These last few weeks have been full of content updates, but nothing that could be shown until it was all ready! But now it is! Read on to see what it's all about!

Art style update

Previous screenshots and gameplay videos have all been using our placeholder buildings, which were only meant to give you an impression of the game while we finalized the art style. Now with the art direction settled, it is time to show you some of our wonderful new buildings which have all been put into the game builds.

House tiers 1 and 2

Here is an example of the house building with a Tier 1 and Tier 2 (upgraded) house. In addition to this, we've also updated all the basic buildings you will experience throughout the demo and tutorial.

Gameplay and UI improvements

We have also made several improvements to the way we show information in the UI. Almost all of the information screens have had an update, here are some of the highlights: Energy and keeping folks happy with food, water and other desires plays a key role in making sure your settlement runs smoothly. We've updated the information screen for folks so it's easier to see their different levels of happiness, energy and needs:
When assigning folks to available jobs, you can now pick and choose who to assign, based on the distance from where they live to where they work. Reducing this distance means more time to work and less time to travel when going home to restore.

Storage buildings such as the warehouse and market now have an improved storage information screen and and easier way to choose what to store. They also now have storage capacities and storage slots for different resources:

Quality of life improvements

We're always looking at streamers playing the game and receiving feedback from play testers, so we've added several QoL improvements from looking at how the game is played. We now tell you a bit about what the best placement is for various buildings, as well as how you can rotate them:
We also tell you a bit about how to move around the map, just in case you haven't done so before:
Statistics screens now have a bit of information about what they show:

What's next?

These screens are all in various stages of being complete, so expect them all to be even more improved and refined as we keep working on the game in the upcoming months.

What do you think of these improvements and how do you like the new buildings? Let us know!

[ 2023-08-02 16:09:23 CET ] [ Original post ]