Ancient Cities official version release date!

[UncasualGames]

After months of early access development and testing, we have completed the majority of the gameplay planned in our roadmap[ancient-cities.com].

At this point the game is fully playable pending the implementation of husbandry in the local map, plus trade and raids in the regional map.

We have calculated that we will likely need a few more months of development to achieve these goals.

During these months, we will not only include these features, but also improve compatibility, optimization and further polish the current gameplay.

Therefore, we want to announce that March 24th 2023 will be the official release date for Ancient Cities!

But there are more news!

Now that we have a very developed and tested gameplay, we have decided to participate in the Steam Autumn sale starting next November 22nd so that more people can enjoy the game and participate in the final development sprint before the official release of the game.

Add Ancient Cities to your Steam Wishlist and Follow the game to be notified!

A big Thank you to everybody for all your support!

Uncasual Games team.

[littl3kko]

feels good, but pls, try to repair the fps in the game bc i have a 360 with 12 gb and still getting only 40 fps unstable, maybe 50/60 with cuts. repair that pls and good job with the game, is to much complet. gj

[littl3kko]

3060*

[Pipa de Barrio]

chavales, no hay depredadores y la variedad de animales es minúscula, en vez de gestionar recursos para producir ropa ésta aparece automaticamente, al principio dijisteis que ibais a añadir regadío, las grandes manadas migratorias tampoco las habeis metido, etc... Os llevo apoyando mucho tiempo y mordiendome la lengua, pero este juego NO ESTÁ ACABADO. Vale que los graficos sean mil veces mejores que los de Dawn Of Man, pero en cuanto a contenido os falta muchísimo recorrido

[aguilaroja]

Estoy con pipa, no me creo que en minecraft haya más variedad que aqui, demasiado pronto queréis sacar vosotros la versión oficial, en su día lo pille a precio completo y en parte me arrepiento y no me arrepiento, pero vamos, es surrealista, en la antiguedad existián, sacrificios, la gente tenía que craftearse la ropa, todo, y veremos como implementáis los ataque procedentes de otras tribus.

Si tenéis problemas para cumplir con las expectativas de la gente o directamente, no podéis hacerlo por falta de recursos, decidlo, no perdéis nada siendo honestos, al revés.

[UncasualGames]

El juego va a incluir en su versión oficial lo establecido en nuestro roadmap https://ancient-cities.com/roadmap.php. En adelante el juego se seguirá desarrollando como una plataforma que soportara expansiones compatibles y también ira incluyendo mejoras en el juego base, tal vez las que comentas o tal vez otras y en cualquier caso siempre ciñéndonos a lo históricamente correcto o como mínimo verosímil.

[UncasualGames]

Originally posted by littl3kko:

feels good, but pls, try to repair the fps in the game bc i have a 360 with 12 gb and still getting only 40 fps unstable, maybe 50/60 with cuts. repair that pls and good job with the game, is to much complet. gj

Probably your bottleneck is not your GPU but your CPU. This is not a FPS game but a simulation game and it consumes a lot of CPU. Anyway the game is under development and we are continuously optimizing it.

[littl3kko]

i mean, my cpu is i7-11 with 1 tb ssd... i khow what u want to say but i hope u can optimizing the game about this render ^^ thanks for the awnswer

[UncasualGames]

Originally posted by littl3kko:

i mean, my cpu is i7-11 with 1 tb ssd... i khow what u want to say but i hope u can optimizing the game about this render ^^ thanks for the awnswer

Of course, the game is in development an we will do some more optimizations.

[littl3kko]

thanks for the supp ^^

[Zwackelpeter]

"more challenging"??? At the moment its just frustrating. Knowldge really increases only with migrant "groups"(mainly theres just one guy or lady in the "group"). Just by doing the tasks that train the skill it would take decades to get even a few pixels more in the skill.
And whats more challenging about finding no food after the first year? Wouldnt be a problem if farming was easier/quicker or if the people wouldnt leave if they dont have a housing in the first days(honestly, third day, two houses, 4 guys left). (Which also throws up the question how should I be able to find out whats and what ammount is on the map, when I first have to build a whole camp and full farming to keep my citizens and to be able to migrate with enough food)
Also it doesnt matter how many people I put in the fishing or hunting group. 1 fisher/hunter brings as much as 3 or more.
Doesnt matter where I spawn or migrate, I wouldnt find enough food to get over the first year without crops.
From my point -at the moment- the game is ok for one in game year. Either if you want it or not, u have to be ready with everything in the first year and aftter that you just wait for migrants so your skills finally increase.
I will actually wait for the next update until I start the game again and maybe also the FPS wont drop that hard anymore.

[UncasualGames]

We are fixing things and including difficulty levels for the next hotfix. Anyway remember that Mesolithic is about constant migration. In the Neolithic, an expert player should be able to remain in the same location.

[Colt78]

It's not playable at all. No matter where and when I start a new game, there is no more food after about a year. 5 fishermen collect 2-3 fish in one day. The hunter finds something to hunt every 2-3 days and 8+ people gather 10-15 mushrooms or whatever in a day. How are people supposed to survive there? They are actually constantly grumbling that they are very hungry. But even if there is something to eat, they prefer to repair the huts first or go collecting instead of eating (if there is anything there) then they starve to death while repairing or building tools. TOTALLY UNPLAYABLE! Before you think about leaving the EA, you should first balance the game properly. I've restarted 4 times now and it's just not fun!

[UncasualGames]

Originally posted by Colt78:

It's not playable at all. No matter where and when I start a new game, there is no more food after about a year. 5 fishermen collect 2-3 fish in one day. The hunter finds something to hunt every 2-3 days and 8+ people gather 10-15 mushrooms or whatever in a day. How are people supposed to survive there? They are actually constantly grumbling that they are very hungry. But even if there is something to eat, they prefer to repair the huts first or go collecting instead of eating (if there is anything there) then they starve to death while repairing or building tools. TOTALLY UNPLAYABLE! Before you think about leaving the EA, you should first balance the game properly. I've restarted 4 times now and it's just not fun!

If you are playing Mesolithic, you should migrate when you are unable to manage resources in the locality. If you cant stay in the same place in Neolithic please contact us so we can help you. You can use priorities to force your people to do things. Also you can pause buildings to avoid to be repaired. I recommend you to read the tutorial. In the next update we are including a beginners game level so you can learn to play in a more relaxed way.

[ladicken]

I'll be waiting to see the new "easy" level to play the game. Right now it's to much work to succeed in this game. Games are supposed to be fun, not work.

Then again, some games are successful because they ARE difficult. I really enjoyed this game before the knowledge system was put it, and the game became a micromanagement nightmare (to me, at least).

[UncasualGames]

Originally posted by ladicken:

I'll be waiting to see the new "easy" level to play the game. Right now it's to much work to succeed in this game. Games are supposed to be fun, not work.

Then again, some games are successful because they ARE difficult. I really enjoyed this game before the knowledge system was put it, and the game became a micromanagement nightmare (to me, at least).

In the new update we are adding new tribe reports and including game modes that might fit your expectations. From my tests the new version has a low micromanagement, but of course it depends on what you mean.