Risen Kingdoms

Devlog

• Update 1.1.7.4 Audio Update
  June 27, 2024 by Armouredboar

  Welcome to update 1.1.7.4 This update overhauls the sound system the game uses, now all sounds exist under the same system and can be manually controlled within the options menu much more precisely wh... Continue reading
• Update 1.1.7.3
  February 05, 2024 by Armouredboar

  This is the first update of 2024! This update focuses on fixing a number of issues and updates more functions behind the scenes. - improved: the game window should no longer switch to your default mon... Continue reading
• Update 1.1.7.2
  October 16, 2023 by Armouredboar

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  Quick update that changes and fixes a number of things: - added: new race type; construct, this race is immune to the poison debuff. - improved: added a bunch of units to the construct race - Dwarven... Continue reading
• Update 1.1.7.0
  October 07, 2023 by Armouredboar

  Welcome back already! Two updates in one day! Resolution and window options are now fully implemented into the new 1.1.7.0 system. These resolutions are much more powerful than before and allow you to... Continue reading

  
• Update 1.1.6.9 - Resolution!
  October 07, 2023 by Armouredboar

  Welcome to update 1.1.6.9 With this update I have completely rewrote the games display code, and things “Hopefully” should look a lot better when playing now, especially on bigger screens. By defa... Continue reading

  
• Update 1.1.5.5
  August 01, 2023 by Armouredboar

  Update 1.1.5.5 is a quickfix update that changes the way heroes can gain experience. This patch mainly fixes a few bugs such as the weather sounds effects carrying over from the title screen battles a... Continue reading

  
• Update 1.1.5.3
  March 14, 2023 by Armouredboar

  Another Bugfix update with a nice quality of life addition and new item! Risen Kingdoms should be stable as of now but i'm constantly testing to find new bugs and see where i can generally improve the... Continue reading

  
• Update 1.1.5.2 Quick fix and new item!
  March 12, 2023 by Armouredboar

  A quick update to fix a rare crash when killing an army with a spell that originated from an item. I've also added a new shield item to the game to better equipped melee heroes. Until next time :)... Continue reading

  
• Update 1.1.5.1
  March 09, 2023 by Armouredboar

  Welcome ot update 1.1.5.1! This update fixes the crash that can happen the first time risen kingdoms is ever started on a system. It also improves and fixes a bunch of things behind the scenes within... Continue reading

  
• Update 1.1.5.1
  December 05, 2022 by Armouredboar

  Quick update to fix a crash people were getting on the games startup. You may still get 1 crash while the game is starting up, this may be due to the creation of the shared hero storage but it will wo... Continue reading
• Update 1.1.5.0
  November 22, 2022 by Armouredboar

  This update updates the balance of the game a little alongside fixing a rare crashing issue. Numerous behind the scenes changes have been made to make way for the next content update, which will featu... Continue reading

  
• 1.1.4.5 Quick-Fix
  August 10, 2022 by Armouredboar

  Just a Quick-fix update to correct an error in the auto battle code that could cause the game to hang after calculating spells... Continue reading
• Update 1.1.4.4
  August 09, 2022 by Armouredboar

  Update 1.1.4.4 This update further improves on mounted units by adding a charge mechanic to the game, the first strike mounted units inflict will do an amount of bonus damage depending on the charge t... Continue reading

  
• Update 1.1.4.0 - Content and Fixes
  August 05, 2022 by Armouredboar

  Update 1.1.4.0 includes a bunch of new editions to the game, including a new item and unit, the Star Robe, and Mounted Crusader respectively. Alongside this there is also a new item script that can be... Continue reading

  
• Update 1.1.3.2 - Improvements
  May 06, 2022 by Armouredboar

  Update 1.1.3.2 Welcome to Update 1.1.3.2, this update mainly focuses on bug fixes but also comes with several UI improvements, one of these UI improvements breaks down your resources when hovering ove... Continue reading

  
• Update 1.1.3.0 Modding!
  March 26, 2022 by Armouredboar

  Welcome to Update 1.1.3.0 Modding! This update introduces basic modding features to the game including the ability add new buildings as well as new items and sprites. Basic modding instructions can be... Continue reading

  
• Update 1.1.2.0 AI, Vassals and Improvements!
  February 07, 2022 by Armouredboar

  Welcome to Update 1.1.2.0 This update mainly concentrates on improving the AI, you'll notice AI players moving more armies around instead of hunkering down in their cities. Improvements have also been... Continue reading

  
• Update 1.1.1.9 Year Of The Tiger Update!
  February 01, 2022 by Armouredboar

  Welcome to the new Lunar new year update! In this update I've added the addition of a new Tiger unit that can be obtained by capturing a Honodio City, this makes for the 6th unique unit available to t... Continue reading

  
• Update 1.1.1.8 - More Items!
  January 22, 2022 by Armouredboar

  Welcome to the first update of 2022! This is a quick update to add 2 new items to the game that both offer up new abilities for heroes to make use of. Apart from the new items several background impro... Continue reading

  
• Update 1.1.1.5
  October 08, 2021 by Armouredboar

  Update 1.1.1.5 This update adds a bunch of bug fixes and overhauls the main menu to feature random faction battles. You can now access all sub menus such as skirmish mode and the campaign within the m... Continue reading

  
• Update 1.1.1.1 New class, skills and spells update!
  October 02, 2021 by Armouredboar

  Update 1.1.1.1 Welcome to to update 1.1.1.1! Firstly lets go over the new features at a glance: New class: The Mage. 9 new skills! 7 new spells! 2 new spell types. New buff/debuff system! Updated many... Continue reading

  
• Update 1.1.0.1
  September 11, 2021 by Armouredboar

  Update 1.1.0.1 Quick update with a few cool features to end the week with, one being units will now show up and walk around their leader or city they are stationed in. In order to not clutter up the s... Continue reading

  
• Update 1.1.0.0 Zooming!
  September 10, 2021 by Armouredboar

  Update 1.1.0.0 This is a quick update to fix a bug that prevented AI heroes from being able to level up in scenarios, however i also took this opportunity to add another scenario to skirmish mode; War... Continue reading

  
• Update 1.0.9.8 Iron Man Mode!
  September 07, 2021 by Armouredboar

  Update 1.0.9.8 This update has been a fun one to work on, with the introduction of 2 new hero modes, iron man, and tin man. These modes can be activated during the creation of your hero and will perma... Continue reading

  
• Update 1.0.9.5 Crusaders
  September 04, 2021 by Armouredboar

  Crusader Lord Update Welcome to the crusader lord update! The first New leader skill set to be introduced since the games publicly playable state. The Crusader Lord leader skill set allows you to call... Continue reading

  
• Update 1.0.8.9 Going Premium
  August 13, 2021 by Armouredboar

  Risen Kingdoms Premium Welcome to Risen Kingdoms Premium! After years of working on this Risen Kingdoms I've made the huge decision of creating a premium and freemium version of the game. Before i get... Continue reading

  
• Update 1.0.7.5 - Items and More!
  May 30, 2021 by Armouredboar

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  Update 1.0.7.5 Welcome to Update 1.0.7.5, this update changes a lot of game mechanics and quality of life improvements, mostly relating to items. To start with, there are now 3 new items that have bee... Continue reading

  
• Update 1.0.6.0 - Spider Queen
  May 10, 2021 by Armouredboar

  Update 1.0.6.0 - Spider Queen Welcome to update 1.0.6.0! This update has been in development for a while featuring re-writing of a lot of the games code base. The first big feature is the new playable... Continue reading

  
• Update 1.0.5.0 Campaign
  February 20, 2021 by Armouredboar

  Content Update 1.0.5.0 This update has been in development for a while and i'm very happy to finally announce the campaign update has been released! This update features many new features, bug fixes,... Continue reading

  
• Update 1.0.4.0 - Improvements
  December 17, 2020 by Armouredboar

  Update 1.0.4.0 Welcome to update 1.0.4.0! This update has been in development for a while and includes many many bug fixes and quality of life improvements. The next big feature (Battle packs) is stil... Continue reading

  
• Update 1.0.3.9
  October 26, 2020 by Armouredboar

  Quick update to fix a few issues and improve how the AI players plan and launch their attacks. Generally you'll see AI players more willing to group several armies on a mission to take out enemy citie... Continue reading
• Update 1.0.3.8
  October 19, 2020 by Armouredboar

  Quick update to add both sound and music audio levels to the options menu. This update also fixes several bugs including AI heroes not being able to learn ranged attacks by going down the spell castin... Continue reading

  
• Update 1.0.3.7 bug fixes and Archmage perk
  October 10, 2020 by Armouredboar

  This is just a quick update to fix a few bugs, but as people are having to download a new update so quickly i thought i'd implement the next upgraded perk: The Archmage character still has his origina... Continue reading

  
• Update 1.0.3.6 - Spells and Perks
  October 09, 2020 by Armouredboar

  Welcome to the Spells and Perks update! This update includes 3 new world spells, 2 of these spells are a new type of direct damage spell, casting a direct damage spell on an army will take out a numbe... Continue reading

  
• Update 1.0.3.5 - Bandits
  September 14, 2020 by Armouredboar

  Bandits have arrived to the realms! Welcome to the next content update! Bandits I'm pleased to introduce bandits to the game, bandits will appear throughout scenario's as dynamic random events, they... Continue reading

  
• Update 1.0.3.4
  June 19, 2020 by Armouredboar

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  The Dwarf Factions Has Arrived! Dwarfs were originally designed alongside the human and goblin factions but their implementation was pushed back in order to bring the amazon faction and fey units into... Continue reading

  
• Update 1.0.3.1
  June 01, 2020 by Armouredboar

  Welcome to update 1.0.3.1, This update massively improves the AI, vassals, undead cities and more! Necromancers AI necromancers who have the appropriate skills will now purge cities they capture into... Continue reading

  
• Update 1.0.3.0
  May 22, 2020 by Armouredboar

  Hey Everyone, We're finally at a new major content update! This update includes the first Huge sized scenario, this scenario is ginormous compared to the regular size of scenarios seen so far and will... Continue reading

  
• Update 1.0.2.9
  May 11, 2020 by Armouredboar

  I'm happy to have another update out so quick after the last one. Update 1.0.2.9 introduces a number of beautification assets to the game as well as fixes several bugs. Several melee and custom scenar... Continue reading

  
• Update 1.0.2.8
  May 03, 2020 by Armouredboar

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  Welcome to the 1.0.2.8 content patch! This content patch contains a new customizable melee scenario as well as a new relic site and unit! The patch also contains bug fixes and many improvements to the... Continue reading

  
• Update 1.0.2.7
  April 24, 2020 by Armouredboar

  Welcome to update 1.0.2.7 This content patch introduces treasure sites and relics! As well as a new customizable melee scenario. Treasure sites and Relics will continuously show up as scenarios pro... Continue reading

  
• Update 1.0.2.6
  March 06, 2020 by Armouredboar

  Welcome to Update 1.0.2.6, This content patch introduces a new mercenary outpost, allowing players to hire fey units, including the unique Centaur, a spell weaving cavalry unit. Several bugs have also... Continue reading

  
• Update 1.0.2.5
  February 29, 2020 by Armouredboar

  Hi all, This update improves the vassal menu, allowing you to view your vassals leaders individually as well as the happiness of each vassal at a glance. There are also a bunch of background changes t... Continue reading

  
• Update 1.0.2.4
  January 11, 2020 by Armouredboar

  Welcome to the first update of 2020, this update generally improves the underlying engine of the game and fixes a bunch of bugs, I have a bunch of goals set for Risen Kingdoms this year that I will be... Continue reading

  
• Update 1.0.2.3
  September 21, 2019 by Armouredboar

  Welcome to update 1.0.2.3! Hi everyone! Thanks for following the development of Risen Kingdoms! This update fixes a number of bugs as well as improves the dragon tamer character's trait to make for a... Continue reading

  
• Update 1.0.2.2
  August 08, 2019 by Armouredboar

  Hi everyone, Its that time again and Update 1.0.2.2 has just went live! This update not only adds a new hero character; the goblin dragon tamer, but also two new scenarios to conquer, customise and te... Continue reading

  
• Update 1.0.2.0
  July 19, 2019 by Armouredboar

  Hi everyone thanks for following the development of Risen Kingdoms! In this update a new character is now available to play as, as well as against; the noble is able to generate a 5% interest on their... Continue reading

  
• Update 1.0.1.9 - New Necromancer spell: Zombie Knights!
  June 28, 2019 by Armouredboar

  This update adds a new unit for necromancers to play around with, the zombie knight! Zombie knights are able to weld their shields to block incoming blows as well as deliver a considerable amount of d... Continue reading

  
• Update 1.0.1.8 Another bug fix patch
  June 17, 2019 by Armouredboar

  Another quick update to stabilise the game before the next big content patch. Apart from the fixes the outside view of the scenario has been improved considerably. Thanks for following the progress o... Continue reading
• Update 1.0.1.7 bug fix patch
  June 12, 2019 by Armouredboar

  Just a quick update to fix a few stability bugs within the game. Have fun playing! --- Change Log --- --- fixed --- - fixed: cities had their unique id's not correctly set. - fixed: crash when replaci... Continue reading
• Update 1.0.1.7
  June 11, 2019 by Armouredboar

  Hi everyone! Im happy to present Update 1.0.1.7, this update adds a new difficulty level to the game alongside a new 8 player customisable scenario. There are also plenty of bug fixes in this patch st... Continue reading

  
• Update 1.0.1.6
  June 07, 2019 by Armouredboar

  Hi again everyone and thanks for following the progress of Risen Kingdoms! This update not only adds a new unit to the game but also two new scenarios to play through and customise! A big addition to... Continue reading

  
• Update 1.0.1.5
  May 18, 2019 by Armouredboar#update, #vassal, #fixes

  This update mostly stabilises the game however a major change introduced in with update is the ability for any player to revive another defeated player as a vassal. Note the liege lord leader skill se... Continue reading

  
• Update 1.0.1.4
  April 21, 2019 by Armouredboar

  This update introduces character traits, each character appearance now has a unique trait attached to it, for example the Dark Mage will start every battle with several skeletons as well as raise a s... Continue reading

  
• Update 1.0.1.3
  April 15, 2019 by Armouredboar#update

  Hi everyone, as always thanks for following the development of Risen Kingdoms! This update adds a bunch of fixes and improvements to the game. First we'll go over the major change to the gameplay, pl... Continue reading

  
• Content Update 1.0.1.1
  March 25, 2019 by Armouredboar

  Hey everyone, this is a huge update that adds a major element of gameplay to the game, this element being the empire spell book and the ability to cast spells within the scenario view. Alongside this... Continue reading
• Update 1.0.1.0
  March 11, 2019 by Armouredboar

  This update includes a new powerful unit for the honodio as well as a new playable hero character the Archmage, Apart from the new additions there are also many improvements and fixes present within... Continue reading

  
• Update 1.0.0.9
  February 15, 2019 by Armouredboar

  Hi everyone, thanks once again for following the development of Risen Kingdoms! This is a fairly large content patch that introduces the honodio kingdom and mercenary posts, both of which are able to... Continue reading

  
• Update 1.0.0.8
  January 12, 2019 by Armouredboar#Update

  Thanks for following the development of Risen Kingdoms, Update 1.0.0.8 adds many additions behind the scenes to get the game ready for its campaign mode, included in this update are various additions... Continue reading

  
• Update 1.0.0.7
  January 06, 2019 by Armouredboar#AI, #update, #patch

  Update 1.0.0.7 adds another customizable skirmish scenario and major improvements to the ai. --- added --- - added: new melee scenario. --- improved --- - improved: AI players now act more intelligent... Continue reading

  
• Update 1.0.0.6
  January 04, 2019 by Armouredboar#fixes

  Thanks for following the development of Risen Kingdoms! This update adds several improvements and fixes to the game alongside a new skirmish scenario. --- added --- - added: new melee scenario: Thasir... Continue reading
• Update 1.0.0.5 Inventory!
  January 01, 2019 by Armouredboar#items, #art

  This content update finally enables the inventory system within the game! Items can be obtained at the end of every scenario and can be equipped or stored in a shared stash between all your heroes. Th... Continue reading

  
• Update 1.0.0.4!
  December 06, 2018 by Armouredboar#fixes

  This update completely changes how the game is compiled and should result in about a x2 speed improvement, especially when it comes to the AI taking their turns. This update also re-writes most of the... Continue reading

  
• Update 1.0.0.3!
  December 02, 2018 by Armouredboar#Vassal, #AI

  Update 1.0.0.3! This first update to Risen Kingdoms allows AI players to create offensive and defensive formations to gain an advantage on the battlefield. Placing ranged units behind walls for exampl... Continue reading

  
• The Scenario Creation Kit!
  January 02, 2018 by Armouredboar#Editor, #map editor, #creation kit, #4x

  I'm proud to present the Risen Kingdoms Scenario Creation Kit! a powerful tool used to create every scenario in the game! This tool will be available soon after release allowing you to create scenari... Continue reading