A War of a Madman's Making

Devlog

• A War of a Madman's Making: 1.1 release
  June 25, 2024 by Witching Metal Productions

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  Greetings, commanders! Today marks the glorious new phase of the Great Leader's plans. Version 1.1 is now available which overhauls the QTE system. By default, you must click the sprite to survive. Bu... Continue reading

  
• A War of a Madman's Making 1.0 release
  March 08, 2024 by Witching Metal Productions

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  A War of a Madman's Making is now released to 1.0! After much consideration, I decided against expanding the Valkyrie ending to include win conditions, white peace, etc. -- since I feel this all goes... Continue reading
• Beta 0.5 - Valkyrie Endings
  November 10, 2023 by Witching Metal Productions

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  Greetings, commanders! You thought it was over, but we're back. In all seriousness, I've been on a hiatus from game development while I deal with that stupid thing called Real Life. Now I feel I'm bac... Continue reading

  
• Beta 0.4.8 - Story fixes
  July 23, 2023 by Witching Metal Productions

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  Greetings, commanders! Apologies for the lack of updates. That annoying thing called "real life" has been seeping into my game development as of late - not to mention other shiny projects distracting... Continue reading
• Beta 0.4.7 - Difficulty & QOL
  June 02, 2023 by Witching Metal Productions

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  Greetings, Commanders! Yes, this version numbering is a bit weird. No, you didn't miss anything between 0.4.4.6 and 0.4.7 - and no, the Great Leader will not elaborate any further on this decision! Jo... Continue reading

  
• Beta 0.4.4.6 - Typo fixes, Steam achievement fixes
  April 18, 2023 by Witching Metal Productions

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  Greetings, commanders! Today's patch deploys a second fix for Steam achievements in which you would be constantly awarded the same achievement over and over. Additionally, there's a number of bug and... Continue reading
• Beta 0.4.4.5 - Typo fixes, Steam achievement fixes
  March 09, 2023 by Witching Metal Productions

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  Greetings, commanders! Today's patch - 0.4.4.5 - mainly fixes an issue where Steam achievements were getting cleared any time you started a new game. (I learned that the Ren'Py `clear all` feature doe... Continue reading
• Beta 0.4.4.1 - Bug fixes
  January 27, 2023 by Witching Metal Productions

  Greetings, commanders! Tonight's hotfix - Beta 0.4.4.2 - fixes some narrative bugs with regards to showing alternate text based on your war plan. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1985710/A_War_of_a_... Continue reading

  
• Beta 0.4 - Steam Early Access + Valkyrie
  January 15, 2023 by Witching Metal Productions

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  It's a big one today, commanders! Today's update - Beta 0.4 - marks the completion of the Valkyrie endings and the release of War of a Madman's Making on Steam Early Access! I can't express how much I... Continue reading

  
• Beta 0.3.3.6 - Credits!
  January 12, 2023 by Witching Metal Productions

  Greetings, commanders! Last weekend, the entire development team of War of a Madman's Making left their posts to party it up in New Orleans. They have been purged and replaced. ... okay, talking like... Continue reading

  
• Beta 0.3.3.5 - Yule Log!
  December 27, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions

  Greetings, commanders! Tonight's update adds late-game bug fixes and general polish to the presentation. There are still game paths that haven't gotten much testing love, so please don't hesitate to d... Continue reading

  
• Beta 0.3.3.4 - Polished endings!
  December 19, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions

  Greetings, commanders! Tonight's update fixes some major narrative issues with the endings, fleshing out the endings where you attempt your own rise to power. Additionally, I polished a bunch of error... Continue reading
• Beta 0.3.3.3 - Crash fix!
  November 30, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions

  Greetings, commanders! Nothing too big to report, except Beta 0.3.3.3 now fixes a late-game crash caused by a typo in the code. For the sake of posterity, here are the spoilerific known issues! Known... Continue reading
• Beta 0.3.3.2 - Bug fixes
  November 28, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions

  Greetings, commanders! Tonight's update is a minor patch that fixes the following bugs: Wrong name colors in late game. Improperly displayed sprites in late game. ...and that's it! I apologize for the... Continue reading
• Beta 0.3.3.1 - Polish and game balance
  November 20, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions

  Greetings, commanders! This update just adds a typo fix and a game balance change. In previous versions, if you chose the dialogue option "maybe Huldin won't get a chance to help" when you meet Jonath... Continue reading
• Beta 0.3.3 - Early game restructure + Revisions galore!
  November 11, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions

  Greetings, commanders! To be honest, the numbering conventions are getting a bit random now. I really should have bumped this up to 3.3 back when I restored the missing Chorsa ending. But anyway, sinc... Continue reading
• Lore Log: Budget, Popularity, and Favor
  November 09, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions

  In A War of a Madman's Making , there are three major stats you need to manage: Budget Cabinet Popularity Great Leader Favor Your Budget represents the amount of money you have available for decisions... Continue reading

  
• Beta 0.3.2.7 - GUI polish and backend nonsense
  November 07, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions

  Greetings, commanders! This update is another small one that does the following (no spoilers this time!): Improved code for randomized names Updated encyclopaedia entry for Player's family (Yora, Robi... Continue reading
• Beta 0.3.2.6 - Major bug fixes
  November 06, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions

  Greetings, commanders! Tonight's second patch - 0.3.2.6 - fixes some nasty bugs and polishes the late game. Fixed crashes in Tribunal due to syntax errors Polished Phase 3 and post-game sections Added... Continue reading
• Beta 0.3.2.5 - (SPOILERS) Major fixes including an entire ending!
  November 06, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions

  Greetings, commanders! Tonight's update adds some major late-game fixes with regards to the narrative. In broad strokes, there was more funky issues with characters coming back from the dead, and an E... Continue reading
• Beta 0.3.2.4 - Late-game polish
  November 05, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions

  Greetings, commanders! Tonight's update adds more polish to Phase 2 and Phase 3! This includes grammar updates, more character expressions, and more narrative placeholders filled in. There's no major... Continue reading
• Beta 0.3.2.3 - ANOTHER major late-game patch (SPOILERS)
  November 02, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions

  Woof! That one was a doozy. Before I get into spoilers, just know there's another new build with a pretty major late-game bug fix. This one is definitely worth upgrading to, even if you just upgraded... Continue reading
• Beta 0.3.2.2 - Major late-game bug fixes (SPOILERS)
  November 02, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions

  Greetings, commanders! Today's bug fix is once again thanks to our awesome Discord community! User Omega reported a glaring late-game narrative issue that led me to notice a strange error in my Python... Continue reading
• Beta 0.3.2.1 - Narrative updates
  November 02, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions

  Greetings, commanders! Tonight's update is a quick narrative fix for Phase 2 in War of a Madman's Making: Added more expressions to conversations Added more dynamic GUI displays (e.g. showing stats be... Continue reading
• Beta 0.3.2 - Major updates
  October 29, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions

  Greetings, commanders! Today's update - Beta 0.3.2 - adds a good bit of much-needed polish throughout the game, in addition to filling in remaining narrative gaps. There's really too many little fixes... Continue reading
• Beta 0.3.1.4 - Narrative consistency! SPOILERS
  October 25, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions

  Greetings, commanders! Thanks to Discord user Ix, we have some more fixes for narrative consistency! Note for Mac users - unfortunately I don't have a workable machine with which I can make Mac builds... Continue reading
• Beta for Mac released!
  October 19, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions

  Greetings, commanders! Someone brought to my attention that the existing War of a Madman's Making build did not work on Mac. The Great Leader has purged those responsible and released a working Mac ve... Continue reading
• Beta 0.3.1.3 - Polished gameplay
  October 18, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions

  Greetings, commanders! The 0.3.1.3 update is a simple one that adds polish to the early game and Phase 1. This includes more animations, smoother GUI statistics, and overall improvements to the text... Continue reading
• Beta 0.3.1.2 - Major narrative fixes (SPOILERS!)
  October 16, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions

  Greetings, commanders! Thanks once again to senl on our Discord for thoroughly playtesting the endings! She found a few really nasty bugs. Check out the latest build 0.3.1.2 to get these fixes! These... Continue reading
• Beta 0.3.1.1 - Minor bug fix
  October 16, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions

  Greetings, commanders! Beta 0.3.1.1 is a minor hotfix that resolves a late-game errors caused by some bugged dialogue. Thanks to senl on Discord for catching this! Additionally, I updated the list of... Continue reading
• Steam release incoming! 0.3.1 Beta released
  October 11, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions

  Greetings, commanders! I'm in the process of finally uploading War of a Madman's Making to Steam with fully integrated Achievements. In the meanwhile, I'm releasing the Steam build on Itch with the fo... Continue reading
• Beta 0.2.3.3 released!
  October 09, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions

  Greetings, commanders! I've released Beta version 0.2.3.3 which provides just one quick fix: Fixed an error in a line of dialogue for the True Ending And that's it! Old saves should still be compatibl... Continue reading
• IMPORTANT: Another bug fix for War of a Madman's Making
  October 07, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions

  Hey, everyone! This is a heads up to let you know Beta 0.2.3.2 is now available! This is a quick hotfix that resolves a nasty issue where ordering a crime against humanity caused an unresolvable error... Continue reading
• Beta 0.2.3.1 release! Polish et al.
  October 04, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions

  Greetings, commanders! After a quick hiatus from AWOAMM in which I wrote and published a short horror VN called The King of Cats , I'm back to revising and polishing War of a Madman's Making! This upd... Continue reading

  
• Roadmap: Steam & Achievements
  September 21, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions

  Greetings, commanders! I wanted to give a quick update on the roadmap going forward for War of a Madman's Making. The last major feature that needs to be implemented is the Game Over screen , which on... Continue reading
• Beta 0.2.3: All endings completed!
  September 18, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions

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  Greetings, commanders! Tonight marks another great leap forward for my War of a Madman's Making! I have added: Post-game content for the tribunal + happy ending! ... and that's pretty much it. I have... Continue reading

  
• Beta 0.2.2.4: Encyclopaedia bug fix
  September 14, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions

  Greetings, commanders! Thanks to Discord user Haresus, I've fixed a bug in War of a Madman's Making where viewing the Great Leader's encyclopaedia entry caused an error. It's madness that such a mocke... Continue reading

  
• IMPORTANT: Bug Fix for War of a Madman's Making
  September 13, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions

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  Greetings, commanders! Big thanks to user Natsuri on my Discord for catching this one. In short, there were a couple spots that accidentally threw you into the "face the leader about your debt" scene... Continue reading
• Hotfix 0.2.2.2 available now!
  September 12, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions

  Another quick hotfix for you, commanders! Hotfix 0.2.2.2 addresses the following issues: Minimum budget before instant failure changed from -3 to -4 (in-game messages indicated -4 but game erroneously... Continue reading
• Hotfix 0.2.2.1 available now!
  September 12, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions

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  Greetings, commanders! This is a notice that we've released the 0.2.2.1 hotfix for the Beta of A War of a Madman's Making. This hotfix adds: Missing background images. ... and that's it! Nothing compl... Continue reading
• New release! Beta 0.2.2 + Roadmap going forward
  September 11, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions

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  Greetings, commanders! I'm proud to announce that the biggest and most significant update to War of a Madman's Making is finally here! Version 0.2.2 marks the end of Alpha and beginning of Beta testin... Continue reading
• I'm back at it!
  August 11, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions

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  Greetings, commanders! This is a quick update post to let you all know that I've been taking a several-week hiatus from developing War of a Madman's Making due to feeling a bit burned out on the proje... Continue reading

  
• Original soundtrack uploaded to YouTube!
  July 20, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions

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  Greetings, commanders! Today's update is a bit different. Instead of a game update, I have some music to share with you. I decided since the whole game will be free, I might as well just upload the so... Continue reading
• Alpha 0.2.1.7 released!
  July 19, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions

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  Greetings, commanders! All right, I'll admit. It's not the 0.2.2 update I promised with all the full endings. But I wanted to go ahead and deliver a patch that adds a bit more end-game content and som... Continue reading

  
• GUI updates!
  July 15, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions

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  Just a quick update to show off the screenshots with the new custom GUI! All the screenshots on the Itch store and Steam store have been updated... Continue reading

  
• Progress Report: The Road to 0.2.2
  July 15, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions

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  Greetings, commanders! I wanted to give a quick progress report on the next update for War of a Madman's Making. I'm still plugging away at the 0.2.2 update, which will add every route ending and some... Continue reading

  
• Alpha 0.2.1.6 released!
  July 07, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions

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  Greetings, commanders! Another very small update for tonight: New Phase 3 content as I inch slowly towards finishing the endings. Dynamic color for Favor (red is close to imprisonment, yellow is neutr... Continue reading
• Alpha 0.2.1.5 released!
  July 05, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions

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  Greetings, commanders! Tonight's Alpha build is small and simple: Finished dinner with Octaren diplomat in Phase 3 Added framework of second meeting with former buddy at bar Between work and taking ca... Continue reading
• Alpha 0.2.1.4 released!
  July 04, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions

  Greetings, commanders! Another quick update: Fixed the late Phase 3 meeting with Alina Yarro which resulted in a dead-end for some players. Added more Phase 3 content. This is just another stepping st... Continue reading
• Alpha 0.2.1.3 released!
  July 03, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions

  Greetings commanders! I've released a quick update to the War of a Madman's Making alpha which adds/changes the following: First name and last name for the player. Old save files should be compatible,... Continue reading

  
• Roadmap + Alpha 0.2.1.2 released!
  July 02, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions

  Greetings, Commanders! The last few weeks have been busy for me. I've been hard at work expanding my War of a Madman's Making, and I want to share my progress with you! I'm attaching the 0.2.1.2 Alpha... Continue reading
• Character Log: Harald Menator
  June 26, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions

  Greetings, commanders! Today I'll introduce you to Harald Menator , who serves as Minister of Defense for the Great Leader in A War of a Madman's Making! Harald Menator is a veteran officer of the Gut... Continue reading

  
• Alpha released! Join the Discord and play the game!
  June 26, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions

  Greetings, commanders! I've created a Discord server for A War of a Madman's Making, where I'm lucky enough to be joined by a small community of people who have taken an interest in playing and QA tes... Continue reading

  
• Character Sprites Overhaul
  June 12, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions

  Greetings, commanders! Just want to share a quick status update about the progress of A War of a Madman's Making. Due to life events, development has slowed down but I'm still making steady progress... Continue reading

  
• Character Log: General Madrisky
  June 01, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions

  Greetings, commanders! Today I'll introduce you to Artur Madrisky , who serves as General of the Gutanic Army at the start of A War of a Madman's Making! Madrisky is a grizzled veteran who served as a... Continue reading

  
• Update 0.1.2
  June 01, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions

  Greetings, commanders! Today marks the release of the version 0.1.2 demo for A War of a Madman's Making, featuring fancy new improvements like the long-awaited drink icons for your choice of alcohol!... Continue reading

  
• GUI Baby Steps: Dialogue Boxes & Drink Icons
  June 01, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions

  Greetings, commanders! I'm slowly but surely making progress updating the GUI and overall visual experience for Madman's Making - the current top priority for development. In today's update, I've adde... Continue reading

  
• Lore Log: Dengizich, the enemy nation
  May 27, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions#lore log

  In A War of a Madman's Making , the Great Leader has made it clear you are to helm the invasion of Dengizich . They are your westerly neighbors, marked in red and with a conveniently evil-looking coat... Continue reading

  
• Update 0.1.1
  May 26, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions

  I released a quick hotfix to the Madman's Making demo. This adds an extra scene at the very end of the demo that shows the result of your battle plans and choices throughout Phase 1. This was meant to... Continue reading

  
• Upcoming font and GUI changes
  May 25, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions#gui, #font

  A big to-do item for Madman's Making is to implement a fully custom GUI. Nobody wants to look at the generic Ren'Py GUI elements and boring old font that everyone is used to. After getting some helpfu... Continue reading

  
• Free demo available now!
  May 23, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions#demo

  I'm happy to announce the release of an early WIP demo of A War of a Madman's Making! In this demo, you can play through the prologue, character creation, and the first phase of the war. See the initi... Continue reading

  
• Deceiving the Great Leader
  May 10, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions

  The Great Leader has a reputation for shooting the messenger. This war is full of bad news, so how will you present it to him? The following excerpt from the in-game Encyclopaedia explains the hidden... Continue reading

  
• Steam store page is now online!
  May 07, 2022 by Witching Metal Productions#steam, #store, #wip, #in-development

  The Steam store page for AWOAMM is now online! The Great Leader demands that you hit that Wishlist button. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1985710/A_War_of_a_Madmans_Making/... Continue reading