Chronic Logic

When your opponent uses armistice the flags that cover your units blink and then disappear, not showing for the whole turn.  You are still effected correctly, just the flags don't render.

We are working to fix the various bugs that have been introduced by the new event system and new units.  We could use some help though:

1) If someone could take any remaining bugs from the old bug topic and post them as separate topics in this forum that would be a big help.

2) If people can test the bugs reported and post that they have been able to recreate it in the individual bugs topic so we get at least two people confirming each bug it would be great.  We are getting some reports that just don't seem to happen, so please test and report the bugs as thoroughly as possible.

Thanks for all the reporting so far!

This topic has been moved to Bug List.

http://www.pontifex2.com/smf/index.php?topic=1222.0

Chronic Logic releases Zatikon version 1.0 for Windows, OSX and Linux.



Chronic Logic announces Zatikon 1.0 is now a free game for Windows, OSX and Linux.  Zatikon is a online, turn based, multiplayer tactics game featuring over 30 unique units, each with their own set of spells and abilities.  Construct your own distinct army.  Create your own strategies.  Defeat your opponents in competitive, multiplayer modes or play the computer is single player mode.  With a limitless number of possible tactics at your disposal, Zatikon is highly engaging and very addictive.  Zatikon includes online player ranking and several game types including co-op, single player, and random army vs. mode.  Try the brand new 2 vs 2 mode that is in the final stages of development.  Zatikon is constantly being updated with new features and units.  Upgrades are also available for even more unique units and powerful armies.  Play Zatikon for free and see how your tactics stand up against the competition.

Play Zatikon:
http://www.chroniclogic.com/index.htm?zat_download.htm





Screenshots:
http://www.chroniclogic.com/zat_screens.htm

Game Info:
http://www.zatikon.com

Zatikon Features:
  * Play single player, constructed, random army, or co-op games
  * Try the new 2 vs 2 muliplayer
  * Unlock over 30 units to use in your army
  * Unlimited strategies and tactics
  * Many types of units including Mages, Scouts, Horsemen, Siege units, Structures and more!
  * Unique and easily-identifiable units provide almost unlimited army variations
  * Available for Windows, OSX and Linux: Buy once, and play on any of these systems!
  * Frequently updated with new Units and Features
  * Online ranking for vs games
  * Multiplayer match making
  * Global Chat function

About Zatikon:
Construct your army from a plethora of creatures including the magnificent dragon, mighty warrior, evil necromancer and holy templar. Destroy your opponent with a heavy cavalry charge and demolish their army before they can reach you with their archers, crossbowmen and mages. Use an unlimited number of strategies to defeat your opponents and earn gold to increase the might of your army. Play Zatikon for free and start building your armies today!

About Chronic Logic:
Located in Santa Cruz, California, Chronic Logic LLC was founded on the premise that a small development team can make games that are original, dynamic and fun.  Chronic Logic has continued to develop and distribute fun and original games such as Bridge Construction Set, Gish, Kingdom Elemental and Zatikon.

What we have been working on:
We have been very busy here at Chronic Logic over the last year.  We have been constantly working on a number of updates to our latest game Zatikon.  We have added a new category of units as well as several other units to existing categories.  The new category is the Cultists and include the Heretic, Fanatic and Martyr.  We have also continued to adjust and change units to make them fun and balanced to play.  We have another major update in the works which will add a whole slew of new units and other improvements to the game.  Give Zatikon a try, it is free to play!

http://www.zatikon.com" target="_blank">http://www.zatikon.com

We also recently released a new version of Kingdom Elemental which includes a number of new game play modes and improvements.  It has been getting great reviews.  Check out all the changes, reviews and the free demo:

http://www.chroniclogic.com/ke.htm" target="_blank">http://www.chroniclogic.com/ke.htm

Look for several new games next year!

Hope everyone had a great year and has a great holiday season.

Happy Holidays from Chronic Logic!!!

We will be shipping all CD orders the same day they are ordered from now through the 24th of December to insure your orders arrive as soon as possible.  Orders are shipped from our location in Santa Cruz, California and generally take 1-3 days to reach any location in the US.  Order today to insure your CD arrives in time!

Don't forget it is never too late for a downloadable Gift Order.  Just select the Gift Order option on the http://www.chroniclogic.com/order_form.php" target="_blank">order page and enter the recipients e-mail address and name and they will be sent registration and download instructions immediately after you place the order.

Happy Holidays!!!!

Here is how to download and run Zatikon in Linux:

From the console enter the following from the location you wish to install Zatikon:
wget http://zatikon.com/launcher.jar" target="_blank">http://zatikon.com/launcher.jar

wget http://zatikon.com/patcher.jar" target="_blank">http://zatikon.com/patcher.jar

Now you can start Zatikon anytime with the following command:

java -jar launcher.jar

We are always looking to expand the Zatikon player base.  If anyone knows web sites that might cover Zatikon or has other ideas for ways to promote Zatikon please post them here.

Chronic Logic announces Zatikon is now available for Windows, OSX and Linux and on sale for one week only!
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Sept 11th, 2008 - Santa Cruz, California - Chronic Logic  announces the release of Zatikon for Windows, OSX and Linux.  Zatikon is being launched at a special sale price of  $9.95 for one week only.  After Sept 19th Zatikon will return to its normal price.  "Zatikon is a great game and we have had a lot of great players helping us with testing during the development."  said Josiah Pisciotta, Owner of Chronic Logic.  "We wanted to show our appreciation and give everyone a chance to upgrade their accounts to the full version at this discounted price."  Come play the Zatikon demo for free.  All game modes are available and the free version is not time limited.  

Try the new free version:
http://www.chroniclogic.com/zat_download.htm" target="_blank">http://www.chroniclogic.com/zat_download.htm

Screenshots:
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Order Zatikon for only $9.95 here:
http://www.chroniclogic.com/zat_order.htm" target="_blank">http://www.chroniclogic.com/zat_order.htm

About Zatikon:
Construct your army out of creatures as varied as the magnificent dragon or mighty warrior to the evil necromancer or holy Templar. Destroy your opponent with a heavy cavalry charge or defeat their army before they can reach you with archers, crossbowmen and mages. Use an unlimited number of strategies to defeat your opponents and earn gold to increase the might of your army. Play Zatikon for free and start building your armies today!

Zatikon is a turn based multiplayer tactics game featuring over 50 unique units.  Build your army and defeat your opponent.  With an almost unlimited number of possible strategies at your disposal Zatikon is highly addictive and very fun.  Zatikon includes online player ranking and several extra game types including co-op, single player and random army mode.

Zatikon review on The Mac Gamer
"Zatikon suckerpunches the weak parts of my critical mind with its design."

Zatikon on Wikipedia

Gas Bandit Gaming review
"...the game is an intellectually intense contest of strategy and planning with unlimited replay value"

Zatikon review on Casualicious
"...unique and addictive gameplay"

Uhfgood's Game Review of Zatikon
"You will like it"

Bytten Ernie Awards 2009 for Best Strategy Game
"one of the most absorbing strategy titles I had played in a good while"

Game Brain Spew - delightful
"....save your new, unbeatable, most awe-inspiring army ever known."

Game Tunnel Review
"Extremely fun. There is pretty much an endless combination of ways to both compose your armies as well as using them in the game."

Game Tunnel Strategy Game of the Year Awards - 5th place
"Zatikon is chess on steroids."

Bytten - 91%
Zatikon is a highly replayable and addictive game that rewards thoughtful play. The last Bytten gold star that I awarded was in June......Zatikon is a very worthy recipient. - Steve Blanch

Review by Absolute Games - 74%
This review is in Russian.

Review by Out of Eight - 6/8
"A flexible multiplayer tactical strategy game that thrives on unit variety"
Update:  Shortly after this review Zatikon was updated so units have a colored background to show if they are friendly or hostile.

Game Cola - 6.5
"...a game made by gamers for gamers"

Casual Gamer Chick
"If you like strategy/war type games you should check out Zatikon"

JayIsGames
"A superb turn-based strategy title...tons of extremely creative characters with interesting special abilities"

Ubuntu.hu
Review in Hungarian

Here is what is being worked on for upcoming patches!

9-21-11:
With the latest series of major updates we have taken care of almost everything on the coming soon list including finishing the Legions add-on pack.  Stay tuned to see what is next for Zatikon!

10-13-10:
After a long break here is what we are working on for the next update for Zatikon:
-12 new units for the Legions add-on pack
-Summoned unit revision
-Saving sound settings
-Wyvern changes
-Minor Interface improvements


3-12-10:
With the title screen in and a Facebook version finished here is what is next for Zatikon:
-Saving sound and music settings
-New game modes
-Items
-Wyvern overhaul
-Summoned unit revision
-2x2 invite system

1-14-10:
-Several new units for the Legions add-on pack
-2x2 invite system
-Summoned unit revision
-Separate mute for sound and music
-Couple of balance changes
-Wyvern overhaul

1-4-10:
Sorry for the long delay in update this.  Here is what we are working on for the next few patches:
-New building unit, the Abbey for the Legions add-on pack
-2x2 invite system
-Summoned unit revision
-Separate mute for sound and music
-bug fixes
-Improved rating system

5-27-09:
It has been a busy month with lots of new units for the Legions add-on pack and we got the new sell all extra units button in.  Also buying individual units is in.  Here is what's coming next:
-More units for the Legions add-on pack
-Finish 2x2 game mode (picking teams, chatting, etc)
-Separate mute for sound and music
-Improved rating system

4-17-09:
Sorry we have fallen a little behind in updating this, been busy with all the new changes!  With the disconnect fixed and the new event system in and the first seven units of the Legions add-on pack finished here is whats in the works for the next few updates:

-More units for the Legions add-on pack
-Finish 2x2 game mode (picking teams, chatting, etc)
-Easier to sell large number of units
-Separate mute for sound and music
-Improved rating system

2-17-09:
With the Siege unit make over and Invite system completed we are updating our goals for the next series of patches.  The idea for the unit marketplace was not greeted with enough excitement from the players to warrant as a top priority, so here is what we are working on:

-We are working on tracking down any disconnection bugs and finding a solution to the disconnection problem
-Preview of the new single player/coop content
-2x2 game mode
-Easier to sell large number of units
-Separate mute for sound and music
-Improved rating system

11-7-08:
-Siege unit make over
-Unit marketplace (Buy, sell and trade units)
-Challenge specific opponents to games(will not effect rankings)
-Improvements to the ranking system

We are working on getting the Zatikon server back up and running, and should be able to do it today.  Our web host made a mistake and deleted the entire web server for Chronic Logic and all our domains.  We are working as fast as we can to fix things.

If you get a "memory access violation" when starting the Kingdom Elemental in Windows 2008 Server (Standard) 64-bit edition try setting "compatibility mode" to
NT4.0 SP5.

Chronic Logic Releases Kingdom Elemental 1.56 for Windows!

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August 25th, 2008 - Santa Cruz, California - Chronic Logic  announces the release of Kingdom Elemental Tactics version 1.56, a major update to Kingdom Elemental.  "We really had a great time making Kingdom Elemental, but when we finished I really wanted to add more."  said Josiah Pisciotta, Owner of Chronic Logic.  "With this update we took the time to add all the features we could not add in the original release."

Kingdom Elemental version 1.56 includes a slew of new features and content including a totally revamped skirmish mode, improved interface, new destiny mode, single level mode, over twenty new challenge levels, the ability to download and play user created levels as well as numerous other improvements and several bug fixes.  In destiny mode you fight against unlimited hordes of enemies and see how long you can survive.  Each game is different and you will be ranked on how well you do.  As you progress through the campaign unlock levels and play them in the new single level mode.  The new challenge levels present over twenty unique challenge for you to try your tactics against.  Create your own challenge levels and share them with others.  Download user created challenge levels for even more battles against the forces of evil.  Give the new demo a try or order the full version and download Kingdom Elemental today!

Try the new demo today:
http://www.chroniclogic.com/ke_download.htm" target="_blank">http://www.chroniclogic.com/ke_download.htm

Check out the Kingdom Elemental Cinematic and gameplay trailers here:
http://www.chroniclogic.com/ke.htm" target="_blank">http://www.chroniclogic.com/ke.htm

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View the complete list of changes and additions here:
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Screenshots:
http://www.chroniclogic.com/ke_screens.htm" target="_blank">http://www.chroniclogic.com/ke_screens.htm

Order Kingdom Elemental Tactics here:
http://www.chroniclogic.com/ke_order.htm" target="_blank">http://www.chroniclogic.com/ke_order.htm

About Kingdom Elemental:

Kingdom Elemental takes core game play elements from real-time strategy, tactics, and role-playing games and combines them into a game that is painfully easy to pick up.  Play without committing your entire life, unless you have no life...in which case you may not find Kingdom Elemental to be an adequate substitute.

Kingdom Elemental features nigh unlimited number of possible tactics by pitting combinations of your upgradeable heroes and their unique abilities against hordes of unique enemies like GIANT RAT MOBS! Everyone loves giant rat mobs with their secret furry pockets full of gold and armor! Seriously no giant rat mobs, but thARR be Pirates! Giant War Pigs! A crypt full of living dead who are just begging to be killed.....again. Knights who no longer say "Ni!", a Flaming DOOM bear who would like nothing more then to BBQ you for lunch, and so much more!

The demo is free to check out so you have nothing to lose...except maybe your soul. In short Kingdom Elemental is like a whack to the head with a +8 Sword of Awesomeness!  Kingdom Elemental is only available for Windows, but we hope to be able to provide an OSX and Linux version in the future.

Kingdom Elemental v1.56 is now available.  This is a major update with all new levels, game play modes, bug fixes and improvements.  Here is a full list of the changes:

-Improved interface to show when skill buttons are pressed and allow use of group skills
-Added group commands (select a group of the same type of unit and use there abilities all at once)
-Added group stop and attitude toggles
-Added destiny mode
-Added destiny mode awards
-Added statistics after each round
-Added round, world and campaign awards
-Revamped Skirmish mode to make it better balanced and more fun
-Added over twenty new challenge levels
-Added loading user created challenge levels
-Changed most images to .png reducing install and download size
-Improved overall performance, efficiency and memory usage
-Fixed several bugs with spell effecting units at the same time they are deleted
-Fixed crash but in Tutorial if you clicked on Archer
-Fixed bug in tutorial that would keep it from progressing in some situations
-Fixed bug that would cause units to try to move to a deleted units location if they were targeting it
-Changed tutorial to be much more responsive and allow user to progress through tasks quicker
-Changed game timing to scale better
-Changed sound files to improve download size
-Added continuing through campaign with all your unlocks after completion
-Added playing single levels after you have completed them in the campaign
-Adjusted camera controls to be more responsive
-Increased price of Elementalist to 200 gold
-Increased the loading speed of the title screen
-Added showing health bars on mouse over if they are toggled off
-Fixed Priest showing hit points as 45 instead of 70 in mouse over graphics
-Fixed bug with earth shield keeping summoned units from being deleted
-Changed cleave attack to have a delay
-Changed order of waves in world 3
-Fixed bug that would cause skills to highlight in the unlock screen at times
-Changed voices to comply with the volume settings for sounds
-Changed Root and Fear durations to be based on strength of target
-Made enemies in campaign mode at normal difficulty do 20% less damage
-Improved AI to switch targets when blocked
-Added ability to cancel skill targets by clicking on the stop button.

The German version of Kingdom Elemental 1.5 has been released in retail stores in Germany and is also available from http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B000TL3FH0?ie=UTF8&tag=kingdomelemental-21" target="_blank">Amazon.de.
The English version will be released in an upcoming patch in the next month.

Here are some images of the box and manual:

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Zatikon is now in open beta!

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If you are interested in taking part in the open beta please download the installer here:
http://www.zatikon.com" target="_blank">http://www.zatikon.com

We are looking for testing on the installer and patcher and feedback on units and balance issues.  

Join the Google groups:
http://www.zatikon.com" target="_blank">http://www.zatikon.com

Post your experiences with the game:
http://groups.google.com/group/zatikon-open-beta" target="_blank">http://groups.google.com/group/zatikon-open-beta

Chronic Logic announces Bridge It is 50% off for one day only!

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June 7th, 2008 - Santa Cruz, California - For the 24 hours of June 7th you can get the bridge building game Bridge It for only $9.95.  Chronic Logic and Game du Jour are proud to offer Bridge It this discounted price.  This special price will only be good during June 7th through Game du Jour (http://www.gamedujour.com/).  On June 7th be sure to check out http://www.gamedujour.com/" target="_blank">http://www.gamedujour.com/ for One Day, One Game, One Incredible Deal, Bridge It for only $9.95 or try the demo version for free!  If you have been waiting to get the full version of Bridge It now is your chance,  If you know someone who might be interested please let them know.  Once again this deal will only be good for 24 hours so don't miss out!

Game du Jour
One Deeply Discounted Game a day:
http://www.gamedujour.com/" target="_blank">http://www.gamedujour.com/

About Bridge It:
A stunningly beautiful world awaits as you take on the challenge of bridging the chasm. Can you solve the puzzles and avert disaster?  Set in the picturesque surroundings of sparse deserts and dense forests it is your task to strategically design and construct an engineering masterpiece. Watch in eager anticipation as unsuspecting motorists, heavy freight trains and tourist riverboats approach. Will your solution stand up to the test or will tons of mangled steel be sent plummeting into the river below?

For more information on Bridge It:
http://www.chroniclogic.com/bridgeit.htm" target="_blank">http://www.chroniclogic.com/bridgeit.htm

Screenshots:
http://www.chroniclogic.com/bridgeitscreens.htm" target="_blank">http://www.chroniclogic.com/bridgeitscreens.htm

Try the demo for Windows today:
http://www.chroniclogic.com/bridgeit_download.htm" target="_blank">http://www.chroniclogic.com/bridgeit_download.htm

Purchase the full version for only $9.95 on  June 7th:
http://www.gamedujour.com" target="_blank">http://www.gamedujour.com

About Chronic Logic:
Located in Santa Cruz, California, Chronic Logic LLC was founded on the premise that a small development team can make games that are original, dynamic and fun.  Chronic Logic has continued to develop and distribute fun and original games such as Pontifex, Bridge Construction Set, Triptych, Gish and Kingdom Elemental.

About Game Du Jour:
Game du Jour, launched in December 2006, is the first company in the world to offer one deal a day in the indie and casual PC games market. While the company aims to be best known for its daily deals, Game du Jour is at its core a marketing partner to game developers, giving those companies the opportunity for a rush of sales and heightened brand exposure during their products' 24-hour life cycle at GameDuJour.com. For more information about Game du Jour, visit http://www.gamedujour.com/about-us." target="_blank">http://www.gamedujour.com/about-us.

chroniclogic.com was one of about 9000 servers to be effected by a fire and explosion in a data center in Houston.  The web page and e-mail have been working on and off over the last few days as the damage to the data center is being repaired.  Hopefully everything will be back to normal in the next day or two.  Read more about the fire and explosion here:

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From a customer:

I have a problem: the keyboard keys are wrong!

the number keys are not mapped and I find the "  '  "  effect on the " 3" key...

and I can't find the " . " key to make a new point in the level editor  http://pontifex2.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/sad.gif" border="0" valign="absmiddle" alt=':('>  the keyboard on my Macbook is an Italian keyboard.  

By changing the keyboard settings to English is solves the problem, but this is not ideal obviously.  Does anyone know where the " . " key is mapped?