BOID is out now on Steam! After 18 months in Early Access, the game is finally done! Here's how it works


We've decided to make the multiplayer part of BOID completely free. This includes the level editor, competitive match making, ranking, playing with bots on all maps, etc - no catches here.

The only things you can buy within the multiplayer are cosmetic skins to showoff on the battlefield.


The single player campaign (which will take you about 10 hours) is a standalone DLC package. It is created AAA-RTS style with cutscenes, a full story, and is based around teaching players how the multiplayer works. It can be overwhelming to be dropped right in there, and we found that placing bot matches isn't always enough to teach people the game. So if you want to get a quick tour and 10 hours of entertainment, we appreciate everyone buying this DLC.

However it's completely not required if you don't like single player experiences and are good at RTS games.


If you bought BOID during Early Access, you should now have the DLC with the single player campaign in your library.

Enjoy!

We are super excited to announce that BOID is launching on July 8th and will have Free Multiplayer!


The game's full online functionality, including rankings, the level editor, replays, etc -- will become completely free. The only thing you can buy within the multiplayer are purely cosmetic skins that do not obstruct the gameplay, nor enhance it in any tactical way.


We have worked really hard on a single-player campaign for BOID, and we're super happy with the result. The campaign serves as a very extensive tutorial for players who aren't comfortable with the multiplayer straight away, and is a good standalone experience if single-player is what you're after. The price of the DLC will be $9.99, so you still have time to save before release (currently the game is $6.99)


If you supported the game during Early Access, on July 8th you will get the full package (Multiplayer + Campaign DLC) for free. Thanks for supporting us!

You know how it can be boring to sit around waiting for an online opponent? We do. We fixed it!

Now you can be searching for a match in passive mode, while doing something else. BOID will give you an estimated waiting time, and you can do whatever you want - play a match with bots, design a map, browse the leagues, etc. Your actions will get paused when you find an opponent, and you can return to what you were doing after the match is over.

Neat, am I right?

• Matchmaking redesigned
  
• Added controls page to the settings menu
  
• Scouts redesigned
  
• Turret redesigned
  
• Added new spawners animations
  
• AI magic usage fixed
  
• Turrets and magic added to minimap
  
• Keyboard interaction reworked

Let us know what you think!

Hi everyone! BOID Update 4 (r4 for short) is now live. It adds significant improvements to the AI and now you can play against bots on any map - even a user map. There is a complex algorithm behind the AI, and we'd love to get some feedback on it.

Building upon the workshop integration, Mokus also added a thumbs up/down button after user-made map matches.

• First version of AI that can play on any map created
  
• Chat history added
  
• Play with bots menu changed
  
• Thumbs up/down added to rematch screen
  
• Opponent name added to the game interface
  
• Venom Valley map changed
  
• Possibility to test map against bot added to the map editor
  
  
  
• Crash while typing chat message fixed
  
• Map building crash fixed
  
• Wrong score calculation on network outage fixed
  
• Various memory leaks fixed
  
• AI performance fixed, moved to a separate thread
  
• Crash while connecting to opponent fixed
  
• Crash while updating subscribed map fixed
  
• Bug with illegal characters in map name fixed
  
• Crash when canceling invitation fixed
  
• Outlined ground in map editor fixed
  
• Triangulation changed from Farseer to Triangle.net
  
• Undo-Redo crash fixed in map editor
  
• Possible duplicates in my maps and subscribed maps fixed
  
• Crash when deleting map fixed
  
• Rally points behaviour fixed
  
• Esc button behaviour while typing chat message fixed
  
• Behaviour of group bindings fixed

Let us know what you think about the update in the comments below!

Woo! We just launched the Level Editor within Steam Workshop. You can now create full-on BOID levels and play them online against other people. It's INCREDIBLY easy to use. Here's Tom and Matthijs figuring it out within 5 minutes:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDUPqS_kMM0


Here's a full list of what you can expect to find:

New Features:

• Map Editor added
  
• Trading Cards added
  
• Added "beginner" difficulty to bots

Improvements:

• After opponent quits a ranked match the result gets saved
  
• Exceptions logging improved
  
• Leagues points calculation slightly changed
  
• Label control improved - MaxWidth added
  
• InputLabel control improved
  
• Detailed analytics integrated
  
• Maps list scrolling changed
  
• Maps directories changed
  
• Changed Map format

Balance:

• Melee vs. Melee fight time shortened
  
• Amount of defending units on all maps lowered
  
• Enclave map changed
  
• Warp Zone map changed
  
• Basic units nerfed. -15% speed -10% damage
  
• Kamikaze explosion time lowered
  
• Base claim time lowered

Bugs:

• Turrets vs. Guns fights fixed
  
• Fixed issue with long names overlapping scores
  
• "Select by unit type" hotkey fixed
  
• InputLabel capital letters input fixed
  
• Fixed bug with wrong user league/division icon in versus view
  
• Fixed bug with info panel not showing closest friends results

This is the biggest update to BOID yet, and as promised the price for BOID is now $5.99 -- up from the initial $2.99 price point.

Let us know what you think about the new features!

Last few weeks have been a little bit hectic. Between launching the League System and this latest update, BOID had an enormous show presence during PAX East 2014.


You can now view achievements on this page.

There is more achievements coming soon!

This update also adds an important feature - you can now take over Ability Bases (Teleporter, Reverter, Freeze). Please try it out and let us know what you think!

Hi everyone

Today's update introduces a reason to keep on playing - Leagues and Ratings.

The League system is done in an interesting way. Before the start of a match - based on your gameplay history, and your opponents -- you get a chance of winning, alongside other stats. These stats determine how many points you might get or lose.

• Leagues and ratings live
  
• Fixed start-up crashes
  
• Removed CommunityExpressSDK dependency - moved to Steamworks.NET
  
• Added Windows Cursor option
  
• Pressed mouse cursor state added
  
• Right click on minimap now moves units
  
• Taskbar icon will blink if error during matchmaking occurred
  
• Options button redesigned
  
• New hot-keys added Z,X,C... (test mode)
  
• Fixed messages in options window
  
• Fixed Bombs behavior - now they attack frozen units

Please let us know what you think, as this system will keep on evolving and it's a first pass at it.

WHO IS COMING TO PAX East? COME AT ME, I'm taking challenges in a match of Boid.

Hi everyone!

Last weekend I spent in San Antonio at PAX South, getting people to play BOID, give us feedback, and to test out some marketing messages -- to see how they resonate with twitch streamers, youtubers, the press, and you - the players.

To my surprise many people described BOID as "a very advanced tower defense" game, not the streamlined online strategy message we had going on before. This comes from younger players.

pic: Jesse Cox playing BOID

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqfiv6-p5lc#t=2728
video: TotalBiscuit, Jesse Cox, Dodger, discussing BOID (minute 46)

What I absolutely loved though is that even super casual players were able to pick BOID up easily. All I had to do is launch the tutorial, and then pitch people against each other in a simpler map.

We will be going full force with BOID at PAX East in Boston next month, so be sure to stop by the most orange booth you can find.

If you're curious to read the full post mortem of our PAX South experience, head over to the tinyBuild blog - there is a novel-sized PAX South 2015 Post Mortem[tinybuild.com] there.

Who is coming to PAX East in Boston???

Hi everyone,

We just spent the weekend at PAX South in San Antonio, where thousands of people checked out BOID. Gamespot[www.gamespot.com] just put it into it's 10 Upcoming Games List, and there's loads more coverage coming. We're wroking really hard with Youtubers and streamers to setup showcase matches.

Did anyone see Luke play BOID on the Twitch main stage during PAX?

Meanwhile Max and the dev team worked really hard on Update 2. Here are the details:

• Added Rally Points - automatically send units to a certain location on spawn
  
• Group Bindings - use ctrl+[number] to group units
  
• 10 New Maps
  
• A New Type of Spawner Base
  
• Medics can now occupy enemy bases if those have no units
  
• Added borderless display mode
  
• Smoothened unit movement
  
• Optimized the units selection panel (on the left)
  
• Optimized path finding
  
• Scouts visuals changed
  
• Turret visuals changed
  
• Added mouse speed option in settings
  
• Fixed loads of crashes in the game

Development update:

In the last update I mentioned an upcoming port to unity and a temporary feature freeze. Looks like this is not the case any more, since the game is getting tons of traction right now and Max is able to fix loads of common bugs. The idea was to make the engine export into Unity and then add all the Steamworks features, like achievements and cloud support. For now this is on hold as we are working on an insane set of features to make BOID more competitive, with a league system.

Stay tuned for exciting new things.

Also, who's going to PAX East?