War Swarms: News

Release v0.3.0

2017-12-01T06:37:20.000Z

The “send feedback” button now looks like other buttons on the page.
Each unit remembers its own input in the buy field when changing tabs. Previously, all units shared the same input.
- For example: buy 10 queens, then buy 100 drones, then select queens. There will now be a 10 in the queen’s input box; before this change there would’ve been a 100.
Fixed a bug with unit purchases/cost calculations and combat. There were a number of symptoms fixed here, but the most obvious: you can now spend larvae immediately after your first combat win/first hatchery looted.
The combat form now loads with your last zone selected.
The game should now use much less CPU when left idle.
Implemented zones 6 to 9 and the Overlord combat unit. Overlords improve your other soldiers’ hit points and attack power. Neither one is playable yet.

Release v0.2.1

2017-10-06T03:32:43.000Z

Fixed a crash when finishing combat without a chance to loot.
Fixed a bug that displayed unit-counts and unit-production incorrectly.
Fixed a display bug when deleting a character while disconnected.
Fixed combat remaining-chances-to-loot pluralization.
Fixed some issues with trailing slashes in urls.

Release v0.2.0

2017-10-02T03:55:27.000Z

New features since October 1, 00:00 UTC (dark-launched before this version):
- The new combat system
- Character creation screen and league infrastructure
- Unit visibility system - very advanced meat units are now hidden
Fixed the button that shows/hides the left-side navbar on small screens and mobile.
Added a big red error screen that should appear when something breaks.
Added a privacy policy with a Google Analytics opt-out.

October 1st’s launch went very well. Expect to see new features launched this way in the future. That is, changelogs and version-number timing will not match new-feature-is-visible timing, since code will be written and deployed well before it’s actually visible.

Release v0.1.6

2017-09-25T17:58:17.000Z

Firefox and Safari now work again. Oops.
Added a countdown timer until the next release.
Prepared a new character creation screen and league selection for release next month.
Minor text fixes.

Release v0.1.5

2017-09-24T03:56:39.000Z

Rankings now have nicer formatting.
The character list is now sorted most-recently-played-first, not oldest-first.
“Play” from the title screen now selects your last-played character, not your oldest.
Deleting a character now also deletes its rankings.
Hatcheries now show decimals for their production/sec, when needed.
Prepared better unit visibility for release next month.

Release v0.1.4

2017-09-23T16:57:37.000Z

Prepared a new combat system for release. It will be playable next month.
- During combat, swarmling-queens grow swarmlings over time, the same way drones grow meat.
- Swarmlings attack the enemy team every few seconds.
- Both teams begin combat with a lair. Destroy the enemy lair to win.
Version numbers look different. Every release will now change the version number, even very small releases with no changelog.
The “send feedback” form now includes version numbers.

Release v0.1.3

2017-09-10T03:42:38.000Z

Slightly prettier rankings page loading.
Better error handling. Specifically, rapidly entering combat will no longer break

Release v0.1.2

2017-09-05T02:50:14.000Z

Fixed the text color of the buy-unit button
Added some new debugging information
Added rankings for hatchery-count, zones-cleared, and achievement-count.
Added achievements for hatcheries-looted and zones-cleared.
Debug options should now always appear correctly.
Added links for combat/achievements/statistics when viewing another user’s character
Some invisible backend changes.

Release v0.1.1

2017-09-01T06:02:48.000Z

Automated tests no longer fail after a version change.

Release v0.1.0

2017-09-01T05:03:32.000Z

Added a placeholder combat system. It’s still very incomplete - expect changes.
Redesigned how the client loads data from the server. It’s now far more reliable.
Significant upgrades to the source code and developer tools. To name a few:
- Code’s now formatted automatically with prettier.
- Integrated flow‘s static type checking.
- Moved all text to one place, to prepare for translation/internationalization.
Lots and lots of other changes. I haven’t been keeping track since no one’s playing yet, but I’ve been busy, promise.

Release v0.0.4

2017-06-20T04:44:54.000Z

Fix changelog links.
Fix a minor login page bug.
Minor text fixes.

Release v0.0.3

2017-06-19T20:22:17.000Z

Changelog news posts should now correctly be categorized under ‘changelog’.
Better link colors.
Can now subscribe to news posts by tag, instead of all-news.
Prettier loading screen.

Release v0.0.2

2017-06-19T09:00:39.000Z

First release with a (working) version number. Playable, but no closed beta invites sent yet. Here be dragons.