Hello folks. Today I am proud to announce that you can get early access to our upcoming December Update on the Laboratory Branch right here on Steam. Shortly after the release of our first update we put out a Roadmap that outlined 3 free major updates plus one paid DLC. So far, we've been able to deliver on everything that was promised and we've been very happy with the response. We hope you'll enjoy this update too and we hope that you will appreciate all the effor that is going in expanding the Dice Legacy experience.
Our next update adds a whole new system to both game modes, new scenarios for Forging a Realm as well as new demands, balancing adjustments and more. The full changelog is available below.
The Weather System adds quite a bit of new elements to the game, so we're very much looking forward to your feedback on it, so we can adjust things before release and in future updates.
As always, the best way to provide feedback is through our Discord server at https://discord.gg/dicelegacy or in the dedicated Laboratory section of our Steam forums.
Full Changelog
Weather System
One aspect of the game we're trying to improve is providing new challenges for experienced players and increase the variety of games. Today we are introducing a whole new Weather System that brings a whole new layer of challenges to the game.
- Added a new Weather System that is present in all game modes. From Rains to Droughts, from Ice Storms to Strong winds, face a whole new set of challenges!
- Occasionally a particular Weather Phenomena might occur. Weather Phenomena is forecasted at the beginning of the season and occurs in the middle portion of a season. Weather Phenomena bring with them various effects that can make the game easier or harder.
- Experience 8 Different Weather Phenomena for the Summer and 8 for the Winter.
Forging a Realm: New Demands
We were happy with the response to the new game mode, but we knew we wanted to expand on it further. Today we're introducing 4 new "rare" demand types to increase the variety of Forging a Realm even further.
- Added some more rare demands for Forging a Realm, with the intent of increasing variety.
- Added a "Construct a specific building" Demand.
- Added a "Research a specific technology" Demand.
- Added a "Research a certain number of technologies" Demand.
- Added a "Control a certain number of Class District Halls" Demand.
Forging a Realm: New Scenarios
One feedback we got from players on the original Scenarios was that some of them were not providing enough of a different experience from the regular Escaping Fate gameplay. Scenarios were a relatively easy way for us to offer more content for the game, however with Forging a Realm we wanted to really push them into a different direction that could really offer a new - perhaps a bit wilder - way of playing the game.
- Bizzarre Demands Scenario - The cost of Buildings and Technologies is randomized at the start of the game. Dice and Resource requirements for each Building, Location Structure and Threat are also randomized. Megarandom! Throw your assumptions out of the window.
- Building a Following Scenario - House is disabled. Receive a random Die when completing a Demand. Gone are the super optimized builds, earn dice by completing demands.
Balancing
- Revised all of the Encampments requirements in order to make them more viable. Generally speaking now interacting with the various Encampments should provide more interesting opportunities for trade.
- Minor balancing adjustments done to Forging a Realm.
Miscellaneous
- Demands that are about to expire in Forging a Realm now automatically open the Demands Panel.
- Various bug fixes and improvements
How to access the Laboratory branch
- Right click on Dice Legacy in your Steam library.
- Click on Properties.
- Select "Beta".
- Select the branch "laboratory" from the dropdown menu.
- Close the window.
- This should prompt a game update, after which you will be good to go.
- If the game appears in your library as "Dice Legacy [laboratory]" you're on the right branch.
In case you want to revert back to the regular version of the game, simply follow the same procedure but select "none" in the Beta dropdown menu.
Warning
The Laboratory branch is to be intended as work in progress. In the Laboratory branch, the game could contain bugs, glitches or missing features. Additionally, some texts could lack translations. If you're seeking a stable experience, please play the regular version of Dice Legacy. The Laboratory branch will be considered the bleeding edge of development, and as such it could sometimes be rougher around the edges.
Keep also in mind that the Laboratory branch does not share the same savefiles with the regular branch and that savefiles are to be considered as cross-compatible between versions.