately in the inventory.
● Captains and Commanders from vassalised factions will work for you, but not if a rejected Captain is assigned to the same route.
● Turrets can be individually destroyed on a ship or airship.
● The ‘I’ key, LB or L1 buttons now open the inventory.
● The worker cost for command towers is now only applicable when a commander is installed. It is equal to the tower’s “power” and related to the number of units it spawns.
Balancing and Accuracy
● Late-game combat splinters should now always be at least 200 splinters.
● Hostile or neutral settlements have a reduced impact on trade-route security.
● Rebuilding surveyor cost has been reduced to 500 splinters.
● Speed and trigger distance have been increased for projectiles to improve accuracy/lethality.
● Unit amounts have been increased for most Commanders.
● Unit repair cost halved.
● Combat Captains have an increased impact on trade-route security.
● Traderoute length has an increased impact on trade-route security
● Ballistics prediction has been adjusted to aim tighter on the target (less predictive) to account for closer distances and higher projectile speed.
● Turrets re-acquire targets in front of their sights rather than general vicinity (less downtime).
● Turrets no longer fire when obstructed by friendlies.
● Turrets will engage with an enemy if it is firing directly at them (defend themselves).
● Enemy raid formations have been tightened to ensure that they stay closer together.
● Turrets part of a hostile settlement are double-checked as targets (prevent them from being targeted).
● Reduced the chance for Bannerless houses to spawn.
● Several Captains have expanded cargo manifests to help in managing large colonies.
● Unrest amongst factions will only lead to war if you have a sizeable war battlegroup, with the Bannerless being the easiest to trigger and Mancer the hardest.

● Improved readability on Steamdeck.
● Steamdeck starts with an increased UI scale.
● Twitch integration has been removed from Steamdeck.

● Horizon clipping is set further in the distance to prevent an ugly cutoff.
● Minor post-processing and sky colour changes.
● Increased bloom and AO a bit.
● Houses may sometimes have a tiny amount of tilt.

● The Soultree now has a golden colour when you align with a faction.
● Increased the size of the tier 1 pirate foundation.
● Skybridges no longer block ships from moving.
● Patrol units spawn higher up.
● Improved the Bannerless citadel foundations to spawn houses better.
● The Advisor now explains extractors when one is selected when resource flow mode is enabled and disabled.
● Ships are no longer blocked by small obstacles.
● Ships move to one side if near other ships.
● The scenario menu now fades out when exiting to the main menu.
● You cannot build for half a second after a menu to prevent accidental builds.
● Houses younger than 30 seconds cannot be de-populated or upgraded by the system.

● Trade posts no longer accidentally give resources without the appropriate Captain.
● Fixed that NPC settlement houses don’t despawn over time.
● Trade harbour connections no longer get removed when in the scenario menu.
● Fixed resources not being transported along pathways more than 20 towers away (due to trade routes for instance).
● The Advisor no longer pops up in the settings, controller, game help or Twitch menus.
Splinters aren’t shown or triggered in freebuild.
● Houses don’t upgrade or downgrade in free build dynamically.
● Removed some conflicts in the resource network, where superior resource access wasn’t given to a tower because it was closer to a lesser resource route.
● Prevented a half-working pause menu from appearing over the scenario selector menu
● The descriptive text of the inventory screen is now correct and shows text for all extractor types.
● Rewind animation in photo mode now doesn’t affect the population.
● Removed advisor saying “new units available” when the battlegroup is full.

That’s a lot of updates! Thank you all for your feedback from the evolving beta branch that helped shape this update – and we can’t wait to see what you create with this new sandbox!

Tomas will be looking to update the Evolving Beta branch with start of the next big ‘Naval Command’ update in the near future, we’ll let you know when you can dive in and see how The Ursee is getting even bigger! As always, continue to share your creations with us on all the socials, be sure to join Tomas Discord, and keep that feedback coming!

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The Bannerless Architecture Update Preview

Today we have a sneak peek into the Bannerless faction architecture update. Their settlements will look more cohesive and noticeably different than other factions. Changes will be available soon in the upcoming, free Architecture and Accuracy Update.

Bulwark Community Roundup 5

Bulwark players keep surprising us with screenshots they have made in recent weeks. Some have caught our eye in the last few days, so we wanted to share them with you. Look at those magnificent structures and great shots captured by the Steam Community.

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Today is a big update! We’re excited to share with you a preview of some of the great stuff that’s coming in the Architecture and Accuracy Update for Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles.

First of all, we want to remind everyone that can try those updates first via the Steam Beta patch. It’s a combination of a massive rebalance and systems refactor, mostly based on player feedback and some new top-tier buildings for the Imperial, Mancer and Bannerless factions. It’s best not to tell but show some of the changes as these are new buildings your population can build if they have acces to enough resources. Yes, your population will now take resources into account when building their houses and industry, with the topmost result being these larger “apartment building” scale buildings. On top of that the factions have gotten a few more flourishes to make them unique. Especially the Mancer and Bannerless, their settlements should look more cohesive and well “factional” with more differences. Mancers for instance have ominous ‘Minas Morgul’ style floodlights to enhance their already dark vibes. All the things you see in videos and screenshots are still under development.

You can briefly see all changes and content awaiting you in the upcoming update. Have a look at Tomas Sala update preview video:

The Bannerless gets an alternative citadel design just like the other factions in Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles already had:

Lighting settings are improved and expanded colour gradients:

The Imperial architecture will be enhanced too, with its top-tier buildings, larger scale and stronger interior spaces. Take a look at their settlements:

Also expect changes and upgrades in: Soul Tree, resources system, inventory, merchants, Gotham City-like buildings, and lots more reasons to use built-in photo mode!

We hope you enjoy this new update and perhaps have a think if you wanna try out the beta branch if you have bought Bulwark on Steam already!

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Patch notes:

– trade-posts don’t accidentally give resource back without the appropriate captain
– demolishing will recycle resources
– houses build on the inside of breakwater walls can be further away
– resource access is taken into consideration when people build their houses.
– requirements for higher tier houses are more stringent (stone cannot be build upon wooden foundations for instance)
– fixed that npc settlement houses don’t de-spawn over time
– suspension bridges and sky-ways won’t block ships
– your population will downgrade their houses if resource access is lost.
– your population will upgrade their houses if resource access is gained.
– rewind animation in photo-mode doesn’t affect population
– repair cost halved
– late game combat splinters should always be at least 200 splinters
– combat captains have increased impact on trade-route security
– hostile or neutral settlements have reduced impact on trade-route security
– trade-route length has improved impact on trade-route security
– rebuilding surveyor cost reduced to 500
– increased speed and trigger distance of projectiles to improve accuracy/lethality
– increased unit amounts from most commanders (edited)
– changed the ballistics prediction to aim tighter on the target (less predictive) to account for closer distances and higher projectile speed readability fixes for steamdeck
– patrol units spawn higher
– trade harbours connections would get removed in the scenario selection menu, now prevented
– soultree is gets golden color when it is your aligned faction|
– fixed resources not being transported along pathways more than 20 nodes (due to traderoutes for instance)
– turrets reacquire targets from in front of their sights, not general vicinity (less downtime)
– turrets don’t fire when obstructed by friendlies
– turrets will engage with an enemy if it is firing directly at them (defend themselves)
– turrets can individually be destroyed on a ship or airship
– tightened enemy raids to stay closer together
– turrets that are part of a hostile settlement are double checked as targets (prevent them not being targeted
– spawning population gives a splinter to your treasury
– removed advisor saying “new units available” when fleet is full
– investigate bannerless inbalance
– special buildings give 40 splinters
– any trade ship will give 1 splinter per journey, merchant princes give 30
– population splinters and trading splinters are added at dusk every day
– fixed a small disbalance where there was a slightly larger chance for bannerless houses to spawn
– splinters from trade and population growth can be accessed in the inventory or collected after dawn from the player citadel
– splinters from trade and population are shown separately in the inventory
– the descriptive texts of the inventory screen is now correct and shows text for all extractor types
– i or left shoulder button opens inventory
– advisor doesn’t pop up in settings , controller, game help or twitch menu
– commanders and captains unlocked in your scenario saves are available in freebuild
– splinters aren’t shown or triggered in freebuild
– houses don’t upgrade or downgrade in freebuild dynamically)
– some VOs regarding for instance businesses where never shown
– removed some conflicts in the resource network where superior resource access wasn’t given to a tower because it was closer to a lesser resource acces route that was closer
– changed ship pathing to never be be blocked by small obstacles and move aside if near other ships
– prevented a half working pause menu to appear over the scenario selector menu
– scenario selector menu now fades out when exiting to main menu
– unrest amongst factions will only lead to war if you have a sizeable warfleet, with pirates being the easiest to trigger and mancer the hardest
– minor post processing and sky color changes
– increased bloom and AO a bit
– houses may sometimes have a tiny amount of tilt
– several captains have expanded cargo manifests to help in managing large colonies
– captains and commanders from vassalized factions will always work for you
– prevented a half working pause menu to appear over the scenario selector menu
– scenario selector menu now fades out when exiting to main menu
– unrest amongst factions will only lead to war if you have a sizeable warfleet, with pirates being the easiest to trigger and mancer the hardest
– minor post processing and sky color changes
– increased bloom and AO a bit
– houses may sometimes have a tiny amount of tilt
– several captains have expanded cargo manifests to help in managing large colonies
– captains and commanders from vassalized factions will always work for you
– Mancer Order has new top tier houses/buildings that ar e larger and unlock if you gain their leader, their alignment or a mancer population of 2500 and higher
– Imperial Remnant has new top tier houses/buildings that ar e larger and unlock if you gain their leader, their alignment or a cancer population of 2500 and higher
– Bannerless have a new alternative citadel model
– increased the size of the tier1 pirate foundation

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AMD Pixel Award Europe 2024

We want to proudly announce that Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles has been nominated for AMD Pixel Award Europe 2024 in the BEST GAMEPLAY and BIG BANG! categories!

Our fingers are crossed for Tomas Sala and we send our congratulations to all the nominees and wish them the best of luck!

Pixel Heaven Games & Pop Culture Festival 2024 will take place on 7-9th June in Warsaw. More info: https://pixelheavenfest.com/en/

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Bulwark Community Roundup 4

Bulwark players keep surprising us with screenshots they have made in recent weeks. Some have caught our eye in the last few days, so we wanted to share them with you. Look at those magnificent structures and great shots captured by the Steam Community.

captured by Sachiel

captured by Grandmaster

captured by Brokenvegetable

captured by mkrootPL

captured by Final Cipher

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From the release on March 26th, Bulwark gets recent fixes, improvements, and free major updates. But from now on, you can be part of the evolution of Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles! Get access to early roadmap updates and help shape the future of the Great Ursee! Learn about the Beta, and the upcoming update in his latest Blog: http://bit.ly/4bLfY9C

If you don’t what’s Bulwark – here’s 60 seconds explanation recorded by the developer, Tomas Sala:

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About the game:

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What is in the update?

• Splinters: This shiny new currency is up for grabs when you take down enemies or stumble upon certain world events.
• Diplomatic Twist: Engage in new events that’ll test your diplomatic skills.
• Resource Management: Use those splinters to invest in additional extractors.
• Fresh Faces: Meet three new ships and their captains, all savvy in the art of trade.
• UI Upgrade: Navigate the Great Ursee with an all-new UI.
• Vassal Feature: Turn your defeated foes into ‘Vassals’ and expand your empire.
• Endgame Wonders: Visual and context updated.
• The updated Inventory screen allows players to trade the new currency Splinters for Resource Extractors and repair their battlegroup with Splinters.
• Declining to recruit captains now awards Splinters.
• The new animation plays when players place the Wonder for the first time.
• One of the “Merchant Princes” who award Splinters upon completion of a successful trade trip.

To mark the occasion, we’re slicing 20% off the price of the game and its Benedict Nichols composed soundtrack on Steam. It’s the perfect excuse for first-time builders to jump in or to recruit your friends to the cause.

Console gamers shouldn’t feel left out as the update will be coming to Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and PlayStation 4 on the 17^th of May, broadening your horizons and bringing more players into the fold.

This update is a first step in Tomas Sala’s commitment to the Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles roadmap for the coming year. And a big thank you to the creative community that has sprung up around the game. So, gear up, set your course, and let’s Build our Bulwark together.

Keep updated for more, and remember, in this vast oceanic world, your legacy is what create.

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Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles launched just last month, but it’s already getting its first in a series of sizeable updates as solo developer Tomas Sala shares the first look at Free DLC. Revealed as part of Wired Direct ‘24, Sala’s latest update will allow players to secure and spend fresh resources, while battles will now result in ‘splinters’, a form of plunder that players can seize from their enemies and put towards reshaping and revolutionising their own strongholds.

Check out the trailer here:

Set in the tempestuous seas of the Ursee, Bulwark has received a dedicated fan following with players creating homes for more than 100 million inhabitants in this war-torn world. Vast cities have sprung up across the ocean, with this city-building sandbox still having plenty more up its sleeve. If you haven’t experienced the creativity of Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles yet. You can find it here: https://wiredproductions.com/games/bulwark-falconeer-chronicles/#where-to-buy

Miss the full Wired Direct ‘24? Watch it here: http://wired.gg/WiredDirect

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From a surprise Nintendo Switch release to new game signings, gameplay reveals and the first look at a brand new VR venture that sees Wired collaborate with VR pioneers Just Add Water on an all-new, and deeply personal project  – Wired Direct was a celebration of indie games and their creators. 

Streamed on Twitch, YouTube and Billbilli globally, Wired Direct 24 gave viewers an exclusive look at a fascinatingly varied mix of genres from developers Pollard Studio, KeokeN interactive, Angry Demon Studios, LKA, Luminawesome Games, Tomas Sala, Just Add Water and Nosebleed Interactive.

Supported by partners such as Intel, Unity, Razer and more, the event was also co-streamed by PirateSoftware and also by hundreds of creators from the recently launched Wired Creator Collective program.

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Hello Surveyors!

Some Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles screenshots have caught our eye in the last few days, so we wanted to share them with you. Look at those magnificent structures and great shots captured by the Community. If you made nice looking shots from Bulwark, let us know in the comments and drop your screens on Steam Community, so you will be next to show off on Bulwark’s blog!

For now… enjoy the view!

See you in the Great Ursee!

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Bulwark Community Roundup 2!

About the game:

Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles is an open world builder with freedom and expression at its core, allowing players to build sprawling towns, spires, and fortresses that become hubs for trade, or rallying grounds for conquests.

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We have a jam-packed update coming out today for PlayStation, Xbox, Epic, and GOG.
The hours the community has spent in the Great Ursee and the feedback you have provided has been integral to this patch. Thank you.
Here is the full list of patch notes. Make sure to keep that feedback flowing on our Discord and Twitter!

author: kirshak

Guidance:

• Added text at the end of the tutorial end-screen to include prompts about extractors and the soultree.
• Added a tips and tricks section to the pause menu, which will be updated over time.
• Rearranged the Map/Soultree/Inventory menus to be more visible.
• Soultree button added to the pause menu.
• Inventory button added to the pause menu.
• The Soultree now shows locked Captains and Commanders.
• Freebuild now has a spoken intro.
• When an outpost or extractor is targeted by the enemy, a warning is given.

author: 芝草白薇

Feature Tweaks:

• Moved the command tower worker cost from above the towers to within the building overview UI.
• The max amount of tower floors in Freebuild is now always 20.
• If a faction is fully defeated, no more random combat events or big raids are spawned from them.
• Even if a Captain is unhappy with the dominant faction, he will still accept trade routes that connect to settlements of his own faction.
• Leaders can only be assigned if their faction is the dominant faction unless they’re near an embassy.
• Added additional map markers to the pool for giant settlements.
• Captains now show what they transport on the map even if you selected the endpoint.
• Opening/Closing the map no longer interupts the Advisor.

author: Sachiel

Balancing:

• Gun towers now have more hit points.
• Improved the range and safety impact of the lighthouse which now also affects endpoint harbors.
• Settlement defending parties have been buffed significantly with more units.
• Outposts and extractor hit points have been increased.
• Top level raids have increased in strength.
• Added more refugee encounters.
• Most resource areas now have a little more supply and range, especially wood.
• Hostile raid scenario setting now also controls shipping raids.
• Refugee outposts appear for longer now.
• Improved the rate at which additional Resource Extractors and Resource buff Commanders.

author: Tsuman

Bugs:

• Leaders don’t get removed if the dominant faction is one they dislike.
• Fixed when you save during the loss of a surveyor, you will now get a new one at load.
• Fixed when you try to assign Captains during the loss of a surveyor, the menu won’t lock.
• Fixed the menu overlap on max UI scale.
• Commanders now don’t infinitely spawn units if your battlegroup reaches its cap.
• Faction influence per building now correctly appears in the flow for command towers, harbors and outposts.
• The Bannerless capital airship now has a proper name.
• When an outpost or extractor is destroyed by the enemy, it’s connected walkways are now also destroyed.
• You can no longer wipe the tutorial progress even if you haven’t done anything.
• Removing a mawspring or Oberon’s gate will no longer grant you an outpost in your inventory.
• Prevented an exploit which allowed you to start with many units.
• Fixed selecting fast travel on the map when over another clickable item would prevent the button from being used.
• 10 Killcount achievement updated so it doesn’t unlock at 50.
• Friendly turrets cannot fire on your battlegroup.
• The encounter question mark won’t point to non existing locations.
• Fixed the Bannerless Captain who doesn’t’ transport people, so they now dislikes the Mancer rather than Imperials as expected.
• Fixed the Mawspring to be less destructive. It now only destroys buildings inside its safe zone, if demolished.
• Fixed that resource capacities don’t reset on load (free replenish).
• Fixed that some random encounters (resource masters and Atun) would go unresponsive because another had spawned.
• Fixed resource anamolies not spawning on the resources.
• Faction politics now reset if you reset a scenario.
• The surveyor remains responsive when switching to it amongst a large settlement section.
• Fixed that resource depletion turned off would deplete all resources.
• Skybridges can no longer end floating in air.

author: чипс нахуй

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