Kingdom-Crier #4: Customization, Roadmap Update, and Straw!

09 Mar 2022Developer post

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Welcome Kontras! This is Kingdom-Crier #4!

Herein you'll find info about the first bit of in-game Customization, updates to the roadmap, and today's new Content Update!

Customization

Last week we tackled the first bit of Noble and Kingdom Customization, allowing you to rename your Nobles, re-title your Ruler, rename your Kingdom, and even rename your lands. We took it even further allowing you to rename anyone who visits (including their Kingdom and Lands) to allow you to make your world your own! This has been nicely integrated into the intro - making it more streamlined than before.

Edit your Ruler and Kingdom during the Intro!

Edit your Kingdom and Others In-game!

We plan to do more here, but this should help open up the options for expressing yourself in-game.

Roadmap Update

With the customization above, we've wrapped up the initial wave of Hot Fixes that we've been tracking since launch!

In addition, we've released 7 Content Updates. We have several more in progress, and many more on the horizon.

We're also well underway with core work on the second of our eight planned Feature Updates.

Now that we're through the initial launch phase and the related Hotfixes, we're going to maintain and surface a list of the higher priority issues that we're aware of.

As you've likely noticed, the number of quick, hotfix updates have reduced so that we can sink our live support time into these meatier issues - but the result will be juicy patches like today's which addressed outstanding QOL issues around Prisoner and Tame management.

These fixes went well with a Content Update that we had in the pipe, so we included that too!

Content Update 7: Straw!

Chopping down Dense Grass now yields Straw

Straw is now used to build Straw Roofs and Straw Beds as you'd expect.

Straw can also be used to feed Tames who aren't able to feed themselves by grazing!

Full Patch Notes

Noble Fates 0.24.0.35 released! Crash Fixes Fix for crash related to invalid queued commands

Content Update 7 - Straw! Cutting Dense Grass now produces Straw Used in the construction of Straw Roofs and Straw Beds Used to feed Tamed Animals Added a Straw Petition to the Guided Experience

Tames Added the Pasture Zone Type (Under Work) Added a Feed Animal Command that is queued when a Tame is hungry Herd Kingdom Owned Tames to Pastures Limit Kingdom Owned Tame movement to current pasture

Prisoners Added a Feed Prisoner Command that is queued when a Prisoner is hungry Don't show cells under belongings management

Animals Show Health Show Food (range from -100 to 100)

Nursing Feed characters who are resting until they are healed

Zones Zones now use and support the same tools as Stockpiles

Fancy Wood Bed Adjust Mesh so it doesn't poke through walls

Stone Hearth Bring in sides so they don't poke through neighboring walls

What's new in Main?

Beyond the changes above, there have been key updates since the last Crier, here are the highlights:

Separate Delivering from Building to dramatically speed up builds! Improved behavior around carrying extra supplies! Made seeds a byproduct of Harvesting and Foraging! Doubled the chance of Catapult Raids! Improved pacing of Monster Moments