Release
We are going to be releasing Citizen of Rome - Dynasty Ascendant on Steam a bit earlier than initially planned, those of you who have already been playing the game either via itch or Google Play have the same latest and most stable version that we will be releasing on Steam.
We are going to take it live later today and the main reasoning behind this earlier release is so that we can also participate in the Steam Summer Sale. We are a small indie team with very limited marketing budget and a limited reach, therefore we need to make use of every opportunity to get the game infront of more people. I am told that participating the Sale will be a great opportunity to do so, and that the originally planned release date would prevent us from participating, due to Steam's 30 day discount cool down.
Pricing and Discounts
We will be releasing it here with a launch discount of 21% and will have the exact same discount in the Summer Sale as well
As a general guideline, we avoid discounts, and in case we do have a sale we will not take the price below this discounted launch price, for the foreseeable future.
We also see the base price going up a few months from now as we add more content and build a further deeper experience in the base game itself
Roadmap
I believe the game in its present state does a decent job of capturing the day to day life, events and social growth in the Roman Republic. We want to make this game the definitive experience of life in Ancient Rome, and will continue to work towards that after today's release, and as long as there is player interest.
The current overarching goal is to allow players to experience the lives, events and deeds of some of Rome's most famous and interesting Citizens, with the likes of the Gracchi Brothers, Caesar, Crassus, Marius, Sulla and more.
To this end, one of the first things we are expanding on is the political and military aspects of the game, in a major update coming a few weeks from now, we will have more Senate interactions, be able to track and contribute to Rome's expansion, events around wars, conscription and its effect on family life, Clients and Patrons, political marriages, and more
I will be detailing these out in multiple Dev Diaries in the coming weeks.
Community feedback and ideas have driving this game from the very beginning and so your voice matters, please do write to us here or on [email protected] with ideas, feedback, criticism, praise or anything else.
We have prioritized and delivered on various community requests and ideas in the past (including the Dark Mode, Expanding on Ludi, UI, etc), so please do let me know what upcoming feature or aspect of life in Ancient Rome excites you and we could prioritize that next
Thank you for all your support!
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