Cosmonarchy mod for StarCraft

We're almost to the end of May, and that means it's just about time to cover the results and highlights of the May Royal Invitational!

Additionally, there are a bunch of changes that we're very eager to talk about, and more still in the pipe for the next major update. You'll read all about them in this installment of our weekly devlog.

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This past weekend saw the advent of the May Royal Invitational, where at long last we saw respected newcomers like Eud64 (🇻🇪 Terran), ECalipso (🇲🇽 Protoss), Krankendau (🇱🇹 Zerg), and HitEmUp (🇨🇦 Random) take to the stage for their tournament debuts!

Saturday kicked off proceedings, with Group A showing strong macro across the board, and strategic victories in both PvZ and ZvZ! Art_Of_Turtle (🇺🇸 Zerg) was the only returning name in his group, and he had some stiff competition with ECalipso's storm drops and Krankendau's Larvosk-fueled openers.

Group B closed out the day with some intense action between Neblime (🇦🇺 Protoss) and The Shambler (🇺🇸 Protoss), a rematch of Acropolis #1's grand final! Also present was benno (🇩🇪 Zerg). He gave it the good college try!

You can watch the VOD for day 1 here! Recommended matches: Group A, game 7 | Group B, game 7

Sunday saw day 2 of the tournament, and Group C was a barn-burner! One game had to be replayed due to issues with a player's internet connection, marking the only time the tourney saw any technical hiccups -- and even despite that circumstance, the group had some very exciting matches. HitEmUp was able to show off some potent Protoss strategies, Hamster (🇷🇺 Random) threw caution to the wind with Terran bio, and newcomer ArbuzBudesh (🇺🇦 Protoss) shocked the whole community with his Ecclesiast predilection. Great games!

We finished things off with Group D, and we may very well have saved the best player for last. Eud64 took to the stage, but despite being the clear favorite, he was taken close by TheNightFox (🇺🇸 Zerg) and had to go through the motions to put jakulangski (🇵🇭 Zerg) in his place. Some very aggressive plays were made, and the outcomes of some of these matches may surprise you!

You can watch the VOD for day 2 here! Recommended matches: Group C, game 4 | Group D, game 2

While that's all for our current upperclass tournaments, you can expect some more newcomer-friendly content -- including an introductory stream by Neblime and an underclass invitational -- to be announced and broadcasted over the next few weeks.

With so much effort spent on preparing for and broadcasting the tournament, here are a few odds and ends worth recapping!

More melee maps continue to come on in. Mappers like Btyb, The Shambler, and JujiK are continuing to outfit us with additional battlegrounds, and we couldn't be happier to spend time playtesting them! We have another game night scheduled this Saturday, where FFAs, team games, and customs will be played. Hop into our discord if you wanna play with us!

Just before the May Royal Invitational began, lead designer Pr0nogo created a patch preview video summarizing and explaining the myriad changes in Cosmonarchy's latest release. You can watch that video here!

As was foretold by the previous installment of The Cosmonarch's Compass, the Terran cornerstone Reclamation has been revised. Its exact specifications are still evolving on the prerelease game build, but you can play around with it now and leave your feedback!

The Madrigal has been ripping Zergs apart as of late, and tweaks to its Furia Missile weapon have already been made. You can expect to see additional changes to the Terran arsenal in the near future, including some revisions to the Valkyrie and the Salamander. Player testimonies are always welcome when assessing unit satisfaction, and we feel that the aforementioned spacecraft haven't felt satisfying in some time. Expect some interesting synergies as a result of their impending updates!

Work continues on new Protoss concepts! In addition to those teased above, the Xenolith -- a structure slated to share the Didact's Dimensional Recall ability -- will likely be deployed in the next week.

The previously-discussed tweaks to the Valkyrie and the Salamander are also being considered, while the Azazel is likely to be adjusted in a more distant update.

Pr0nogo has been focusing on visual updates in recent days, adding a birth animation for the all-new Sasyrvoleth and some morph animations for a slew of lower-tier Zerg. Once those are fully operational, there is work to be done on buff and debuff overlays to improve at-a-glance readability.

Coupled with progress on new Protoss units and structures, and the continued tweaks to game balance, next week's update should be hovering at a nice medium size!

That's all for now! We've had daily casts continue into the high eighties -- Pr0nogo's youtube channel offers you the following choice cuts!

• Neblime vs jakulangski - PvZ on Paradise!
• The Shambler vs ECalipso - ZvP on Maxiom!
• The Shamabler vs Eud64 - PvT on Paradise!