Hello! We're almost done with all of the major new features for the relaunch, now what remains are lots of balancing, tweaking, basically getting it just right. Without your help that's going to be hard, so we're once again asking for more help. :)

What The Upcoming Build Contains

New Monuments Monuments has been tweaked, rebalanced and replaced with new fancy graphics! Examples below.

We also have proper festivals now with more props and effects!

Needs Design Overhaul Each need will now have negative consequences if not met, this will lead to problematic behaviours, we realised that players should be awarded more clearly for keeping all needs met. We will also simplify the interface even more (for the better). Dead Advisors Update More varied texts and better interface.

Storybuilder Update The storybuilder in the end now "listens" more to what has happened in your game session, and more flavourful as well. Will tweak texts and designs further probably.

Water UI With our new overlay you will be able to see where people and animals drain water, so you can more easily understand and do something about it. New Verbs You can now order them to trade, wage war and make alliances, with verbs instead of words. More combinations and more direct control. Updated Tech Tree and Task UI These are no longer called tech tree and tasks. Tech tree is called "Book of Learning" and tasks are called "Teachings" where you get "wisdom points", to further drive home the point that it's not really technology you develop but rather the culture. Crest is a river culture/iron age civilisation, it's outside the scope of the game to progress through the ages (that would take us a few more years to make, not realistic). The UI has been improved as well.

---- Stay tuned! Thanks for your support with new reviews and feedback, it helps a lot. Be back soon, we're moving office in two weeks so we'll probably not write a lot before the test comes. /Martin

[ 2018-08-20 13:09:36 CET ] [ Original post ]

Crest
Eat Create Sleep

Developer

Eat Create Sleep

Publisher

2018-03-08

Release

Strategy Simulation Singleplayer

Pitch

Welcome to Crest, a god game where you are as a parent to your children. Your only way of communication with your subjects is commandments you write for them. How these commandments are interpreted and remembered are not set in stone. What you write and what experiences they have with the environment is the basis for their religion. You might find that your people will change on their own accord over time and use your commandments for their own devices.

You have an indirect control of your people with your commandments; consequences of your actions may not always be clear and you will need to be aware of the ever-changing environment and your people's disposition, amongst others their disposition towards you. Expressing yourself is the key of Crest; you will do so through your people and the world they shape.

Key Features

Write rules for your subjects which will have interesting consequences.
Many different ways to express your divinity which will be reflected in your followers.
Immersive feedback which will show you the progress of your people and create a rich history.
Procedurally generated game world which changes over time and shows wear and tear.
An expressive game without end-goal where you can focus on building your legacy.
Your people have free will, focus on leading them rather than controlling their every move.
Emergent world where weather, vegetation, mineral deposits, drought and animal behavior will create surprises.

Progression and Losing

Every new world you start is unique; you can't have multiple saves of it so you will have to think carefully of what you want to do. If your people die off that world is gone forever as a playable save file. However, you will be able to view the legacy of your old worlds. As long as your people live you can continue playing, and as you progress create your own history.

Setting

Crest is an Afrofuturist game that reimagines how humanity arose in the cradle of humankind on the African continent. It's a historical themed game that tries to emulate an advanced iron age civilization that could have existed a few thousand years ago. The setting for the game world, its flora and fauna is based on African biomes, with rainfall determining the tug-of-war between desert, savanna and jungle.

MINIMAL SETUPOS: Ubuntu 12.04 or newer
Processor: 3 GHzMemory: 8 GB RAM
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: 1 GB VRAM and shader model 4.0 compatible
Storage: 1 GB available space
RECOMMENDED SETUPOS: Ubuntu 12.04 or newer
Processor: 3 GHzMemory: 16 GB RAM
Memory: 16 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 1060 or equivalent
Storage: 1 GB available space

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