Epoch: Alternate History

Devlog

• Dev Build out on Patreon! 0.17.0 "Sphere of Influence" + Development Break
  February 27, 2026 by Markusaw#0.17, #0.17.0, #patreon, #dev build

  THIS UPDATE IS ONLY AVAILABLE ON PATREON TO PAID MEMBERS I am releasing this update now as I will be travelling for a month. This of course means a break in development. Thank you all for the continue... Continue reading

  
• 0.16 "Foundations of Civilization" Released on itch!
  February 15, 2026 by Markusaw#major update, #free

  0.16 "Foundations of Civilization" Out Now! After about 10 months of development, the 0.16 update focusing on the stone age is finally finished. It was a blast to work on this and to do a deep dive in... Continue reading

  
• Dev Build out on Patreon! 0.16.11 "Foundations of Civilization"
  January 24, 2026 by Markusaw

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  #0.16, #0.16.11, #download, #patreon

  0.16.11 is out! This will be the last content build for 0.16. Everything after this will be focused on stability. Like bug fixing and optimization. 0.17 Theme chosen Alongside this update I have also... Continue reading

  
• Dev Build out on Patreon! 0.16.10 "Foundations of Civilization"
  January 10, 2026 by Markusaw#patreon, #dev build, #0.16

  Dev builds are only accessible for paid Patreon members Terra Map: *Major map changes Present Day Scenario (2019): +Culture profiles for east asia +Culture profiles for south america *Border adjustmen... Continue reading

  
• New Patreon Poll for 0.17 theme
  January 06, 2026 by Markusaw#poll, #patreon

  Patreon members will be able to vote in the poll for the theme of 0.17! These are the two themes that won the previous poll with a tie. Now we will decide which one wins for real. https://www.patreon... Continue reading
• Dev Build out on Patreon! 0.16.9 "Foundations of Civilization"
  November 30, 2025 by Markusaw#0.16, #0.16.8, #patreon, #dev build

  Dev builds are only accessible for paid Patreon members Present Day Scenario (2019): *Fixed world hunger Features: +Invention: Lunar Calendar +New event when transitioning from an anarchy into another... Continue reading

  
• Dev Build out on Patreon! 0.16.8 "Foundations of Civilization"
  November 23, 2025 by Markusaw#download, #0.16, #0.16.8, #patreon

  Dev builds are only accessible for paid Patreon members Terra Map: +All tiles now have an elevation value assigned to them based on real world height data *Major changes to the map *Several seas are n... Continue reading

  
• Dev Build out on Patreon! 0.16.7 "Foundations of Civilization"
  November 03, 2025 by Markusaw#0.16, #0.16.7, #dev build, #patreon

  Dev builds are only accessible for paid Patreon members Present Day Scenario (2019): +Added Lebanon *Fixed Andrzej Duda (Poland leader) not having a set birthday *Fixed Angela Merkel (Germany leader)... Continue reading

  
• Dev Build out on Patreon! 0.16.6 "Foundations of Civilization"
  October 20, 2025 by Markusaw#0.16, #0.16.6, #dev build, #patreon

  Dev builds are only accessible for paid Patreon members Terra Map: *Changes around the Baltic sea Present Day Scenario (2019): +Added Brunei Features: +Added a zone system to tiles, for now there are... Continue reading

  
• Dev Build out on Patreon! 0.16.5 "Foundations of Civilization"
  October 04, 2025 by Markusaw#0.16, #0.16.5, #download, #dev build

  Dev builds are only accessible for paid Patreon members Terra Map: +Added tiles to the island of Palau Present Day Scenario (2019): +Added Palau +Added Samoa *Japan now has its real world flag *United... Continue reading
• Dev Build out on Patreon! 0.16.4 "Foundations of Civilization"
  September 21, 2025 by Markusaw#0.16, #0.16.4, #download, #dev build

  Dev builds are only accessible for paid Patreon members Terra Map: -Removed some tiles on the western coast of South Korea that were just ocean with no land Present Day Scenario (2019): +Added Cambodi... Continue reading

  
• Dev Build out on Patreon! 0.16.3 "Foundations of Civilization"
  September 14, 2025 by Markusaw#0.16, #0.16.3, #dev build

  Dev builds are only accessible for paid Patreon members Present Day Scenario: +Added Zambia *Changed Zimbabwe's color on the map from green to red *Germany now has custom military bases *Germany now h... Continue reading
• Dev Build out on Patreon! 0.16.2 "Foundations of Civilization"
  August 16, 2025 by Markusaw#0.16, #0.16.2, #update

  !! DOWNLOADS CAN BE FOUND ON PATREON OR IN THE DISCORD SERVER !! This update contains lots of more progress on saving/loading. It also introduces functionality for your hunter-gatherer scouts to disco... Continue reading
• Dev Build out on Patreon! 0.16.1 "Foundations of Civilization"
  July 21, 2025 by Markusaw

  Dev build 0.16.1 is out now for Patreon members. This update is primarily focused on Paleolithic gameplay. No changes have been made to the work-in-progress saving/loading system... Continue reading
• Influence the future of Epoch: Alternate History
  July 11, 2025 by Markusaw#patreon, #0.17, #announcement, #poll

  I just launched a poll on Patreon for paid members to vote on the future of Epoch's development. https://www.patreon.com/posts/0-17-update-133905092?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&ut... Here are the themes... Continue reading
• Status Report - 6th of July 2025
  July 06, 2025 by Markusaw#0.16, #0.16.1, #status report

  So I know I have been pretty radio silent the past month and I apologize. But I got work to show for it. I have been working on the 100000 BCE start, and it's pretty exciting stuff. By the way I will... Continue reading

  
• Dev Build out on Patreon! 0.16.0 "Foundations of Civilization"
  April 29, 2025 by Markusaw#patreon, #download, #0.16, #0.16.0

  First dev build of 0.16 is out now for Patreon members. This update features a fully functioning main menu and the beginning phases of an in-game tutorial. The saving / loading functionality is a work... Continue reading
• Status Update - 0.16.0
  April 11, 2025 by Markusaw#0.16, #0.16.0, #status update

  I've been hard at work making the game more presentable and accessible. The old launcher is now gone and has been replaced by a brand new main menu. Another improvement is the addition of a proper set... Continue reading

  
• Optimization Patch out
  March 30, 2025 by Markusaw#update, #0.15, #0.15.14

  The optimization patch is finally out! I managed to break the game a lot when implementing the new optimization changes. So that's why it took me a week to finally release. I also had to do a lot of t... Continue reading
• Optimization Patch in development
  March 23, 2025 by Markusaw#announcement, #0.15.14, #0.15

  With the release of the early access version I have decided to take some time to polish things up a bit. So currently I am working on an update that will exclusively be optimization and fixing crashes... Continue reading