Forge & Fleet — Update 0.3.14
Estimated Release: Sunday, 26 July 2026 AEST
This update focuses heavily on preparing Forge & Fleet for its upcoming Beta release. It introduces new privacy and age-verification systems, native Android updates, account deletion support, a rebuilt authentication system, and major connection stability improvements.
☕ New
Added a privacy notice that appears when a player first logs into the game.
Added a chat rules notice that appears when a player uses chat for the first time.
Chat is no longer available to players under the age of 13.
Added an age-bracket verification system.
The game can verify a player's age bracket through several different methods.
Where available, this uses the age-verification APIs provided by Google and Apple.
When these APIs are unavailable, the player will be asked to select their age bracket manually.
Added the native Android in-game update system.
Added support for players to delete individual characters or their entire account.
Deleting a character or account permanently removes its associated data, including any purchased items attached to it.
Players will receive clear warnings and confirmation prompts before deletion.
Created the backend and client systems required for in-app purchases in preparation for purchases becoming available in-game.
🔄 Improvements
Reworked several backend systems in preparation for the Beta release.
Maxed-out Research now always displays the colour of its highest tier rather than the colour of the tier containing its final upgrade.
Improved Fleet War error handling.
The Fleet War interface should now open and display an appropriate error instead of showing a blank panel when an issue occurs.
Operations that end early because of a disconnection, desync, or similar issue will now refund their entry cost.
Improved false-positive detection in the client crash and hang telemetry service.
Island Siege now automatically assigns a lane to every Fleet member at the beginning of the day.
Android devices can now display a native Google Play update prompt without requiring players to leave the game.
Replaced the previous authentication system with an entirely new system in preparation for account linking.
Completely rebuilt the connection and reconnection systems.
Connections should now be more stable.
Fixed several situations where players previously needed to restart the game before they could reconnect.
Removed an outdated anti-cheat system that could cause players to desync during login and replaced it with a new system.
🎨 Art and Visual Effects
Expanded the capabilities of the projectile-trail pipeline.
Updated the projectiles used by many skills.
Improved the performance of ship and skill visual effects.
Continued updating the visuals for Vael's Day 6 and Day 7 encounters.
⚖️ Balance
Balance changes for this update are still being finalised.
🐛 Bug Fixes
Fixed an issue where Island Siege lane battles could incorrectly resolve as the entire attacking Fleet fighting the entire defending Fleet.
Fixed an issue that caused Island Siege to always display the perspective of one Fleet, even when it was not the player's Fleet.
Fixed an issue that could leave players stuck inside Island Siege operations.
Fixed a desync that could occur when attempting to view another Fleet while the player was unable to join Fleets.
Thank you to everyone supporting and testing Forge & Fleet while it remains in active development. The feedback and reports provided during these early builds are helping us prepare the game for Beta.