13 Jun 2022Developer postOriginal post (opens in a new tab)

Kingdom-Crier #11: Love and Elves has Released!

Hey hey, the time has finally come!

Feature Update #3 has been released!

Love and Elves!

Noble Fates Feature Update #3

Elves have come to Noberia from far away lands, bringing the custom of Marriage with them.

Can you find the perfect partners for your people?

Elves!

A patient Race - Elves live twice as long as Humans and Orcs, but take their time maturing - progressing at half the rate of the other Races.

Elves don't mind Humans, but can be at odds with the Orcs!

Elves have increased potential in Hunting and Crafting, though their smaller frame limits their potential in Melee.

Updated Characters!

To ensure the adoption of Marriage across the lands, the Gods have blessed the other Mortal Races with new faces, haircuts, and finally... Ears!

Enjoy new Human and Orc faces with many more variation and much more detail than before!

Attraction!

Now that the Mortals are more beautiful, they've discovered that they're now Attracted to one another!

Browse the new Attraction tab on the Character Sheet to see what each Mortal is into.

Mortals have a broad range of preferences - taking Gender, Age, Race, and even wealth into account when sizing up a potential partner.

Gifts!

The Mortals have discovered that they can grow and harvest Flowers, making Bouquets for gifts to maximize their chances.

Daily gifts can help that friendship blossom into true Love!

Use the additional details on the expanded Relationship tab to see just why two Mortals love one-another or why they aren't getting along.

Marriage!

Build and decorate the new Wedding Arch to arrange a Wedding between two of your Mortals.

Marry an Enamored pair of Mortals to transform their shared Love into Loyalty or arrange a one-sided Marriage to keep an important Noble happy!

Interactions with a Mortal's partner have increased effects on that Mortal - treat your Mortal's partners well to keep them happy.

Leverage Double Beds and shared Lodgings to simplify housing for your growing Kingdom!

Marriages last until one of the partners dies, so make sure you make the right call when choosing a Mortal's partner!

Expanded Intro Details and Options!

This was the perfect time to increase the information shared during the Intro and we've coupled that with the introduction of per-Mortal Reroll support.

We plan to do more with the Intro as we move further into EA, but this should help those of you looking for that perfect group from the start.

Other Surprises

Beyond Elves, we've also added Innate abilities to the other Races - Orcs have higher potential in Melee and Mining, but lower in Hunting; Humans have increased Building and Farming but aren't as capable in Foraging.

In addition, we introduced Skirts and Blouses - a slightly nicer variant of Tunics and Leggings that can roll brighter colors - perfect for a Wedding!

The Experimental Beta included Top Hats and Veils - but we've expanded both to include a wider array of colors.

Finally - we've introduced new Breach Music - fitting music for a fitting end for a Kingdom.

Other Changes

Leverage the new Caps Visibility toggle to let those luscious locks loose.

We retuned Depth of Field to better accommodate close-ups of your new faces.

We rebalanced Kingdom Size preference - more Mortals than ever will prefer Medium or Large Kingdoms.

Finally, we optimized startup time! Even with the added burden of the new Character Art, the game should load faster and use less memory than ever before!

Saves

These changes necessitated changes to the save game format, so this update retires 0.25 saves.

We've spun up a retired_0_25 set of Steam Betas so that you can continue your 0.25 saves there or go back and visit them whenever you want.

Full Changelist

Noble Fates 0.26.0.13
The Love and Elves Update
Surprise: Elves! Elves have arrived from distant lands Elves live twice as long as Humans and Orcs Elves progress half as fast as Humans and Orcs Elves and Orcs trend towards a dislike of one another Elves prefer Wild Animal Meat over Mortal Meat

Updated Character Art Orcs and Humans have had their visuals updated to bring them closer to our 2d art Enjoy many more variations and much more detail than before! Increase thickness of Orcs slightly

Attraction Each Mortal has a list of traits that they prefer in a partner They have a broad range of preferences - including Gender, Age, Race, and even Wealth! Use the new Attraction tab to keep track of their preferences and potential suitors

Gifts Have a Mortal give another mortal a Bouquet to improve that Mortal's opinion of them Give Bouquets on successive days for increased strength and duration of the buff Surprise: Track the Gift Schedule on the Attraction Tooltip Surprise: Watch for Hearts as an indication of Interest! Craft Bouquets from Flowers at the Crafting Table

Marriage Arrange weddings between your Nobles Build a Wedding Arch and decorate it with flowers to Hold a Wedding Make the perfect match to maximize resulting Esteem boosts Or leverage a one-sided pairing to show an important Noble that you prioritize them Interactions with a Mortal's partner have increased effects on their Esteem A Mortal's Lodging Need and Wants can be satisfied by their Partner's Belongings A Marriage ends if one of the Partners dies

Intro Improve lighting during the Intro Add Kingdom Size Preference Add Attraction Preferences Add "Replace" button to replace an individual Mortal from the starting group Fix bug preventing the Pause Menu during Intro

Double Beds Married Mortals can share a bed Leverage increased Prestige from two new Bed variants

Flowers Flowers may now be harvested and used in Bouquets and Wedding Arches Flowers produce seeds and may be grown in farms

Top Hat and Veil These new costume hats make great Wedding attire Surprise: Increased color ranges

Surprise: Blouse and Skirt Fancier versions of Tunics and Pants that make great Wedding attire

Surpise: Innate Abilities Elves have increased potential in Ranged and Crafting, decreased in Melee Orcs have increased potential in Melee and Mining, decreased in Ranged Humans have increased potential in Building and Farming, decreased in Foraging

Surprise: New Breach Music Enjoy a tasty new track when tackling a Breach!

Caps Add Visibility setting for Caps Only affects Caps that hide Hair

Optimization Optimize Front End loading, reduce duration by 1/3 Optimize Memory Usage when loading the Front End Increase Character Rendering performance Remove unused Key Art to reduce Disk Size

UI New Main Menu Scene New Loading Screen Improve Escape Behavior

Visitors Decrease good-will from visitors about satisfied needs by 50%

Envoys Fix bug that could allow Envoy members to join a Raid without warning

Wanderers Decrease wanderer counts Fix bug that could allow Wanderers to join a Raid without warning

Full Screen Conversations Open a Mortal's Eyes when speaking in Full-Screen Conversations Fix bug that prevented opening the Pause Menu

AI Ruler Principles Improve Genocide based Principles Add Elf based Principles

Depth of Field Return near Depth of Field when zoomed in

Cornucopia Resolve issue that caused a Crash when saving during a Cornucopia Feast Mortals now prefer to Feast near the Cornucopia

Raids Only warn about catapults when there's actually a catapult

Enlisted Hotkeys Only toggle Melee/Ranged/Defend/Push when Enlisted

Sleeping Taking Prestige into account when deciding where to sleep Nobles will now sleep in a specific Bed when ordered

Rabid Animals Renamed Rabid Animals for clarity Fixed bug that prevented some animals from becoming Rabid Fixed bug that would fail to trigger combat music from Rabid Animals

Kingdom Size Preference Increase the likelihood of Medium and Large Kingdom Size Preferences

Prop Rendering Fix High-Low Gradient on Structural Props Improve High-Low Gradient on Shelves, Throne and Beds

Blood Improve Blood Rendering

Transporting Wounded Now takes into account bed ownership Prevent Downed Animals from being placed in Cells

Fire Arrows Decrease likelihood of Mortals carrying Fire Arrows for Trade

Mods Add support for clearing lists with $clear Add support for Character Cosmetic Sets (See Original Humans and Orcs) Character Types now support Bone Scaling NOTE: Mods that depend on the old Character Art need the Original Character Cosmetics Mod