Hello again,

The most common feedback we've received by far after launch is the lack of progress and replayability. These are the main things we're working on to fix, read on below! Bear in mind that this is work in progress content, so expect changes regarding art, text and interface.



Progression
We wanted to make a game where you made your own goals and your own stories, as such we thought reducing the amount of endgame goals would encourage that. But, we realised we pushed it too far. Every game needs some kind of goal even if you can't win the game (which you can't in Crest). So we're correcting our earlier mistakes and implementing some new features.


Tech Tree


The tech tree might look similar to 4x and strategy games you're fond of (if you're into that sort of thing), but the main difference here is that you actually spend points, and not time. The tech points are gained from doing small random quests (each play session will have a different set of quests from the same quest pool).





The tech tree in itself is also randomised, which will encourage you to make different decisions each time you play!


Monuments and Festivals


We're redesigning the monuments, they will be unlocked from the tech tree and will provide unique festivals. So each city, if they have a monument, will have a celebration once every cycle that gives that city a unique bonus, such as higher fertility or more food, think of it as a "golden age".






More to Come!
As before there's more we haven't talked about, I will collect that in a future update.


Public Test Build
I asked the team when we can expect to be able to send the build out and it's unclear if we can publish it this week. So expect it to come next week instead.




Stay in Touch
If you want to follow us anywhere else here's what we have.

https://discord.gg/ecs
https://youtube.com/eatcreatesleep
https://twitter.com/eatcreatesleep
https://twitter.com/crestgame
https://twitch.tv/eatcreatesleepstudio
https://facebook.com/eatcreatesleep
https://instagram.com/eatcreatesleep




Thank you for the support (such as the new reviews), I'll be back soon!


Regards,
Martin