Posted March 09, 2019
Roadmap - Update #03
Planned release date of Update #03: 04.04.2019
1.Press Rework
Commentary: We want to introduce Royal Chess Club with 3 chief editors from the gazettes. The player is going to have two actions per round with gazettes, one in the chess club and one in the press tab. There will be also a way to learn more about the player’s current relationship with gazettes and brand new way to share the story everywhere to build up the player’s popularity.
2. Flavour text on expeditions
Commentary: On every expedition, there will be 3 hidden messages about events during the voyage. It won’t affect gameplay.
3. Archeopedia adjustments
Commentary: With new features Archeopedia needs adjustments. We want to add there everything about expedition reports, forecasts and land auction schedule.
4. User Interface adjustments
Commentary: We can start now final work on the UI because we won’t add more features to the gameplay. And Archeo needs a lot of work on the UI. We want more text bubbles on hover with more information about the components. Graphic indicators for some actions (Have I bid for land in this round?) and more.
5. Detailed Salary Reports
Commentary: We have expedition reports, we are going to have press relation reports, but what’s about the costs? Yes, we are going to add this too. No more raw paychecks.
6. Bug fixes
Commentary: Like always in early access.
7. The new tutorial
Commentary: The new tutorial is going to be divided into 5 lessons. It’s a huge change for Archeo. For now, we will grant you access to 4 out of 5 lessons. In the final release, the player will have access only to the first one, and the rest of the tutorials will be unlocked during career. This way player will learn how to play the game step by step and it won’t be necessary to remember everything at once. Lessons are going to be shorter than the current tutorial but focused on delivering you more information and tactical insight. The game won’t lock features in the career mode just because they were not mentioned in the tutorial, but some of them will be introduced later in the game. We are going to add voice over to the tutorial but it probably won’t be there with the next update.
Meantime
We are working on the Career mode and we will tell you more about it in the nearest future. We encourage you to share your opinions and ideas in the comments and to be active!
Summary
With the Update #03 we want to finish the gameplay (which means we won’t add new features to the gameplay, but it’s not like the game is 100% balanced yet) and start to polish the interface and focus on the story (career mode). We understand that Archeo needs a clear and easy way to teach new players how to play and without a good tutorial, it feels like a bunch of strange features and odd rules. Nevertheless, we encourage you to experiment with Archeo, and if you don't want to get confused, you can always wait a little bit, because Cuppy will tell you everything you need to know soon.
Cheers!
Planned release date of Update #03: 04.04.2019
1.Press Rework
Commentary: We want to introduce Royal Chess Club with 3 chief editors from the gazettes. The player is going to have two actions per round with gazettes, one in the chess club and one in the press tab. There will be also a way to learn more about the player’s current relationship with gazettes and brand new way to share the story everywhere to build up the player’s popularity.
2. Flavour text on expeditions
Commentary: On every expedition, there will be 3 hidden messages about events during the voyage. It won’t affect gameplay.
3. Archeopedia adjustments
Commentary: With new features Archeopedia needs adjustments. We want to add there everything about expedition reports, forecasts and land auction schedule.
4. User Interface adjustments
Commentary: We can start now final work on the UI because we won’t add more features to the gameplay. And Archeo needs a lot of work on the UI. We want more text bubbles on hover with more information about the components. Graphic indicators for some actions (Have I bid for land in this round?) and more.
5. Detailed Salary Reports
Commentary: We have expedition reports, we are going to have press relation reports, but what’s about the costs? Yes, we are going to add this too. No more raw paychecks.
6. Bug fixes
Commentary: Like always in early access.
7. The new tutorial
Commentary: The new tutorial is going to be divided into 5 lessons. It’s a huge change for Archeo. For now, we will grant you access to 4 out of 5 lessons. In the final release, the player will have access only to the first one, and the rest of the tutorials will be unlocked during career. This way player will learn how to play the game step by step and it won’t be necessary to remember everything at once. Lessons are going to be shorter than the current tutorial but focused on delivering you more information and tactical insight. The game won’t lock features in the career mode just because they were not mentioned in the tutorial, but some of them will be introduced later in the game. We are going to add voice over to the tutorial but it probably won’t be there with the next update.
Meantime
We are working on the Career mode and we will tell you more about it in the nearest future. We encourage you to share your opinions and ideas in the comments and to be active!
Summary
With the Update #03 we want to finish the gameplay (which means we won’t add new features to the gameplay, but it’s not like the game is 100% balanced yet) and start to polish the interface and focus on the story (career mode). We understand that Archeo needs a clear and easy way to teach new players how to play and without a good tutorial, it feels like a bunch of strange features and odd rules. Nevertheless, we encourage you to experiment with Archeo, and if you don't want to get confused, you can always wait a little bit, because Cuppy will tell you everything you need to know soon.
Cheers!