18 Nov 2023
An interactive guide for new players
Interactive guides for new players take the place of a tutorial, and the menu suits phones better.
Devlog
What changed in the game, and when.
The first game, 2021–2023
Posts from before the 2026 rebuild. The screenshots show the game's old look.
2023
- 13 Feb 2023
Gold for trade, batch training and city gates
Buildings and units no longer cost gold, and a city's gates can be opened or closed.
- 7 Feb 2023
Player protection, guild auto-join and high scores
New players are protected from attack for at least 24 hours, and high scores arrive.
- 1 Feb 2023
Guild auto-accept, world restarts and breadcrumbs
Guilds can accept members automatically, worlds can restart, and the game has breadcrumbs.
2022
- 25 Oct 2022
Faster map loading, and morale in battle
The map loads in under 2 seconds instead of over 30, and morale counts in battle power.
- 16 Aug 2022
Illustrations, morale and the first sciences
The website gets illustrations, and the game gains morale and economy and military science.
- 26 Jun 2022
Backend work: city battles and queues
City attack and defence logic, a fix to the building and troop queues, and refactoring.
- 20 Apr 2022
Resource icons on the market, and a new chat page
The market shows an icon for each resource, and the chat page has a new design.
- 23 Feb 2022
The game takes the website's dark style
The game's interface now matches the website: darker and more fantasy-themed.
- 23 Feb 2022
A new website design
The website has a new design, with the development news on their own page.
- 18 Feb 2022
Preparing a city attack, and creating armies
You can prepare an attack on a city and see your chance to win, and create an army.
- 16 Feb 2022
Army and city titles on the map
Armies and cities carry titles on the map, and you can attack an army within range.
2021
- 30 Oct 2021
Map editor: map size and import
The map editor sets the map's size and imports maps, and tropical and ocean tiles arrive.
- 27 Oct 2021
More icons and style changes
New icons for the map's action buttons and the resources, and tweaked colours and styles.
- 24 Oct 2021
A new colour palette
The colours change to a purple placeholder palette that is easier to tweak later.
- 19 Oct 2021
The devlog begins
Guilds & Blades, a 4X strategy game for the web browser, gets a developer log.