The first major update ever (v.0.3.0)

Patch Note:

Big Changes:

• Redesigned map. It is now better balanced (while still keeping its natural asymmetry) and has a refreshed visual style.

• New Tutorial. Someone has decided to personally help new players get into the game. When you first enter the game, instead of opening Help, short tutorial screens will open at appropriate moments.
• "Eras" are in the game! The system is slowly starting to be implemented. Open the panel and you will see several events. You decide how to change this world!
• New Heroes added:

• Added a Hero - "The Minister of Secrets". In order for him to join you, you need to provoke one event in the Era of Rising. Hurry up, because other Countries can get him before you!
• Added a Hero - "The Accomplice". He is the loyal general of the War Tribe. Or is he? Well... He can defect under certain circumstances and join another nation...
• Added a Hero - "The Merchant". He is ready to join the most promising (in terms of business) country. Check out the Eras panel for more details.
• Added a Hero - "The Lover". He's joining The Expedition. Yes, The Explorer now has a special Hero as well, good luck...

• Conversations during battles. Now, some Characters will be able to exchange lines during combat (at the start of battle). This way, you will be able to find out interesting facts about them. For example, The Minister of Secrets, in the course of his professional activity, knows everything about everyone and will not hesitate to reveal someone's secret.
• The death of a Character is an important event, so a special screen will be shown when one of the Heroes is eliminated from the game.

Tweaks and Balance:

• Secret Police Agents are balanced: the more of them on the Battleboard, the higher the probability that they will make a Mistake and the enemy will get Shield instead of damage. The Minister of Secrets, however, reduces this probability by being present.
• Now you cannot start a battle again within one turn, even if the previous attack was unsuccessful.
• Fixed a bug with displaying two army collection screens for two countries at the same time when starting a battle. The fix was in a silent patch, just reporting it here.
• The Battle Preview Screen has been slightly changed: now it shows the Leaders of the conflict sides - so it's more obvious at a glance. You can also see the label "no additional effects" - this is a small teaser for the future.
• "Defeat Count" is now displayed as "Health Points" - so, it decreases, not increases.
• "Health Points" and "Defence Points" will gradually change their colour depending on the value.
• Battles are faster now: enemy Units will now attack immediately without saying their lines.
• Frozen characters will no longer speak.
• The Character Information Panel opened during a battle will no longer produce voice lines.
• Everybody loves numbers. Especially when they are on the screen. That's why, now, when taking damage, the corresponding numbers will appear above the characters. Also receiving all effects will be accompanied by labels.
• Changed the icon that appears above a Region that indicates a battle has just happened there.
• AI-Leaders are now more willing to build Productions in Regions.
• The Explorer now changes her emotions on the Communication Screen as well.
• Fixed most of the incorrectly scaled screens.
• The Protector is now stronger - his "It doesn't hurt!" ability now gives Shield to The Uniter. The player does not get Shield, sadly.
• Improved the logic for choosing Abilities for some AIs and Auto-Turn: the less effective an action is, the less likely it is to be performed.
• The button confirming the end of a turn has become a bit bigger than the others - to attract the attention of new players. Also, on the first move, it has a unique label "Make a Turn".
• Fixed a bug with incorrect system language detection at the first launch of the game.
• On the high difficulty level, "Gold Production" in the first Region is now also given automatically and for free - it's just more convenient that way. But the whole mode will be updated soon.
• The Help texts have been updated to reflect the new changes. Terms unified for all languages and other adjustments.

* Changes have been made that are incompatible with the old save files, so they will be deleted when you start the game. In the future, the save files will be more stable.