Hey Everyone,
As mentioned last patch today's patch includes level 4. It shows you how to get a Mint working, and expects a bit higher stats to finish the level. But the biggest part of this patch is actually people moving homes when needed. This will happen automatically, and will allow well planned out cities to become super efficient. However planning where your upgraded housing is located has started to become a thing as people desiring level 2 (or higher when its in game) housing will move to the closest level 2 housing slot to their work (even if it is the furthest house away). The last change to the housing system is that people will only immigrate to fill level 1 housing slots, so you will need to have at least some level 1 housing in order to add people to your city.
This polish step of the housing system is a great example of how I want to add depth to systems. I want your choices to matter, and I want players to see the difference in well planed out cities.
Patch Notes:
- Level 4: Bobium, This is a peaceful city mainly focused on getting a Mint working and supplementing trade.
- An achievement has been added for beating level 4.
- New Overlay: House Upgrade Overlay, This overlay shows which houses have residence that want better housing.
- People will now only immigrate if there are open spaces level 1 houses (tents).
- People will now automatically move to houses of the appropriate level. But be careful, they will do so even if the house is very far from work.
- People will now automatically move to houses that are much closer to their work IF they live far from work (the will not move if they feel they are already close enough). This should help to make your cities run much more efficiently, however if you decentralize to much you may find it hard to keep your people happy due to lack of amenities.
- Trading posts now have their sales scroll over the building just like the Market does.
- Deities now accumulate mood score more slowly.
- Fixed a bug in immigration spawn points.
- Holding down "Shift" now causes scroll speeds to double.
I really hope you guys enjoy level 4, let me know what you think so that I can make adjustments as needed.