Mercenary Brotherhood

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• Patch Notes·1 Sept 2026Official

  Roadmap Update

  Updates to Roadmap - Journey to Early AccessWhen I last did the roadmap, it was before the demo launch. Before then I had play testers who provided a lot of feedback so I was pretty sure the state of the game and was sure it was solid. Well like any good plan, once it was played by more than a few people it was clear it needed more work. There weren't stability issues just many usability tweaks needed as well as many smaller bugs. Also, there was a large amount of interest from Chinese and French players so that led to a lot of work adding in early translations to the game. However there also was enough interest in the game to justify commissioned art so I started commissioning art for that game. This part has been a lesson learned for me, that unless I have dedicated people doing the art, it takes a lot longer than I was originally expecting.Overall the beta resulted in a far better game, so I am quite happy with it. Also found man people playing it for 10, 20 and even 100+ hours even though the content was only 20% in the demo. The roadmap only glosses over some of the changes. It doesn't even go into a complete overhaul or the ascension area, some of the emergent story line aspects or flattening the maps to remove multi-floor buildings (that really made some maps not fun at all).What's Coming For September-OctoberThe largest amount of work will be with continuing to polishing the UI. Tweaking graphics, replacing some with commission art, refining tooltips to be more clear, etc. There are many areas I want to keep refining it just takes time. Another area I will focus on is balancing around mid-late game. With all the different mid-late game factions, plus all the ways to grow and evolve units, finding a happy balance here will be a lot of work and will take a lot of time. The existing tutorial is only ok. Better than nothing but still doesn't ease people in. I took some time to play other games to see how they do tutorials so I want to go back and really adjust h...
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• Patch Notes·19 Aug 2026Official

  Demo Patch - Aug 19 - Bug Fixes + Mid Game Balances Changes

  This demo patch is a collection of miscellaneous bug fixes and mid game balance changes as reported by players. Most are ones that won't be visible to most players as they are more in the mid game stage.Tip: - First couple level ups are really fast. Subsequent levels are much slower. UI: - Show characters hometown on their character sheet - Tweak to look of the faith section of character sheet Balance: - Improve loot drop variety. While enemies still are most likely to drop the weapon they are wielding, such as a sword, they now have a chance to drop other equipment as well. This addresses and issue where weapons like javelins were hard to find- Mercs stay in their faith for life. No more conversion - Using mechanical crossbows or hand cannons help discover tinkering - Settlement reputation drops much slowerFixes:- Tinkering skill levels up much faster- Kills with magic now count towards ascension experience - Fix a problem with hermits and mystic trainers not properly giving out skills
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• Patch Notes·16 Aug 2026Official

  Demo Patch - Aug 16 - Improved translations +

  This demo hotfix focuses primarily on the translations plus on fix for Vendetta weapons. Tip: - The demo caps out at about 20% of the games content however you can keep playing. This is why some people find the enemy variety lacking after 20 hours or so. Translations:- About 40 different changes focusing on improving the current translations. Many of them were minor (a couple words here or there that weren't translated, or a hover over that wasn't) while others focused on either French or simplified Chinese specific translation issues.Fixes:- Vendetta items were bugged. They didn't have icons, sell for 0 gold, and some aren't even equippable.
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• Announcements·7 Aug 2026Official

  Testing French and Simplified Chinese Translations

  3 Interesting Facts About Mercenary Brotherhood In Different LanguagesAn interesting fact is that even though this game was made primarily for English, as I wasn't sure if there would be interest in other areas, 60% of the wishlists and players speak French and Simplified Chinese. Second interesting fact is that one of the things that has caused crashes during the demo are players using some sort of tool to force the game to run in Simplified Chinese. Not sure how, but very impressive what they did when all my crash logs were in Chinese. Finally, the cost to translate a game with this much text for just one language would cost around the same amount as replacing all the art in this game with commissioned art. Art to me is a much higher priority.Beta Testing French and Simplified Chinese TranslationsSimple Google Translate take literal translations and often gets things wrong. Or it feels clunky.Instead I spent the last two weeks coming up with a new type of translations called Context & Intent Translations. So instead of it translating the words, it looks at what I wrote in English, and then the intent and context of my game and then writes all the text from scratch in a new language.This is now implemented in the Beta version of the demo and can be switched on the main home page of the game.Early Feedback So far I had feedback from one French player and it was better than he expected. I have since made tweaks based on his feedback. No testing yet for Simplified Chinese however it should be better than the tool those players were using.Ask of Player Community I would really appreciate a couple players who speak both English and either French or Simplified Chinese to play for an hour or two. In the Steam discussion forum for this game let me know how it goes. If this is close and just needs more tweaks then I will officially support French and Simplified Chinese in this game right away. If there is no way to get this good enough with this technology then I will pull ...
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• Patch Notes·5 Aug 2026Official

  Demo Patch - Aug 5 - More emergent stories + commissioned art

  This patch adds a lot. There are more emergent events, new commissioned art for settlements, tweaks to new game screen to look nicer, and many other smaller changes.Tip: - The center of the map is easier than the edges. Graphics:- New commissioned images and icons for all settlements- New game screen is more colourful and has more contrast- New images for roads in battle mapsGameplay:- Tinkering now has a basic ranged ability at level 1 - repeater.- New emergent event - Company cohesion. Races and personalities that don't get along form rivalries easier. Too much friction impacts company dynamics- New emergent event - Religion. Certain units can worship demigods, including past characters that ascended- New emergent event - Survivors guilt. Survivors of tough battles take it rough and they are not easily accepting to new recruits- Mending magical item trait provides a bonus to heals providedUsability/UI:- When changing keybindings, you can now change camera panning- Map keys to scroll the big map now take into account key changes done for the rest of the game in the settings- When changing keybindings, the message about reserved keys is no longer hidden- On main map, space bar will now pass days- Scrying will now have a pin over the location of the relic on the world map and the Atlas- Tweak stats on level up screen to show full stats and on hover over show breakdown. Removed toggle- When changing a unit image, have it remember your last race filter you usedBalance:- Slight reduction for vendettas at power level 3+- If units are the last ones on the map and they are not a special unit they should retreat. This should address issue with one unit hiding in a building- Apex Beasts now drop 2 guaranteed rare items + large amounts of gold- Town primary races should take precedence over realm primary races- Slight buff to bow damageFixes:- In battle, make rest bonus last only one turn- Raided Caravan will now show the correct faction to fight- Ensure 2-handed axes appear ...
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