Warstead Demo Update – Meet Oswin!

Warstead Demo Update – Meet Oswin!

A New Interactive Tutorial, Major Improvements & Bug Fixes

A huge thank you to our community!

Thanks to your valuable feedback on our Discord server, we've been able to make numerous improvements to the Warstead demo over the past few days. Your reports have been especially helpful in identifying bugs and issues that we hadn't discovered during development.

We truly appreciate your support! Together with our community, we want to continue improving Warstead step by step and provide an increasingly enjoyable experience for everyone.

This update introduces one particularly exciting new feature:

Meet Oswin, your new personal companion!

New: Oswin Guides You Through Your Settlement!

Getting started in Warstead should be easier to understand, more engaging, and more enjoyable than ever before.

That's why we've developed a brand-new interactive tutorial system.

Oswin now guides you through 17 introductory steps , helping you learn the fundamentals of settlement building, resource management, economic development, and your first production chains.

And the best part?

Oswin speaks both English and German!

His mouth movements adapt to the selected language, creating a more natural speaking animation. We've also improved his facial expressions, teeth, mouth details, and subtle head movements to make him feel much more alive.

A dedicated dialogue window displays his explanations as he speaks, allowing you to follow every instruction at your own pace.

We've also redesigned the tutorial guidance system to make your first steps easier:

• The appropriate construction menu automatically opens for each tutorial objective.
• Important buttons are highlighted with a clearly visible yellow flashing effect until selected.
• Geologists now receive more intuitive guidance during relevant tutorial steps.
• Buildings only count toward tutorial progress once construction has been fully completed.

Our goal: Less confusion, more building, and more fun creating your very first settlement!

Additional Improvements & Bug Fixes

Alongside Oswin's introduction, we've improved several other areas of the demo based on your feedback.

Audio & Language

• Voice audio levels have been normalized across all dialogue files.
• New default audio settings: Music 10%, Voice & Notifications 75%.
• Your previously saved personal audio preferences will remain unchanged.
• The game now uses your Steam language whenever supported. Otherwise, English will be selected.
• Previously assigned automatic language settings are re-evaluated, while languages deliberately selected by players are preserved.

Settlement Building & Economy

• On Easy difficulty, players now receive enough bread and logs to survive at least two winters.
• Terrain transitions near water have been improved for a more natural appearance.
• Forester buildings can no longer be placed directly on existing roads.
• All standard maps now ensure that iron and coal deposits are available within every starting territory.
• Carrier capacity is now calculated and displayed correctly: 100 carriers per completed Marketplace plus 50 additional carriers per completed Warehouse.

Winter & Exploration

• Mines and important resource deposits are now easier to locate during winter thanks to additional visual arrow indicators.
• Fog of war now begins outside your settlement boundaries.
• Areas explored by ships or other units remain permanently revealed.
• Fog of war can gradually return over abandoned enemy settlements.

User Interface & Gameplay

• Notification windows have been redesigned for better readability and usability.
• A clearer "Close Notification" option has been introduced.
• The option to disable notifications has been moved higher for easier access.
• Delivery requests have been integrated into the side of the interface.
• Unnecessary notifications such as "0 Combat Units Selected" have been removed.
• Incorrect commands, such as "Attack" appearing when selecting a Geologist, are no longer displayed.

Thank You for Helping Shape Warstead!

As an independent development studio, your feedback means an incredible amount to us.

Many of the issues addressed in this update were only discovered because you took the time to report them. Your suggestions, bug reports, and discussions help us understand where improvements are needed most.

That's exactly why staying in close contact with our community is so important to us.

Jump back into the updated demo, meet Oswin, and continue building your settlement!

If you encounter any additional bugs, have suggestions, or simply want to share your experience, we'd love to hear from you on our Discord server.

We're continuing to work passionately on Warstead and look forward to sharing even more improvements and new features with you in future updates.

Thank you for your continued support, and have fun building your settlement!

Your Nighthaven Interactive Team