Noble Fates Roadmap

16 Dec 2021Developer post

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The Road to 1.0

Progress against Summer 2025 Backlog

We tackled a number of the items that were at the top of the list when we compiled the backlog one year ago.

Most Notably...

Crash Fixes

We've fixed 20+ over the last year. Including a few that affected 500+ yir saves!

Performance & Memory

Multiple improvements have dropped here, and more are on the way.

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1769420/view/576039212219891950

Animal Reproduction, Subject Consolidation, and Farming QOL

The Riverlands Update brought these alongside the Halflings, High Elves, flowing water and a number of other improvements to the mid/late game.

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1769420/view/499467145192673115

Conversation Delegation

Evangelization arrived to take the burden of Improving a Mortal's Opinion of your Ruler off of your plate.

Raised Buffed Skill Cap

Giving your best gear to your best Mortals is now rewarded properly.

Mortal Presets

Like a Mortal from your current playthrough? Capture them as a Preset.

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1769420/view/578271438186742710

Fortress Mods

Did we mention you can capture and upload your own bases as Fortresses?!?!

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1769420/view/528747518463314630

1.0 Roadmap

Here's the updated Roadmap that'll get us to 1.0.

Notable Additions...

Hauling Efficiency

We've reworked Hauling in 1.0 to improve efficiency. More details coming as we get closer to release, but the early results are very promising.

Prop Improvement QOL

Rebuilding Props for better Quality and Prestige at the risk of loss is not great gameplay.

So we've uh... Rebuilt it.. 1.0 includes the ability to Improve Props - guaranteeing that they won't get worse even if they don't get better.

Leveling QOL

We're reworking Ability Selection to remove RNG and to prove choices tailored to each Mortal that can be influenced.

Oh! And...

Uh... Well... I guess we can't talk about those yet... Stay tuned!

Early Access Content Promises

We're set to deliver on our Early Access Content Promises with 2 small exceptions.

First, we're foregoing the introduction of multiple new Monster Species to focus our efforts on depth with the Demons and Kin. We prefer depth to quantity, so we think this is a solid trade to make.

Second, instead of offering a third Starting Scenario, we're putting effort into refining the Heavy is the Crown experience and expanding the breadth of the Choose your Fate Experience for 1.0. Again, we're choosing to focus on depth at the cost of breadth here - we think it's the right call.

We've either already checked all the other boxes or are on track to do so for 1.0.

There are also some very exciting unpromised Content and Features that land as part of 1.0 that we can't wait to talk about.

Post 1.0

We have some plans for what we'd like to tackle post 1.0.

How far we go together is up to you!

Summer 2025 Update!

Let's take a moment to update the Roadmap and cross off a few boxes!

These days, there are 3 types of updates for Noble Fates - Hotfix Updates that address bugs and issues (including those that are listed on the Backlog and those that you Report in-game); Minor Updates that focus on reworking or expanding existing systems and filling them with additional content; and Feature Updates that add new features to the game expanding the overall breadth of what the game has to offer.

NOTE: We've replaced Content Updates with Minor Updates to better encompass the work that is being done to rework and expand on existing Systems during the march to 1.0.

Priority Progress

Progress against the Priority Fixes that we outlined in Fall 2024

We launched the Conquest Update that included expansions to Diplomacy, a number of Strategic Options, Ballistas, Save Compatibility, and also improved Reachability detection. Then we tackled Hauling and Performance with targeted updates.

Notable Changes

60 Crash Fixes - bringing total to 310+!

Save Migration Added Save Compatibility for future Updates

NPC Rulers Added Familiarity How familiar they are with your Ruler Added Influence How much influence your Ruler can leverage Added Diplomacy Options for Player Send Envoy Declare War Offer Peace Offer/Request/Sever/Break Allegiance Request Support Added Negotiations Earn and Spend Influence via Concessions Added Surrendering Surrender when Defeated during Raid Added Judgment Moment Decide the Surrendered Ruler's Fate

Diplomatic Relationships Introduced Vassals and Overlords

Overworld Added Might Tracking Derived from Kingdom Strength + Allies Added History Added Territory System to Overworld

Cloaks Introduced 4 Tiers of Craftable Cloaks

Mortals Improved Mortal Visuals

Crafting Rebalanced Crafting

Pathing Threaded Reachability Dropped Reachability latency from ~30s to ~1s

Fortresses Used to seed NPC bases from Player bases

Fog of War Improved the appearance and performance of Fog of War

NPC Kingdoms Simulate Wealth

Mercenaries Added Mercenaries

Petitions Iterated on Frequency Added Coin Rewards for Allies

Combat Added Ballistas Added Battering Rams Added Shield Toggle Added Friendly Fire Toggle Improved Ranged Behavior

Hauling Introduced Storage v2 All Items have a Store Command Added Storage Remaining UI Added Storage Icons Improved Prioritization

Injuries Added Self Treating Improved Micro Treatment capabilities

Training Improved Training Variety

Guided Experience Improved Flow

Fracture on Startup Limited time spent

Fire Decreased rate of Spread Improved Fire Fighting

Mercenaries Added Mercenaries

Kingdom Size Excluded Prisoners and Mercenaries

Babies No longer targeted by Non-Conquest Enemies

Escapee Moment Improved Flow

Relaxation Improved self preservation Improved behavior on Enemy Maps

Current Priorities

Some new entries here - including Fortress Mod support, Savable Mortal Presets, and allowing Buffs to exceed Skill Caps. We think these changes will better round out the whole experience as we head towards 1.0.

Feature Updates

Finally, we have the Feature Updates. As a reminder, 8 of these will arrive during Early Access. 7 have landed so far. The most recent was Feature Update 7.

Feature Update #7 - Noble Fates: Conquest!
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Our biggest update to date, Noble Fates: Conquest greatly expanded on the mid to late game introducing the ability to Conquer your Island via Diplomacy or Warfare.

Feature Update #8 Status Update: In Progress

The 8th Feature Update is in progress, and we're excited to share more details soon.

Early Access Status

We're around 85% of the way through what we aim to accomplish with Early Access. Current estimates have us at 12 months or so from 1.0 with Major Update #8 landing somewhere in the middle.

We're in good shape for landing 1.0, due to your continued support. As always, you have our sincere gratitude!

Post 1.0 Plans

We plan to support the game with a series of Hotfixes and Minor Updates that ensure the game is well balanced, performs well, and has consistent usability.

From there, the game could see subsequent Major Updates in one form or another depending on where things sit when the dust settles.

Fall 2024 Update!

Let's take a moment to update the Roadmap and cross off a few of the major boxes!

As a reminder - there are 3 types of updates for Noble Fates - Hotfix Updates that address bugs and issues (including those that are listed on the Backlog and those that you Report in-game); Content Updates that focus on expanding existing systems and filling them with additional content; and Feature Updates that add new features to the game expanding the overall breadth of what the game has to offer.

Priority Progress

Progress against the Priority Fixes that we outlined in Winter 2023

Beyond the launch of Choose Your Fate and its accompanying QOL features, we've devoted a lot of cycles in the last 9 months to crossing Localization off the list and tackling a wide range of QOL features including improved Building and automated Belongings Management.

Notable Changes
50 Crash Fixes - bringing total to 250+!

Localization Add Languages Add 简体中文 Add Français Add Deutsch Add 日本語 Add 한국어 Add Русский Add .loc format for translated text Used to Open Source Translations

Mortals Added Biological Age Chronological Age / Lifespan Added Maturity Add Baby Maturity Add Child Maturity Add Juvenile Maturity Added Development Points and Milestones Added Skill Potential Progression Added Traits Added Families Added Yodeling Adults can now Yodel with one another Male <> Female Yodeling can cause Pregnancy Added Cheating Added Pregnancy Added Labor Added Lactating Added Crying Added Relationships Add Parents Add Children Add Relatives Add Guardian/Ward Added Legitimacy Add Bast and Illegitimate Basts start a new Family when they become Adults Added Genetics Affects Appearance Affects Preferences Affects Potential Added Mood Used by Babies and Children Based off of basic needs being met Attraction Add Global Attraction Modifiers Add Negative Attraction for Related Mortals Added Confirmation Barks! Add Confirmation when you give a Mortal an Order (right click) XP Decrease XP earned from Building, Studying, Logging, and Taming Increase XP earned from Hauling, Cleaning, Foraging, and Farming Mortal Editor Add ability to Edit Maturity Add ability to Edit Age Add ability to Edit Level Add ability to Edit Traits Mortal Sheet Add Family Name Add Family Tree Button Add Traits Section Rename Attraction Tab to Sexuality Add Fertility (and tooltip) Add Pregnancy Chance to Attraction Tooltip Add Chance of Pregnancy option for Couples Minimize - .25x Pregnancy Chance Maximize - 4x Pregnancy Chance Defaults to Minimize for Unmarried Couples Defaults to Normal for Married Couples Choose for Married Couples from Sexuality Tab Orcs Now have 0.65x Human Lifespan

Building Support Fantastical Architecture! Add Expanded Reachability Optional (on by Default) for Building, Rebuilding, and Repairing Always on for Researching, Uncrating, Refueling, Cleaning, Fighting Fire Allows a Prop to be worked on if they can reach something connected to it Add Cached Reachability Persistent version of Expanded Reachability for Crating and Dismantling Caches all available interaction points when the Command is queued Allows for all pieces of a building to be reached for the duration of a Dismantle Job New Props Added Angled Walls Added Braces Added More Beds Added Ramshackle Beds Added Stone Double Beds Added Cribs Added Ramshackle Crib Added Stone Crib Added Wooden Crib Added Fine Stone Crib Added Decorative Paths Add Wood Chip Paths Add Gravel Paths Add Stone Paths

Added Bulk Tools Add Work -> Cancel Tool Add Work -> Cut Tool Separate things by Maturity, Wild Status, and Type Sustainable Option to leave enough for the Foliage to fill back in Add Work -> Dismantle Tool Add Work -> Forage Tool Add Work -> Gather Tool

New Game Added Choose Your Fate Scenario Begin on the Living World Screen Operate at Greater time scale Added Origin Stories Add From Wealth Origin Story Add From Nothing Origin Story Add Guardian Origin Story Add Settlers Origin Story Add Custom Origin Story Add Origin Customization Screen Choose Your Enemy!

Added Ascending Ascending returns you to the Living World Screen Added opportunity to Ascend after the Guided Experience Added opportunity to Ascend when Kingdom is Defeated Added opportunity to Ascend after defeating a Conquest Added opportunity to Ascend after defeating a Breach Added opportunity to Ascend losing a Ruler

Expanded Rules System for Food and Belongings Add Any of Rule Add All of Rule Add None of Rule Add During a Feast Rule Add During a Wedding Rule Add Qty Rule Add Value Rule Add Durability Rule Add Quality Rule Add Rarity Rule Add Buff Points Rule Add Is Rule Add Is Spare Book Set Rule Add Is Junk Rule for Auto Salvaging Rule Add Prestige as Percent of Ambition Rule Add Prestige as Percent of Lodging Rule Add Satisfies a Want Rule Add Is Claimable Rule

Food & Drink List Add Categories and Rule Inheritance Migrate to expanded Rules System

Belongings Management Added Auto Claim Uses Rules to automate marking Claimables Uses Rules to automate claiming Refined Auto Junk Uses Expanded Rules to automate marking Junk Added Auto Salvage Uses Rules to automate queuing Salvage

Trading QOL Add Offer Filters Any Poor or better Average or better Good or better Great Keep Trade Window open after Deal Interface -> "Close Trade Window after Deal" for prior functionality Prevent Abuse Round up for Trader Round down for Player

Training Added Training Schedule Slot Add Training Job Assignment Add Training Priority Assignments Added Studying Add Skill Book Sets 4 Tiers Each Tier allows progression for Mortals with (1-5) * Tier Skill Points Add Lectern Unlocks at Building Lvl 5 Used to Author Skill Books Each Tier can be authored by Mortals with 5 * Tier Buffed Skill Points

Kingdom Size Increase Kingdom Sizes Tiny - 1-5 - +1 Small - 6-10 - +2 Medium - 11-15 - +3 Large - 16-20 - +4 Soften Esteem hit for Very Large Kingdoms Increase Difficulty for Very Large Kingdoms

Camera Improve Camera behavior on Slopes Improve handling of raising to higher levels Slowed down default near pan and rotation speeds

Controls Add Pitch Inversion Add Pitch Inversion (Controlled) Add Edge Scrolling Disabled by default

Graphics Settings Add Motion Blur Option (default to On) Add Film Grain Option (default to On)

Selection Add Filtering to Marquee Selection Dialog Add Selection Helper (pops up near cursor...) when you can [L Click] again to cycle selection when you can [R Click] again to cycle targets

Guided Experience Retool the Guided Experience Unlock all features immediately Improve pacing Progress even when sleeping Rework Speak To Step Add Progress tracking Add Next button (skips to next step) Add Exit button

Jobs Screen Add Training Separate Time Limit Autonomy Separate Training Autonomy Add Click and Hold support

Added Origin Settings Add Ambition Cap Setting Add Want Frequency Setting Add Pregnancy Difficulty Setting Add Labor Difficulty Setting Add Max Origin Size Setting Add Max Origin Level Setting Add Bonus Development Pts Origin Setting

Allowed Death of Inform Family Soften Reaction Improve nuance in determining Ruler Responsibility

Cleaning Prioritized Cleaning indoors Prioritized Cleaning under Babies

Fire Fighting Fight Fires from the nearest reachable position Fight Fire Zones now include Slopes

Wanderers Increase size of Wanderer Parties Increase number of Wanderer Parties Increase avg age of Wanderer Parties

Dangerous Animals Members of a Dangerous Animal Event are now part of a Pack

Escapee Moment Auto Grant Permissions to Locks when Handing Over

Imp Invasions Improve Performance before and during

Raids Prevent unfair Conquests Improve Difficulty Calculation

Rooms Add Nursery Room Type Add Library Room Type Rename Workroom to Workshop Add Lectern to Workshop Room Type

Saves Saves are now named after their Region

Background Simulation Stabilize Simulation Decrease AI Kingdom Wars Decrease AI Kingdom Conquests Decrease Turnover within AI Kingdoms Tweak Population Control Algorithm Fix bug that prevented Withdrawing from Conquering Add Marriage Simulation Add Children Simulation Tweak Succession Tweak War Frequency Tweak Simulated Raids Tweak Gear Sim Tweak Chat Frequency

Temperature Sim Improve accuracy of Temperature Sim on large maps Improve accuracy of Temperature Sim on high speeds

Text Update TextMesh Pro to 2.1.6 Add Expanded Fonts and Glyphs Reduce Memory Overhead of Fonts

Tool Bar Add Untuck Mode

Optimization Improved performance in a number of scenarios Thanks for the reports!

Pathing Fixed a number of Pathing issues Thanks for the reports!

Environment Visuals Improve Dense Grass visuals Improve immature Flower Visuals

Mods Lots of changes to support existing and new Mods Added Localization Support Added Translation Mod Support v0.29 Mods are all compatible
Current Priorities

The core Localization work is complete and it's all down to ongoing translation work now, so it's been crossed off. Whew.

We've continued to tackle a number of second passes on systems and there are more to come along with the beginning of third passes on some.

Content Updates

We've released 27 Content Updates so far! Wow!

There have been 5 Content Updates since the last Roadmap Update!
Localization! Autonomous Belongings! Buildable Paths! Fantastical Architecture! Bulk Tools!
We'll continue to work on these and release them as they're ready,

Feature Updates

Finally, we have the Feature Updates. As a reminder, 8 of these will arrive during Early Access. 6 have landed so far.

Feature Update #6: Choose Your Fate!
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1769420/view/4151827464083738835?l=english

Feature Update #7: Expanded Diplomacy and Raiding(working title)

Finally, we're excited to announce that the 7th Feature Update will expand diplomacy and deliver the ability to Raid other Kingdoms.

With the Localization work behind us, we're full steam ahead on this update.

We're still a few months out, but stay tuned for more news when it's ready!

Early Access Status

We're around 75% of the way through what we aim to accomplish with Early Access.

Localization took longer than we anticipated, leaving us tracking a bit behind where we wanted to be on Feature Update #7. Current estimates have us at 18 months or so from 1.0 with at least 2 more Major Updates (Feature Updates #7 and #8) landing first.

We're in good shape for landing 1.0, due to your continued support. Thanks!

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Winter 2023 Update!

2 Years of Early Access is the perfect time to update the Roadmap!

Priority Fixes

Progress against the Priority Fixes that we outlined on 3/14

We've continued to move out of the Crash fixing phase and into the improvement phase as the game matures! There were a high number of Quality of Life improvements this year, including the Choose Your Fate initiative.

Notable Changes
Crashes Fixed 40+ additional crashes, bringing the total to 200+!

Choose Your Fate Made Intro Skippable Added Peaceful Experience Added Easy/Medium/Hard Experiences Added Experience Customization Added Sexuality Customization Added Starter Customization Editable Alignment Editable Kingdom Size Preference Editable Skills Editable Opinions Editable Sexuality Added Beliefs System Influence Alignment Influence Kingdom Size Preference Influence Opinions Leverage Principle presets to simplify Includes Autonomous Mode Add Principle Selection step to Intro Added Resettling

Maps Introduced Seeded Maps Added Mountain Home Biome Added Arid Home Biome

Performance Improved Reachability Performance Improved Room Calculation Performance Improved Temperature Sim Performance Improve Work List Performance Improve Need Performance Improve Building Performance

Sexuality Replace Gender with Sex and Traits Add Sexes and Options (Male, Female) Add Sexuality Traits and Options (Straight, Gay, Bisexual, Asexual, Non-Binary) Add Attraction Modifier Options (Race, Age, Prestige) Add Title Options (Masculine, Feminine) Add Simplified Sexuality Option (Males & Females, Attracted to opposite Sex) Make Simplified Sexuality the default to streamline New Games

Character Visuals Add Visual Extremes Option Reign in Visual Extremes by 50% by Default Tweak Iris Sizes for Orcs Tweak Eye Reflectivity

Combat Improved Ranged Combat near Ledges Prevented Jumping from Ledges without confirmation Improved Raid Detection Logic Improved Raider Behavior Improved Grappling Hooks

Door Locks Visitors and Animals respect Lock Permissions

Building Improve Building Reachability Dismantle from anywhere nearby that is Reachable

Junk Auto Junk v2 Ability to Override Auto Junk

Races Added Dwarves

Characters Reworked Skill Leveling

Monsters Added Kin

Temperature Introduced Advanced Temperature Simulation Added Fine Stone Hearth/Chimney Added Vents Added Exhaust Pipes Added Coolers Added Frostcaps

Injuries Added Minor, Major, and Permanent Injuries Added Heatstroke/Hypothermia Added Frostbite

Food Reworked Meals Added Drybars (Preserved Meal) Added 5 Drink Types

Terrain Added Caves Added Dirt Resource Added Terraforming

Needs Rebalanced Ramp Esteem Effects over time

Conversations Greatly reduced Ruler Conversation importance

Items Rebalanced Decay Rebalanced Stack Sizes

Decorations Added Dwarven Furniture

Trading Added Buffs Column and Filtering Added Click and Drag Support
Current Priorities

A number of systems have gotten a second pass and that will continue as we move through the remainder of Early Access.

Localization is underway, but is paused while we tackled the Choose Your Fate initiative. Work will resume once Feature Update #6 is released, and it will likely land between Feature Update #6 and Feature Update #7 (mid 2024 by current estimation).

Content Updates

We've released 22 Content Updates so far! Wow!

There have been 6 Content Updates since the last Roadmap Update!
Content Update #17: Advanced Frostcap Coolers Content Update #18: Dwarven Furniture Choose Your Fate Content Update #1: Choose Your Fate Choose Your Fate Content Update #2: Mortal Editor Choose Your Fate Content Update #3: Beliefs Choose Your Fate Content Update #4: Choose Your Home
We'll continue to work on these and release them as they're ready,

Feature Updates

Finally, we have the Feature Updates. As a reminder, 8 of these will arrive during Early Access. 5 have landed so far.

Feature Update #5: Dwarven Domain!
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/1769420/view/3657533936655804682?l=english

Feature Update #6: Choose Your Fate

This Content Update marks the transition into the Feature Update portion of the Choose Your Fate initiative.

We're hard at work on the remaining features of the Feature Update and are targeting an early 2024 release.

As always, thanks for your patience!

Early Access Status

We're around 70% of the way through what we aim to accomplish with Early Access.

We continue to raise the bar as we work through the remaining bits so the last 30% could take as long as the first 70%.

That puts us 18 months or so from 1.0 with at least 3 Major Updates landing before 1.0. We've had enough success that we're in good shape for landing 1.0 thanks to your support!

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Spring 2023 Update!

As a reminder - there are 3 types of updates for Noble Fates - Updates that address bugs and issues (including those that are listed on the Backlog and those that you Report in-game); Content Updates that focus on expanding existing systems and filling them with additional content; and Feature Updates that add new features to the game expanding the overall breadth of what the game has to offer.

Priority Fixes

Progress against the Priority Fixes that we outlined on 8/9

Details
Crashes Fixed 65+ additional crashes, bringing the total to 165+!

Adventures Go on Adventures to Help your neighbors out Delegate to followers and stay home if you prefer

Fine Stone Building Tier Made from Stone Blocks Adds Arches, Spires, and Portcullis

Tactical Props Buildable Catapults Useful Chevals

Shields Great against Projectiles Block Animal and Monster Attacks

Crime Added Crime Tracking Factor Crime into Esteem Changes

Kingdoms Map Reworked and Improved

Demands and Gifts From other Rulers based on their Opinions of you

Tames Added Pastures to keep Tames contained Added ability to eat from Stockpiles

Wolves Added Wolves Added Hunted Notification

Dangerous Animal Event Added Dangerous Animal Event

Monsters Improved Imp Behavior Improved Breacher Behavior Spawning Improvements

Rabid Animals Improved Flow and Difficulty

Character Visuals Less Crazy Combinations Added Character Appearance Editor

Conversation Refinement Surface inconsequential opinions Less Less need to talk to your people

Camera Improved Fine Camera Panning Added Camera Panning Settings

Reporting Added in-game Reporting tool

Mods Added Versioning
That's a lot of changes! It's worth noting how much of our effort we've been able to put towards improvements and content instead of fixes! We have a pretty stable game now.

Current Priorities

Localization has climbed the list and is under way now. It's a complicated task for a game with so much procedural text, but we're hard at work on it. It will likely land between Feature Update #5 and Feature Update #6.

Beyond that, there are a number of systems and interfaces that could use their second pass to streamline and improve the player's experience, so those are starting to become important to us.

Content Updates

We've released 16 Content Updates so far!

There have been 3 Content Updates since the last Roadmap Update!
Content Update #14: Wolves Content Update #15: Mortal Customization Content Update #16: Door Locks
We'll continue to work on these and release them as they're ready,

Feature Updates

Finally, we have the Feature Updates. As a reminder, 8 of these will arrive during Early Access. 4 have landed so far.

Feature Update #4: The Adventure Update!

Feature Update #5

Feature Update #5 is well underway, recently crossing the half way point of development. As with The Adventure Update, we're taking on and tackling deeper changes to the game to expand on the mid-game. Stay tuned for details!

Early Access Status

We're more than half way through what we set out to accomplish with Early Access. We're tracking behind our original schedule - due primarily to increasing breadth and quality of our Feature Updates - but we have been successful enough that we have plenty of runway to reach 1.0.

Thank you so much for your support and patience!

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As of 8/9/2022...

There are 3 types of updates for Noble Fates - Updates that address bugs and issues including those that are listed on the Priority Fixes list; Content Updates focus on expanding existing systems and filling them with content; and Feature Updates that add new features to the game expanding the overall breadth of what the game has to offer.

Priority Fixes

Progress against the Priority Fixes that we outlined on 3/8.

Details:
Crashes Fixed 50+ additional crashes, bringing the total to 100+!

Performance Improved Performance of Large Bases Improved Rendering Performance Improved Loading Performance

Memory Improved Memory Usage

Static Portraits Capture these when a Game is Loaded Update them when Equipment Changes

Wants Removed Wants for Inferior Lodging

Ranged Combat Improved Line of Sight Made Battlements Viable

Room Detection Fixed several Room Detection Failures

Alignments Introduced Compatibility to guide Recruiting Improved Good viability

Conversations Introduced Compatibility to guide Recruiting Prevented useless Topics from being Raised Added Filtering to Advanced Topics Increased Automation - Nobles talk about your Ruler more

Them or Me Better surfaced why someone doesn't like someone else Added Filtering to Advanced Topics Showed Changes in their Relationship Introduced Bouquets

Pathing Prevent Jumping into holes Prevent unnecessary use of Grappling Hooks

Gameplay Options Added Frequency Options Added Difficulty Options Added Hidden Alignment Option Added Hidden Opinions Option
That's a lot of fixes! We consider most of these items to be a work in progress, and have additional work planned on them as we continue through Early Access.

Priorities as of 8/9.

Content Updates

We've released 13 Content Updates so far!

There have been 6 Content Updates since the last Roadmap Update!
Content Update #8: Stone Stairs Content Update #9: Bandit Props Content Update #10: Cornucopia Content Update #11: Craftable Crowns Content Update #12: Background Music Content Update #13: Wedding Decorations and Growable Grass
We'll continue to work on these and release them as they're ready, We've started work on some of the more difficult ones internally, so stay tuned for some crunchy Content Updates!

Feature Updates

Finally, we have the Feature Updates. As a reminder, 8 of these will arrive during Early Access. 3 have landed so far.

Feature Update 1: The Hospitality Update!

Feature Update 2: The Bandit Update!

Feature Update 3: Love and Elves!

Feature Update #4

Feature Update #4 is the beefiest Feature Update we've worked on. We aren't ready to announce it yet, but rest assured that it'll be worth the wait!

Early Access

Development wise, we're around 1/3 of the way through what we wanted to accomplish with Early Access. We're tracking a little behind our original schedule, but the support we've received ensures we have the time we need to make the game shine.

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As of 3/8/2022...

We've been doing lots of work here, so we wanted to drop the latest status here.

The initial hotifxes are all complete!

We're now working against these high priority issues

7 Content Updates have been released!

The Hospitality Update was the 1st of 8 planned Feature Updates

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Cheers Kontras - we wanted to take a brief moment to loop you into our process and plans for Noble Fates.

To start, we think it’s important to call out the features that are present at launch. Everything present in the trailer is in the game, playable end-to-end and you can expect a solid 20-30 hours before replayability.

There are several kinds of updates we’re working on for Noble Fates:

First, we have Hotfixes - these contain bug, crash, quality of life, and balance fixes. You can expect anywhere from multiple of these per day (as we’ve been doing) to one every few weeks or so (once initial balance and bugs are sorted).

Next, we have Content Updates - these will be new content for the existing systems. We’re already working on the first several of these, and plan to release them as soon as they’re ready. These will be piecemeal (Bronze Hammers, Wooden Hammers, Crossbows, etc.). You can expect these anywhere from once a week to one every few weeks. We’re also planning seasonal content and it will land as part of these.

Then, we have Feature Updates - these will introduce big new features - pulling the game in a new and exciting direction. These will be sizable enough that they’ll warrant a fresh, new playthrough of the game. These will be designated as bumps to the major version number of the game and are likely to break save compatibility. You can expect one of these every 6-8 weeks and expect them to be comparable in size and scope to the Breach/Carbuncle/Mage moment from the game (developed over 4-6 weeks before launch). These will be announced several weeks before they launch, and we’ll have an experimental branch where people can help us tune them before they go live. A minimum of 8 of these will be included in Early Access. Any that we don’t choose could still see the light of day as part of some future expansion.

We’d like to maintain maximum agility with these - so we’ll choose the one that adds the most to the game at the beginning of each feature cycle. We aren’t committing to a specific set, but we are sharing the ones we’re excited about. We’d like to hear from you which ones you’d like and we’ll factor that into our process - even if they aren’t listed!

Finally, we have Steam Features - new high level features like Steam Workshop support and localization will be looped into the next feature update that is coming down the pipe when they are ready. 1.0 will have full Steam Workshop support, Localization, Achievements, Cloud Saves, and more.

To circle around, when we reach 1.0 (within 18 months), all Current Features, In-progress Hotfixes, Content Updates, a minimum of 8 Feature Updates, and Steam Features above will all be finished and included.

Everyone’s feedback has been fantastic so far. We’ll continue to listen, balance, fix, and adjust. Thanks so much for playing, and keep the feedback coming!

Thanks,
The Noble Fates Team