- From Board to Bytes #6 - Bologna Play 2025 - 9 April 2025
Howdy Folks, Last week we had the chance to showcase Barrage Digital at Bologna Play, one of the biggest Italian fairs dedicated to board games and everything that’s related to tabletop gaming. It was an incredible opportunity to meet players face-to-face, watch them interact with the game, and hear their thoughts in real time. Whether it was seasoned veterans of the board game or newcomers just discovering Barrage, the feedback we received was as diverse as it was valuable. Read the full article on the Barrage Community Hub ]
- From Board to Bytes #5 - The Advanced Techs - 12 March 2025
Howdy Folks, Today we dive into a fundamental mechanic of Barrage, the Tech tiles, or Technologies. You will need Techs to build Structures - whenever you perform a Construction action, a Tech will allow you to build a specific Building which will end up on the game map. Advanced Techs can be purchased throughout the game; they represent cutting-edge innovations and strategic upgrades that can supercharge your infrastructure, streamline your operations, and unlock new possibilities for your economic engine. Read the full article on the Barrage Community Hub ]
- From Board to Bytes #4 - The Executive Officers - 5 March 2025
Howdy Folks, Welcome to another appointment with the behind the scenes of Barrage! In this dev diary, we’ll pull back the curtain on the historical and thematic inspirations behind Barrage’s characters. Read the full article on the Barrage Community Hub ]
- From Board to Bytes #3 - Visuals and styles - 21 February 2025
Howdy Folks, They say third time’s the charm, so here we are back with a new step in the world of Barrage. In this diary, we’ll explore the artistic influences that shaped our vision, from the visual style of the board game to the real world grand architecture of hydroelectric power plants. Read the full article on the Barrage Community Hub ]
- From Board to Bytes #2 - Talking about the core gameplay - 5 February 2025
Howdy Folks, Welcome back to another in-depth insight on our beloved Barrage. Last time, we talked about the challenges of fitting a large board game onto a smaller screen. Today, we’re pulling back the curtain on the core mechanics that make Barrage tick, so that players who are not familiar with the board game know what to expect. Read the full article on the Barrage Community Hub ]
- From Board to Bytes – The Challenges of Adapting a Board Game into a Video Game - 28 January 2025
Howdy, everyone! Today, we are thrilled to share some behind-the-scenes insights into our journey as we bring our beloved board game to life in the digital world. Board games and video games share a love for strategy, creativity, and fun, but they’re fundamentally different beasts. While a board game thrives on tactile pieces, face-to-face interactions, and the simplicity of pen and paper, a video game must translate those elements into something intuitive, immersive, and dynamic for players sitting in front of a screen. Read the full article on the Barrage Community Hub ]
- Barrage is part of the Steam NEXT FEST - 16 October 2024
Hey Folks, our new gigantic endeavour, Barrage, is taking part in the current Steam Next Fest. This is a unique chance to try out the game while it's in development and provide some precious feedback while we need it the most. The demo features one playable faction, a tutorial and a total of 3 rounds to play, and will be available until Oct 21. Head over to the Barrage game page and look for the "Download PC demo" to try it out, on Windows and Mac. Cheers, https://store.steampowered.com/app/2879570/Barrage/
- Announcing our next game: Barrage! - 30 August 2024
Hey folks, today we are happy to announce we have been working on a new project: Barrage! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2879570/Barrage/ Set in a uchronic past where traditional energy production collapsed, hydroelectric power is now the herald of a new era of marvelous technologies. Barrage is a worker placement game which is the adaptation of the namesake board game. You will send your Engineers to make different tasks around the board, such as building Dams, managing Water droplets, producing Energy and fulfill precious Contracts. Wishlist it now to stay updated on the game!
- Server Maintenance - 18 April 2024
Buongiorno to everybody! On the 23rd of April the multiplayer server will be down for maintenance. The downtime will allow me to fix a small bug that has recently emerged, where players are unable to open new games due to the fact that "hidden" games are counted towards the limit of 10 games open per player. By "hidden" games I mean all the ongoing games that a player is part of but that are not shown in the lobby for the following reasons: The game is over but not all the opponents have acknowledged the results yet The player resigned from a game but the game is still going Sadly, due to the fact that the server will actually be restarted, all the ongoing games will be lost. Cheers, Cody
- Games in Italy 2023 is here! - 7 December 2023
Have you been thinking about purchasing Lorenzo il Magnifico for a while, but couldn't make up your mind? Games in Italy, a collection of games developed by Italian studios, is finally here; to celebrate its third edition, we are discounting Lorenzo il Magnifico to a price never seen before! This is also a chance to check many other gems developed in our country. Just visit the following link and see if anything catches your eye! GAMES IN ITALY 2023 Many thanks to IIDEA for presenting this event. And to our community for supporting us during these years.
- - Async Multiplayer disruption warning! - - 23 October 2023
Buongiorno to everybody! Just a quick warning that in the upcoming days, the multiplayer server might be unreachable. Lately, our network connection has been deteriorating to the point where we felt it was time to change internet providers. Hopefully, the process won’t take long and the new provider will offer better performance. Fingers crossed. The ongoing online games will be unaffected; you might just not be able to play while the provider switch is happening. Cheers, Cody
- Version 1.3.4 - A very minor patch - 20 June 2023
Hi everybody! I just released version 1.3.4; it's a minor update which take care of some changes Steam-side that were mandatory in order to keep the game running; so nothing game related per-se. Have a nice week! Cody
- Office Maintenance - Async Multiplayer disruption warning - 7 June 2023
Buonasera! Quick heads-up for all our players currently involved in a multiplayer game. Due to office maintenance, the game server might be unreachable from 9 am UTC on June 8th to 9 pm on June 9th. It is just a matter of the server being temporarily disconnected from internet so all the ongoing games should remain unaffected. Cheers, Cody
- Minor patch 1.3.3 - 15 May 2023
Good morning everybody! Minor patch 1.3.3 is now live with a small batch of bug-fixes and new animations on opponents' actions. For the full list, as always, refer to the Trello board! Have a nice week everyone! Cody
- Patch 1.3.2 is live! - 4 May 2023
Buongiorno a tutti o'Magnifici! Today we are releasing minor version (1.3.2) to the public branch! In this patch we fixed a few bugs here and there and made minor improvements. Some of the notable bug fixes are: Fixed a bug that during multiplayer games, among all the players online and in the game at the moment of the Game Over, only the player taking the last turn would see the Game Over animation Fixed "Unavailable Leader" error when activating Federico Da Montefeltro if he was cloned by Lorenzo de’ Medici Talking about minor improvements here are some worth mentioning: The religion track is now animated when players gain faith points During the Vatican Report phase, when a player support the Vatican, an animation shows the VP gain from that action Added a new icon for VPs given by Machiavelli. Changed the icons of Artisan, Peasant, Farmer and Scholar Added a small animation on tower…
- Unexpected hardware issues - 21 April 2023
Howdy folks, Cody here. In the last few hours we had some hardware problems on our Lorenzo server and I'm sorry to inform you that the games that were running at the time got lost. Due to the fact that this was a destructive and unscheduled arrest, those of you who were involved in games might find that the Steam notifications for those games are still present. I'm working on a fix for it, server side. Sorry for the inconvenience, have a nice day! Cody
- Server will be down for maintenance on 13-14 april - 11 April 2023
Buonasera fellow players, as per title, the async multiplayer server of Lorenzo il Magnifico will be down approximately starting 8AM CET on Thursday april 14. Maintenance shouldn't take up more than a couple of days. During maintenance, the multiplayer system will be offline, and all ongoing online games will unfortunately be terminated - so run to wrap up all games you have in progress! Fear not though, as the system will be back soon, and more stable than ever. Cheers,
- Version 1.3 brings Async multiplayer and UNDO feature - 13 February 2023
Howdy! With today's patch, we are finally bringing a major update to our beloved Florentine game. Async multiplayer hits beta That's right, with the extensive tests we were able to do (thanks to those who played on the experimental branch, your help has been invaluable
- Server will be down for maintenance starting 8 Dec - 7 December 2022
Howdy folks, tomorrow we will bring down Lorenzo's Multiplayer Asynchronous server for maintenance for a few days. This means, asynchronous multiplayer games on our Experimental branch will be unavailable, and any multiplayer game which is not yet ended will result in being deleted to ensure compatibility with the newer version. The good news is, once this update is done, the game will use the Steam Async notification system, thus allowing players to know when it's their turn! We will also move everything to the stable branch, so more players will have access to it. Server will stay down for approximately 15-20 days, during which all offline functionalities will obviously work as usual. Many thanks, and see you on the other side!
- Version 1.2.0 brings Async Multiplayer on Experimental Branch - 21 April 2022
Howdy folks, lately we've been busy with a little something a lot of you were hoping for: asynchronous multiplayer! As this feature is currently in its alpha stage, it is currently available only through the Experimental Branch; read the following information to see how it works and how to get access to it. What are we talking about? This is a different approach to multiplayer. Unlike the current version where you have to stay online throughout the whole game (the "synchronous" multiplayer), in this new version you can exit the game whenever you see fit without losing any progress, just as it happens with offline games. Another advantage of this new approach is when you create a match, if there is no one online in that moment, your "open game" will persist on the server and other players will be able to join later on. Once the adequate number of players is reached, the game will actuall…
