UI Milestone Update — Build Smarter, Smoother, Prettier!

Hey everyone!

We’re excited to finally release our UI Milestone Update, the result of a huge behind-the-scenes rework!

While much of the work in this patch is foundational (setting us up for the next two major updates), we’ve also packed in several long-requested improvements and visual upgrades that you can enjoy right now:

🧱 New Features & Improvements

• ✅ New Building Selection Wheel A long-time community request is here: Easily access building categories and specific elements using intuitive radial wheels—no more reshuffling the skill bars for building.

• ⚙️ UI Performance Overhaul We’ve significantly improved navigation speed and responsiveness across the board. Expect a smoother feel when opening menus or switching tabs.

• 🚧 Prefab & Wall Building Performance Improved speed and responsiveness when placing complex prefabs or long walls.

• 🌸 New Prefabs

  • Wooden Passage

  • 3 Wooden Ramps

  • Decorative Flowers from all 3 kingdoms 🌼🌸🌺

• 📖 Reworked Skill Book UI

  • Clearer drag-and-drop indicators

  • Clearer Sub-skill tree indicators

• 💥 Destruction Visuals & Performance All 130 building elements now have updated destruction physics, with better performance and smoother transitions.

• 📖 Ingame Credits: Many of the best ideas in the game come from you, the players! We've added a credits section to the game where you can see who's behind the various things we've added during the early access phase so far. (Have we forgotten you? Shoot us a DM on Discord!)

🐞 Fixes & Polish

• Telekinesis now spawns the right cube type instead of always dirt

• Fixed a rare crash when hovering skills in the skill book

• Fixed wall cost refund bug when placing prefabs inside walls

• Fixed skeleton not spawning in tutorial (ːsteamfacepalmː!)

• Smoothed out the Wasteland Shepherd’s movement

⚠️ Important Note: Save Game Compatibility

Due to extensive internal system changes, previous save games are not compatible with this patch. We know it’s a pain—but it’s a fresh start for a much more stable and expandable game foundation. 🧱✨ Time to build a new castle!

🎉 Extra Good News: GWB Finalist!

We're thrilled to share that Castle Craft has made it to the final shortlist of the Tencent GWB Game Awards! Check out the announcement here: 🔗https://x.com/TencentGames/status/1988794818672357886?s=20

This update took a fair bit longer than expected (thank you for your patience!), but with it out, we’re shifting back to more frequent updates for the rest of the year — starting with the 🛡️Warfare Update🛡️ content that we'll release in smaller batches.

Thanks for helping us get this far and for your patience — your support makes all the difference.

All the best,

Jonathan & Marco