Hey everyone!

We just got the new build online, and this time we've had time to iterate and smooth out some of the problems with the earlier test. Above all please remember that this is not the definitive version of the relaunch, it's buggy, unfinished and unpolished. The more feedback we get the more we can improve it!

There are still features missing and it's still unfinished, but luckily we have until December so don't worry, we'll fix the rest.



What the Build Contains

New Features
• The Book of Learning is a tech tree that allows for an individual play style. Spend wisdom points to unlock words for the Word Tablet and insights.
• Teachings are tasks that unlock wisdom points which can be spent in the Book of Learning.
• Follower associations build up over time. Followers interpret commandments based on these associations.
• Water drainage UI added to expose information about what drains water.

Overhauls
• City doctrine system entirely reworked.
• General UI overhaul. The City Popup and much more is reworked.
• Follower/City needs are made easier to understand. Some needs cause followers to be frustrated in different ways. This makes needs more important to fulfil.
• Monuments have been reworked. Followers now celebrate their monuments by holding festivals in their city, awarding different bonuses. Monuments are unlocked via the Book of Learning.
• City follower cap is increased over time. Cities start with a follower cap of 3. It can be increased to 6 over time.

Other
• Several major and minor bugs have been fixed.
• The tutorial is disabled in this version of the game.
• Saving is disabled in this version of the game.








How to Get It

The game will overwrite your current build (if you have it installed), wait for it to update and then you're ready to go!



What to Keep in Mind

• We will release more builds before relaunch, we haven't decided when next happens.
  
• The game could break or crash, more often than before.
  
• If you have a save from the main official build on Steam and change it to the test build your save file will be deleted and/or overwritten if you press "New Game" in the test build branch. If you switch back to the official build again the same happens as well, but for the test build.
  
• Saves doesn't work in the test build right now (one of the reasons it's not on the official branch).
  
• Saves will break during development of the test build, the main branch will be left untouched until release of the Relaunch.
  
• Saves are disabled in this public test build, we may or may not enable in future test builds.
  
• Features are missing.
  
• It's unpolished, unfinished and buggy.
  
• Art, GUI, animations and VFX are missing in parts, for example the association system is still missing most of their illustrations.
  

Please Leave Feedback
The more feedback we get the better, we have opened a secret group on our Discord called "#divine-testing" which anyone can join if you ask Martin, please remember that we won't be online during the weekend. If you prefer to leave feedback on the Steam forum or somewhere else on social media please do so, but please be specific that you're talking about the relaunch test build and not the main game so as not to confuse others in the community. :)

https://discord.gg/ecs






Thank you for the continued support. Have a nice weekend and enjoy the build!

// Martin & Eat Create Sleep