Airships: Conquer the Skies

Devlog

• Version 1.2.7
  July 25, 2024 by Zarkonnen

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  Version 1.2.7 is out, bringing a number of new features and improvements. Ship and City Lists There are two new tabs in the Empire view that show you a list of all the ships and cities in your empire... Continue reading

  
• Version 1.1.2.1 Bugfixes
  January 23, 2023 by Zarkonnen

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  New Chinese translation created by players. You can now view the game setup settings during a conquest game, and use cheats to modify them. You can even do things like turn off the diplomacy system ha... Continue reading
• Co-op and Conquest Update
  August 16, 2022 by Zarkonnen

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  Hey look, the co-op and conquest update is out! This huge update for Airships has been four years in the making, and it's the completion of an eight-year development project. Headline features are: Co... Continue reading

  
• Diplomacy Update Releases in August
  March 12, 2022 by Zarkonnen

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  I've written a lot about the upcoming diplomacy update for Airships, but have so far refused to commit to a release date. Estimating how long software takes to write is hard, and I didn't want to prod... Continue reading

  
• Bugfix & Perforkmance Update
  January 28, 2022 by Zarkonnen

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  Fixed combat performance problems caused by trying to play too many sound effects. Fixed weapon beams not being drawn at certain angles. Fixed crash at the end of LAN multiplayer combat. Fixed crash o... Continue reading
• Mod Crossloading!
  December 12, 2021 by Zarkonnen

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  Airships (v 1.0.22) now supports mod cross-loading, which means that you can enter any modded multiplayer game and it will automatically transfer over and activate any mods you need. It also takes car... Continue reading
• Hallowe'en Update
  October 28, 2021 by Zarkonnen

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  Tis the spooky season, and as is by now traditional, here's a new monster for you to fight: the clockwork cube. Cubes, in fact, as there's three of them, armed with a tentacle, a saw, and an energy be... Continue reading

  
• Version 1.0.21 - Better Multiplayer
  June 23, 2021 by Zarkonnen

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  After a bunch of beta testing, it's time to release the new networking code for everyone. There are still rare desyncs, but the game is able to recover from them, and I hope to hunt down the last few... Continue reading
• Version 1.0.20.2 - Bug and Performance Fixes
  May 10, 2021 by Zarkonnen

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  Fixed performance problems with grenadiers and other boarders. Saw blades and other ammoless weapons once again will fire at harmless targets if they have nothing better to do. Temporarily disabled mu... Continue reading

  
• Version 1.0.20.2 - Bugfixes and Balance
  March 31, 2021 by Zarkonnen

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  Features and Fixes Added an "anchor" toggle that lets you exclude ships in a fleet from being selected by default. Ships no longer fire on harmless targets, wasting ammo. Ships no longer think that un... Continue reading
• 1.0.20 - Sails, Heraldry, Armours, Aerodynamics
  February 09, 2021 by Zarkonnen

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  Additions A whole lot of new sails courtesy of Orang. The old sails still work but can't be placed anymore. The new sails have fewer restrictions, and various advantages and disadvantages. I also upda... Continue reading

  
• 1.0.19 - Better Boarders, More AI Ships
  December 10, 2020 by Zarkonnen

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  Features Improved user interface for selecting ship names: You can now set a prefix for your ships to have, and you can automatically choose distinct names or numbers when building multiple ships. The... Continue reading

  
• 1.0.18.3.1 Hotfix AKA Let's Do The Time Warp Again
  October 28, 2020 by Zarkonnen

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  Fixes! Fixed crash in conquest main map when sending fleets. +5 damage bonus to grenades from advanced explosives now actually works. Days are twice as long now... Continue reading
• Version 1.0.18.3
  October 27, 2020 by Zarkonnen

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  I've completely reworked the conquest mode victory and defeat screens. There are now pretty new artworks courtesy of Karina, and a set of graphs and replays. There is now a calendar. Research, constru... Continue reading

  
• Version 1.0.18.2
  October 14, 2020 by Zarkonnen

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  In this release, I've focused on fixing up the rules of combat and what happens after combats, and the AI of boarders and planes. Also, there is now a "Send Feedback" button in the replay system that... Continue reading
• Version 1.0.18.1
  September 23, 2020 by Zarkonnen

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  This update has one major change: Ships no longer get all their crew and resources back after a fight. If you conquer a city, you have to wait until its takeover period is complete to get your crew an... Continue reading
• Version 1.0.18 More Stuff!
  August 20, 2020 by Zarkonnen

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  This version adds a lot of new modules and content! New Modules: Command Centre: Massive bridge with an additional +30% command points generated for all ships in the fleet. Observation Dome: Upgrade t... Continue reading

  
• Version 1.0.17.1 - Reverting Save/Sync
  June 24, 2020 by Zarkonnen

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  In 1.0.17, I attempted to fix the long pauses for sync and autosave by making these run at the same time as game rendering. Unfortunately, this is causing the game to freeze on some user's machines, s... Continue reading
• Version 1.0.17 - Variants, Mods, etc.
  June 22, 2020 by Zarkonnen

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  Hi, new people! Welcome! I hope you're enjoying the game, and if you have any questions or suggestions, do post in the forums. One thing that's come up a bunch of time is mods for the game. Currently,... Continue reading

  
• Mac version works again
  June 07, 2020 by Zarkonnen

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  As a quick notice, there's now a new version for Mac that should work again on the most recent versions of MacOS. To run it, right-click on Airships.command and choose "Open"... Continue reading
• Version 1.0.14.6
  January 27, 2020 by Zarkonnen

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  Added an easier difficulty level. Remember: Play the game at the difficulty level you enjoy it at. Boarders with grappling hooks are now better at grappling with Suspendium tank endcaps, rams, and sim... Continue reading
• Version 1.0.14.5
  January 15, 2020 by Zarkonnen

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  Crew with no ability to board can no longer end up on enemy ships by being told to abandon ship and then move into the enemy ship. This was confusing, because they'd just stand inside the hatch lookin... Continue reading
• Version 1.0.14.3 - New Landscape Graphics
  December 20, 2019 by Zarkonnen

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  Landscape graphics have been updated and reorganised by Yellowminer. Changed light direction of daytime scenes to make more sense. The ship editor in multiplayer games now knows which modules you have... Continue reading

  
• Version 1.0.14: Stats and Bugfixes
  December 16, 2019 by Zarkonnen

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  This version brings both a large list of bug fixes and some nice new stuff. Post-combat stats. All-new achievement icons. Two new achievements: "We Have Reserves" for sacrificing 100 crew for a victor... Continue reading

  
• Version 1.0.13.5 - More network improvements
  November 28, 2019 by Zarkonnen

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  I've released a new update to the game and the servers. The game should now experience fewer lag spikes and no longer get stuck in reconnect loops... Continue reading
• Version 1.0.13.2 important bugfixes
  November 04, 2019 by Zarkonnen

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  This version fixes two crash bugs: Fixed crash when loading a combat with an active beam. Fixed crash when the game was trying to display a monster nest notice dialog. Upgrading recommended. :)... Continue reading
• The Shellwalker
  October 31, 2019 by Zarkonnen

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  A few days ago, I challenged Stuff+ to fight a new monster I created: The Shellwalker, a biomechanical monstrosity with a nearly impenetrable bone shield. I set him the challenge to defeat it using a... Continue reading

  
• Version 1.0.11 - Beam Weapons
  October 24, 2019 by Zarkonnen

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• macOS Catalina Compatibility
  October 13, 2019 by Zarkonnen

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  The game should now run on the newest version of macOS. The newest update to macOS, Catalina, introduces a number of new requirements for applications. It's taken a little while, but I've now released... Continue reading

  
• Version 1.0.10 - Tech Tree, Decals, etc.
  September 25, 2019 by Zarkonnen

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  You can now switch to a compressed overview of the tech tree. (Finally. Let me know if you have suggestions for improvement of this new view.) The tech tree colours have been adjusted to make it clear... Continue reading

  
• Version 1.0.9.4 - Networking, Planes, Input
  September 09, 2019 by Zarkonnen

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  Improved networking code that can deal with your connection failing and automatically reconnects. Planes now lead their shots and are much better at intercepting each other and hitting smaller fast-mo... Continue reading
• Version 1.0.9.3 - Demonstertruckification
  August 26, 2019 by Zarkonnen

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  A few more decorative items: ornate name plates, concave curved blocks, more domes, ornate decking, and crenellations. Introduced minimal upgrade time for monster nests, so you won't be surprised by p... Continue reading

  
• Version 1.0.8.1 - Bugfix
  June 07, 2019 by Zarkonnen

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  This version fixes a crash that occurred when deleting files... Continue reading
• Version 1.0.8 - Paints, Prettiness, UX
  June 07, 2019 by Zarkonnen

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  Version 1.0.8 is out, focusing on usability and prettiness. You can now select modules and decals in the editor. Selected items can be moved, duplicated, deleted, and recoloured. Nicer mod management:... Continue reading

  
• 1.0.6.5 - Improvements
  March 27, 2019 by Zarkonnen

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  Ship resource quantities are now displayed as bars rather than numbers, which should make them easier to read. The numbers are still available in tooltips. You can now explicitly tell a ship to move f... Continue reading
• 1.0.6.4 - Pipes
  March 19, 2019 by Zarkonnen

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  We're in one of those periods of drought where I'm working on major new changes - co-op multiplayer and diplomacy - where there isn't anything new to show you. So I took a quick break from the coding... Continue reading

  
• Version 1.0.6.3 - Bugfixes
  March 08, 2019 by Zarkonnen

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  The colors in paint and roundels for arms that don't obey the rule of tincture are now better-chosen. Fixed an issue caused by mods with modules that take zero time to walk through. Please don't break... Continue reading
• Version 1.0.6.2 - Lamps and Smaller Saves
  February 07, 2019 by Zarkonnen

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  Save files are now about seven times smaller, which should also help with out of memory crashes when auto-saving large maps. Functionality for re-downloading mods and ships you published to Steam is f... Continue reading

  
• Version 1.0.3
  October 16, 2018 by Zarkonnen

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  Version 1.0.3 brings a whole bunch of fixes and balance changes. You can now view your empire's current bonuses in the Empire window. Weapon accuracy of buildings doubled. AI should no longer constant... Continue reading
• Version 1.0.2.1 Bugfix
  September 11, 2018 by Zarkonnen

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  Tactical AI improvements, especially against buildings. More details in a write-up to come. Weapons can no longer lead shots beyond their firing arcs. Balanced keels vs bows. Crew chatter messages for... Continue reading
• Version 1.0.2 brings key configuration
  September 05, 2018 by Zarkonnen

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  You can now finally change the keyboard configuration!... Continue reading

  
• Version 1.0.1.1 BUGFIX
  August 30, 2018 by Zarkonnen

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  And this is the bugfix release for the bugfix release! The game should now no longer constantly crash in the editor. My apologies about this... Continue reading
• Version 1.0.1
  August 29, 2018 by Zarkonnen

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  Double clicking to load and save in file screens works correctly now. Pirates that have captured a landship they can't use no longer get stuck in an endless cycle of re-attacking. Strategic AI values... Continue reading
• Release!
  August 16, 2018 by Zarkonnen

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  After five years of development, Airships: Conquer the Skies is out! It started as a quick prototype inspired by FTL and Cortex Command, and was rapidly met with a lot of interest. So I... kind of kep... Continue reading

  
• Version 9.5
  October 31, 2017 by Zarkonnen

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  Today marks the release of Airships dev 9.5. It adds a bunch of new monsters to the game, which is why I picked Halloween has the release date, of course. To celebrate the release, I've also created a... Continue reading
• Version 9.4
  October 12, 2017 by Zarkonnen

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  Om nom nom delish Folder support for ship designs and save games. Build queues for ships and buildings. You no longer get the cost of your ship refunded when it's finished building! Fixed crash when l... Continue reading

  
• Version 9.3
  September 22, 2017 by Zarkonnen

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  Large blast type weapons now do splash damage. Their damage has been correspondingly reduced, as they now do damage to many tiles and not just one. The damage and splash area can be set separately, bu... Continue reading
• Version 9.2.4
  September 11, 2017 by Zarkonnen

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  Rewrote network code to be faster and more reliable. The new network system connects to a separate server, and the old one will be shut down in a while. Reintroduced the multiplayer overlay. You can n... Continue reading
• Version 9.2.3
  August 03, 2017 by Zarkonnen

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  Fixed incorrect memory warnings. Can discard ships in-flight if needed to e.g get rid of landships that block the fleet from moving. F2 now properly hides multiplayer chat. Prevented "AI uses player s... Continue reading
• Version 9.2.1
  July 07, 2017 by Zarkonnen

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  After a record number of beta iterations, Airships v9.2 is out! It introduces small flying units and troops: Air Hussars, small one-person airships launched from a Hussar Bay. They're strong against l... Continue reading
• Cleverer Boarders
  May 10, 2017 by Zarkonnen

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  I'm experimentally also posting devlogs on itch.io. Let me know if you like to read them from this source rather than say from Steam or my website. The next version of Airships will focus on improveme... Continue reading