Hamster Kombat: GameDev Heroes

Battle for Transylvania 🎃🦇 The next territory capture starts soon. Clans fight for Sofia, district by district, under a Halloween sky. 🏰🌕 📅 October 25, 13:00 UTC → November 1, 13:00 UTC 🗺 80 districts. Blue is yours, red belongs to another clan, gray is still free. Hold ground and climb the ranking. ⚔️ ⏸ Capture takes two breaks. Scores freeze, the map stays open: • October 27, 13:00 UTC → October 28, 13:00 UTC • October 30, 13:00 UTC → October 31, 13:00 UTC 🎃 🏆 Top clans take the rewards …

Clan levels — how it works now 🛠️ There was a bug after clan level 13 (all 13 settings unlocked): fun % was calculated wrong. That’s fixed. Current rules: 🎮 Unlocking settings A new clan starts with 2 settings. At level N you can have N+1 settings, up to 13. After that, no more settings. 📈 Rating Clan rating = total fun on your clan’s settings. Only releases in your settings count. ✨ Bonuses • Clan-wide: +1% fun per clan level — this keeps going after 13 • Per setting: +5% fun per 100T on th…

🔥 BATTLE OF ISTANBUL STARTS THIS SUNDAY 🔥 Clans, the Bosphorus is calling. 80 districts. One city. Zero mercy. 🐹⚔️🇹🇷 📅 This Sunday, 13:00 UTC → next Sunday, 13:00 UTC (Sep 20 → Sep 27) 🗺️ Capture districts, hold the map, stack points. Release games, fight for every street, and don’t let another clan steal your skyline. ⏸️ NEW: scheduled ceasefires During a break, capture and holding scores freeze. The map stays open — you can look, you cannot grind. 🧊 Pause 1: Tue, Sep 22, 13:00 UTC → Wed, S…

🏆 Personal Hall of Fame: mini-game streaks just got fairer We updated 1st-place streaks in Audience and Find a Pair. How it works now: • 3 / 5 / 10 wins in a row on the mini-game event leaderboard • skipped the event — your streak stays • played and missed 1st — the streak breaks 🔥 New: hit 5 wins in a row and that five is yours for good. From there you’re chasing 10. Miss top 1? You don’t drop to zero — the next run starts from 5.

🐹 Hall of Fame just got personal — and you can finally peek into other CEOs’ offices Two updates are live. Time to show off 👀 🏆 Personal Hall of Fame Open Profile → Hall of Fame → Personal. These are your one-time achievements — not the global first-place board. 📺 Audience — finish 1st on the Audience event leaderboard 3 / 5 / 10 times in a row. Skip an event and the streak resets. 💞 Pairs — same deal for the Pairs mini-game event LB (not Find a Pair). 📣 Ads — hit 100 / 500 / 1000 lifetime…

🎤 September 3rd hits different in Hamster Gamedev. Meet Shufi — a hamster in a black suit, aviators, and a beard that means business. One mic. One pose. Zero chill. He doesn’t just join the studio. He turns your game strategy upside down. 📈 +7% Fun 💰 +2% Profit Collect the pieces, unlock the skin, and let the encore begin. The 3rd of September will never be the same 🐹

WOAH WOAH WOAH 🐹💥 Time to find out which setting is actually the strongest 👀🔥 Pick your favorite. Fight for it. Prove it in Settings Battle. ⚔️🎮 No more “trust me bro” takes. We’re settling this in the studio. 🏆 📋 How it works: 🏆 4 rounds — one bracket, four fights, one champion 🃏 Wildcards — some settings skip the first round and jump in later. Lucky? Maybe. Still gotta win 😏 🚪 You can join in any round 🔒 But once you pick a setting — you’re locked in. No switching. No leaving. No “wait I c…

🏴 Conquering Paris — patch notes 🗓 Aug 22–27, 13:00 UTC (16:00 MSK) • New map: Paris, 80 quartiers • 0 zones → ×110% Fun from releases • −2% Fun per held zone, floor ×50% • Defender start from 500B: 1 zone ×110%, then −2% per extra zone, floor ×50% • Clan bonuses don’t count in capture games 🎁 When a zone changes owner: • Top contributor: 2 Espresso + 25 Fun Boost • Last hit: 30 Gamepads + 1 Cappuccino • Defense = no gift 🏆 Place prize is still split by clan size, but one player gets at most…

🏴 Conquering Paris is live The next territory capture takes place in Paris — 80 quartiers on the map. 🗓 August 22, 13:00 UTC → August 27, 13:00 UTC (16:00 MSK → 16:00 MSK) ⚔️ How to capture • Pick exactly one zone to attack • Several clans can fight for the same zone at the same time • To take a zone you need at least 1T Fun and a 1T lead over the closest rival • Clan bonuses do not count in capture games ⚖️ Balance update The more zones your clan already holds, the harder it is to snowbal…

☕ Coffee Point drops today Your hamsters need caffeine. Starting today, open CEO Room → Coffee Point, brew a capsule, and give the studio a timed Fun boos… Pick your drink: 🥛 Cappuccino — +15% Fun for 2 hours ☕ Americano — +20% Fun for 1 hour ⚡ Espresso — +30% Fun for 30 minutes One cup at a time — while a boost is active, you can’t brew another. Capsules live in your inventory; brew them at Coffee Point. While the boost is running, you’ll see it on the Project screen: remaining time and Fu…

🎧 Support Update Support is now available only via our bot: 👉 https://t.me/gamedev_support_bot ⚠️ The old support link is no longer available. Please contact us through the bot for any help 💬 We’re happy to assist! ✨

👑 Clan Update Leadership can now be transferred! ✨ What’s new: 🔄 Transfer Leadership The leader can pass the clan to an Executive (E). After that, the former leader becomes an Executive. 🚪 Leader Leaves If the leader leaves and there are Executives in the clan, leadership automatically goes to the Executive with the highest rating. The clan is no longer deleted. ⚠️ If there are no Executives, the clan is still deleted when the leader leaves. Manage your clan with more control 💪

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⚔️ Debug Duel — Update 🛡 Setup before the fight At the start of the match, each player places 3 antivirus shields on their board (one player first, then the other). Stack them on one cell or spread them out. After that — the main game: patch and bug only. 🚪 Less leave/rejoin trolling The in-match Menu button is a surrender (with confirmation). Your opponent wins. On disconnect — 60 seconds to come back. You can disconnect at most twice per match; a 3rd time is an instant loss. The “opponent o…

📬 New feature: Clan Messages! Snowballs are out — real talk is in ❄️➡️💬 You can now message your clanmates directly from the clan list. 🖥️ Open your CEO Office → Messages to check your inbox, reply, and keep the conversation going. Perfect for: 🤝 coordinating releases 🔥 hype before the next event 👀 calling out that one AFK co-founder Jump in, say hi to your clan, and make the office a little less lonely 😎

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🔥 São Paulo Update is live! 🕵️ Our scouts went deep into the favelas of São Paulo… and hit the jackpot. 🎮 3 new genres discovered: ⚔️ MOBA 🎲 Roguelike 💎 Gacha Time to cook something fresh, CEOs. The streets of São Paulo just got a lot more competitive. 🗺️ Territory Capture — rules & mechanics update 📌 Clan bonuses do NOT apply in Territory Capture. Pure fight. Pure skill. 👀 New clan filter on the map — pick a clan and instantly see which zones they hold. 👑 Not only the Clan Leader anymore…

🐛 Debug Duel drops today ⚔️ Two studios. One release. Only one walks away with the loot. 🏆 📦 How it works Stake 1 lootbox 🎁 to queue. Deducted only when an opponent is found and the match starts. Leave early — stake stays with you ✅ Win → take 2 lootboxes 💰 Up to 20 games per day 📅 🎮 The fight Race to ship across 9 modules. Each turn = 2 actions: 🟢 Patch — heal your module (+20%) 🔴 Bug — hit the opponent (−20%) 🛡️ Antivirus — stack shields; bugs burn layers, not HP Break 2 modules → collapse…

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