Ultimate Blacksmith Tycoon ~The Appraiser-Shopkeeper Conquers the Blacksmith Trade~

We're sorry for two disruptions around save data in quick succession. This update fixes both: saving becoming impossible / saves being lost, and the older saves missing from the load list that our own fix caused.First, the important partYour save data has not been deleted. Your older saves are still on your PC — the game simply stopped listing them. Installing r170 and launching the game restores them to the list automatically.FixesFixed older-version saves disappearing from the load list. r169 added a step that clears old history entries when storage runs low. Because previous-version history entries carry the oldest dates, they were always cleared first — and clearing them frees no space at all, so the process kept going and removed them all. Previous-version history is now excluded from that clean-up entirely.The list is repaired automatically. On the first launch of r170, the game re-detects the older saves still present on your PC and re-registers them. No action is needed on your part.Fixed saving becoming impossible after long play sessions. The cause was internal data used only for the combat-log playback display being written into the save file in full. The longer you played, the larger each save became, until it exceeded the space available. Since that data is only used for display, we no longer save it. Each save is now roughly a quarter of its previous size, and saving is faster.Fixed existing saves and auto-saves being wiped when a save failed. The save process deleted the old data before writing the new data, so a failed write could leave nothing behind. It now writes first and only removes the leftover data after the write succeeds — if a write fails, your existing saves are left untouched.Improved behaviour when storage is full. Previously only one old history entry was cleared before a single retry, so saving could remain impossible. It now clears old history entries until there is room, so saving no longer keeps failing (the most recent save is alw...

To celebrate the release of our lightweight update, Ultimate Blacksmith Tycoon is 20% off for one week starting today! This update makes the game lighter while keeping its gameplay and content fundamentally unchanged. We have also rebuilt the underlying foundation so fixes and improvements can be delivered more quickly going forward. Appraise materials, forge equipment, hire adventurers, and send them into the dungeons. With 79 jobs, Workshop enhancement and Modifier rerolls, a broad technology tree, debt and recurring costs, public order, and Stampedes, this is a management sim about reading the numbers and building the greatest smithy in town. New players: This is a great week to begin your blacksmith-management journey with a lighter version of the game. Returning players: Your existing save data carries over automatically through Steam Cloud. No manual migration is required. Current players: The gameplay remains the same, while future fixes and improvements can now be delivered more quickly. The 20% discount lasts for one week, starting today. This is a great time to open the doors to your own blacksmith shop. Thank you to everyone who continues to support the game. We will keep improving Ultimate Blacksmith Tycoon with your feedback throughout Early Access.

Thank you, as always, for playing Ultimate Blacksmith Tycoon. This update makes the game lighter while keeping its gameplay and content fundamentally unchanged. What Changed The game has been made lighter. We reviewed the underlying systems and processing so the game can run more smoothly. The game's foundation has been rebuilt to support faster updates going forward. This will shorten the time needed to deliver fixes and improvements, allowing us to respond to your feedback more quickly than before. Gameplay and Save Data The core gameplay and balance—including forging, shop management, adventurers, dispatch, and the technology tree—remain fundamentally the same. Your existing save data carries over automatically. Progress stored through Steam Cloud will be loaded when the game starts, so no manual migration is required. This update may not look dramatically different, but it is an important step toward delivering future improvements more quickly and reliably. Thank you for continuing to support Ultimate Blacksmith Tycoon.