RA 0.27

Major Features

• Script migration wave — main menu, scenario selection, all advisor screens, build menu, hotkey config, victory/defeat logic, and every city overlay moved to MuJS
• BIK video playback — intro and briefing movies from original .bik files
• Road construction in script — drag preview with correct junction sprites; statue preview and rotation (R); copy-build hotkey (Q)
• Windows self-update from GitHub releases
• Integral test framework in CI — automated JS-driven game tests

Gameplay

• Player legions work in on-map and distant battles again
• Monument rating matches Pharaoh.exe weights (mastabas, pyramid variants)
• Resource depletion for gold, stone, sandstone, copper, gems, and clay
• Irrigation via water lifts and ditches; meadow farms; unified floodplain placement
• Seth and Osiris curses; temple complex upgrades; police station, mortuary, festival logic restored
• Hyenas hunt ostriches; figure phrase sounds overhauled
• Early campaign missions aligned with original; Selima/Saqqara win criteria fixed; intro popups restored
• Empire disabled in missions 4/5 (as in OG); campaign victory advances reliably

UI & Quality of Life

• Optional save prompt on Alt+F4
• Redesigned sound settings (per-channel volume)
• Hovered tile highlight; empire map fixes
• CLI: --no-logo, --no-resource, --log-sound, --config:NAME=VALUE

Scenario Editor & Debug

• Land/sea invasion, entry/exit, earthquake, and predator herd points persist correctly
• Debug terrain paint brush (land, water, floodplain, rocks, ore, dunes, meadow)

Platforms

• Windows (self-update), Linux (zip + Flatpak + Bazzite), macOS (ARM + x86_64), Android, browser (Emscripten)
• itch.io distribution; German localization; expanded player wiki

Modding

• Hot-reload scripts with --mixed (macOS/Linux)
• Building configs in src/scripts/building/; city systems in src/scripts/city/
• Custom overlays via [es=city_overlay] — no recompile needed

Full release notes: https://dalerank.github.io/Akhenaten/devblog/ra-027-release-notes.html

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