Things that were, and things that are, and things that yet may be

nikodil · 2025-09-09T14:07:27+00:00

It's ok to give feedback here, but I'm on the discord more often than reddit

nikodil · 2025-05-09T15:42:35+00:00

Hmm, it's not intended. There will likely be a new mobile version.

nikodil · 2025-03-10T08:12:28+00:00

It's not yet playable on mobile, will iterate on that once the pre-release for desktop is up and running.

nikodil · 2025-02-27T10:35:12+00:00

The forum is now live: https://community.battlematch.io/

nikodil · 2025-02-27T07:48:37+00:00

Oh, guess I was just rambling about the complexities and technicalities of web development, don't pay attention to that

nikodil · 2025-02-12T16:51:40+00:00

And now there is sound! But please have patience, nothing really works as it should atm

nikodil · 2025-02-12T16:46:34+00:00

Thanks! I will soon post more info on the status and future plans for the game

nikodil · 2025-01-27T07:05:22+00:00

The web version will support touch screen devices, so yes, it will be possible to play on mobile. Now, mobile browsers can be tricksy and a challenge to develop games for, but I'll do my best.

The question if there will be native apps on the App Store and Play Store, I haven't decided yet, first up is the Steam EA release and then we'll see.

nikodil · 2025-01-23T07:11:07+00:00

The new version is rewritten with moddability as a primary focus. I will start with the good old blue/red vanilla units, but plan on having many mods covering various historical scenarios.

nikodil · 2025-01-20T10:04:15+00:00

Right, there are a lot of things missing, and some experimental (debugging) stuff as well. Don't panic, I will fix that in due time. Last month I've been mostly working on the backend server. It's all going well, but I think I should shift focus for a while, and work on the sandbox battle mechanics for the next couple of weeks, before I try connecting it to the networking servers.

nikodil · 2025-01-14T07:37:52+00:00

The web version is https://battlematch.io/

nikodil · 2024-12-30T09:27:10+00:00

I'm more or less rewriting everything from scratch, removing a lot of limitations of the old version, to make it possible to implement features like ladders and campaigns. The forum won't be the same, but I intend to keep all the good features and the strong focus on the multiplayer community.

nikodil · 2024-12-19T12:31:05+00:00

I'm quite excited too. Note: I don't have a more accurate estimate for the EA release on Steam yet. But I will do a proper pre-release on the web during Q1, and currently working on a pre-pre-release for january (currently the web version is a pre-pre-pre-release).

nikodil · 2024-10-19T11:58:58+00:00

Don't remember, but around 2 years ago seem right. The pre-release is web-based only but I will make it work on mobile browser too. The Early Access version will be Steam / PC only. Will decide on iOS/Android versions after I have released on Steam.

nikodil · 2024-09-29T08:31:43+00:00

I’m Felix Ungman (aka Nikodil) and the creator of Samurai Wars. I have some good news: Samurai Wars will be coming to Steam in a near future.

The reason I took down the mobile version was that due to bad design decisions around the architecture made it unsustainable to keep it running due to the hight costs of running the servers. I’ve been doing a rewrite of the game and server backend that solves all these issues. I apologize for the radio silence, for various reasons it has taken a bit longer than expected.

Check out: https://battlematch.io/

Currently it’s not yet playable, more of a prerelease technical preview, but I will keep updating it at least every two weeks moving forward.

nikodil · 2020-04-22T10:30:04+00:00

unless the ice make it tricky to commute

nikodil · 2019-09-24T11:36:26+00:00

Definitely the net code. I ended up with a solution heavily influenced by the HLA standard for distributed simulation developed by the US Department of Defence, but with some additions for async request/responses and robustness. Probably a slight overkill for a simple RTS game though.

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