Ikariam - News
Ikariam - News
In this week's overview we're going to show you the city overview. As you can see on the screenshots it provides info about your town's resources and building slots. The overview is fully scrollable and resizable to fit your needs.
Ikariam goes mobile!
In each of the following weeks we'll give you more information about it. So stay tuned.
Ikariam: Coming soon to your mobile!
In each of the following weeks we'll give you more information about it. So stay tuned.
Ikariam: Coming soon to your mobile!
Feature - Piracy:
The new research option 'Piracy' enables construction of the Pirate Fortress building on a new building slot located off the coast of the town. The slot is only available for this building's use. The building and its 30 levels enable the following new actions:
- Capture runs - Pirates can be sent on 9 different capture runs in order to loot gold and capture points.
- Raids - Pirate Fortresses belonging to other players that lie within range can be raided in order to loot their capture points. When successful, all enemy capture points will be looted.
- Convert capture points - the individual capture points can be invested in your crew's strength, however implementing this takes time. The higher the strength of your crew, the better they are able to defend the Pirate Fortress and raid other players. Converting capture points can be sped up by using Ambrosia.
- A new highscore list for capture points has been created, which runs for a set period of time and whose final score is visible until the cycle of the next judgement period.
- A detail of the capture point's highscore list - in the Pirate Fortress, your own position and those of the 5 players above and 4 below you will be displayed. This display will be refreshed once a day.
- The 50 players with the most capture points in their account at the end of the several days worth of judgement period will be rewarded with a generous treasure of resources: up to 16 fold of the safe storage capacity of one of each resource in every one of the player's towns for the person who achieves first place in the capture point highscore during this time period. After distribution of the prizes, all capture points as well as the upgraded crew strengths will be reset to zero and the pirate hunt for resources will begin afresh!
Note: Gold is a reward for the capture run, you cannot loot gold from other players.
This version iis already live on the Ikariam test server.
There's change in the ancient air!
What an inconceivable opportunity to receive Ambrosia galore! Your island kingdom can also get more powerful as a result!
The wise merchant Pyros excitedly reports to you in his luxurious office: "Every player who has yet to purchase Ambrosia will receive a full 50 % more Ambrosia on 6.12.. This special offer is only available for one top-up per account, but it will definitely be worth its while!"
"You won't believe it, but it gets even better!", he starts to stumble over his words in his excitement.
"If you use your Ambrosia on 6.12., you will receive a whopping 10 % of your Ambrosia that you spent in that time back on 7.12.. The amount will even be rounded up and the offer is vaild for all users!".
"Such opportunities don't come around often! As an experienced merchant, I'm telling you, grab this chance with both hands!"
What an inconceivable opportunity to receive Ambrosia galore! Your island kingdom can also get more powerful as a result!
The wise merchant Pyros excitedly reports to you in his luxurious office: "Every player who has yet to purchase Ambrosia will receive a full 50 % more Ambrosia on 6.12.. This special offer is only available for one top-up per account, but it will definitely be worth its while!"
"You won't believe it, but it gets even better!", he starts to stumble over his words in his excitement.
"If you use your Ambrosia on 6.12., you will receive a whopping 10 % of your Ambrosia that you spent in that time back on 7.12.. The amount will even be rounded up and the offer is vaild for all users!".
"Such opportunities don't come around often! As an experienced merchant, I'm telling you, grab this chance with both hands!"
Ikariam version 0.5.2 is live on the test server since this week. It's a new version that is fully compatible with tablets and uses special interface and navigational improvements typical to these deivces. This version is compatible with all iPad types and should be working fine with most of the Android tablets.
Important! If you would like to report a bug for the tablet version at our support system, we definitely need the following informations:
- What tablet are you using (exact reference)?
- Which operating system version?
- Which browser and which browser version?
During the next weeks, we will launch an Ikariam-App, but only for iPad-Users. There is no release date set yet, but it will happen this year.
You'll also find new tags for your ingame alliance boards in this version, these have been coded as part of our LEAN project.
For all of you asking if there is also going to be a smartphone application for Ikariam, the answer is yes. This App will be available for iPhones and Android devices and is currently being developped.
ETA for this smartphone application currently is the first half of 2013, we will keep you informed about the development progress.
Have fun testing the new version!
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