And here it is, the (massive) v2.0 update! Over 1 years' worth of updates, from adding sailors and water movement to revamping the kingdom level-up mechanic. Thank you all for your patience and continued support!

This version is full of new ideas and quality-of-life tweaks, and I hope you enjoy it! Detailed notes below. Have fun, and definitely let me know in the discord or feedback portal of any bugs you run into.

Cheers,
Alex

Note: this build is for the closed beta. If that's not you, don't worry! Stay tuned for roadmap updates later this month; we're (spoiler) targeting an early-access release by the end of the year!

Build 2.01 Rev Notes

Major Updates:

• Revamped kingdom levelling: now, when you have enough food and lifestyle to upgrade your kingdom, YOU choose which units to unlock for this level. Adds lots of variety to playstyle - will you rush mystics or military, merchants or scholars?
  
• Revamped crossroads->village->town promotion. Promoting a settlement now requires a certain # of retired units.
  
• Added unit aging and retirement for a lifestyle bonus.
  
• Added sailors and water movement. Sailors are new units that can be recruited from any town or village (once you've unlocked them).
  
• Added 2 new terrain types: hills & plains. Hills are great for ranches but can't support farms; plains support a limited palette of crops and animals.

Smaller Updates:

• Added breakdown menus for income and resources
  
• Added breakdown menus for factions (from topbar)
  
• Improved delegation flow
  
• Added "claim water" mechanic - if a player controls all terrain tiles adjacent to a water tile, the water tile will automatically be owned by the tile
  
• Added score sheet on game won/lost - show population, lifestyle score, bloodiness score, etc.
  
• Added a button to highlight/select the next idle unit.
  
• Added button to show other players' current lifestyle scores

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed a bug with renaming settlements and units in-game.
  
• Fixed various bugs related to in-game popups not layering, not clearing, and generally being messy.
  
• And many, many others...

The wait is almost over!

Thank you to all of you who tested and gave me feedback (last Spring!) - you gave me lots to work with, and I am very grateful that you did! I'm putting the finishing touches on a build that includes a lot of new stuff, and a lot that is reworked and hopefully improved (see: better dropdowns and visibility to what's going on your kingdom).

More details next week, but just as a teaser:

• Much improved faction and kingdom tracking: new displays and dropdown menus, and more comments from faction leaders
  
• Reworked town progression
  
• Reworked kingdom levelling (you choose which units to unlock!)
  
• New terrain types and new places of interest on the map
  
• New unit (sailors) and water-travel mechanics
  
• New idle-unit-finder button

Back soon!
-Alex