The holidays are for sharing, and we thought it would be fitting to share some details about the upcoming Feature Update, titled Conquest.
Conquer your Island via Diplomacy and Warfare!
Features
Visit and Raid other Kingdoms
Send an Envoy to Improve Relations.
Lead a Raiding Party to Declare War and Conquer your enemies!
Bring the fight to them!
Engage in Diplomacy
Rulers, including your own, can Bend the Knee and swear Allegiance to another Kingdom to become their Vassal.
Build Influence with them to Negotiate their Allegiance, or beat them into submission and Demand it.
Choose your path...
Call on them for support in times of need, but don't leave them in the lurch when they call on you!
Conquer your Island
The World Map has been updated to reflect each Kingdom's Strength and Holdings.
Everyone starts somewhere...
A Kingdom's Holdings expand and contract based on their stature relative to their neighbors.
Leverage a mix of Diplomacy and Warfare to unite the Island under your Banner.
Hire Mercenaries
Some of the more ingenious Mortals have realized they can turn a profit selling their Skills as Mercenaries.
Place a Deposit and Hire them to expand your Workforce in a pinch...
Or turn your Coins into brute strength to turn the tide of a Battle that isn't going well...
Take your pick...
Make sure they make it back home to get your Deposit back from the Mercenary Company!
Other Features
There are many other smaller features that we aren't ready to talk about yet, stay tuned for more details!
Experimental Beta and Release Date
This is the largest update to Date, and we're taking our time to make sure it's in great shape before release.
We plan to launch an Experimental Beta early next year, and announce the Release Date at that time.
Saves
As you can imagine, these changes necessitate large changes to the save game format, so this update will retire 0.29 saves.
We'll spin up a retired_0_29 set of Steam Betas so that you can continue your 0.29 saves there or go back and visit them whenever you want.
The Next Mortal Race...
We're still in the ideation phase for the next Mortal Race.
If you haven't submitted your ideas yet, we're still accepting them!
We're looking for a race that will fit into all the existing systems (and clothes!). It'd be cool if they fit around a feature in the game offering a chance to flesh it out further (ala the Dwarves and Mining). Ideally, we'd avoid stepping on the toes of any of the existing Race Mods.
Who is this?
Some thought starters:Nocturnal?
Dependency on Consuming Flesh?
Engineers?
Tricksters?
Animalistic?
Different Method of Reproduction?
Farmers?
Ranchers?
Let us know what you'd like to see!
Sale and Bundle
Noble Fates is participating in the Steam Winter Sale!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1769420/Noble_Fates/
We're bundled with Diplomacy is Not an Option for an additional discount!
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/45502/Build_and_Battle_Bundle/
Discord
Join the Official Discord to participate in Development!
Reviews
If you like the game, please consider leaving a Review for the game if you haven't already. These help players that may be on the fence to decide whether or not to support us.
Thanks for reading and thanks for playing!
The Noble Fates Team