var tumblr_api_read = {"tumblelog":{"title":"The Watch","description":"We're Pocketwatch Games, creators of Monaco, Tooth and Tail, the Venture series, and an upcoming unannounced title","name":"pocketwatchgames","timezone":"US\/Pacific","cname":"blog.pocketwatchgames.com","feeds":[]},"posts-start":0,"posts-total":155,"posts-type":false,"posts":[{"id":"658445933462355968","url":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/post\/658445933462355968","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/post\/658445933462355968\/were-hiring-art-director-for-our-next-big-game","type":"regular","date-gmt":"2021-08-02 22:22:55 GMT","date":"Mon, 02 Aug 2021 15:22:55","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1627942975,"format":"markdown","reblog-key":"m4fRrJ3N","slug":"were-hiring-art-director-for-our-next-big-game","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"658445933462355968\" data-blog-name=\"pocketwatchgames\" id=\"like_button_658445933462355968\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_658445933462355968\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=pocketwatchgames&amp;post_id=658445933462355968&amp;color=black&amp;rk=m4fRrJ3N\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"like_toggle\" allowTransparency=\"true\" name=\"like_iframe_658445933462355968\"><\/iframe><\/div>","reblog-button":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/reblog\/pocketwatchgames\/658445933462355968\/m4fRrJ3N\" class=\"reblog_button\"style=\"display: block;width:20px;height:20px;\"><svg width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" fill=\"#000\"><path d=\"M5.01092527,5.99908429 L16.0088498,5.99908429 L16.136,9.508 L20.836,4.752 L16.136,0.083 L16.1360004,3.01110845 L2.09985349,3.01110845 C1.50585349,3.01110845 0.979248041,3.44726568 0.979248041,4.45007306 L0.979248041,10.9999998 L3.98376463,8.30993634 L3.98376463,6.89801007 C3.98376463,6.20867902 4.71892527,5.99908429 5.01092527,5.99908429 Z\"><\/path><path d=\"M17.1420002,13.2800293 C17.1420002,13.5720293 17.022957,14.0490723 16.730957,14.0490723 L4.92919922,14.0490723 L4.92919922,11 L0.5,15.806 L4.92919922,20.5103758 L5.00469971,16.9990234 L18.9700928,16.9990234 C19.5640928,16.9990234 19.9453125,16.4010001 19.9453125,15.8060001 L19.9453125,9.5324707 L17.142,12.203\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>","note-count":"0","tumblelog":{"title":"The Watch","name":"pocketwatchgames","cname":"blog.pocketwatchgames.com","url":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/","timezone":"US\/Pacific","avatar_url_512":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_512.png","avatar_url_128":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_128.png","avatar_url_96":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_96.png","avatar_url_64":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_64.png","avatar_url_48":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_48.png","avatar_url_40":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_40.png","avatar_url_30":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_30.png","avatar_url_24":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_24.png","avatar_url_16":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_16.png"},"regular-title":"We\u2019re Hiring: Art Director for our Next Big Game","regular-body":"<p><img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/yNAARz5.gif\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n\n<p>Send applications with a resume and portfolio to jobs@pocketwatchgames.com<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Job Description<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>Pocketwatch Games is looking for an Art Director that can imbue our wild and weird games with a unique visual style. We\u2019re looking for a visionary, a people person, and someone that likes to get their hands dirty.<\/p>\n\n<p>You will be establishing visual direction, working on production art, managing a small team, and working closely with our design and tech leads. You will be responsible for hiring additional artists as a member of the leadership team.  Our next game is in 3D and uses proprietary technology, so you will help shape and guide our technology team based on the needs of artists.<\/p>\n\n<p>We\u2019re a small team, so the more hats you can wear the better. You\u2019ll have a voice in all areas of development, including game design, business, technology, and production.<\/p>\n\n<p>This is a full-time remote position for individuals between the Pacific and Eastern Time Zones.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Minimum Qualifications<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul><li>10+ Years of game art experience<\/li>\n<li>Ability to lead a team of remote artists<\/li>\n<li>Experience with graphic design, including knowledge of typography, UX, and branding<\/li>\n<li>Deep understanding of 3D art pipelines<\/li>\n<li>Ability to contribute production art at all points in the game development cycle<\/li>\n<li>Online portfolio demonstrating a wide range of skills and a unique visual style<\/li>\n<\/ul><p>We\u2019re flexible on primary skillset: if you feel like you are a unique talent that can lead our art team in a way that doesn\u2019t perfectly match the description or qualifications above, please apply.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>About Pocketwatch Games<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>Pocketwatch Games is in the sweet spot between \u2018Indie\u2019 and \u2018AAA\u2019.  We\u2019re small enough that we can take risks and be weird, but big enough that we can make thrilling entertainment that wins awards and reaches millions of players. We\u2019ve been in business since 2005, producing games like the IGF Grand Prize winning Monaco: What\u2019s Yours Is Mine and the revolutionary gamepad-RTS Tooth and Tail.  We succeed where others haven\u2019t by taking risks, iterating, and building to a standard of polish that most indies can\u2019t achieve. Come join us!<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Perks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul><li>Comprehensive medical, dental, vision insurance<\/li>\n<li>401K<\/li>\n<li>Generous vacation policy<\/li>\n<li>Revenue share<\/li>\n<\/ul><p><em>We believe that our company and our art is improved by collaboration between a diverse team of creators.  If you share this perspective, we can\u2019t wait to meet you.<\/em><\/p>","tags":["jobs"]},{"id":"653353004666421248","url":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/post\/653353004666421248","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/post\/653353004666421248\/patch-18-season-6-precision-engineering","type":"regular","date-gmt":"2021-06-07 17:13:00 GMT","date":"Mon, 07 Jun 2021 10:13:00","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1623085980,"format":"markdown","reblog-key":"MKr70qfl","slug":"patch-18-season-6-precision-engineering","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"653353004666421248\" data-blog-name=\"pocketwatchgames\" id=\"like_button_653353004666421248\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_653353004666421248\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=pocketwatchgames&amp;post_id=653353004666421248&amp;color=black&amp;rk=MKr70qfl\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"like_toggle\" allowTransparency=\"true\" name=\"like_iframe_653353004666421248\"><\/iframe><\/div>","reblog-button":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/reblog\/pocketwatchgames\/653353004666421248\/MKr70qfl\" class=\"reblog_button\"style=\"display: block;width:20px;height:20px;\"><svg width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" fill=\"#000\"><path d=\"M5.01092527,5.99908429 L16.0088498,5.99908429 L16.136,9.508 L20.836,4.752 L16.136,0.083 L16.1360004,3.01110845 L2.09985349,3.01110845 C1.50585349,3.01110845 0.979248041,3.44726568 0.979248041,4.45007306 L0.979248041,10.9999998 L3.98376463,8.30993634 L3.98376463,6.89801007 C3.98376463,6.20867902 4.71892527,5.99908429 5.01092527,5.99908429 Z\"><\/path><path d=\"M17.1420002,13.2800293 C17.1420002,13.5720293 17.022957,14.0490723 16.730957,14.0490723 L4.92919922,14.0490723 L4.92919922,11 L0.5,15.806 L4.92919922,20.5103758 L5.00469971,16.9990234 L18.9700928,16.9990234 C19.5640928,16.9990234 19.9453125,16.4010001 19.9453125,15.8060001 L19.9453125,9.5324707 L17.142,12.203\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>","note-count":"0","tumblelog":{"title":"The Watch","name":"pocketwatchgames","cname":"blog.pocketwatchgames.com","url":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/","timezone":"US\/Pacific","avatar_url_512":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_512.png","avatar_url_128":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_128.png","avatar_url_96":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_96.png","avatar_url_64":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_64.png","avatar_url_48":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_48.png","avatar_url_40":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_40.png","avatar_url_30":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_30.png","avatar_url_24":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_24.png","avatar_url_16":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_16.png"},"regular-title":"Patch 1.8: Season 6 & Precision Engineering","regular-body":"<h1>Patch 1.8: Season 6 &amp; Precision Engineering<\/h1>\n\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/3kFoQ4U.png\" alt=\"Hopper and the scrap metal vendor\"\/>\nA new season starting with clean ranked leaderboards, a couple quality of life features and fixes regarding multiplayer games, and a few balance adjustments come with this patch. You&rsquo;ll also find some news about past\/current\/upcoming community events at the end of this announcement.<\/p>\n\n<h2>Ladder Reset<\/h2>\n\n<p>We have seen lots of familiar names in Season 5, but also some new players making it to the top of the ladder (in no particular order):\nNightSlayer, Kipo, Imari, Tatanka, Ploob, QQ, Trumpet, Melvinfro, Snake, The Gentleman, Arilou, mocaccino, Satoros, Tiki Gray, Pile, Big Pimpintosh, R22, Epicosity, James, and Meek have all made it past 1,000 points (hope I didn&rsquo;t miss anyone, you&rsquo;ve been rushing past me way too fast).<\/p>\n\n<p>Now we all go back to a fresh start. Have fun climbing the ladder, again, in Season 6, beginning now!\n(Or simply take a few steps and have a good time anywhere on that ladder.)<\/p>\n\n<h2>Balance Changes<\/h2>\n\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/EmBvBOb.gif\" alt=\"Mines build fast, but sell with a delay.\"\/>\nThese adjustments are mostly minor tweaks (Mole buff, Toad nerf, better counters against Barbed Wire), and a slightly bigger change to Mines, which are now faster to build, slower to sell, easier to reveal, and less efficient against units of higher tiers: That should shift their use towards offensive play, covering your retreat or protecting your siege and poke attacks.<\/p>\n\n<ul><li><strong>Commander:<\/strong> Reveals cloaked enemies after standing still for 1.6s (from 2s)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Toad:<\/strong> 9 HP (from 8 HP), 1x speed (from 1.3x), 2 single target damage (from 4)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mole:<\/strong> warren has 24 HP (from 18) and loses 2 HP (from 3) per Mole spawn; effectively increasing the durability of Mole warrens, and reducing the loss per Mole from 10 to 5 Food<\/li>\n<li><strong>Barbed Wire:<\/strong> 7 HP (from 14 HP), takes only 50% damage when touched; effectively making Wire more fragile against melee\/aoe attacks and during construction<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mine:<\/strong> 5s build time (from 10s), 2s sell time during which the Mine is revealed\/can be attacked; 8 single target damage (from 14), revealing that unit if it is cloaked\/can cloak<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2>Improvements and Fixes<\/h2>\n\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/npC6HSf.gif\" alt=\"Faster search, automated refresh\"\/><\/p>\n\n<ul><li><strong>Ranked matchmaking<\/strong> goes faster to full search range (14\/14, which means any rank in any region) and restarts automatically every 2 minutes (with full search range) to prevent your lobby and search from timing out. (There has been a bug that prevented you from finding a match after searching for too long without restarting the search - should be better now!)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hourly leaderboards<\/strong> don&rsquo;t get wiped completely when the next hour starts, only entries older than one hour disappear. (Thanks to pyro for significant help on this!) Also, the style of the &ldquo;Me&rdquo; filter changed, showing other players&rsquo; rank in relation to yours.<\/li>\n<li>Some players reported <strong>crashes in local FFA games<\/strong> due to a divide by zero error. I cannot reproduce that issue, but I changed something that will hopefully prevent this bug from occuring. (In case you&rsquo;ve had that issue: please tell me whether it actually got better with this patch!)<\/li>\n<li>Sometimes players started <strong>without a full deck in multiplayer<\/strong> games. This should no longer happen. It was a rare and irregular bug, though, so I cannot verify this is fixed 100% - please tell me if it still occurs!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Multiplayer on Mac<\/strong> has not been possible for a while due to some changes on the infrastructure TnT multiplayer is running on. but it&rsquo;s finally fixed!<\/li>\n<li>PS4 crossplay is temporarily disabled while we figure out some issues on that platform.<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2>Community Events<\/h2>\n\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/kzXEpTm.png\" alt=\"Four seasons of 21 Duels in 2021\"\/><\/p>\n\n<h3>Running<\/h3>\n\n<p>The &ldquo;Summer Open Lunch&rdquo; of the <strong>(20)21 Duels<\/strong> just started. It&rsquo;s a competitive play-at-your-own-pace series of games against &ldquo;bosses&rdquo;, each with their own special rules. <a href=\"https:\/\/21duels.delamarche.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">See all details here<\/a>\n\u200b\nThe <strong>TnT Dual Championship<\/strong>&rsquo;s grand finals will be streamed live, soon. This series of 2v2 matches has been interrupted due to the Mac multiplayer issue mentioned above, but now we are looking forward to see Premish vs MeekSlayer and Heartaru vs Satball in the semi-finals of the upper division, as well as SzenPaw (already qualified for finals) vs GEG (semi-), Gortoros or The Tatankas (quarter-finals) in the lower division - guess yourself who&rsquo;s in there or watch the finals to find out!\n\u200b\nTandordraco is now doing a show called <strong>TnTTalks<\/strong> on Twitch every other week, discussing various topics like tournaments, balance and meta with changing guests, showing highligths of recent games etc. - You can find it on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/tandordraco\/videos?category=491322\" target=\"_blank\">Twitch<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC_sgkzOCJ4b5NA363xQfdxw\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a>!\n\u200b\nKipo recently started a <strong>King of the Hill<\/strong> format: Players can claim a hill by winning a best of 5 match against a King of the Hill. There are four hills for different skill levels, and you can jump in or drop out at any time - just contact Kipo on the Pocketwatch Discord!\n\u200b<\/p>\n\n<h3>Past<\/h3>\n\n<p>The first season of the <strong>2021 TnT Championship<\/strong> ended in March, with these medal-grabbers: Meek (1st), Melvinfro (2nd), and The Gentleman (3rd) in Premier Division; Tatanka (1st), Kerpa (2nd), and Epicosity (3rd) in Intermediate Division; Leon (1st), Tandordraco (2nd), and Cavernus (3rd) in Beginner Division. Congrats to you, and thanks to everyone taking part in the Championship, as player, organizer, caster or viewer on Twitch!\n\u200b\nThe idea of <strong>TnT Clan Wars<\/strong> may have started as a joke, but eventually they also became a cool new tournament ending earlier this year, with Lizard Wizard Magic beating the Toad Road Gang for first place, and the Badger Missionaries in third place. Congrats and thanks to everyone involved!\n\u200b\nEnjoy and have a great feast!\nEELuminatus<\/p>","tags":["patch notes"]},{"id":"634690931188219904","url":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/post\/634690931188219904","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/post\/634690931188219904\/patch-171-vyeshal-ventures-this-patch","type":"regular","date-gmt":"2020-11-13 17:27:19 GMT","date":"Fri, 13 Nov 2020 09:27:19","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1605288439,"format":"markdown","reblog-key":"SqXC1kIe","slug":"patch-171-vyeshal-ventures-this-patch","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"634690931188219904\" data-blog-name=\"pocketwatchgames\" id=\"like_button_634690931188219904\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_634690931188219904\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=pocketwatchgames&amp;post_id=634690931188219904&amp;color=black&amp;rk=SqXC1kIe\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"like_toggle\" allowTransparency=\"true\" name=\"like_iframe_634690931188219904\"><\/iframe><\/div>","reblog-button":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/reblog\/pocketwatchgames\/634690931188219904\/SqXC1kIe\" class=\"reblog_button\"style=\"display: block;width:20px;height:20px;\"><svg width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" fill=\"#000\"><path d=\"M5.01092527,5.99908429 L16.0088498,5.99908429 L16.136,9.508 L20.836,4.752 L16.136,0.083 L16.1360004,3.01110845 L2.09985349,3.01110845 C1.50585349,3.01110845 0.979248041,3.44726568 0.979248041,4.45007306 L0.979248041,10.9999998 L3.98376463,8.30993634 L3.98376463,6.89801007 C3.98376463,6.20867902 4.71892527,5.99908429 5.01092527,5.99908429 Z\"><\/path><path d=\"M17.1420002,13.2800293 C17.1420002,13.5720293 17.022957,14.0490723 16.730957,14.0490723 L4.92919922,14.0490723 L4.92919922,11 L0.5,15.806 L4.92919922,20.5103758 L5.00469971,16.9990234 L18.9700928,16.9990234 C19.5640928,16.9990234 19.9453125,16.4010001 19.9453125,15.8060001 L19.9453125,9.5324707 L17.142,12.203\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>","note-count":"0","tumblelog":{"title":"The Watch","name":"pocketwatchgames","cname":"blog.pocketwatchgames.com","url":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/","timezone":"US\/Pacific","avatar_url_512":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_512.png","avatar_url_128":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_128.png","avatar_url_96":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_96.png","avatar_url_64":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_64.png","avatar_url_48":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_48.png","avatar_url_40":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_40.png","avatar_url_30":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_30.png","avatar_url_24":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_24.png","avatar_url_16":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_16.png"},"regular-title":null,"regular-body":"<h1>Patch 1.7.1: Vyeshal Ventures<\/h1>\n\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/BVqxPxs.png\" alt=\"Vyeshal Ventures\"\/><\/p>\n\n<p>This patch comes with three new languages (Ukrainian, Esperanto, and Dutch) as well as a couple of balance tweaks to make certain playstyles a bit more risky. Most importantly: Barbed Wire no longer heals and Mole Warrens even deteriorate, so they keep most of their strength, but you better make it count!\nSee all the details about this and some other, small improvements below.<\/p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/LNZiihU.gif\" alt=\"Mole Warren Deterioration\"\/><\/p>\n\n<h3>Multiplayer Balance<\/h3>\n\n<ul><li><strong>Pig:<\/strong> 18 HP (from 20 HP).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Toad:<\/strong> moves at the speed of regular units on roads (x1.3), on all terrain types.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mole:<\/strong> Warren to 18 HP (from 25 HP), and the Warren loses 3 HP whenever a Mole spawns from it.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chameleon:<\/strong> can attack immediately after uncloaking (from 0.25s delay).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Barbed Wire:<\/strong> 14 HP (from 16 HP), start building with 1 HP (from 2.5 HP).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Barbed Wire, Landmine, and Mole Warren:<\/strong> never regenerate HP.<\/li>\n<li><strong>All Structures:<\/strong> cure poison on themselves even outside territory (poison used to get cured only in territory).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stealth Reveal:<\/strong> Commander needs to stand still for 2s (from 1.2s). Changed visualization and audio. Enemy commanders will <strong>not<\/strong> see the highlighted tiles or hear the sound effect.<\/li>\n<\/ul><p><img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/BVqxPxs.gif\" alt=\"Scouting Visualization\"\/><\/p>\n\n<h3>Other Improvements and Fixes<\/h3>\n\n<ul><li>Shared replays now also work if they have been played on Workshop Maps.<\/li>\n<li>Mice no longer regenerate HP while being attacked (which was particularly bad in Story Mode missions where water heals, e.g. Sage Marro Speaks).<\/li>\n<li>Increased the impact of the difficulty slider for Awash in Solawa (Food gain per kill now depends on difficulty) and Vacancee Downfall (enemy has more\/less resources depending on difficulty).<\/li>\n<li>Fixed the localization of summoned unit names in Story Mode.<\/li>\n<\/ul><h3>Localization<\/h3>\n\n<p>The game can now also be played in Ukrainian, Esperanto, and Dutch!\nMany thanks to Anastasiia Vestel, Daria Titarova, Dina Dusha, Faina Zholobak, Lesia Ivashkevych, Maksym Zholobak, Roman Hardashuk, Tetiana Nepypenko, Viktoriia Farenyk, Vladyslava Niroda, Yaroslav Strigun (Ukrainian), and Vincent &ldquo;Babelismoj&rdquo; Oostelbos (Esperanto and Dutch).<\/p>\n\n<h3>Community News<\/h3>\n\n<p>End of July, the Tooth and Tail <strong>Championship 2020.2<\/strong> started with almost 60 players.\nIt ended in September with these winners:\n<strong>Premier division:<\/strong> Arilou (1st), The Gentleman (2nd), mocaccino (3rd)\n<strong>Intermediate division:<\/strong> Sulomon (1st), Trumpet (2nd), Satoros (3rd)\n<strong>Beginner division:<\/strong> elverdulerojorge (1st), Kin_Replica (2nd), Horus The Holy (3rd)<\/p>\n\n<p>Shortly after that, <strong>The Magnificent 21<\/strong> started: a team-based tournament with a lot of flavor, deck restrictions, and advantages for less experienced players.\nSee <a href=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/sharedfiles\/filedetails\/?id=2267446981\" target=\"_blank\">The Magnificent Gazette<\/a> for weekly reports on the tournament!\nIn the end, the Badger Brothers barely defeated the Kasha Agency in the Grand Finals!<\/p>\n\n<p>Mocaccino, the main organizer of the Championship, recently started a <strong>Pre-Season Cup<\/strong>, and more events are planned, e.g. another Boss Rush tournament (like 21 Duels), more seasons and spinoffs of the Championship as well as another 2v2 tournament early next year.\nJump into the <a href=\"http:\/\/discord.com\/invite\/pocketwatch\" target=\"_blank\">Discord server<\/a> to stay updated about these events!<\/p>\n\n<p>Enjoy!\nEELuminatus<\/p>","tags":["patch notes"]},{"id":"621284779058446336","url":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/post\/621284779058446336","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/post\/621284779058446336\/patch-17-qui-va-l%C3%A0-season-5","type":"regular","date-gmt":"2020-06-24 18:02:16 GMT","date":"Wed, 24 Jun 2020 11:02:16","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1593021736,"format":"markdown","reblog-key":"GKVrGwWA","slug":"patch-17-qui-va-l\u00e0-season-5","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"621284779058446336\" data-blog-name=\"pocketwatchgames\" id=\"like_button_621284779058446336\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_621284779058446336\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=pocketwatchgames&amp;post_id=621284779058446336&amp;color=black&amp;rk=GKVrGwWA\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"like_toggle\" allowTransparency=\"true\" name=\"like_iframe_621284779058446336\"><\/iframe><\/div>","reblog-button":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/reblog\/pocketwatchgames\/621284779058446336\/GKVrGwWA\" class=\"reblog_button\"style=\"display: block;width:20px;height:20px;\"><svg width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" fill=\"#000\"><path d=\"M5.01092527,5.99908429 L16.0088498,5.99908429 L16.136,9.508 L20.836,4.752 L16.136,0.083 L16.1360004,3.01110845 L2.09985349,3.01110845 C1.50585349,3.01110845 0.979248041,3.44726568 0.979248041,4.45007306 L0.979248041,10.9999998 L3.98376463,8.30993634 L3.98376463,6.89801007 C3.98376463,6.20867902 4.71892527,5.99908429 5.01092527,5.99908429 Z\"><\/path><path d=\"M17.1420002,13.2800293 C17.1420002,13.5720293 17.022957,14.0490723 16.730957,14.0490723 L4.92919922,14.0490723 L4.92919922,11 L0.5,15.806 L4.92919922,20.5103758 L5.00469971,16.9990234 L18.9700928,16.9990234 C19.5640928,16.9990234 19.9453125,16.4010001 19.9453125,15.8060001 L19.9453125,9.5324707 L17.142,12.203\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>","note-count":"0","tumblelog":{"title":"The Watch","name":"pocketwatchgames","cname":"blog.pocketwatchgames.com","url":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/","timezone":"US\/Pacific","avatar_url_512":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_512.png","avatar_url_128":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_128.png","avatar_url_96":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_96.png","avatar_url_64":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_64.png","avatar_url_48":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_48.png","avatar_url_40":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_40.png","avatar_url_30":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_30.png","avatar_url_24":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_24.png","avatar_url_16":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_16.png"},"regular-title":"Patch 1.7 : Qui va l\u00e0? (+Season 5)","regular-body":"<p><img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/5UFZgxG.png\" alt=\"patch1-6-2-0_header.png\" title=\"Qui va l\u00e0 ?\"\/><\/p>\n\n<p>French localization, the ability to reveal cloaked enemies, and a ladder reset - these are the headliners of this patch. We also threw some small balance tweaks in the mix, mainly to make poking and siege strategies stronger, and added a few minor fixes and features.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Season 5<\/h3>\n\n<p>All ranked points have been reset to zero, again, season 5 has started!\nEight players managed to get beyond 1000 points, this season:\nCongrats to Arilou, Gent, James, Imari, QQ, Melvinfro, Jakobi, and mocaccino!<\/p>\n\n<h3>Multiplayer Balance\/Gameplay Changes<\/h3>\n\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/uOPvlYG.gif\" alt=\"p1620_reveal.png\" title=\"Reveal cloaked enemies with your commander!\"\/><\/p>\n\n<ul><li><strong>Commander:<\/strong> After standing still for a short time, any other team&rsquo;s cloaked units and structures in a 3x3 area around the commander will be forced to uncloak for 1s. (Rallying allowed, burrowing resets the timer.) Visualization as seen in the GIF is off by default, but can be turned on in options (other).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Toad:<\/strong> Moves at the same speed on all kinds of terrain; still slowed down by Barbed Wire, Daze etc.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pigeon:<\/strong> 4 tiles range (from 3).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ferret:<\/strong> 6 DPS (from 5 DPS), 6 tiles vision range (from 5 tiles).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chameleon:<\/strong> 32 HP (from 34 HP).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Badger:<\/strong> Rev up in 5s (from 6s) and rev down in 3s (from 2s).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wolf:<\/strong> Buffs units for 10s (from 12s).<\/li>\n<li>**Fox:* 12 DPS (from 11 DPS), 25 HP (from 24 HP), 6 tiles vision range (from 5 tiles).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Barbed Wire:<\/strong> 16 HP (from 18 HP).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Landmine:<\/strong> Gets triggered at 1 tile distance, again (from 0 tiles = same tile), 16 damage against a single target (from 18), including 2 damage in a 3x3 area (unchanged).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Machinegun:<\/strong> 28 HP (from 24 HP).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Artillery:<\/strong> 6 tiles vision range (from 5 tiles).<\/li>\n<li>Lower max. amount of water on <strong>Old Mother Township<\/strong> maps.<\/li>\n<\/ul><h3>Localization<\/h3>\n\n<p>Thanks to The Gentleman, we can add another language to the game: <strong>French localization<\/strong> is now available!<\/p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/Utb3syE.png\" alt=\"p1620_zqsd.png\" title=\"French localization and better AZERTY support.\"\/><\/p>\n\n<p>Some players also notified me that the game partially handled keyboard inputs in a strange way: Despite using the correct localization in the menus, the game assumed a QWERTY layout as soon as you started playing. That issue is fixed, now. However, you might have to rebind your keys in case you are using an AZERTY layout (for example) with the original key mapping (WASD for movement).<\/p>\n\n<h3>Graphics Options<\/h3>\n\n<p>You can now make the <strong>Fog of War visible on your Minimap.<\/strong> In the Graphics Options, you&rsquo;ll see &ldquo;Fog of War on the Minimap&rdquo;. It is off by default, but can be turned on in Graphics Options.<\/p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/FFwCeCE.png\" alt=\"p1620_fowotmm.png\" title=\"Fog of War on the Minimap.\"\/><\/p>\n\n<p>Some systems have been heavily slowed down when certain <strong>lighting options<\/strong> (especially bloom) were active, allowing them to play only on low quality graphics. These lighting options will from now on only be active in high and ultra settings, so if they caused you any trouble, you can enjoy the lighting and shadows of the medium settings, instead of having to choose low quality.<\/p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/qSXCV5P.png\" alt=\"p1620_graphics.png\" title=\"Difference between high and ultra graphics quality.\"\/><\/p>\n\n<h3>Fixes<\/h3>\n\n<p><strong>Fragile Wire on Custom Maps:<\/strong> Barbed Wire placed next to decor assigned to a different faction* took way too much damage when touched. Only happened on custom maps, should be fixed, now.\n*) Faction-aligned decor is mostly useless, anyway, will no longer occur on new custom maps.<\/p>\n\n<p>Some (rare) crashes should be fixed, too - just keep telling me if something bad happens!<\/p>\n\n<h3>Community News<\/h3>\n\n<p>We&rsquo;ve had a couple of events since the last update, first of all the <strong>TnT Championship 2020.1<\/strong> - a league with three divisions (beginner, intermediate, premier) and over 50 participants. Well played, everyone!\nSince the Championship has been casted by different streamers over several weeks, we do not have a complete collection of all the matches, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCj08hbMppqzf8Bt7oMfM9JA\" target=\"_blank\">here are most of the (near) final games.<\/a> There will probably be a second installment of the Championship in autumn.<\/p>\n\n<p>We also had a continuation of Gent&rsquo;s famous series of tournaments with special rules, this time: <strong>The 21 Clues!<\/strong> All participants could gather and exchange information that helped them pick their targets in four challenges: smuggling contraband (Longcoats), raiding meat hoarders (Commonfolk), catching the assassin (KSR) or preparing the perfect feast, by cooking an enemy with a special &ldquo;recipe&rdquo; (Civilized). After catching the assassin and raiding the most meat, Arilou won over the three other finalists: Melvinfro, Mishi (best cooking), and Cyanide Trick (best smuggling).\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/videos\/649839862\" target=\"_blank\">The finals have been casted by Delthius and JetEriksen on ToothAndTailTV.<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>Delthius also recently celebrated the 100th Episode of his replay casting show <strong>The Feast<\/strong> (on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/toothandtailtv\" target=\"_blank\">ToothAndTailTV<\/a>, as well) with a wacky tournament, that allowed only Fox, Turret and Artillery Cannon in each player&rsquo;s deck.<\/p>\n\n<p>The <strong>next tournament is going to be the 2v2&rsquo;s Bizarre Adventure<\/strong>, on June 20th, 1pm EDT \/ 5pm GMT. Each team will consist of one experienced and one learning player, and the experienced player will be assigned one of several pre-defined &ldquo;bad decks&rdquo;&hellip; only their team mate can save them.\n<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1IdrjIHdvkuznr8sct537gupHNPwsaJJIuc3oevEUVfU\/edit\" target=\"_blank\">The comfortably short rules can be found here!<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>Salut et bonne bataille !\nEELuminatus<\/p>","tags":["patch notes"]},{"id":"612224553043820544","url":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/post\/612224553043820544","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/post\/612224553043820544\/patch-161-changing-times","type":"regular","date-gmt":"2020-03-10 17:53:52 GMT","date":"Tue, 10 Mar 2020 10:53:52","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1583862832,"format":"markdown","reblog-key":"EH6Nd8bc","slug":"patch-161-changing-times","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"612224553043820544\" data-blog-name=\"pocketwatchgames\" id=\"like_button_612224553043820544\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_612224553043820544\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=pocketwatchgames&amp;post_id=612224553043820544&amp;color=black&amp;rk=EH6Nd8bc\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"like_toggle\" allowTransparency=\"true\" name=\"like_iframe_612224553043820544\"><\/iframe><\/div>","reblog-button":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/reblog\/pocketwatchgames\/612224553043820544\/EH6Nd8bc\" class=\"reblog_button\"style=\"display: block;width:20px;height:20px;\"><svg width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" fill=\"#000\"><path d=\"M5.01092527,5.99908429 L16.0088498,5.99908429 L16.136,9.508 L20.836,4.752 L16.136,0.083 L16.1360004,3.01110845 L2.09985349,3.01110845 C1.50585349,3.01110845 0.979248041,3.44726568 0.979248041,4.45007306 L0.979248041,10.9999998 L3.98376463,8.30993634 L3.98376463,6.89801007 C3.98376463,6.20867902 4.71892527,5.99908429 5.01092527,5.99908429 Z\"><\/path><path d=\"M17.1420002,13.2800293 C17.1420002,13.5720293 17.022957,14.0490723 16.730957,14.0490723 L4.92919922,14.0490723 L4.92919922,11 L0.5,15.806 L4.92919922,20.5103758 L5.00469971,16.9990234 L18.9700928,16.9990234 C19.5640928,16.9990234 19.9453125,16.4010001 19.9453125,15.8060001 L19.9453125,9.5324707 L17.142,12.203\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>","note-count":"0","tumblelog":{"title":"The Watch","name":"pocketwatchgames","cname":"blog.pocketwatchgames.com","url":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/","timezone":"US\/Pacific","avatar_url_512":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_512.png","avatar_url_128":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_128.png","avatar_url_96":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_96.png","avatar_url_64":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_64.png","avatar_url_48":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_48.png","avatar_url_40":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_40.png","avatar_url_30":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_30.png","avatar_url_24":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_24.png","avatar_url_16":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_16.png"},"regular-title":"Patch 1.6.1: Changing Times","regular-body":"<h1>Patch 1.6.1.0: Changing Times<\/h1>\n\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/uTACAdn.png\" alt=\"Hyot!\"\/><\/p>\n\n<p>Most of the changes in this patch are rather subtle or even behind the scenes. Especially the balance changes are mostly about timing, e.g. allowing surprisingly quick Mole attacks and making it easier to get tier 3 units on the board. It should also lower the efficiency of the popular mass Falcon + Chameleon combo in the late game.<\/p>\n\n<p>On top of that:<\/p>\n\n<ul><li>some details have been improved (or fixed) about rally commands and map generation,<\/li>\n<li>the difficulty slider now has a bigger impact on the Civilized missions in the Story Mode,<\/li>\n<li>and some new possibilities have been added for modders.<\/li>\n<\/ul><p>The community also keeps organizing one event after the other: on top of the new monthly tournament on custom maps, a league for new and experienced players alike is about to start on March 13!\nSee more details below!<\/p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/WvJ2WVB.gif\" alt=\"First Moles can spawn immediately\"\/><\/p>\n\n<h3>Balance:<\/h3>\n\n<ul><li><strong>Mole:<\/strong> the first Mole of each warren spawns as soon as the warren is finished and the Mole is paid<\/li>\n<li><strong>Skunk:<\/strong> gas canisters hit within 0.4s (from 0.5s), even faster if the target is nearby<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chameleon:<\/strong> 0.5s recloak time (from 0.25s)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Falcon:<\/strong> shoots 12 bullets over 1.2s, then reloads for 1.8s (from: 10 bullets over 1s, reload for 1s), damage per bullet is still 1, DPS reduced to 4 (from 5)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Boar:<\/strong> 100 HP (from 110 HP)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tier 3 &amp; Artillery:<\/strong> 45s build\/production time (from 50s)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Flying over Gristmills:<\/strong> air units can no longer stay on top of a Gristmill, that means they can still move over it, but no longer rest or shoot there<\/li>\n<\/ul><h3>Commander Inputs:<\/h3>\n\n<ul><li>easier targeting against ground &amp; air units: if a ground unit and an air unit are on the same tile, you can target the air unit in the upper half of the tile, and the ground unit in the lower half<\/li>\n<li>fix a rare bug that caused some units to ignore the retreat command (hold rally without target)<\/li>\n<\/ul><p><img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/JkyzJXC.gif\" alt=\"Better targeting against air+ground armies.\"\/><\/p>\n\n<h3>Map Generation:<\/h3>\n\n<ul><li>improved fairness calculations<\/li>\n<li>inaccessible high ground cannot be as close to a player&rsquo;s spawn base as before<\/li>\n<\/ul><h3>Difficulty Slider (Story Mode):<\/h3>\n\n<p>Some players noticed that the <strong>3rd and 4th Civilized missions<\/strong> (Vacancee Downfall &amp; Sage Marro Speaks) were not sufficiently affected by the difficulty slider - very hard for new players, same old strategy for veterans. With this patch, the difficulty setting will get a much bigger impact on these missions. That means they will be a lot easier on low difficulty, but also more challenging on higher difficulty.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Modding Possibilities:<\/h3>\n\n<p>A few players already started working on Mods, but they want more power&hellip; and I&rsquo;m experimenting with new units\/balance, as well.\nThat&rsquo;s why I added support for a couple of mechanics that have not been used in the game, before:<\/p>\n\n<ul><li>fixed Food Crates placed in the Editor (they disappear when collected, but do not respawn automatically)<\/li>\n<li>added action to set production progress (Type=&ldquo;SetProductionProgress&rdquo;, Value of 0 means no progress, Value of 1 means production finished; used when a new Mole warren has been built)<\/li>\n<li>structures can have the property &ldquo;AirBlocking&rdquo;: if true, air units cannot stay on top of that structure (see the balance change &ldquo;Flying over Gristmills&rdquo;)<\/li>\n<li>structures can have the property &ldquo;BurrowTarget&rdquo;: if true, Commanders can burrow there like they can to Gristmills and Campfires<\/li>\n<li>added action &ldquo;SpawnStructure&rdquo; (used like the Owl&rsquo;s SpawnUnit; warning: will only happen when a structure can be spawned at that position and the owner has at least as much as the structure&rsquo;s cost of food in stock, even though the cost will not be automatically substracted from the food stock)<\/li>\n<\/ul><p><img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/sA5CbQG.gif\" alt=\"Structures can be spawned by actions.\"\/><\/p>\n\n<ul><li>if a structure that provides territory is destroyed, the territory bounds will be adjusted immediately (previously this only worked for Gristmills and Campfires; warning: does not (yet) work when the structure is sold!)<\/li>\n<li>heal\/stim behavior can be applied to structures<\/li>\n<li>new status effect &ldquo;status_blinded&rdquo; reduces the vision and attack range of affected units\/structures to a certain value (&ldquo;MaxBlindedRange&rdquo; in balance.xml)<\/li>\n<li>&ldquo;OutsideTerritory&rdquo; condition can be used to define the Scope of Events (= effectively the opposite of &ldquo;InTerritory&rdquo;, but used the same way)<\/li>\n<li>improved display of negative food generation (warning: if you reach negative food stocks, you won&rsquo;t see a minus sign; instead, the displayed number will simply turn red)<\/li>\n<\/ul><h3>Community News:<\/h3>\n\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/7wDL9Tl.gif\" alt=\"James' Royal Knights regained the upper hand.\"\/><\/p>\n\n<p>After several turns of events, the war of the <strong>21 Generals<\/strong> ended somewhat surprisingly. The faction led by (King) James, who emerged victorious from the last couple of events, initially struggled to defend their territory against the insurgents. As soon as the &ldquo;Royal Knights&rdquo; recollected, however, they conquered the biggest part of Vyeshal within a few weeks. The rebel armies surrendered, and battles between royalists and mercenaries ensued. One of James&rsquo; followers, Haru, eventually seized the opportunity to overthrow his leader. Rumor has it that James himself provoked this act of treason by wrongfully suspecting Haru of being a spy all the time. After Haru successfully usurped the over-cautious King, he even managed to beat the mercenary champion Arilou, and thus to end the war.<\/p>\n\n<p>In the meantime, a new monthly tournament called <strong>&ldquo;Vyeshal Kyawlnez&rdquo;<\/strong> has been established by JetEriksen this year: a 1v1 tournament on custom mirror maps - a good occasion to see rare, map dependent strategies, as well as some glorious cheese!<\/p>\n\n<p>This weekend, the Tooth and Tail <strong>Championship 2020.1<\/strong> will start: a new league, with beginner, intermediate, and premier divisions, that will last for several weeks. Currently about 60 players are signed up. The first battles will be casted March 13 to March 15 - time and channel of these (and other TnT streams) will as always be detailed in <a href=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/app\/286000\/discussions\/0\/1640915206466368885\/\" target=\"_blank\">this thread. <\/a>\n(Subscribe if you want to be notified!)<\/p>\n\n<p>Have fun!<\/p>\n\n<p>EELuminatus<\/p>","tags":["patch notes"]},{"id":"190182423521","url":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/post\/190182423521","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/post\/190182423521\/patch-16-as-you-like-it-season-4","type":"regular","date-gmt":"2020-01-10 19:32:59 GMT","date":"Fri, 10 Jan 2020 11:32:59","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1578684779,"format":"markdown","reblog-key":"DlhdsOJE","slug":"patch-16-as-you-like-it-season-4","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"190182423521\" data-blog-name=\"pocketwatchgames\" id=\"like_button_190182423521\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_190182423521\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=pocketwatchgames&amp;post_id=190182423521&amp;color=black&amp;rk=DlhdsOJE\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"like_toggle\" allowTransparency=\"true\" name=\"like_iframe_190182423521\"><\/iframe><\/div>","reblog-button":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/reblog\/pocketwatchgames\/190182423521\/DlhdsOJE\" class=\"reblog_button\"style=\"display: block;width:20px;height:20px;\"><svg width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" fill=\"#000\"><path d=\"M5.01092527,5.99908429 L16.0088498,5.99908429 L16.136,9.508 L20.836,4.752 L16.136,0.083 L16.1360004,3.01110845 L2.09985349,3.01110845 C1.50585349,3.01110845 0.979248041,3.44726568 0.979248041,4.45007306 L0.979248041,10.9999998 L3.98376463,8.30993634 L3.98376463,6.89801007 C3.98376463,6.20867902 4.71892527,5.99908429 5.01092527,5.99908429 Z\"><\/path><path d=\"M17.1420002,13.2800293 C17.1420002,13.5720293 17.022957,14.0490723 16.730957,14.0490723 L4.92919922,14.0490723 L4.92919922,11 L0.5,15.806 L4.92919922,20.5103758 L5.00469971,16.9990234 L18.9700928,16.9990234 C19.5640928,16.9990234 19.9453125,16.4010001 19.9453125,15.8060001 L19.9453125,9.5324707 L17.142,12.203\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>","note-count":"1","tumblelog":{"title":"The Watch","name":"pocketwatchgames","cname":"blog.pocketwatchgames.com","url":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/","timezone":"US\/Pacific","avatar_url_512":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_512.png","avatar_url_128":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_128.png","avatar_url_96":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_96.png","avatar_url_64":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_64.png","avatar_url_48":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_48.png","avatar_url_40":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_40.png","avatar_url_30":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_30.png","avatar_url_24":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_24.png","avatar_url_16":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_16.png"},"regular-title":"Patch 1.6: \"As You Like It\" + Season 4","regular-body":"<p><img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/N8uNj7o.png\" alt=\"img\"\/><\/p>\n\n<p>The year starts with a new version of Tooth and Tail!\nSeveral new features are focused on more customization and comfort.\nThe headliners are:<\/p>\n\n<ul><li>a <strong>difficulty slider<\/strong> for the campaign,<\/li>\n<li>and <strong>Steam Workshop Mod support<\/strong> for multiplayer.<\/li>\n<\/ul><p><img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/3iv0zR8.png\" alt=\"Imgur\"\/><\/p>\n\n<p>On top of that, the patch also comes with:<\/p>\n\n<ul><li>a <strong>ladder reset<\/strong> (Season 4),<\/li>\n<li>multiplayer <strong>balance changes<\/strong>,<\/li>\n<li>some fixes for multiplayer <strong>map gen<\/strong> issues,<\/li>\n<li>and a couple of smaller <strong>improvements &amp; bug fixes<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2>Difficulty Slider for Story Mode<\/h2>\n\n<p>You can now scale the difficulty of the campaign whenever you are on the Mission Briefing screen. 20% (lowest) should allow you to get past even the hardest missions, 180% (highest) is supposed to be challenging even for Tooth and Tail veterans. Note that leaderboard entries are only available for standard difficulty (100%), and speedruns as well as heroic achievements are not necessarily easier on reduced difficulty.<\/p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/hHP5G5k.gif\" alt=\"Imgur\"\/><\/p>\n\n<h2>Steam Workshop Support for Multiplayer<\/h2>\n\n<p>It&rsquo;s finally live! On Steam you can use the Workshop to upload and play Mods!\nMods can include balance changes, completely new units, weapon swaps and more&hellip; Try it! Go nuts!<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/sharedfiles\/filedetails\/?id=1934816955\" target=\"_blank\">Here&rsquo;s a guide<\/a> on how to do it!<\/p>\n\n<h2>Ladder Reset: Season 4<\/h2>\n\n<p>Seven players got past 1000 points on the ladder in Season 3, in this order:\nThe Gentleman, ThisGuy, Arilou, Haru, Legomann96, Imari, and James!\nCongrats!<\/p>\n\n<p>Now everyone gets back to their starting position and the new season begins!<\/p>\n\n<h2>Multiplayer Balance Changes<\/h2>\n\n<p><strong>All the changes in a nutshell:<\/strong>\nToad, Pigeon, Mole nerf; minor nerfs to Skunk, Cham and Snake (daze); Boar and Badger buffs; cheaper (&amp; weaker) Barbed Wire; kind of a Landmine nerf; general Daze nerf (stacking; starts weaker, maxes like before); randomized spawn Farm positions.<\/p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/UrTXeVy.gif\" alt=\"Imgur\"\/><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>All the juicy details:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul><li><strong>Toad:<\/strong> 8 HP (from 9 HP), 2 damage in aoe (from 3), 4 direct (from 3), direct damage with 2x structure crit (from no crit)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pigeon:<\/strong> 3 HP (from 4 HP), 2s cooldown and healing duration (from 1s)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mole:<\/strong> 12 HP (from 14 HP)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Skunk:<\/strong> 5s gas duration (from 6s)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chameleon:<\/strong> 34 HP (from 36 HP)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Snake:<\/strong> Daze effect is slowly stacking (see below)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Boar:<\/strong> Boar bomb has 2 tile radius = Lizard range (from 1 tile = melee\/Toad)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Badger:<\/strong> 64 HP (from 60 HP)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Barbed Wire:<\/strong> 10 Food cost (from 20 Food), 18 HP (from 28 HP), 2 DPS (from 4 DPS), slowdown to 0.4x speed (from 0.2x speed), 0.25s sell time<\/li>\n<li><strong>Landmine:<\/strong> triggers only if a unit is on the same tile (from 1 tile radius = adjacent tiles), Daze effect is slowly stacking (see below)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Daze:<\/strong> slowdown by 10% per stack (i.e. 2 stacks slow down to 0.8x normal speed), max. daze slowdown is 0.6x (needs 4 stacks)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Farms:<\/strong> spawn positions are randomized (again)<\/li>\n<\/ul><p><strong>Map Gen Improvements<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul><li>Fairness calculation overhauled (mostly based on type, accessibility, and elevation level of expansions per player\/team).<\/li>\n<li>Cabins are guaranteed to spawn out of range of a spawn Gristmills&rsquo; farms.<\/li>\n<li>In 2v2, no player can spawn closer to an enemy than to a teammate.<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2>Convenience Improvements, Fixes, Other<\/h2>\n\n<ul><li>You can now access Options (e.g. volume, controls&hellip;) without leaving an unranked lobby or the ranked queue.<\/li>\n<li>Crashes in\/before the first campaign mission should no longer happen if the Cinematic is disabled.<\/li>\n<li>Fixed some translations and unit descriptions.<\/li>\n<li>Editor no longer crashes when trying to create a new map on Linux (affected only some systems, maybe also Mac).<\/li>\n<li>Commander portraits on the victory screen are positioned correctly, again (opposing factions no longer overlap after 2v2 etc.)<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2>Community News<\/h2>\n\n<p>The 21 Generals event has started! In the pre-season tournaments last weekend, the three faction leaders have been decided:<\/p>\n\n<ul><li>Jakobi for The Legion (red),<\/li>\n<li>Mishi for the Penal Squad (green),<\/li>\n<li>James for the Royal Knights (blue) - because he prevailed in the last two installments of the 21 Duels.\nA total of 18 faction players and 12 mercenaries will fight for dominance in Vyeshal over the next few weeks. \nSee <a href=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/app\/286000\/allnews\/\" target=\"_blank\">the last announcement<\/a> for more details on this event!<\/li>\n<\/ul><p><strong>Today<\/strong>, the 10th of January, starting at 6:00 PM EST, a one-shot adventure of the <strong>Vyeshal RPG<\/strong> will be played and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/toothandtailtv\" target=\"_blank\">streamed live on ToothAndTailTV on Twitch<\/a>. Rumor has it that a well-known Mole and cheese connoisseur might be joining the party. Will his engineering skill be sufficient to make scout mines work, or will he screw up the whole team? Tune in and find out!<\/p>\n\n<p>&ndash;\nHave fun!\nEELuminatus<\/p>","tags":["patch notes"]},{"id":"188495860931","url":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/post\/188495860931","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/post\/188495860931\/monaco-complete-edition-for-the-nintendo-switch","type":"regular","date-gmt":"2019-10-21 16:03:33 GMT","date":"Mon, 21 Oct 2019 09:03:33","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1571673813,"format":"markdown","reblog-key":"mRAav5MP","slug":"monaco-complete-edition-for-the-nintendo-switch","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"188495860931\" data-blog-name=\"pocketwatchgames\" id=\"like_button_188495860931\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_188495860931\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=pocketwatchgames&amp;post_id=188495860931&amp;color=black&amp;rk=mRAav5MP\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"like_toggle\" allowTransparency=\"true\" name=\"like_iframe_188495860931\"><\/iframe><\/div>","reblog-button":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/reblog\/pocketwatchgames\/188495860931\/mRAav5MP\" class=\"reblog_button\"style=\"display: block;width:20px;height:20px;\"><svg width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" fill=\"#000\"><path d=\"M5.01092527,5.99908429 L16.0088498,5.99908429 L16.136,9.508 L20.836,4.752 L16.136,0.083 L16.1360004,3.01110845 L2.09985349,3.01110845 C1.50585349,3.01110845 0.979248041,3.44726568 0.979248041,4.45007306 L0.979248041,10.9999998 L3.98376463,8.30993634 L3.98376463,6.89801007 C3.98376463,6.20867902 4.71892527,5.99908429 5.01092527,5.99908429 Z\"><\/path><path d=\"M17.1420002,13.2800293 C17.1420002,13.5720293 17.022957,14.0490723 16.730957,14.0490723 L4.92919922,14.0490723 L4.92919922,11 L0.5,15.806 L4.92919922,20.5103758 L5.00469971,16.9990234 L18.9700928,16.9990234 C19.5640928,16.9990234 19.9453125,16.4010001 19.9453125,15.8060001 L19.9453125,9.5324707 L17.142,12.203\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>","note-count":"1","tumblelog":{"title":"The Watch","name":"pocketwatchgames","cname":"blog.pocketwatchgames.com","url":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/","timezone":"US\/Pacific","avatar_url_512":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_512.png","avatar_url_128":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_128.png","avatar_url_96":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_96.png","avatar_url_64":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_64.png","avatar_url_48":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_48.png","avatar_url_40":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_40.png","avatar_url_30":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_30.png","avatar_url_24":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_24.png","avatar_url_16":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_16.png"},"regular-title":null,"regular-body":"<p>Monaco: Complete Edition for the Nintendo Switch is OUT NOW!  Head to the eShop and download it!<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"vid-box\"><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s_0kQW7Qdkc\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p>A little background on why this may be the perfect platform for the game:<\/p>\n\n<p>I originally conceived of Monaco as a console game way back in October of 2009.  It was written in XNA, and at first it was a very small project that I intended to release on the Xbox 360&rsquo;s indie game store, where self-publishing was allowed.  Here&rsquo;s what it looked like back then:<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"vid-box\"><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lFnc6Fdhs2k\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p>Surprising everyone, Monaco won the Grand Prize in the 2010 Independent Games Festival when it was just 15 weeks into development.  I decided that the indie game store on XBLA was too small-fry for an IGF-winning game, but you needed to have a publisher to bring the game to the main XBLA storefront.  So I brought it to Microsoft for a publishing deal where it was promptly rejected, saying that the visuals were offputting.  So I went back into a work-hole for 6 months to improve the visuals and this is where I ended up:<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"vid-box\"><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YVMKILbEEcA\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p>I brought it back to Microsoft again and was rejected again.  Not one to be defeated, I engaged my friends over at Empty Clip Studios to port the game to their in-house engine so I could bring the game to the PS3 instead.  Sony, to their credit, was interested.  I had the contract sitting on my desk, ready to sign, on the day of the infamous hack of PSN.  PSN went down for a week, and it was my impression at the time that their audience never really recovered.  So I decided to go look for a third party publisher to help me get the game onto the Xbox after all.  This is when Majesco approached us while demoing the game at PAX.  They would publish the game on the Xbox 360 while I would retain publishing rights on PC\/Mac\/Linux.<\/p>\n\n<p>But the game development gods had more surprises in store for us.  Two days before our launch day I started getting reports from reviewers that online games on the Xbox were disconnecting almost immediately.  With the help of Microsoft engineers, we discovered that packet size limitations were different on their development network than on their live production network.  I was forced to delay our XBox launch until the issue was fixed.<\/p>\n\n<p>On April 24th, 2013, the game came out on Steam.  We got incredible reviews from all the major publications.  We had great sales numbers.  But the game didn&rsquo;t come out on the Xbox until April 27th.  The Xbox missed the launch hype.  And like with many online games, if your community numbers falter, the community dies entirely.  The PC version sold around 1.7 million copies.  The console version&hellip; far less.<\/p>\n\n<p>Despite all the effort undertaken to get the game onto a console, despite the couch being the perfect place to play the game, Monaco on XBLA had flopped.<\/p>\n\n<p>While I dreamed of bringing it to a handheld system in subsequent years, in particular the PS Vita, my experience with Xbox made me gunshy about spending the time and money.  But the community of players around the Steam version continued to grow, with some players into the thousands of hours in the game.<\/p>\n\n<p>And so, when the Switch was announced, it seemed like the perfect second chance for a console platform.  Nintendo is known for their couch multiplayer games, the portability of the system is a dream, and our audience is hungry for another trip to Monaco.  Sickhead Games, the guys responsible for the PS4 port of Tooth and Tail, helped us port it.  And now it&rsquo;s out.<\/p>\n\n<p>Monaco, good luck on the respawn!<\/p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/GIQTFII.jpg\" alt=\"Monaco Header\"\/><\/p>","tags":["monaco switch nintendo"]},{"id":"188364457546","url":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/post\/188364457546","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/post\/188364457546\/monaco-coming-to-the-nintendo-switch-monday","type":"regular","date-gmt":"2019-10-15 13:58:01 GMT","date":"Tue, 15 Oct 2019 06:58:01","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1571147881,"format":"markdown","reblog-key":"oAAYUOjp","slug":"monaco-coming-to-the-nintendo-switch-monday","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"188364457546\" data-blog-name=\"pocketwatchgames\" id=\"like_button_188364457546\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_188364457546\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=pocketwatchgames&amp;post_id=188364457546&amp;color=black&amp;rk=oAAYUOjp\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"like_toggle\" allowTransparency=\"true\" name=\"like_iframe_188364457546\"><\/iframe><\/div>","reblog-button":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/reblog\/pocketwatchgames\/188364457546\/oAAYUOjp\" class=\"reblog_button\"style=\"display: block;width:20px;height:20px;\"><svg width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" fill=\"#000\"><path d=\"M5.01092527,5.99908429 L16.0088498,5.99908429 L16.136,9.508 L20.836,4.752 L16.136,0.083 L16.1360004,3.01110845 L2.09985349,3.01110845 C1.50585349,3.01110845 0.979248041,3.44726568 0.979248041,4.45007306 L0.979248041,10.9999998 L3.98376463,8.30993634 L3.98376463,6.89801007 C3.98376463,6.20867902 4.71892527,5.99908429 5.01092527,5.99908429 Z\"><\/path><path d=\"M17.1420002,13.2800293 C17.1420002,13.5720293 17.022957,14.0490723 16.730957,14.0490723 L4.92919922,14.0490723 L4.92919922,11 L0.5,15.806 L4.92919922,20.5103758 L5.00469971,16.9990234 L18.9700928,16.9990234 C19.5640928,16.9990234 19.9453125,16.4010001 19.9453125,15.8060001 L19.9453125,9.5324707 L17.142,12.203\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>","note-count":"1","tumblelog":{"title":"The Watch","name":"pocketwatchgames","cname":"blog.pocketwatchgames.com","url":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/","timezone":"US\/Pacific","avatar_url_512":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_512.png","avatar_url_128":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_128.png","avatar_url_96":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_96.png","avatar_url_64":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_64.png","avatar_url_48":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_48.png","avatar_url_40":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_40.png","avatar_url_30":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_30.png","avatar_url_24":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_24.png","avatar_url_16":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_16.png"},"regular-title":"Monaco coming to the Nintendo Switch Monday October 21","regular-body":"<p>I&rsquo;ve been asked the question countless times&hellip; &ldquo;Is Monaco coming to the Switch?&rdquo; &ldquo;When is Monaco gonna be on the Switch?&rdquo; &ldquo;Please wink at me if Monaco is coming to the Switch.&rdquo;\n.\n.\n.\n.<\/p>\n\n<p>Well&hellip;<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"vid-box\"><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s_0kQW7Qdkc\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p>Monaco is coming to the Switch.  I&rsquo;m calling it Monaco: Complete Edition because it comes with all the post-launch content added to the PC version after launch: A Survival campaign, detailing the origin stories of each of the thieves, a brutal Epilogue campaign that ties up the loose ends of the epic heist story, and a zombie mode, allowing you to play through the entire game again with the guards replaced by a variety of brain-eating zombies.<\/p>\n\n<p>We&rsquo;ve got Sickhead Games to thank for the port (the guys responsible for the PS4 port of Tooth and Tail).  They did an amazing job.<\/p>\n\n<p>The Switch version supports couch co-op, local networked play (multiple devices playing on a local network over wifi), and of course online play.  Play with controller in any configuration, including one player on each joy con.<\/p>\n\n<p>If you are press and you want a review copy, please reach out to me via twitter at @PocketwatchGames or @AndySchatz.  And for everyone else, get ready for MonacoMonday on Monday, October 21st!<\/p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/GIQTFII.jpg\" alt=\"Monaco Header\"\/><\/p>","tags":["monaco","nintendo","switch"]},{"id":"187536556971","url":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/post\/187536556971","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/post\/187536556971\/patch-151-hard-times-for-the-little-guys","type":"regular","date-gmt":"2019-09-06 17:44:16 GMT","date":"Fri, 06 Sep 2019 10:44:16","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1567791856,"format":"markdown","reblog-key":"NlYq5Ox8","slug":"patch-151-hard-times-for-the-little-guys","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"187536556971\" data-blog-name=\"pocketwatchgames\" id=\"like_button_187536556971\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_187536556971\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=pocketwatchgames&amp;post_id=187536556971&amp;color=black&amp;rk=NlYq5Ox8\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"like_toggle\" allowTransparency=\"true\" name=\"like_iframe_187536556971\"><\/iframe><\/div>","reblog-button":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/reblog\/pocketwatchgames\/187536556971\/NlYq5Ox8\" class=\"reblog_button\"style=\"display: block;width:20px;height:20px;\"><svg width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" fill=\"#000\"><path d=\"M5.01092527,5.99908429 L16.0088498,5.99908429 L16.136,9.508 L20.836,4.752 L16.136,0.083 L16.1360004,3.01110845 L2.09985349,3.01110845 C1.50585349,3.01110845 0.979248041,3.44726568 0.979248041,4.45007306 L0.979248041,10.9999998 L3.98376463,8.30993634 L3.98376463,6.89801007 C3.98376463,6.20867902 4.71892527,5.99908429 5.01092527,5.99908429 Z\"><\/path><path d=\"M17.1420002,13.2800293 C17.1420002,13.5720293 17.022957,14.0490723 16.730957,14.0490723 L4.92919922,14.0490723 L4.92919922,11 L0.5,15.806 L4.92919922,20.5103758 L5.00469971,16.9990234 L18.9700928,16.9990234 C19.5640928,16.9990234 19.9453125,16.4010001 19.9453125,15.8060001 L19.9453125,9.5324707 L17.142,12.203\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>","note-count":"0","tumblelog":{"title":"The Watch","name":"pocketwatchgames","cname":"blog.pocketwatchgames.com","url":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/","timezone":"US\/Pacific","avatar_url_512":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_512.png","avatar_url_128":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_128.png","avatar_url_96":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_96.png","avatar_url_64":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_64.png","avatar_url_48":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_48.png","avatar_url_40":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_40.png","avatar_url_30":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_30.png","avatar_url_24":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_24.png","avatar_url_16":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_16.png"},"regular-title":"Patch 1.5.1: Hard Times for the Little Guys","regular-body":"<p><img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/uRWFhP4.png\" alt=\"Patch 1.5.1\"\/>\nThe Distillery Brothers aka &ldquo;Squirrels&rdquo; have probably been the most reliable unit type in Multiplayer for a long time. Especially when defending on top of their own warrens, Squirrels often defeated even superior armies. Their safety is now going to be compromised by reducing the tankiness of cheap warrens and generally making mid-game units (tier 2) more of a threat to the small ones.<\/p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/Qs80spD.gif\" alt=\"squirrels\"\/><\/p>\n\n<p>Also in this patch:<\/p>\n\n<ul><li>Fine-tuning of random map generation,<\/li>\n<li>Changes to the ranked point system,<\/li>\n<li>And a couple of smaller convenience fixes\/impovements (mostly in the UI and menues).<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2>Ranked<\/h2>\n\n<p>Unlike the the Squirrels, new players on Ranked should have an easier time in the future:<\/p>\n\n<p>Previously, players on the top of the ladder risked to lose a lot of points against low level players. This was meant as a benefit to new players, but also made players at higher ranks play somewhat merciless if they wanted to protect their points. From now on, point gains\/losses will be rather low for matches with big rank differences, so the higher-ups can relax and take a more playful approach (e.g. using crazy\/random decks), thus letting newer players have more fun, and learn to take their chances.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>New ladder score system:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>Rank\/Points<\/p>\n\n<ul><li>+6\/9   (from 80)<\/li>\n<li>+5\/12 (from 78)<\/li>\n<li>+4\/17 (from 74)<\/li>\n<li>+3\/24 (from 68)<\/li>\n<li>+2\/30 (from 60)<\/li>\n<li>+1\/24 (from 50)<\/li>\n<li>+0\/20 (from 40)<\/li>\n<li>-1\/18 (from 30)<\/li>\n<li>-2\/15 (from 16)<\/li>\n<li>-3\/8   (unchanged)<\/li>\n<li>-4\/4   (from 5)<\/li>\n<li>-5\/2   (unchanged)<\/li>\n<li>-6\/1   (unchanged)<\/li>\n<\/ul><p>We intend to regularly reset the ladder in the future (at least on PC), letting players race to the top again and again.<\/p>\n\n<p>Going back to this patch after a new season started will no longer reset ranked points.<\/p>\n\n<p>For Windows users: If you tab out of the game while queueing on ranked, the minimized game&rsquo;s icon will now start flashing as soon as you find a match. (Not yet possible on Linux &amp; Mac, sorry!)<\/p>\n\n<h2>Discord &amp; Linux\/Mac<\/h2>\n\n<p>Discord Matchboard entries now also get reported from Linux &amp; Mac.<\/p>\n\n<p>Discord rich presence is now working on Linux (is already working on Mac and Windows PCs).<\/p>\n\n<h2>Menus<\/h2>\n\n<ul><li>&ldquo;Random&rdquo; map type option is back in unranked\/offline lobbies.<\/li>\n<li>Replays of games played on new Editor maps are working now (Workshop maps have already been working).<\/li>\n<li>In order to make existing Editor maps compatible with the replay function, just load and save it, again, or open the map&rsquo;s XML file and change the source tag from Random to Editor. The second trick also works on existing replays.<\/li>\n<li>Steam users can now be subscribed to an unlimited amount of Workshop maps. (Old limit: 50.)<\/li>\n<li>Fixed english ingame description (lore) for Drill Sergeant Volkov and some trait info.<\/li>\n<li>Small convenience improvements and fixes in menus.<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2>Map Generation<\/h2>\n\n<ul><li>Bases generally offer more warren spaces, especially on maps with a lot of water. They can also have more organic-looking surroundings, from now on.\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/nbYGwzw.gif\" alt=\"new terrain\"\/><\/li>\n<li>Improved map fairness calculation: Distances between spawn bases and expansions should be more equal. Especially pocket expansions count as a massive advantage in fairness calculation, now.<\/li>\n<li>Slighty increased minimum distance of cabins from spawn Gristmills.<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2>Multiplayer Balance Changes<\/h2>\n\n<p><strong>Squirrel<\/strong> - needs to stand still for a total of 0.25s in order to shoot, so poking and retreating becomes more viable against Squirrels, and they become slightly less efficient in large numbers. To be precise: 0.1s cast time (from 0s), 0.9s cooldown (from 1s), 0.15s movement cooldown (from 0s).<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Toad<\/strong> - small buffs to make them more useful, again, especially when microed deep into the enemy army: 9 HP (from 7 HP), 4x structure crit (from 6x) in whole aoe (has been from center tile only), 0.1s fuse time (from 0.25s), +3 damage on their actual target (from 0).<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Pigeon<\/strong> - range 3 (from 4), duration 1s (from 2s), cooldown 1s (from 2s), will only stack 3 heals per tier (additional heals will increase only duration; pigs count as t2, mice as t1). Prevents some rare\/weird behavior, e.g. 15 HP\/s on a single Squirrel, while the Badger slowly dies.\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/ule7Ade.gif\" alt=\"pigeon\"\/><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>All t2 units<\/strong> (Ferret, Falcon, Skunk, Chameleon, Snake) - will push away units of lower tiers when rallied on top of them. This makes micro management of t2 much more reliable.\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/QdomVQc.gif\" alt=\"t2\"\/><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Skunk<\/strong> - 30 HP (from 28 HP), gas duration 6s (from 5s).<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Boar<\/strong> - 4x Crit against structures (from 6x Crit).<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Fox<\/strong> - 22 damage per shot (from 20 damage), 0.4s cast time (from 0.2s), 0.2s root time (from 0.4s), makes better control possible.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Barbed Wire<\/strong> - 4 DPS (from 2 DPS, both to enemies and to itself), especially makes melee units less efficient against wire.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Bullet Hive<\/strong> - 24 HP (from 28 HP), 6 DPS (from 5 DPS).<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Balloon<\/strong> - 6 aggro range (from 8 aggro range), reverting a change from last patch that sometimes resulted in strange behavior (not shooting at enemies when it could). Will shoot Commanders normally, again.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Tier 1 Warren<\/strong> - 36 HP (from 50 HP).<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Tier 3 Warren<\/strong> - 64 HP (from 50 HP).<\/p>\n\n<h2>Community News<\/h2>\n\n<p>Many thanks to the whole community for the preparation of this patch, providing data, testing features and balance changes etc.<\/p>\n\n<p>Thank you also for continuously organizing events, participating in them and\/or streaming the game!<\/p>\n\n<p>We&rsquo;ve recently had an amazing series of battles, called the &ldquo;12 Duels Challenge&rdquo;, with more than 30 participants, streamed in 16 Episodes.<\/p>\n\n<p>Our weekly Pocketbot Cups are now taking place three times each Monday, and we&rsquo;re about to see a small 2v2 tournament becoming yet another frequent event each Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n<p>On 15th September we&rsquo;ll see the next big event: A &ldquo;New VS Old&rdquo; Tournament, which will show us who are the best players of all times. Streamed on: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/wittypun7\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/wittypun7<\/a>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/t2Lsxhe.png\" alt=\"old vs new\"\/><\/p>\n\n<h2>Steam only:<\/h2>\n\n<p>At least two big mods are in the making, also introducing new units and structures - and we intend to add Workshop support for customizations like that in future patches.<\/p>","tags":["patch notes"]},{"id":"185775281706","url":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/post\/185775281706","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/post\/185775281706\/patch-15-long-live-tooth-and-tail-season-3","type":"regular","date-gmt":"2019-06-22 18:32:16 GMT","date":"Sat, 22 Jun 2019 11:32:16","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1561228336,"format":"markdown","reblog-key":"QlCfdAmV","slug":"patch-15-long-live-tooth-and-tail-season-3","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"185775281706\" data-blog-name=\"pocketwatchgames\" id=\"like_button_185775281706\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_185775281706\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=pocketwatchgames&amp;post_id=185775281706&amp;color=black&amp;rk=QlCfdAmV\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"like_toggle\" allowTransparency=\"true\" name=\"like_iframe_185775281706\"><\/iframe><\/div>","reblog-button":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/reblog\/pocketwatchgames\/185775281706\/QlCfdAmV\" class=\"reblog_button\"style=\"display: block;width:20px;height:20px;\"><svg width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" fill=\"#000\"><path d=\"M5.01092527,5.99908429 L16.0088498,5.99908429 L16.136,9.508 L20.836,4.752 L16.136,0.083 L16.1360004,3.01110845 L2.09985349,3.01110845 C1.50585349,3.01110845 0.979248041,3.44726568 0.979248041,4.45007306 L0.979248041,10.9999998 L3.98376463,8.30993634 L3.98376463,6.89801007 C3.98376463,6.20867902 4.71892527,5.99908429 5.01092527,5.99908429 Z\"><\/path><path d=\"M17.1420002,13.2800293 C17.1420002,13.5720293 17.022957,14.0490723 16.730957,14.0490723 L4.92919922,14.0490723 L4.92919922,11 L0.5,15.806 L4.92919922,20.5103758 L5.00469971,16.9990234 L18.9700928,16.9990234 C19.5640928,16.9990234 19.9453125,16.4010001 19.9453125,15.8060001 L19.9453125,9.5324707 L17.142,12.203\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>","note-count":"0","tumblelog":{"title":"The Watch","name":"pocketwatchgames","cname":"blog.pocketwatchgames.com","url":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/","timezone":"US\/Pacific","avatar_url_512":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_512.png","avatar_url_128":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_128.png","avatar_url_96":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_96.png","avatar_url_64":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_64.png","avatar_url_48":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_48.png","avatar_url_40":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_40.png","avatar_url_30":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_30.png","avatar_url_24":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_24.png","avatar_url_16":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_16.png"},"regular-title":"Patch 1.5: Season 3 (and an Eel slipping into the dev team)","regular-body":"<p><img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/RpwHESD.png\" alt=\"Patch 1.5.0.0 Season 3\"\/><\/p>\n\n<p>While Andy has shifted his daily focus to streaming development of Pocketwatch&rsquo;s next game (Monday-Friday on the <a href=\"http:\/\/twitch.tv\/pocketwatch\" target=\"_blank\">Pocketwatch twitch channel<\/a>), Tooth and Tail shall live on! EELuminatus (you might have seen him playing with Lizards or advertising his mods) will be working on Tooth and Tail patches from now on. A new season has begun\u2026<\/p>\n\n<h2>Ladder Reset<\/h2>\n\n<p>Some players started to feel lonely on the top of the ranked ladder, some wanted to experience the thrill of fighting their way up, again - so we put everyone back to the bottom. Happy climbing!<\/p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/IZMa0Co.gif\" alt=\"Season 3\"\/><\/p>\n\n<p>If the ladder reset hits you just before you managed to complete the ranked achievements: No worries! We just happened to add alternative ways to get them\u2026<\/p>\n\n<h2>Alternative Ways to Obtain Multiplayer Achievements<\/h2>\n\n<p>Some achievements required players to win (lots of) ranked games, which could make them very hard to get. Now there are alternative ways to unlock these achievements, all possible in unranked and offline matches against 1-2 CPU opponents.<\/p>\n\n<ul><li>Agitator: Win a 1v1 against a medium CPU.<\/li>\n<li>Rabble Rouser: Win a 1v1 against a medium CPU.<\/li>\n<li>Militant: Win a 1v1 against a hard CPU.<\/li>\n<li>Firebrand: Win a 2v1 against two medium CPUs.<\/li>\n<li>Hero of the Hungry: Win a 2v1 against two hard CPUs.<\/li>\n<li>The Great Provider: Win a 2v1 against two brutal CPUs.<\/li>\n<li>Fury of the Feast: Win a 2v1 against two ruthless CPUs.<\/li>\n<li>Deadbones: Win a 1v1 against a ruthless CPU in less than 5 minutes.<\/li>\n<\/ul><p>(You can only get these achievements on generated maps, not on editor\/workshop maps!)<\/p>\n\n<h2>Multiplayer Balance Changes<\/h2>\n\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/p5T0evx.gif\" alt=\"Snek\"\/><\/p>\n\n<p>As a result of mods made and tested by the community, a couple of multiplayer balance changes is coming with this patch. Probably the most important changes in a  nutshell are: Toads, Moles and Landmines get nerfed; Chameleons, Boar and Drumfire Cannon get buffed; Snake poison wears off outside territory, but slows down enemies  while it lasts.<\/p>\n\n<p>Now, here are all the juicy details:<\/p>\n\n<ul><li><strong>Daze<\/strong> - Only slows down movement (slowed down the whole simulation, including attack speed, before). This change makes mines less crippling in fights.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Focus Fire<\/strong> - Can be used for a structure (group), e.g. for letting only your Balloons focus the incoming Badger (not the pigeons) or making your Drumfire Cannon shoot directly at the opponents\u2019 Mill (not the Pigs).<\/li>\n<\/ul><p><img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/FBjgA1r.gif\" alt=\"Focus Fire\"\/><\/p>\n\n<ul><li><strong>Mole<\/strong> - 2 DPS, 3x crit (from 3 DPS, 2x crit), same power against structures, less against units.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Toad<\/strong> - 7 HP, 3 damage, 6x crit (from 8 HP, 4 damage, 4x crit); structure crit only affects one tile, in the center of the explosion (applied crit to all structures in the aoe, before); aggro 3 tiles from own position (has been 2 tiles from rally point). They lose some of their power, but now they go after Lizards even if they are unattended.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chameleon<\/strong> - 36 HP (from 30 HP); 0.25s stealth entry time (from 0.5s)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Skunk<\/strong> - 28 HP (from 32 HP); cannot target Commander (could target Commander, before)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Snake<\/strong> - poison is cured 5s after last attack regardless of territory (used to be cured only inside own territory and lasted forever outside territory); poison slows down movement (Daze)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Boar<\/strong> - 6x damage against structures (from 2x damage against structures)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Badger<\/strong> - 60 HP (from 65 HP)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fox<\/strong> - 24 HP (from 25 HP)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Barbed Wire<\/strong> - slows down movement speed by 80% (from 75%)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Landmine<\/strong> - 4 HP (from 8 HP); 3s Daze duration (from 2s Daze duration), but only slows down movement, not attack speed<\/li>\n<li><strong>Balloon<\/strong> - does not target Commander if enemy units are nearby (within a radius of 8 tiles)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Artillery<\/strong> - 28 DPS (from 20 DPS)<\/li>\n<\/ul>","tags":["patch notes"]},{"id":"180839776321","url":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/post\/180839776321","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/post\/180839776321\/patch-140-pigs-workshop","type":"regular","date-gmt":"2018-12-05 22:29:49 GMT","date":"Wed, 05 Dec 2018 14:29:49","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1544048989,"format":"markdown","reblog-key":"huVLKMK6","slug":"patch-140-pigs-workshop","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"180839776321\" data-blog-name=\"pocketwatchgames\" id=\"like_button_180839776321\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_180839776321\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=pocketwatchgames&amp;post_id=180839776321&amp;color=black&amp;rk=huVLKMK6\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"like_toggle\" allowTransparency=\"true\" name=\"like_iframe_180839776321\"><\/iframe><\/div>","reblog-button":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/reblog\/pocketwatchgames\/180839776321\/huVLKMK6\" class=\"reblog_button\"style=\"display: block;width:20px;height:20px;\"><svg width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" fill=\"#000\"><path d=\"M5.01092527,5.99908429 L16.0088498,5.99908429 L16.136,9.508 L20.836,4.752 L16.136,0.083 L16.1360004,3.01110845 L2.09985349,3.01110845 C1.50585349,3.01110845 0.979248041,3.44726568 0.979248041,4.45007306 L0.979248041,10.9999998 L3.98376463,8.30993634 L3.98376463,6.89801007 C3.98376463,6.20867902 4.71892527,5.99908429 5.01092527,5.99908429 Z\"><\/path><path d=\"M17.1420002,13.2800293 C17.1420002,13.5720293 17.022957,14.0490723 16.730957,14.0490723 L4.92919922,14.0490723 L4.92919922,11 L0.5,15.806 L4.92919922,20.5103758 L5.00469971,16.9990234 L18.9700928,16.9990234 C19.5640928,16.9990234 19.9453125,16.4010001 19.9453125,15.8060001 L19.9453125,9.5324707 L17.142,12.203\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>","note-count":"2","tumblelog":{"title":"The Watch","name":"pocketwatchgames","cname":"blog.pocketwatchgames.com","url":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/","timezone":"US\/Pacific","avatar_url_512":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_512.png","avatar_url_128":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_128.png","avatar_url_96":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_96.png","avatar_url_64":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_64.png","avatar_url_48":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_48.png","avatar_url_40":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_40.png","avatar_url_30":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_30.png","avatar_url_24":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_24.png","avatar_url_16":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_16.png"},"regular-title":"Patch 1.4.0: Swine\u2019s Workshop","regular-body":"<p><img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/IDIWQyM.gif\" alt=\"Editor\"\/><\/p>\n\n<p>Save some room after your holiday meals, you&rsquo;ll need it for all the meat in this patch!  Sweeping balance changes, as designed and requested by the community &ndash; including Moles that are built from warrens (instead of individually) abd Landmines that apply a Daze effect.  The Level Editor is now live and custom maps are playable online and offline.  And new multiplayer features like Neutral Cabins guarding the campfires and healing water for those nasty multiplayer burns.  Incoming!<\/p>\n\n<h2>Features<\/h2>\n\n<p><strong>Editor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>The Level editor we used to create the Story Mode hubs is now available for making multiplayer maps!  Custom maps can be played online via Steam Workshop (Steam only) or offline (all platforms except PS4).<\/p>\n\n<p>Build the balanced map you&rsquo;ve always dreamed of and say goodbye to the whims of RNGesus!<\/p>\n\n<h2>Gameplay<\/h2>\n\n<p>Massive changes to some core design incoming!  High level players have long complained about Campfires creating too much imbalance and reducing player choice.  So we made them into cabins that have a neutral defender that must be killed before claiming!<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Campfires are now Cabins<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/QFDvytz.gif\" alt=\"Cabins\"\/>\nWhen I originally designed the campfires, this is always what I intended for them to be: civilian pigs holed up in cabins out in the wilderness that you kill and cook on a spit.  The cabin resident has a gun that shoots once per second for 3 damage.  Once the cabin is destroyed, you must still spend 60 food to light the campfire.  Campfires can be extinguished and re-lit just as before.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Change your Deck size<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/lF7rt4O.gif\" alt=\"VariableDeckSize\"\/>\nYou can now battle with up to 9 unit types, or as few as 1!  Try out vs battles with the original 3 units we designed the game around: squirrel, ferret, and bullet hive.<\/p>\n\n<p>Also:<\/p>\n\n<ul><li><strong>Water heals<\/strong> in multiplayer - 1 HP per second, even outside territory.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Water slows to 60%<\/strong> in multiplayer - (was 50%).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Super Random Decks<\/strong> Random decks now choose 1 tier 1 unit and then fill the remaining slots with entirely random selections.<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2>Balance Changes<\/h2>\n\n<p>Some sweeping changes to unit balance, as researched and tested by our community!  Aside from the headline Mole and Landmine changes, one subtle but interesting change is that short range units now also have a slightly shorter aggro range, preventing them from getting pulled and sniped quite so easily.<\/p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/klohbl1.gif\" alt=\"Moles\"\/><\/p>\n\n<ul><li><strong>Mole<\/strong>- Now spawns from a single tile warren, which can be built anywhere.  Up to 3 moles can spawn from the warren, like any other Tier 1 unit.  Mole Warren has 25 HP.  Mole now has 14 HP, 3 DMG, 6 DMG to structures (was 21\/2\/5).  Aggro range is 3 (was 4).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lizard<\/strong>- 8 HP (was 7).  Aggro range of 3 (was 4)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Squirrel<\/strong>- 0 second cast time, 1 second cooldown (was 0.25, 0.75).  Removed movement freeze (was 0.25 seconds)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Toad<\/strong>- 8 HP, 4 DMG to all affected units, 16 DMG to structures (was 7HP, 12 DMG to target, 3 DMG to AOE, no structure crit).  Aggro range of 3 (was 4)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chameleon<\/strong>- 8 DMG\/30 HP (was 6\/40).  Stealth Entry\/Exit time is now 0.5\/0  seconds (was 0.25\/0.25). Aggro range of 2 (was 4)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Skunk<\/strong>- 32 HP (was 29)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Snake<\/strong>- 0 second movement freeze after attacking (was 0.25)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Boar<\/strong>- 110 HP (was 100)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fox<\/strong>- 20 DMG per shot (was 24)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Balloon<\/strong>- 14 DMG\/20 HP (was 15\/30).  Visibility of 12 tiles (was 10).  Fires every 2 seconds (was 3)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Landmine<\/strong>- 8 HP, 18 Single target DMG, 2 DMG AOE  (was 5 HP, 12 AOE DMG). Explosion radius 2 tiles (was 1.75).  Activation time is 0.25 seconds (was 0.4)  Applies a 1 second daze to all affected units that reduces attack\/movement speed to 60%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","tags":["patch notes"]},{"id":"176282472666","url":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/post\/176282472666","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/post\/176282472666\/patch-130-story-mode-standard-seeds","type":"regular","date-gmt":"2018-07-26 00:25:30 GMT","date":"Wed, 25 Jul 2018 17:25:30","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1532564730,"format":"markdown","reblog-key":"iDvJxHdf","slug":"patch-130-story-mode-standard-seeds","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"176282472666\" data-blog-name=\"pocketwatchgames\" id=\"like_button_176282472666\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_176282472666\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=pocketwatchgames&amp;post_id=176282472666&amp;color=black&amp;rk=iDvJxHdf\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"like_toggle\" allowTransparency=\"true\" name=\"like_iframe_176282472666\"><\/iframe><\/div>","reblog-button":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/reblog\/pocketwatchgames\/176282472666\/iDvJxHdf\" class=\"reblog_button\"style=\"display: block;width:20px;height:20px;\"><svg width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" fill=\"#000\"><path d=\"M5.01092527,5.99908429 L16.0088498,5.99908429 L16.136,9.508 L20.836,4.752 L16.136,0.083 L16.1360004,3.01110845 L2.09985349,3.01110845 C1.50585349,3.01110845 0.979248041,3.44726568 0.979248041,4.45007306 L0.979248041,10.9999998 L3.98376463,8.30993634 L3.98376463,6.89801007 C3.98376463,6.20867902 4.71892527,5.99908429 5.01092527,5.99908429 Z\"><\/path><path d=\"M17.1420002,13.2800293 C17.1420002,13.5720293 17.022957,14.0490723 16.730957,14.0490723 L4.92919922,14.0490723 L4.92919922,11 L0.5,15.806 L4.92919922,20.5103758 L5.00469971,16.9990234 L18.9700928,16.9990234 C19.5640928,16.9990234 19.9453125,16.4010001 19.9453125,15.8060001 L19.9453125,9.5324707 L17.142,12.203\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>","note-count":"1","tumblelog":{"title":"The Watch","name":"pocketwatchgames","cname":"blog.pocketwatchgames.com","url":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/","timezone":"US\/Pacific","avatar_url_512":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_512.png","avatar_url_128":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_128.png","avatar_url_96":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_96.png","avatar_url_64":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_64.png","avatar_url_48":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_48.png","avatar_url_40":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_40.png","avatar_url_30":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_30.png","avatar_url_24":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_24.png","avatar_url_16":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_16.png"},"regular-title":"Patch 1.3.0: Story Mode Standard Seeds & Leaderboards","regular-body":"<p><img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/2oeL6CW.jpg\" alt=\"Patch 1.3.0\"\/><\/p>\n\n<p>HUGE Story Mode patch &ndash; we&rsquo;ve now got a Standard, non-random campaign and leaderboards!  Players can choose to play Standard, Random, or with a Custom Seed.<\/p>\n\n<p>When playing Standard, you can compete on leaderboards for time and score!  Rank on the leaderboard is determined by your time in hundredths of seconds, plus the total food value lost over the course of the mission, minus your net worth at the end of the mission.  Scores where your final net worth exceeds the total food value lost are displayed with a &ldquo;+&rdquo; before them.  Leaderboards didn&rsquo;t make it to the PS4 build this patch, sorry!<\/p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/xbp7x13.png\" alt=\"Leaderboards\"\/><\/p>\n\n<p>If Story Mode isn&rsquo;t what floats your boat, there&rsquo;s also some balance changes and a major revision to map generation.  Have fun!<\/p>\n\n<h2>Balance Changes<\/h2>\n\n<ul><li>Squirrel - 0.25 second movement freeze after shooting (was 0.4)<\/li>\n<li>Toad - 7 HP (was 8). Primary and AOE damage is now centered on closest tile when targeting 2x2 structures<\/li>\n<li>Chameleon - 40 HP (was 38)<\/li>\n<li>Snake 28 HP (was 30)<\/li>\n<li>Falcon - 1.2 seconds of firing, 0.8 second cooldown (was 1.5 seconds and 0.5 seconds)<\/li>\n<li>Owl - 40 HP (was 50), no longer stop moving over enemies<\/li>\n<li>Barbed Wire can now hit stealthed Chameleons<\/li>\n<li>Landmines can now hit stealthed Chameleons<\/li>\n<li>Structures no longer heal if they are not in your territory<\/li>\n<li>Territory now symmetrical on all sides of mills and fires, resulting in larger territory<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2>New Features<\/h2>\n\n<ul><li>Story Mode Standard and Random Seeds.<\/li>\n<li>Standard Story Leaderboards<\/li>\n<li>Map generation now adds ramps around spawn to prevent high ground within 3 tiles of spawn farms<\/li>\n<li>Map generation now takes water into account when assessing fairness<\/li>\n<li>Map generation now compares natural expansion distances when assessing fairness<\/li>\n<li>Map generation changed to create more organic shapes around bases instead of fortress-like topography<\/li>\n<li>Map fairness variables added to map generation xmls<\/li>\n<li>Single Player Balance updated to current multiplayer stats<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2>Bug Fixes<\/h2>\n\n<ul><li>Story Mode - Meat will no longer spawn inside rocks<\/li>\n<li>Repeating sound bug fixed<\/li>\n<\/ul>","tags":["patch notes"]},{"id":"174644666891","url":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/post\/174644666891","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/post\/174644666891\/patch-121-calm-before-the-storm","type":"regular","date-gmt":"2018-06-06 23:56:28 GMT","date":"Wed, 06 Jun 2018 16:56:28","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1528329388,"format":"markdown","reblog-key":"2jVBobmg","slug":"patch-121-calm-before-the-storm","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"174644666891\" data-blog-name=\"pocketwatchgames\" id=\"like_button_174644666891\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_174644666891\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=pocketwatchgames&amp;post_id=174644666891&amp;color=black&amp;rk=2jVBobmg\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"like_toggle\" allowTransparency=\"true\" name=\"like_iframe_174644666891\"><\/iframe><\/div>","reblog-button":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/reblog\/pocketwatchgames\/174644666891\/2jVBobmg\" class=\"reblog_button\"style=\"display: block;width:20px;height:20px;\"><svg width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" fill=\"#000\"><path d=\"M5.01092527,5.99908429 L16.0088498,5.99908429 L16.136,9.508 L20.836,4.752 L16.136,0.083 L16.1360004,3.01110845 L2.09985349,3.01110845 C1.50585349,3.01110845 0.979248041,3.44726568 0.979248041,4.45007306 L0.979248041,10.9999998 L3.98376463,8.30993634 L3.98376463,6.89801007 C3.98376463,6.20867902 4.71892527,5.99908429 5.01092527,5.99908429 Z\"><\/path><path d=\"M17.1420002,13.2800293 C17.1420002,13.5720293 17.022957,14.0490723 16.730957,14.0490723 L4.92919922,14.0490723 L4.92919922,11 L0.5,15.806 L4.92919922,20.5103758 L5.00469971,16.9990234 L18.9700928,16.9990234 C19.5640928,16.9990234 19.9453125,16.4010001 19.9453125,15.8060001 L19.9453125,9.5324707 L17.142,12.203\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>","note-count":"0","tumblelog":{"title":"The Watch","name":"pocketwatchgames","cname":"blog.pocketwatchgames.com","url":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/","timezone":"US\/Pacific","avatar_url_512":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_512.png","avatar_url_128":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_128.png","avatar_url_96":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_96.png","avatar_url_64":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_64.png","avatar_url_48":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_48.png","avatar_url_40":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_40.png","avatar_url_30":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_30.png","avatar_url_24":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_24.png","avatar_url_16":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_16.png"},"regular-title":"Patch 1.2.1: Calm Before the Storm","regular-body":"<p><img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/sQdVicg.jpg\" alt=\"Patch 1.2.1\"\/><\/p>\n\n<p>With a big patch in the rearview and a couple of big patches on the horizon, it was time for a small balance patch with a few quality of life improvements and bug fixes.<\/p>\n\n<h2>Balance Changes<\/h2>\n\n<ul><li>Gristmill starting health reduced to 7.5 HP (was 22.5).  Added a 1 second sell timer<\/li>\n<li>Campfires must now be stood upon to build them.  This allows you to build moles and landmines next to them without having to build them.<\/li>\n<li>Unit collision radius reduced to 0.4 tile radius (was 0.5) - this was done to improve retreating &ndash; units in the rear don&rsquo;t get pushed back quite so much.  You may notice units will tend to bunch up a little more!<\/li>\n<li>Squirrel - 0.4 second movement freeze after shooting (was 0.25), 0.25 second cast time, 0.75 second cooldown (was 0 second cast, 1 second cooldown)<\/li>\n<li>Mole - 21 HP (was 20)<\/li>\n<li>Chameleon - 38 HP (was 36)<\/li>\n<li>Falcon - 16 HP (was 15)<\/li>\n<li>Snake - 30 HP (was 28)<\/li>\n<li>Balloon - 3 second reload, 15 damage per shot (was 2 second reload, 14 damage per shot)<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2>New Features<\/h2>\n\n<ul><li>Streamer Mode option removes the button hints from the bottom of the screen while spectating or watching replays, and hides the match progress bar behind the match time<\/li>\n<li>Holding the analog stick in a direction during menu navigation will scroll more quickly<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2>Bug Fixes<\/h2>\n\n<ul><li>Targeting highlight in 2v2 fixed<\/li>\n<li>Increased frequency of stormy and hail weather types in multiplayer<\/li>\n<li>Discord Rich Presence fixed on Mac<\/li>\n<li>Decreased VRAM usage<\/li>\n<li>Looping campfire\/machine gun sound after match end fixed<\/li>\n<\/ul>","tags":["patch notes"]},{"id":"173934834421","url":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/post\/173934834421","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/post\/173934834421\/patch-120-ps4-crossplay","type":"regular","date-gmt":"2018-05-15 20:11:29 GMT","date":"Tue, 15 May 2018 13:11:29","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1526415089,"format":"markdown","reblog-key":"bZXDw94N","slug":"patch-120-ps4-crossplay","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"173934834421\" data-blog-name=\"pocketwatchgames\" id=\"like_button_173934834421\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_173934834421\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=pocketwatchgames&amp;post_id=173934834421&amp;color=black&amp;rk=bZXDw94N\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"like_toggle\" allowTransparency=\"true\" name=\"like_iframe_173934834421\"><\/iframe><\/div>","reblog-button":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/reblog\/pocketwatchgames\/173934834421\/bZXDw94N\" class=\"reblog_button\"style=\"display: block;width:20px;height:20px;\"><svg width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" fill=\"#000\"><path d=\"M5.01092527,5.99908429 L16.0088498,5.99908429 L16.136,9.508 L20.836,4.752 L16.136,0.083 L16.1360004,3.01110845 L2.09985349,3.01110845 C1.50585349,3.01110845 0.979248041,3.44726568 0.979248041,4.45007306 L0.979248041,10.9999998 L3.98376463,8.30993634 L3.98376463,6.89801007 C3.98376463,6.20867902 4.71892527,5.99908429 5.01092527,5.99908429 Z\"><\/path><path d=\"M17.1420002,13.2800293 C17.1420002,13.5720293 17.022957,14.0490723 16.730957,14.0490723 L4.92919922,14.0490723 L4.92919922,11 L0.5,15.806 L4.92919922,20.5103758 L5.00469971,16.9990234 L18.9700928,16.9990234 C19.5640928,16.9990234 19.9453125,16.4010001 19.9453125,15.8060001 L19.9453125,9.5324707 L17.142,12.203\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>","note-count":"1","tumblelog":{"title":"The Watch","name":"pocketwatchgames","cname":"blog.pocketwatchgames.com","url":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/","timezone":"US\/Pacific","avatar_url_512":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_512.png","avatar_url_128":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_128.png","avatar_url_96":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_96.png","avatar_url_64":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_64.png","avatar_url_48":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_48.png","avatar_url_40":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_40.png","avatar_url_30":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_30.png","avatar_url_24":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_24.png","avatar_url_16":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_16.png"},"regular-title":"Patch 1.2.0: PS4 Crossplay","regular-body":"<p><img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/s4G1OOu.gif\" alt=\"Patch 1.2.0\"\/><\/p>\n\n<p>Tooth and Tail 1.2 has arrived!  PS4 Crossplay, a new territory game that integrates with our Discord server, 4 new languages, and the biggest balance patch we&rsquo;ve done in months.  Pull up to the table, get ready to feast!<\/p>\n\n<h2>PS4 Crossplay<\/h2>\n\n<p>The long-awaited PS4\/PC crossplay is now live, which means PS4 players can play against Steam and GOG players and vice versa.  Note that the leaderboards are still segregated by platform.<\/p>\n\n<h2>New Discord Game - Pocketworld (Beta)<\/h2>\n\n<p>Head to the Pocketworld channel in Discord and type &rsquo;!team red&rsquo; (or green, blue, yellow) to declare yourself a member of a particular faction.  When you play ranked matches, you&rsquo;ll advance that faction&rsquo;s territory on the map!  Help your faction conquer Vyeshal and feast on your enemies! \n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/oFobXsX.png\" alt=\"Pocketworld\"\/><\/p>\n\n<h2>New Discord board - Matchboard<\/h2>\n\n<p>See a history of ranked matches and their outcomes!  Revel in that time Mastastealth beat ChipFromSpace on the ladder!\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/vYaGhxo.png\" alt=\"Match board\"\/><\/p>\n\n<h2>New Languages<\/h2>\n\n<ul><li>German<\/li>\n<li>Brazilian Portuguese<\/li>\n<li>Turkish<\/li>\n<li>Russian<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2>Balance Changes<\/h2>\n\n<ul><li>If a structure takes damage while building, it will stop earning health for 1 second (but it will continue to build).  No more mill\/mg tanking!<\/li>\n<li>Commander burrow time 2 seconds (was 2.5)<\/li>\n<li>Reptiles and Amphibians heal 3x as fast in friendly territory (1.5 HP per second after not taking damage for 5 seconds)\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/ENwfH76.gif\" alt=\"Reptile healing\"\/><\/li>\n<li>Enemies can see what type of unit is building from all Tier 3 warrens<\/li>\n<li>Lizard: 7 HP (was 8)<\/li>\n<li>Mole: 20 HP (was 22), 2.5x damage to structures (was 2)<\/li>\n<li>Chameleon: 36 HP (was 38)<\/li>\n<li>Falcon: 15 HP (was 17)<\/li>\n<li>Skunk: 29 HP (was 32)<\/li>\n<li>Snake: 28 HP (was 27)<\/li>\n<li>Boar: 100 HP (was 120)<\/li>\n<li>Barbed Wire: 28 HP (from 24)<\/li>\n<li>Machine Gun Turret 5 Damage (was 6)<\/li>\n<li>Artillery: Range 10, Bullet time 2 seconds, Build time 50 seconds<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2>Bug Fixes<\/h2>\n\n<ul><li>(PC) Fixed Mission Hint in Archimedes mission 3<\/li>\n<li>(PS4) Fixed Audio-related crash<\/li>\n<li>(PS4) Fixed online gameplay crash<\/li>\n<li>Increased Redplug timeout to 60 seconds to account for longer load times on PS4<\/li>\n<li>Galaxy crash on Linux fixed<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2>Upcoming Community Events<\/h2>\n\n<p>Don&rsquo;t forget, the Tooth and Tail PVP Campaign event starts May 26th!  Discord server <a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/J8dDzk\" target=\"_blank\">is here<\/a> and Official Rules and Entry Instructions <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1V8uyZNzordpwAW4al65qomQz5xk-lYIPG7trc1gGMgA\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\">are here<\/a>!\n<img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.discordapp.com\/attachments\/434770918963806208\/436604569577848832\/heads.png\" alt=\"community event\"\/><\/p>","tags":["patch notes"]},{"id":"173487125331","url":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/post\/173487125331","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/post\/173487125331\/venture-africa-and-venture-arctic-available-on","type":"regular","date-gmt":"2018-05-01 17:41:04 GMT","date":"Tue, 01 May 2018 10:41:04","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1525196464,"format":"markdown","reblog-key":"V6JwheGt","slug":"venture-africa-and-venture-arctic-available-on","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"173487125331\" data-blog-name=\"pocketwatchgames\" id=\"like_button_173487125331\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_173487125331\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=pocketwatchgames&amp;post_id=173487125331&amp;color=black&amp;rk=V6JwheGt\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"like_toggle\" allowTransparency=\"true\" name=\"like_iframe_173487125331\"><\/iframe><\/div>","reblog-button":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/reblog\/pocketwatchgames\/173487125331\/V6JwheGt\" class=\"reblog_button\"style=\"display: block;width:20px;height:20px;\"><svg width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" fill=\"#000\"><path d=\"M5.01092527,5.99908429 L16.0088498,5.99908429 L16.136,9.508 L20.836,4.752 L16.136,0.083 L16.1360004,3.01110845 L2.09985349,3.01110845 C1.50585349,3.01110845 0.979248041,3.44726568 0.979248041,4.45007306 L0.979248041,10.9999998 L3.98376463,8.30993634 L3.98376463,6.89801007 C3.98376463,6.20867902 4.71892527,5.99908429 5.01092527,5.99908429 Z\"><\/path><path d=\"M17.1420002,13.2800293 C17.1420002,13.5720293 17.022957,14.0490723 16.730957,14.0490723 L4.92919922,14.0490723 L4.92919922,11 L0.5,15.806 L4.92919922,20.5103758 L5.00469971,16.9990234 L18.9700928,16.9990234 C19.5640928,16.9990234 19.9453125,16.4010001 19.9453125,15.8060001 L19.9453125,9.5324707 L17.142,12.203\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>","note-count":"0","tumblelog":{"title":"The Watch","name":"pocketwatchgames","cname":"blog.pocketwatchgames.com","url":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/","timezone":"US\/Pacific","avatar_url_512":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_512.png","avatar_url_128":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_128.png","avatar_url_96":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_96.png","avatar_url_64":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_64.png","avatar_url_48":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_48.png","avatar_url_40":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_40.png","avatar_url_30":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_30.png","avatar_url_24":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_24.png","avatar_url_16":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_16.png"},"regular-title":"Venture Africa and Venture Arctic Available on Steam!","regular-body":"<div class=\"vid-box\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/widget\/795220\/\" width=\"646\" height=\"500\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"vid-box\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/widget\/795230\/\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"646\" height=\"500\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p>Back when I started Pocketwatch Games in 2005, Steam wasn&rsquo;t selling games outside of Valve&rsquo;s own.  XBLA didn&rsquo;t exist yet.  Digital distribution of games was in its infancy, and sites like Big Fish Games and Yahoo were the big players, mostly selling casual games like Bejeweled and Lemonade Stand.<\/p>\n\n<p>I left the AAA game industry to go indie, and with a small group of collaborators I made a game called Wildlife Tycoon: Venture Africa.  I sold the game on those sites but also in physical form in stores like WalMart and Target, eventually selling close to 100,000 copies.  It was nominated for the 2006 IGF Grand Prize, the same year that Darwinia took the top Prize and a little prototype called Braid won the Design award.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"vid-box\"><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a-BJdRZUmM8\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p>Venture Africa was not built specifically for kids, but it did find it&rsquo;s niche there, being sold to schools to help educate kids about ecosystems and the relationships of predators and prey.<\/p>\n\n<p>With the follow-up, Venture Arctic, I didn&rsquo;t want to just reskin the gameplay &ndash; I wanted to redesign the concept around the unique mechanics that drive Arctic ecosystems.  The player takes on the role of Mother Nature, and the tools available to you change as the seasons turn.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"vid-box\"><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j8UJDT6DRcA\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<p>I still have fans asking for the games, but I was no longer selling them anywhere.  So I figured it was time to put them on steam.  You can now buy each for $2, or $3 if you buy them together.  They are older games, so don&rsquo;t expect them to compare to Monaco or Tooth and Tail, but if you love animals, or you have kids, or you just want to support Pocketwatch Games, please consider buying them!<\/p>","tags":["venture africa","venture arctic","indie games","pocketwatch games","animal games","tycoon games","sim games"]},{"id":"173074026456","url":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/post\/173074026456","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/post\/173074026456\/tooth-and-tail-league-season-2-starts-tomorrow","type":"regular","date-gmt":"2018-04-18 21:38:35 GMT","date":"Wed, 18 Apr 2018 14:38:35","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1524087515,"format":"markdown","reblog-key":"s14XwLCg","slug":"tooth-and-tail-league-season-2-starts-tomorrow","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"173074026456\" data-blog-name=\"pocketwatchgames\" id=\"like_button_173074026456\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_173074026456\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=pocketwatchgames&amp;post_id=173074026456&amp;color=black&amp;rk=s14XwLCg\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"like_toggle\" allowTransparency=\"true\" name=\"like_iframe_173074026456\"><\/iframe><\/div>","reblog-button":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/reblog\/pocketwatchgames\/173074026456\/s14XwLCg\" class=\"reblog_button\"style=\"display: block;width:20px;height:20px;\"><svg width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" fill=\"#000\"><path d=\"M5.01092527,5.99908429 L16.0088498,5.99908429 L16.136,9.508 L20.836,4.752 L16.136,0.083 L16.1360004,3.01110845 L2.09985349,3.01110845 C1.50585349,3.01110845 0.979248041,3.44726568 0.979248041,4.45007306 L0.979248041,10.9999998 L3.98376463,8.30993634 L3.98376463,6.89801007 C3.98376463,6.20867902 4.71892527,5.99908429 5.01092527,5.99908429 Z\"><\/path><path d=\"M17.1420002,13.2800293 C17.1420002,13.5720293 17.022957,14.0490723 16.730957,14.0490723 L4.92919922,14.0490723 L4.92919922,11 L0.5,15.806 L4.92919922,20.5103758 L5.00469971,16.9990234 L18.9700928,16.9990234 C19.5640928,16.9990234 19.9453125,16.4010001 19.9453125,15.8060001 L19.9453125,9.5324707 L17.142,12.203\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>","note-count":"2","tumblelog":{"title":"The Watch","name":"pocketwatchgames","cname":"blog.pocketwatchgames.com","url":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/","timezone":"US\/Pacific","avatar_url_512":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_512.png","avatar_url_128":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_128.png","avatar_url_96":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_96.png","avatar_url_64":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_64.png","avatar_url_48":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_48.png","avatar_url_40":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_40.png","avatar_url_30":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_30.png","avatar_url_24":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_24.png","avatar_url_16":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_16.png"},"regular-title":"Tooth and Tail League Season 2 Starts Tomorrow - Sign Up Now!","regular-body":"<p>Ahoy everyone, starting tomorrow (the 19th), qualifiers for Season 2 of the League will open up! There will be qualifiers from the 19th - 22nd, and then from the 26th - 29th, with days alternating between NA and EU times.<\/p>\n\n<p>For all the details, please read: <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1oTFgPqkzhYIvh_Vm7-i_8ElNYPil8t6LrTKsdOer_0c\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1oTFgPqkzhYIvh_Vm7-i_8ElNYPil8t6LrTKsdOer_0c\/edit?usp=sharing<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p>Qualifiers and registration will be handled purely through Discord and Pocketbot! This is brand new functionality, so please bear with us if we run into any bugs.<\/p>\n\n<p>Feel free to ping @mastastealth if you have any questions. If you want to get in on the competition, head on over to <a href=\"http:\/\/discord.gg\/pocketwatch\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/discord.gg\/pocketwatch<\/a> and ask around in the #tournaments channel to see how to join!<\/p>"},{"id":"172797648916","url":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/post\/172797648916","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/post\/172797648916\/tooth-and-tail-is-a-top-tier-game-in-the-humble","type":"regular","date-gmt":"2018-04-10 17:05:33 GMT","date":"Tue, 10 Apr 2018 10:05:33","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1523379933,"format":"markdown","reblog-key":"bnHtgbm0","slug":"tooth-and-tail-is-a-top-tier-game-in-the-humble","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"172797648916\" data-blog-name=\"pocketwatchgames\" id=\"like_button_172797648916\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_172797648916\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=pocketwatchgames&amp;post_id=172797648916&amp;color=black&amp;rk=bnHtgbm0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"like_toggle\" allowTransparency=\"true\" name=\"like_iframe_172797648916\"><\/iframe><\/div>","reblog-button":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/reblog\/pocketwatchgames\/172797648916\/bnHtgbm0\" class=\"reblog_button\"style=\"display: block;width:20px;height:20px;\"><svg width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" fill=\"#000\"><path d=\"M5.01092527,5.99908429 L16.0088498,5.99908429 L16.136,9.508 L20.836,4.752 L16.136,0.083 L16.1360004,3.01110845 L2.09985349,3.01110845 C1.50585349,3.01110845 0.979248041,3.44726568 0.979248041,4.45007306 L0.979248041,10.9999998 L3.98376463,8.30993634 L3.98376463,6.89801007 C3.98376463,6.20867902 4.71892527,5.99908429 5.01092527,5.99908429 Z\"><\/path><path d=\"M17.1420002,13.2800293 C17.1420002,13.5720293 17.022957,14.0490723 16.730957,14.0490723 L4.92919922,14.0490723 L4.92919922,11 L0.5,15.806 L4.92919922,20.5103758 L5.00469971,16.9990234 L18.9700928,16.9990234 C19.5640928,16.9990234 19.9453125,16.4010001 19.9453125,15.8060001 L19.9453125,9.5324707 L17.142,12.203\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>","note-count":"3","tumblelog":{"title":"The Watch","name":"pocketwatchgames","cname":"blog.pocketwatchgames.com","url":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/","timezone":"US\/Pacific","avatar_url_512":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_512.png","avatar_url_128":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_128.png","avatar_url_96":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_96.png","avatar_url_64":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_64.png","avatar_url_48":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_48.png","avatar_url_40":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_40.png","avatar_url_30":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_30.png","avatar_url_24":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_24.png","avatar_url_16":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_16.png"},"regular-title":"Tooth and Tail is a Top Tier game in the Humble Strategy Bundle!","regular-body":"<p>If you pay 12 dollars, you&rsquo;ll get Tooth and Tail along with Endless Space 1&amp;2, Endless Legend, Dungeon of the Endless, Planetary Annihilation: Titans, and Total War: Empire!  Go check it out!<\/p>\n\n<iframe scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"margin:0 auto; border:none;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.humblebundle.com\/_widget\/games\/strategy-bundle\" width=\"410\" height=\"150\"><\/iframe>"},{"id":"172770966836","url":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/post\/172770966836","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/post\/172770966836\/from-the-tooth-to-the-long-tail-what-weve-done","type":"regular","date-gmt":"2018-04-09 21:37:37 GMT","date":"Mon, 09 Apr 2018 14:37:37","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1523309857,"format":"markdown","reblog-key":"AGKkw5bO","slug":"from-the-tooth-to-the-long-tail-what-weve-done","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"172770966836\" data-blog-name=\"pocketwatchgames\" id=\"like_button_172770966836\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_172770966836\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=pocketwatchgames&amp;post_id=172770966836&amp;color=black&amp;rk=AGKkw5bO\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"like_toggle\" allowTransparency=\"true\" name=\"like_iframe_172770966836\"><\/iframe><\/div>","reblog-button":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/reblog\/pocketwatchgames\/172770966836\/AGKkw5bO\" class=\"reblog_button\"style=\"display: block;width:20px;height:20px;\"><svg width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" fill=\"#000\"><path d=\"M5.01092527,5.99908429 L16.0088498,5.99908429 L16.136,9.508 L20.836,4.752 L16.136,0.083 L16.1360004,3.01110845 L2.09985349,3.01110845 C1.50585349,3.01110845 0.979248041,3.44726568 0.979248041,4.45007306 L0.979248041,10.9999998 L3.98376463,8.30993634 L3.98376463,6.89801007 C3.98376463,6.20867902 4.71892527,5.99908429 5.01092527,5.99908429 Z\"><\/path><path d=\"M17.1420002,13.2800293 C17.1420002,13.5720293 17.022957,14.0490723 16.730957,14.0490723 L4.92919922,14.0490723 L4.92919922,11 L0.5,15.806 L4.92919922,20.5103758 L5.00469971,16.9990234 L18.9700928,16.9990234 C19.5640928,16.9990234 19.9453125,16.4010001 19.9453125,15.8060001 L19.9453125,9.5324707 L17.142,12.203\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>","note-count":"2","tumblelog":{"title":"The Watch","name":"pocketwatchgames","cname":"blog.pocketwatchgames.com","url":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/","timezone":"US\/Pacific","avatar_url_512":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_512.png","avatar_url_128":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_128.png","avatar_url_96":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_96.png","avatar_url_64":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_64.png","avatar_url_48":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_48.png","avatar_url_40":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_40.png","avatar_url_30":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_30.png","avatar_url_24":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_24.png","avatar_url_16":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_16.png"},"regular-title":"From the Tooth to The Long Tail - What We\u2019ve Done and Where We\u2019re Going","regular-body":"<p><img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/50rUVe3.gif\" alt=\"Hedgehog by EELuminatus and Glorious AYY FB\"\/>\nSince our launch on September 12, 2017, Tooth and Tail has seen over 100,000 copies sold, a resilient competitive community, 16 major patches with bug fixes, balance changes, and feature additions, numerous award nominations, and a growing mod community.<\/p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/Nv1rNuN.png\" alt=\"Imgur\"\/><\/p>\n\n<p>Looking to the future, we know we have some challenges ahead of us.  Our player community is still very active via our discord channel, but the active Steam\/GOG player base has been trending downwards.  We still have a number of major bugs on the PS4 version.  And the Story Mode content is still receiving complaints about inconsistent difficulty scaling.  Let&rsquo;s take a quick look at the story so far and then figure out where to go from here!<\/p>\n\n<p>Dont forget, you can follow development via our <a href=\"https:\/\/trello.com\/b\/N8EzNonZ\/tooth-and-tail-roadmap\" target=\"_blank\">public roadmap<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/discord.gg\/pocketwatch\" target=\"_blank\">say hi to the devs in Discord<\/a>!<\/p>\n\n<p>Here&rsquo;s a recap of major developments and accomplishments since launch:<\/p>\n\n<h2>Launch Day<\/h2>\n\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/QNlUh8n.png\" alt=\"Destructoid\"\/><\/p>\n\n<ul><li>Destructoid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.destructoid.com\/review-tooth-and-tail-460294.phtml\" target=\"_blank\">gives us a 9.5<\/a> - &ldquo;Tooth and Tail has rekindled my love of RTS games.&rdquo;  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/articles\/2017-09-13-tooth-and-tail-review\" target=\"_blank\">Eurogamer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamespot.com\/reviews\/tooth-and-tail-review\/1900-6416765\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gamespot<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/tooth-and-tail-review\/\" target=\"_blank\">PC Gamer<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hardcoregamer.com\/2017\/09\/12\/review-tooth-and-tail\/271656\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hardcore Gamer<\/a> pile on the praise.<\/li>\n<li>Launch day September 12: Top player ZenoAkoop does a 24-hour stream<\/li>\n<li>We peak at 985 simultaneous players, higher than Monaco&rsquo;s launch day peak<\/li>\n<li>Tooth and Tail Shirts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fangamer.com\/products\/tooth-and-tail-shirt\" target=\"_blank\">went on sale via Fan Gamer<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul><p><img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/zaYLJnt.png\" alt=\"Imgur\"\/><\/p>\n\n<h2>Season One<\/h2>\n\n<p>(WARNING, strong language in this video)<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"vid-box\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/clips.twitch.tv\/embed?clip=CloudyBlitheSnakeHassanChop&amp;autoplay=false&amp;tt_medium=clips_embed\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<ul><li>Total Biscuit and Artosis develop a rivalry, Artosis cleans up.<\/li>\n<li>Our largest community tournament has 40 entrants and is won by ChipFromSpace.\n<a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/PiYa1AX\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/PiYa1AXt.png\" alt=\"Imgur\"\/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Tooth and Tail launches in Chinese and Korean, and later adds Spanish, German, and Italian.  Brazilian Portuguese, Polish, Russian, and Turkish are in progress.<\/li>\n<li>Community members Glyde, BestTeaMaker, and Delthius show up to help us out as we demo the game at TwitchCon in Long Beach\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/a7w3OzN.jpg\" alt=\"TwitchCon\"\/><\/li>\n<\/ul><h2>End of Year<\/h2>\n\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net\/steam\/apps\/286000\/extras\/ign_best_strategy_2017.png?t=1523055434\" alt=\"\"\/><br\/>\nLet&rsquo;s just show off the 2017 nomination list:<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>2018 Independent Games Festival<\/strong> - Finalist: Excellence in Narrative, Honorable Mention: Visual Art, Audio<br\/><strong>IGN<\/strong> - Nominee: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ign.com\/wikis\/best-of-2017-awards\/Best_Strategy_Game\" target=\"_blank\">2017 Best Strategy Game<\/a><br\/><strong>The Game Awards<\/strong> - Nominee: 2017 Best Strategy Game<br\/><strong>PCGamer<\/strong> - Nominee: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/nominees-pc-gamer-goty-2017\" target=\"_blank\">2017 Best Strategy Game<\/a><br\/><strong>PC Master Race<\/strong> - Nominee: 2017 Best Strategy Game<br\/><strong>Hardcore Gamer<\/strong> - Nominee: 2017 Best Strategy Game\n<strong>Total Biscuit<\/strong> - Top Ten Games of the Year - #8<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"vid-box\"><iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lF0IM3MDM_M?start=1032\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<h2>Season Two<\/h2>\n\n<p>We launched Ranked Season 2 on December 19th with an MMR system closer to traditional Ranked ladders.  Other major developments:<\/p>\n\n<ul><li>The Tooth and Tail Official Soundtrack launched on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.varesesarabande.com\/products\/tooth-and-tail\" target=\"_blank\">CD and Vinyl<\/a> (also available digitally directly from <a href=\"https:\/\/austinwintory.bandcamp.com\/album\/tooth-and-tail-2\" target=\"_blank\">Austin Wintory<\/a> or on <a href=\"http:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/698760\/Tooth_and_Tail__Official_Soundtrack\/\" target=\"_blank\">Steam<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><p><img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/pL3Tedjt.png\" alt=\"Imgur\"\/><\/p>\n\n<ul><li>We launched GOG\/Steam Crossplay, which is powering development of PS4 to PC crossplay, and hopefully more platforms to come!<\/li>\n<li>We&rsquo;ve been featured in four major Steam sales (Winter, Midweek Madness, Lunar New Year, and an IGF nominee sale), a Chrono.gg sale headlined by Total Biscuit, and one major sale on PS4 (Outside is Over-Rated), bolstering our player community.  You can bet that there will be more to come!<\/li>\n<li>Campfires, new tiles sets, and a revamped world generation algorithm were added to ranked and unranked play.<\/li>\n<li>Story Mode was completely rebalanced to bring it in line with current multiplayer balance.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/toothandtailtv\" target=\"_blank\">ToothAndTailTV<\/a>, a fan-run channel, casts a massive North America vs Europe tournament, which culminates in a final game matchup of the titans, ChipFromSpace [NA] vs ArbuzBudesh [EU]<\/li>\n<\/ul><div class=\"vid-box\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/player.twitch.tv\/?autoplay=false&amp;t=03h04m29s&amp;video=v248469622\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n<h2>What&rsquo;s Next?<\/h2>\n\n<p>With Tooth and Tail starting to enter its &ldquo;long tail&rdquo; life cycle, we&rsquo;re taking a broad approach to keeping a healthy player community.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Crossplay<\/strong>\nWe&rsquo;re finally moving towards combining our PS4 and PC communities via crossplay, powered by GOG Galaxy.  This means that anytime there is a sale on any platform, the increased player count will benefit all platforms.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Mod Support<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/ymp5uhz.png\" alt=\"Modded units by Glorious AYY FB\"\/>\n(Modded units by Glorious AYY FB)<\/p>\n\n<p>Our latest patch (1.1.4: Eat Crow) was largely inspired by a balance mod that our player community put together.  I hope that our community can continue to help us balance the game, as well as create and test new features, including new units.<\/p>\n\n<p>In fact, a new Hedgehog unit is currently being developed and tested by community members.  All of Tooth and Tail&rsquo;s assets are in human readable XML files and PNGs, so adding new stuff or modifying existing units is accessible to everyone.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Community Tournaments and Games via our Discord Channel<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/qxO5Moa.png\" alt=\"Imgur\"\/>\nWe have possibly the most tricked out Discord channel in gaming, due to the efforts of our community, lead by community manager, Brian Franco (mastastealth).  The short list of Discord features:<\/p>\n\n<ul><li>Pocketbot (a Discord bot to help the community learn about the game and keep the server in order)<\/li>\n<li>Automated weekly PB Cup tournaments<\/li>\n<li>Support for player-run tournaments<\/li>\n<li>ReplayUltima (replay analyzer)<\/li>\n<li>In development is Pocket World, another Discord integrated tool that will allow players to fight for the four in-game factions simply by playing the game.  Players will take and lose territory for their team as they play.<\/li>\n<\/ul><p><strong>New Platforms<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>Still nothing to announce, but yes, we&rsquo;re investigating new platforms for Tooth and Tail.  Stay tuned.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>New Feature &ndash; Standard Seeds in Story Mode<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>The Story Mode balance still needs quite a bit of work, and I&rsquo;m determined to make the campaign be something that garners universal praise &ndash; it&rsquo;s very close, but with a few things that can just ruin the experience for some people.  So I plan to rebalance things again, and offer the ability to play each map on a &ldquo;standard&rdquo; &ndash; and fair &ndash; seed.  I hope to add leaderboards to the standard seeds as well.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Balance<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>You all know that I pay a lot of attention to the game&rsquo;s balance and I like to tweak it.  Sometimes for the better, and sometimes for the weird.  Expect this to continue.<\/p>\n\n<p>A short history of the patches and their notable changes:<\/p>\n\n<ul><li>1.0.2: <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/post\/165406072491\/patch-102-howling-nerf\" target=\"_blank\">Howling Nerf<\/a> &ndash; Single Player Changes, Bug Fixes<\/li>\n<li>1.0.3: <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/post\/165808804926\/patch-103-kasha-so-sad\" target=\"_blank\">Kasha So Sad<\/a> &ndash; Reduced Landmine range, Kasha nerf, Wolf re-stim removed<\/li>\n<li>1.0.4: <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/post\/166374073801\/patch-104-butterbomb\" target=\"_blank\">Butterbomb<\/a> &ndash; Campfires, tile sets added to multiplayer, Boar bomb added, boar slow, toads get structure crit, barbed wire redesign, lizard range 1, snakes can&rsquo;t hit structures, owl bomb removed, fox hp mega-nerfed, warren health scales by tier<\/li>\n<li>1.0.5: <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/post\/166761140461\/patch-105-chicken-mole\" target=\"_blank\">Chicken Mole<\/a> &ndash; Flag customization, Editor Preview, Discord Status<\/li>\n<li>1.0.6: <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/post\/167351107101\/patch-106-lizard-love\" target=\"_blank\">Lizard Love<\/a> &ndash; Tier 3 build time increased, lizard buff, boar no longer slow<\/li>\n<li>1.0.7: <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/post\/167605051461\/patch-107-%E9%BC%B9%E9%BC%A0-%EB%91%90%EB%8D%94%EC%A7%80-mole\" target=\"_blank\">\u9f39\u9f20 \ub450\ub354\uc9c0 MOLE<\/a> &ndash; Chinese and Korean added, focus fire improvements, lizards range 2, another mole revamp, major chameleon buff<\/li>\n<li>1.0.8: <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/post\/168273335666\/patch-108-nibbles-and-tweaks\" target=\"_blank\">Nibbles and Tweaks<\/a> &ndash; Starting Farms always adjacent, major boar buff, pigeon AI changes<\/li>\n<li>1.1.0: <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/post\/168729125936\/patch-110-tis-the-season-2\" target=\"_blank\">(&lsquo;Tis the) Season 2<\/a> &ndash; Ladder reset, unit and player stats added, MMR, Map Fairness<\/li>\n<li>1.1.1: <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/post\/169590634356\/patch-111-gog-crossplay\" target=\"_blank\">GOG Crossplay<\/a> &ndash; Crossplay, Tier 2 Artillery with scatter shot, Fox rooting, Landmine vision, Tier 3 build time increased, Warren health returned to 50<\/li>\n<li>1.1.2: <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/post\/170312312211\/patch-112-snek-haus\" target=\"_blank\">Snek House<\/a> &ndash; Snakes can poison structures again, Artillery returned to tier 3<\/li>\n<li>1.1.3: <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/post\/171601192121\/patch-113-diamonds-are-a-lizards-best-friend\" target=\"_blank\">Diamonds are a Lizard&rsquo;s Best Friend<\/a> &ndash; Single player rebalanced to fit Multiplayer stats, Burrowing to Allied bases, lizards range slightly reduced, MG nerf<\/li>\n<li>1.1.4: <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/post\/172670067611\/patch-114-eat-crow\" target=\"_blank\">Eat Crow<\/a> &ndash; Swift reduced to 1.75x speed, toad redesigned, boar given semi-agile, artillery range increased to 10<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2>What do you want to see?<\/h2>\n\n<p>So what do you want to see out of Tooth and Tail in the months to come?  What was your favorite balance patch?  What kind of mods would you like to see?  Let me know in the <a href=\"https:\/\/steamcommunity.com\/games\/286000\/announcements\/detail\/1651007810317008493\" target=\"_blank\">comments<\/a>!\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/REpnd9f.png\" alt=\"Imgur\"\/><\/p>"},{"id":"172670067611","url":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/post\/172670067611","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/post\/172670067611\/patch-114-eat-crow","type":"regular","date-gmt":"2018-04-06 22:50:36 GMT","date":"Fri, 06 Apr 2018 15:50:36","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1523055036,"format":"markdown","reblog-key":"kR8K9e6x","slug":"patch-114-eat-crow","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"172670067611\" data-blog-name=\"pocketwatchgames\" id=\"like_button_172670067611\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_172670067611\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=pocketwatchgames&amp;post_id=172670067611&amp;color=black&amp;rk=kR8K9e6x\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"like_toggle\" allowTransparency=\"true\" name=\"like_iframe_172670067611\"><\/iframe><\/div>","reblog-button":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/reblog\/pocketwatchgames\/172670067611\/kR8K9e6x\" class=\"reblog_button\"style=\"display: block;width:20px;height:20px;\"><svg width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" fill=\"#000\"><path d=\"M5.01092527,5.99908429 L16.0088498,5.99908429 L16.136,9.508 L20.836,4.752 L16.136,0.083 L16.1360004,3.01110845 L2.09985349,3.01110845 C1.50585349,3.01110845 0.979248041,3.44726568 0.979248041,4.45007306 L0.979248041,10.9999998 L3.98376463,8.30993634 L3.98376463,6.89801007 C3.98376463,6.20867902 4.71892527,5.99908429 5.01092527,5.99908429 Z\"><\/path><path d=\"M17.1420002,13.2800293 C17.1420002,13.5720293 17.022957,14.0490723 16.730957,14.0490723 L4.92919922,14.0490723 L4.92919922,11 L0.5,15.806 L4.92919922,20.5103758 L5.00469971,16.9990234 L18.9700928,16.9990234 C19.5640928,16.9990234 19.9453125,16.4010001 19.9453125,15.8060001 L19.9453125,9.5324707 L17.142,12.203\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>","note-count":"4","tumblelog":{"title":"The Watch","name":"pocketwatchgames","cname":"blog.pocketwatchgames.com","url":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/","timezone":"US\/Pacific","avatar_url_512":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_512.png","avatar_url_128":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_128.png","avatar_url_96":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_96.png","avatar_url_64":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_64.png","avatar_url_48":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_48.png","avatar_url_40":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_40.png","avatar_url_30":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_30.png","avatar_url_24":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_24.png","avatar_url_16":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_16.png"},"regular-title":"Patch 1.1.4: Eat Crow","regular-body":"<p><img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/qbVCMtg.jpg\" alt=\"Patch 1.1.4\"\/><\/p>\n\n<p>Sometimes, you just have to admit you&rsquo;re wrong.  A few of the changes that I&rsquo;ve made over the past months haven&rsquo;t been received well, and I spent a lot of time trying to fix them when in fact the best thing to do is just back them out.<\/p>\n\n<p>And because I was away for a week at GDC and I didn&rsquo;t have my finger on the pulse of the community, the changes in this patch are largely derived from mods that the community made &ndash; in particular by the esteemed JetEriksen and EEluminatus.<\/p>\n\n<p>The lizard changes from last patch are gone, and by community request, swift has been reduced from 2x speed to 1.75.  This affects fox, lizard, and mouse.  Boar bomb has been greatly reduced and boar has been given a modified agile: he can move at 50% speed while firing.  This means that his bomb can both be buffed (to 20 DMG!) but reduced in range from a 9x9 radius to 3x3.  Toad, skunk and mole changes also come directly from community modding and testing.<\/p>\n\n<p>I&rsquo;ve also made a couple of changes that I&rsquo;ve wanted to do to Pigeon and Artillery.  Pigeon now has less heal but a much longer range.  Artillery has a slightly longer range and the bullet time scales with the distance it is firing.<\/p>\n\n<p>We&rsquo;ve also added German as an official language!  Turkish is coming soon.<\/p>\n\n<h2>New languages<\/h2>\n\n<ul><li>German<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2>Balance Changes<\/h2>\n\n<ul><li>Lizard - Reverted Diamond range to standard 2 range, 8HP (from 7HP), reduced Swift to 1.75x speed (from 2x)<\/li>\n<li>Toad - 8 HP, 12 Dmg + 3 AOE Dmg, no structure crit (was 9 HP, 6 Dmg, 3 AOE, double damage to structures)<\/li>\n<li>Mole - 22 HP (from 25)<\/li>\n<li>Pigeon - 1 DPS heal, 4 range (was 2 DPS heal, 1 range)<\/li>\n<li>Skunk - 32 HP (from 35)<\/li>\n<li>Fox - Reduced Swift to 1.75x speed (from 2x)<\/li>\n<li>Mouse - Reduced Swift to 1.75x speed (from 2x), HP 8, DMG 3 (was 7HP 2DMG)<\/li>\n<li>Boar - 4 DPS, removed structure crit (from 3 DPS + structure crit). Boar can move at 50% speed while firing. Boar bomb reduced to 3x3 (from 9x9) and boar bomb DMG is 20 (was 5 to units, 10 to structures), no longer targets commander<\/li>\n<li>Badger - No longer targets commander<\/li>\n<li>Artillery - 10 Range, Bullet lifetime 2 seconds, scales by range (was 8 range, bullet lifetime of 1.5 seconds at all ranges)<\/li>\n<\/ul>","tags":["patch notes"]},{"id":"171601192121","url":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/post\/171601192121","url-with-slug":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/post\/171601192121\/patch-113-story-mode-remastered","type":"regular","date-gmt":"2018-03-06 21:08:15 GMT","date":"Tue, 06 Mar 2018 13:08:15","bookmarklet":0,"mobile":0,"feed-item":"","from-feed-id":0,"unix-timestamp":1520370495,"format":"markdown","reblog-key":"GV0WMlMK","slug":"patch-113-story-mode-remastered","is-submission":false,"like-button":"<div class=\"like_button\" data-post-id=\"171601192121\" data-blog-name=\"pocketwatchgames\" id=\"like_button_171601192121\"><iframe id=\"like_iframe_171601192121\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.tumblr.com\/assets\/html\/like_iframe.html?_v=66c22ab5319d742bca5762b8d18f9d06#name=pocketwatchgames&amp;post_id=171601192121&amp;color=black&amp;rk=GV0WMlMK\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" frameborder=\"0\" class=\"like_toggle\" allowTransparency=\"true\" name=\"like_iframe_171601192121\"><\/iframe><\/div>","reblog-button":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/reblog\/pocketwatchgames\/171601192121\/GV0WMlMK\" class=\"reblog_button\"style=\"display: block;width:20px;height:20px;\"><svg width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" viewBox=\"0 0 21 21\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\" fill=\"#000\"><path d=\"M5.01092527,5.99908429 L16.0088498,5.99908429 L16.136,9.508 L20.836,4.752 L16.136,0.083 L16.1360004,3.01110845 L2.09985349,3.01110845 C1.50585349,3.01110845 0.979248041,3.44726568 0.979248041,4.45007306 L0.979248041,10.9999998 L3.98376463,8.30993634 L3.98376463,6.89801007 C3.98376463,6.20867902 4.71892527,5.99908429 5.01092527,5.99908429 Z\"><\/path><path d=\"M17.1420002,13.2800293 C17.1420002,13.5720293 17.022957,14.0490723 16.730957,14.0490723 L4.92919922,14.0490723 L4.92919922,11 L0.5,15.806 L4.92919922,20.5103758 L5.00469971,16.9990234 L18.9700928,16.9990234 C19.5640928,16.9990234 19.9453125,16.4010001 19.9453125,15.8060001 L19.9453125,9.5324707 L17.142,12.203\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a>","note-count":"1","tumblelog":{"title":"The Watch","name":"pocketwatchgames","cname":"blog.pocketwatchgames.com","url":"https:\/\/blog.pocketwatchgames.com\/","timezone":"US\/Pacific","avatar_url_512":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_512.png","avatar_url_128":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_128.png","avatar_url_96":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_96.png","avatar_url_64":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_64.png","avatar_url_48":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_48.png","avatar_url_40":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_40.png","avatar_url_30":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_30.png","avatar_url_24":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_24.png","avatar_url_16":"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/avatar_b86a1ae01ec4_16.png"},"regular-title":"Patch 1.1.3: Diamonds are a Lizard\u2019s Best Friend","regular-body":"<p>Balance-wise, this patch is focused on reducing lizard spam through a fairly major lizard nerf and nerfs to both Bullet Hive and Featherwire, which have been used to establish containment chokes.  Also, there&rsquo;s a major buff to Owl to bring her back into play.<\/p>\n\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/GEOVUfx.jpg\" alt=\"Patch 1.1.3\"\/><\/p>\n\n<p>On the single player side: Multiplayer stats have diverged significantly from single player stats since the game came out, so I moved the stat changes over to the single player campaign and rebalanced the whole darn thing in order to have a smoother difficulty curve.<\/p>\n\n<h2>New Features<\/h2>\n\n<ul><li>Players can now burrow to allied bases in 2v2<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2>Balance Changes<\/h2>\n\n<ul><li>Lizard - 7 HP (from 8); 2 range only covers a diamond shape rather than a circle shape (slight reduction in attack range coverage at 2 range)\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/sAAuRWL.jpg\" alt=\"Lizard Range\"\/><\/li>\n<li>Chameleon - 38 HP (from 40)<\/li>\n<li>Boar - Flamethrower Coverage of 6 tiles (from 10); Boar bomb 5 dmg (10 to structures), no longer hits air (was 7\/14, hits air)<\/li>\n<li>Owl - 1 mouse per second up to 3, 7 second reload, leading to 3 mice every 10 seconds (was 1 mouse per 5 seconds), they live for 30 seconds (was 60), mice have 7 HP (was 10)\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/ZHHWTFj.gif\" alt=\"OwlSpawner\"\/><\/li>\n<li>Barbed Wire - 24 HP (from 30)<\/li>\n<li>Landmine - 12 Damage, 6 AOE (from 18\/6); 0.4 second trigger (from 0.5 seconds); Can target cloaked Chameleons<\/li>\n<li>Machine Gun Turret - 28 HP (from 32)<\/li>\n<li>Artillery - 60 HP (from 50)<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2>Bug Fixes<\/h2>\n\n<ul><li>Campfires no longer push back gristmill territory as if they had gristmill-sized range<\/li>\n<li>Artillery shots no longer remove decor objects (like trees) when they miss<\/li>\n<li>Lizard no longer hang out in back, waiting for a reservation position to open up<\/li>\n<\/ul><h2>Story Mode<\/h2>\n\n<ul><li>Moved all single player unit stats over to Story Mode<\/li>\n<li>Snikaree Liberation (Hopper 1) - Start with Chameleons not Lizards<\/li>\n<li>Scrapetown Racket (Hopper 5) - Increase number of merchants by 2<\/li>\n<li>Frozen in Noe (Quartermaster 1) - Enemy spawn rate ramps up more slowly<\/li>\n<li>Howling Vell (Quartermaster 2) - Player starts with an additional mill<\/li>\n<li>Defense of the Cold Mark Lows (Quartermaster 3) - Archimedes starts with an additional mill, one fewer campfire on map<\/li>\n<li>Betrayal at Vacancee (Quartermaster 4) - Player starts with 2 additional farms<\/li>\n<li>The War For Meat (Quartermaster 5) - Player can build skunks, not pigeons, Campfires have Skunks not Pigeons, number of enemy on enemy kills required for Heroic reduced from 150 to 60, Enemies start with 1 mill with 4 farms instead of 2 mills with 3 farms<\/li>\n<li>What Might Be (Quartermaster 6) - Player can recruit falcon, boar and wolf instead of falcon, pigeon, skunk<\/li>\n<li>Awash in Solawa (Archimedes 2) - 50% fewer enemy landmines<\/li>\n<li>Vacancee Downfall (Archimedes 3) - Player can build mole instead of snake<\/li>\n<\/ul>","tags":["patch notes"]}]};