Changelog · Rivok

0.1.5

23 Aug 2026

Current

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Playable on itch.io. The game now runs directly in the embed on the itch page instead of sending you elsewhere. You play there as a guest; rank, clans and match history still need an account at rivok.io.

The guide uses the same doctrine names as the game. The guide called them Mechanized, Infantry, Engineers and Airborne while the game showed Recon, Hold, Siege and Assault. Same four doctrines, same numbers — only the names differed. The game's names now apply everywhere.
Quick match no longer claims the lobbies are full when you simply are not connected yet. Without an account it reported “All lobbies full” instead of pointing you at the guest entry. It now takes you there — and if your name is already typed in, it starts the match right away.
Fixed a black screen in private browsing. Browsers that block site storage in strict privacy modes could fail to start the game at all. It now runs without stored settings instead of failing — your theme and hotkeys just won't survive a reload.

0.1.4

13 Aug 2026

Guide. A written guide to the game: how a round works, troops and points, attacking and defending, the four doctrines, all ten buildings, air and naval warfare, alliances and ranking. Reachable as “Guide” in the sidebar.

Key and building reference in game. The ? button top right lists every key and what every building does, without leaving the round.
Beginner tips. A few short one-time tips during your first matches — how to attack, that troops grow back, when to spend points. Each shows once. They can be turned off, or shown again, in your profile.

0.1.3

2 Aug 2026

Watch running matches. Click any match under “In progress” to watch it live. You follow the map and can read the chat, but you cannot take part. No account needed.
Spectator count. Matches show how many people are watching — in the lobby list and next to your status while you play.

0.1.2

1 Aug 2026

Running matches are listed. A second block below the open lobbies shows which matches are in progress, how many real players are in them and how long they have been running. Joining a running match isn't possible yet.

0.1.1

1 Aug 2026

Attacks stay on the front you click. If you border the same enemy in two places, your whole force now goes where you aimed. Before, half of it drifted off to the other border.
Trenches and artillery cover a smaller area — about half the previous radius. In exchange a fourth stacked building now adds to the effect, and stacking in the same spot costs progressively more.

Cut-off land is harder to hold. Territory separated from your main area defends at half strength. A harbour there restores 75%, an airfield 25% each — but only if you also have an airfield back home. Unsupplied land is marked with a cross pattern.
Build preview. Hovering in build mode shows what the building costs at that exact spot, including the stacking surcharge.
Alerts when someone attacks you, and when an alliance is accepted, declined or broken.

Shipping lanes follow real sea routes. Routes that cut across land are gone. There are fewer routes than before, but every one of them is a route ships can actually sail.
Blockades cover a smaller radius — five or six boats no longer shut down a whole continent.

Bots answer alliance offers instead of leaving them open, and turn them down out loud rather than sitting on them.
Bots offer alliances themselves when it makes sense — to a neighbour of similar strength, never to the runaway leader.
Bots no longer attack their own allies.

Territory percentages use land you can actually take, not the whole map including ocean. The numbers are larger now and a finished round adds up to 100%.
Allies are marked in the neighbours list and sorted to the top.
Eliminated players are dimmed in the leaderboard instead of sitting there like everyone else.

0.1.0

Jun 2026