Hello!
We would like to make the development process more transparent, that's why we will try to regularly tell you what we are doing.
In New Year post we said, that we would participate in Steam Game Festival in February. After closely examining our abilities, pros and cons we decided to skip February and take part in Summer Festival. Steam's rules forbid to take part in more than one Festival per year, so we decided to take more time to prepare. It won't affect our update schedule: demo will be updated on time.
And here are our plans on February:
1. Codex overhaul: new articles on politics, history and religion. It is unnecessary to read them all, but if you want to know more about the world of the game, you'll definitely need them.
2. Mechanic of character visits: margrave doesn't have much time to deal with the conspiracy, so you will have to choose people to turn to for help. Powerful merchant, wise keeper of the archives, furious mercenary - everyone of them is your potential ally, but they all want something in return. Every time you hit the road you may gain the upper hand over the conspirators, but also you may lose everything with every wrong move.
In the end the friends you choose will define your ability to cope with the plot and will shape your reign. This is a new part of the story and it all will be available in demo!
3. Save&Load system: due to new additions to the available storyline these functions are vital. How do you think, should the player be given an opportunity to load the game after bad decisions? Share your thoughts in the comments!
4: New random events: about conflicts of peasants and landlords, day-to-day life of native peoples and margrave's personal life. Your reign will become more diversified.
5. And, of course, we will continue polishing and improving the UI, bug fixing and balancing. Please, continue sending us your ideas and reports! We read closely every one of them and take them into consideration when thinking of what to do next.