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Release notes and development notes.
- 2026-10-11 · v0.4.5Marchwind 64 0.4.5: no more patches in the battle sky, Chinese folders on Windows, an anti-aliasing switchFixes the red and yellow patches in the battle sky from 0.4.4, a crash when ending a battle animation right as it starts, and Windows not starting from a Chinese user name or folder; adds an anti-aliasing switch, dialogue text sizes and original map unit icons with HD; shows MISS on the map with animations off; brings back the Android history button.
- 2026-10-09 · v0.4.4Marchwind 64 0.4.4: no buildings above the sky in widescreen, HD battle skies, no hang on quitIn widescreen, battle close-ups no longer show a black strip with building pieces above the sky; with HD 1.1 the battle skies are in HD; closing the game no longer sometimes hangs and the weapon upgrade screen no longer crashes; F12 takes a screenshot; on Android one touch skips a scene, button opacity is adjustable and saves export to Download.
- 2026-10-08 · v0.4.3Marchwind 64 0.4.3: no more HD freezes, pre-battle spirits count, more Android phones startA random freeze with HD images is fixed; Snapdragon 865/870/888 phones no longer crash; spirits cast on the pre-battle page now count in the battle; Mali phones with older drivers no longer quit at start; translations keep inside the original windows; the pages fit large and scaled screens; upgrades plan several levels and pay once.
- 2026-10-08 · v0.4.2Marchwind 64 0.4.2: Windows starts againOn Windows the program no longer closes the moment it opens, without a log; double-clicking the exe, promised in 0.4.1, now really starts the game.
- 2026-10-08 · v0.4.1Marchwind 64 0.4.1: Snapdragon phones no longer crashAndroid no longer crashes on Snapdragon phones once the game starts, the opening prologue gets a touch Skip button, and on Windows double-clicking Marchwind64.exe starts the game.
- 2026-10-08Android phones testedThe Android phones we tested, player reports and where each GPU stands, plus the known issues and what we have not tested. Snapdragon 865/870/888, 8 Gen 2/Gen 3 and Mali phones with older drivers are fixed; the Redmi K60's black screen and a flicker with the settings open on a Snapdragon 8 Elite (Android 17) are still being looked into.
- 2026-10-07 · v0.4.0Marchwind 64 0.4.0: the first public releaseThe first public release, out as a feature preview. The whole game is playable, but the translation has not been hand-edited yet and testing on each platform is limited. Bug reports and text suggestions are welcome.
- 2026-10-05Making the HD artHow the HD pack's portraits, backgrounds, maps, units, icons, battle scenes, frames and title art were made and integrated into the game.
- 2026-10-04What recompilation is: how Marchwind 64 is builtMarchwind 64 is neither an emulator nor a remake: the original program is translated, whole, into code that computers and phones run directly. This post explains static recompilation and how the project fits together.