Attention all Governors!

The time has finally arrived! We’re thrilled to announce that Kaiserpunk is officially out NOW and ready for all of you to enjoy!

After 3 years of hard work and dedication, we’re incredibly proud to bring this game to life. We’ve poured our hearts into creating the game we envisioned – a grand city builder blending production-focused city building with the world conquest of strategy games. We truly hope you have as much fun playing it as we did making it!

Well, our only focus now will be on ensuring the game runs smoothly and keeping everything up to date. But don’t worry, we won’t go silent! We’ll continue sharing regular updates, and if you guys seem to enjoy the game, we hope to be able to plan for the future post-launch support!

While we’ve worked hard to ensure stability, there's always a bit of a surprise when a game reaches so many players. This project has been ambitious, and there might be a few things we missed along the way.

If you run into any issues, rest assured, we’re here to help! Send an email to kaiserpunk_support@overseer-publishing.com and make sure you include your logs and the save game where the problem occurs if needed.

You can find your saves here if the game is installed to the default path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Kaiserpunk\Kaiserpunk_Data\Saves

And you can find the logs here. C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\LocalLow\Overseer Games\Kaiserpunk
Make sure to replace "USERNAME" with your actual Windows user name!

You can also visit this Steam thread.

Finally, a massive thank you for your support and engagement throughout our development! You all mean the world to us, and we can't wait to hear your thoughts and feedback. Whether you want to chat, share your experiences, or just hang out, feel free to reach out to us on Reddit or Discord[discord.com] anytime!

Thank you once again! We hope you have an amazing time playing Kaiserpunk! Let’s conquer the world together!

With gratitude,
Overseer Games

Greetings commanders!

Release day tomorrow! We’re in full swing, getting everything ready for tomorrow. Until then, here is another dev diary you can dig into while waiting! Today, we’ll cover the less confrontational aspects of a grand city builder, such as diplomacy, politics, and trade, and how they all fit together.

Conquest is of course fun, and a lot (if not most) of us will go down that route at one point or another, but there are other ways you can spread your influence around the globe and that is forming alliances. Creating an alliance takes time and effort (and a nice sizable industry too) and there are numerous factors contributing to how fast your diplomatic relationship will evolve with another empire.

• Heritage - Certain heritage(s) influence this directly, by simply awarding you more "points" for your actions. Careful though, the points go both into the positive and the negative ;)
  
• Political alignment - Choosing social pillars as your city grows (and levels up) changes the political alignment of your city-state. Other empires may look upon your alignment favorably, while others won't. It mainly depends on their alignment.
  
• Actions - Actions taken directly on the world stage will have consequences. Staging your armies on the border with another empire is generally not looked upon fondly, especially by that empire. One might say they could consider that a threat ;)

But we mentioned earlier that your industry is important in diplomacy. In fact, it plays a vital role. Almost everything in Kaiserpunk is in some way related to the production of goods. Diplomacy is no exception. Exchanging resources with another empire impacts your relationship the most.

Let's take one step back for a moment and consider the trade buildings that you can construct in your capital. These include the market, the tradeport and the airport. All three are used for trading, but not with other city-states. These local buildings are used for trading with passing merchants and smugglers. This can absolutely be utilized nicely and to your benefit, but in comparison with real trade, this is, as they say, peanuts. "Real" trading is done by signing trade deals with other empires. Trade deals are precise in what is traded, in what quantity and over what length of time. Arranging a trade deal can be initiated either by you directly or by another empire and you always have some leeway to negotiate better terms.

And now we circle back to diplomacy. Signing and executing trade deals increase your standing with the empire in question. The more you trade, the better the standing, until it reaches a point where you officially sign a trade union. This brings 2 benefits:

• You've entered a trade union, fulfilling one of three prerequisites to become allies
  
• The other side now accepts your currency in trading. You no longer need to exchange goods exclusively

I noted it's one of three prerequisites. The second one is your military relationship. Military resources, like weapons, ammunition, military vehicles etc. are NOT exchanged via a trade deal. These are specific goods and trading them carries with it a special set of potential consequences.

• First: Military convoys carrying these goods (after a military trade deal has been signed), can be intercepted and pillaged. Both your routes and the AIs.
  
• Second: Unlike trade deals in which goods are exchanged on a daily basis for the duration of the deal, military trade is concluded only once the convoy reaches its destination
  
• Third: Successfully finishing a military deal increases your military relationship.

Be careful though. Selling or giving another state military resources could easily be considered by third parties as a threat. And in addition to that, be really REALLY sure that you can trust the empire that you want to trade military goods with. You are in essence boosting their military capabilities. Are you 'that' certain that they won't turn against you?

And finally, the third prerequisite for an alliance is technological development. If, for example, you have a surplus of development points in the agriculture branch, you can exchange those for the points of another development branch by going into scientific cooperation with another empire. It's a simple exchange of 'points', but once you've "maxed" that out too, you're nicely on your way to making an ally.

Once you've signed treaties in all three segments, you've officially formed an alliance with another empire. To make things simple, the other empire, your ally, is incorporated into your territory, but not entirely. You can be sure that not every region of that empire is pleased with such an accommodation. Some regions will break off and become 'neutral players' on the global stage. But hey, at the very least, you can then conquer just conquer them if you wish.

That concludes today’s dev diary and tomorrow you’ll actually be able to play Kaiserpunk. It’s difficult to imagine after such a long time of development. We’re beyond excited for it and we hope you share our excitement. If you haven’t already, give us a follow on our social channels or join our Discord[discord.com] and Reddit where we get a chance to interact with you more.

Until tomorrow - Stay well everyone!
Overseer Games

Hello everyone!

Only two more days until release! We can’t believe we’re almost here, and we’re very grateful for your patience as we extended the timeline. Everyone is really busy wrapping up the last bits before we lock down the game for release, but we still want to continue sharing more in-depth info about the game we’ve been working so hard on.

Today, we’re going to talk about some topics related to war that we didn’t manage to cover in much detail in Dev Diary #10, where we discussed warfare in greater depth.

Let's first emphasize a very important point here: To have an army, you need an army base. One army base = one army. Just so there's no confusion! ;)

And to expand on that a little:

• A land army, or a battalion, needs a military base.
  
• A navy fleet needs a naval base.
  
• An air force, or a squadron, needs an airbase.

OK? It's really as simple as that. Anything you need regarding an army, you can either select the army, or select that army's military base. The options and information are mostly the same. Naturally, to train new army units, it's always a good idea to do it through the military base interface, its info panel. As noted in the previous blogs, don't forget to deploy your army onto the world map ;) An army won't do much sitting on their hands or twiddling their thumbs 'back home'.

Once you deploy your “51st Freedom brigade”, your job isn't done. The army will do your bidding, but it needs supplies in return, likely plenty of them. All of those supplies you need to make sure you either produce or trade for. They will be automatically transported to your army, provided your army can be reached. If your adversaries manage to cut off your army so you don't have a territorial link to it... no supplies for them, so protect your supply lines. Over time, the supplies they have will dwindle and you can forget about that army being anywhere near efficient. They'll be used for target practice...

There is a way to counter that, even if only temporarily. Outposts, which you can build as region upgrades, serve as supply points. They actually hold the needed supplies (or what you've ordered them to store) and even if they’re cut off or encircled, your army can still use outposts to resupply. It won't last forever, but it can buy you some time at least, maybe just enough to break through the blockade.

The same rules are applied to fleets of ships and squadrons of airplanes. All of them need supplies and rely on you to provide both the resources and a clear supply path. Fleets move across the water, over naval points, and they get resupplied through those supply lines too. Meaning they can also get blocked, though logically, by other fleets. Naval blockades can be an extremely effective tool to harass your opponents.

Unlike fleets however, squadrons can only move between air bases on the world map which you build as region upgrades, so they can be easier to mess with. Keep in mind though that squadrons can attack across the distance of 2, making their attacks very problematic to deal with.

One thing we didn't talk about much however is what happens after a battle. Let's say one of your armies got decimated. It's not completely done yet, but it lost half of its units. What can you do about it? You can send reinforcements. To make it simple, even units that were killed in battle are still displayed in the units list of an army. This is just so you don't have to memorize the composition of your armies. You 'know' what units were in the army and you can then reinforce it, meaning training new units that will replace the lost ones. Simply click on a damaged or dead unit and a nifty little window will pop out with all the info and options that you need.

Even if all units in an army are killed, that's still not the end of it. The army general makes an escape (as one would...) to the safety of the military base. There you can rebuild the army and try again. The commanding general will retain all of their gained experience and traits. Traits are passive bonuses that you pick and choose for your general each time they level up. And trust me, you want to keep those traits...

That’s it for now! Very soon, the game will be in your hands, and we can’t wait! We do hope you enjoyed this more in-depth dev diary and if you have more questions on this topic or any other and would like to interact with us, feel free to join us on Discord[discord.com] or Reddit.

Until tomorrow - Stay well everyone!
Overseer Games

Greetings future Governors!

With Friday's release fast approaching, today we’ll highlight two aspects of the game: citizens and the research and development panel. For some of you who have followed us for a long time, the first part may feel familiar, as we covered the topic of morale last year. However, it’s an important aspect that’s definitely worth revisiting.

As with all city-builders, balancing the needs of your citizens is crucial. In Kaiserpunk, these needs are represented by morale, which can be influenced by both world events and conditions within the city. Each citizen type has different needs, with higher-class citizens demanding more. However, you'll need more educated citizen classes to enable advanced industries, so be prepared to meet these demands.

There are four tiers of citizens classes for you to manage:

• Laborers - Operating basic industries, farms and other menial labor
  
• Manufacturers - Primarily working in factories
  
• Technicians - Working in more advanced production and public service buildings
  
• Specialists - The highest and most educated class in your city, employed in only the most advanced roles

These four classes have their own unique needs and functions within your city.

Citizens pay taxes as long as their morale is high. The higher their morale, the greater the tax income:

• Basic needs - Simple food sources like vegetables, bread, meat etc.
  
• Luxury products - For example, newspapers, clothing, radio sets, or alcohol.
  
• Public services - Such as fire safety, education and health care.
  
• Employment rate - If you can't provide enough jobs, it will negatively impact morale.

Keeping all classes happy is key to success, give the people what they need, and they will pay taxes and support your wars. Fail to do so, and they will eventually riot, burning down your city center.


While building in Kaiserpunk, you’ll accumulate development points based on buildings from specific categories, such as agriculture, manufacturing, living, or military. Regions you’ve conquered will also add certain development points. The more points you accumulate in a given category, the more new buildings and upgrades you’ll unlock within that category. Additionally, all production and utility buildings in Kaiserpunk come with 6 upgrade slots, allowing you some options to steer them in certain directions depending on your goals.

A few examples:

• Your economy is struggling so you upgrade a few of your more upkeep heavy buildings with oversight offices that reduce their upkeep cost by 12% per upgrade to help lower costs.
  
• You’ve ended up in a situation where you can’t produce enough food to sustain your current population and you need to increase migration, so you upgrade your farms with both Irrigation that increases their output yield AND mechanized farming upgrades that also lowers the workforce need.
  
• You start struggling with the long distances your transportation trucks must cover to fetch yields from your farms. To solve this, you apply storage upgrades, allowing the farms to wait longer for the trucks to arrive. Additionally, you upgrade nearby depots with loading ramp upgrades to provide more trucks for that area.

That’s it for today's dev diary! Tomorrow, we’ll be back to talk more about your armies and military units so stay tuned for that.

Until tomorrow - Stay well everyone!
Overseer Games

Greetings Commanders!

Before we enter the topic of the day, we wanted to bring to your attention that we’re hosting an AMA over on Reddit today, at 6 PM CET / 9 AM PST. We would love to chat with you and cover any questions you might have, big or small so join in and ask us anything!

Now, let’s talk about the essentials of city building in Kaiserpunk. Everything starts with your initially humble Town Center, which serves as the heart of your new capital that eventually will become the capital of your entire Empire. This Town Center is where you both progress your city-state’s development and choose your social pillars, but more on that in another dev diary.

Once you’ve laid down your first road and built a few houses, immigrants will begin to arrive. This early in the game, they come with hope for a better future and are eager to settle in. Let’s hope you can keep that optimism alive! To ensure their well-being, make sure your people have access to food and the necessary luxuries. To achieve this, you'll need to establish your basic industries, which will require access to both water and electricity. Your choice of placed buildings and what you upgrade will determine what you unlock in the development tree. If you focus on industry, more industrial buildings will unlock; if you focus on agriculture or military, the corresponding categories will unlock faster.
As your city grows and you begin producing more advanced goods, you’ll need higher-educated citizens, who won't be satisfied with simple bread and fish. Your industries will therefore continue to grow to meet these new demands, and on top of that, you’ll likely want to remember to defend your people and the region you’ve worked so hard to establish. The world around you is changing; even if the world map appears still, things can shift quickly as new leaders rise, and you will eventually run out of resources…

This brings you to the next step: training soldiers, building tanks, airplanes and ships – each requiring its own set of production facilities and equipment. At this point, perhaps you might feel the urge to test your strength against some neutral neighbors, and so the world begins to react around you. There’s lots to do in Kaiserpunk, and city building is the heart of it all.

Going a little deeper into the actual city-building, roads, bridges and tunnels are the glue that holds your city together. They have an upkeep cost, and the distance between buildings plays a significant role. Roads also allow your transportation trucks to get around town, transporting resources and goods between depots and your production buildings. As your city develops and access to resources is enabled, you’ll be able to build better roads. While they come with a higher financial upkeep cost, they allow your trucks to move around faster, improving your production capacity. More advanced roads also give the city a more sophisticated and modern feel.

We’ve already dedicated our last dev diary to industries, so we wont repeat ourselves. It’s worth pointing out that, while you can, of course, build your city however you please, it might be a good idea to dedicate certain parts of the city to production and cluster production buildings together–such as grain, wheat, bakeries– while reserving other areas for housing your citizens. Why? Well, while your industrial sectors benefit from good access and structure to enable smooth production, your housing doesn’t really require efficiency or transportation. However, they do need access to public services like fire stations, education and healthcare. Ensuring your citizens' needs for these services are met is key to keeping morale high—and high morale is crucial for getting your citizens to pay taxes, which keeps your city's economy running smoothly. You’ll do an even better job if you plan your layout with this in mind!

It might be challenging to predict the requirements of your city’s infrastructure from the very beginning as the city expands. Therefore, there are several tools in the game to help you build faster and with more precision. Apart from demolishing, you can move an existing building if you find it’s been misplaced, copy buildings to quickly generate more of the same, or plan and create a temporary blueprint to set up exact copies of several buildings, parks and plazas with just a few clicks. In Kaiserpunk, the city can become massive, and with quays, you could even fill the whole ocean with buildings if you'd like.

Apart from the tools, there are also plenty of decorations! While these particular elements of your city have no real game mechanical function, we think they’re essential to give your capital that extra something. If you’re spending hours on your city, why not make it a bit aesthetically appealing? It’s supposed to be a world capital, after all. In addition to buildings and roads, you can create and decorate parks, plazas, flower fields, neatly arrayed hedge rows, fences, statues, and more. There are many options to make your city a nice place to live.

We can't wait for you to dive into the game and see the grand metropolises you'll create. The wait is almost over—just one more week! Stay tuned as we keep rolling out these diaries to keep you hooked in the meantime.

Until next time - Stay well everyone!
Overseer Games

Greetings Commanders!

As we are approaching the release, it's time for another dev diary! Today, it’s time to dive into one of our favorite topics—production, logistics, and all the exciting things that make your industries tick! Production and logistics are the heart of your empire, where the production of weapons, machinery, and supplies becomes central to an empire's ability to sustain war efforts. In Kaiserpunk, production runs both deep and wide, with a wide variety of resources, along with multiple refinement and production stages.

Heavy industry, mass production, and the 20th century... I don't think we could have thought of a better fit. Add weapons and combat machinery to the mix, and sadly, that sums up the first half of the last century. On top of that, it may seem cold, but it's also fitting that your residents, despite the fact that you take care of them (or should at least), end up as faceless numbers, a statistic, churned out by the ever-growing industry of your new capital and the ceaseless fighting. The 20th century was both beautiful for the resilience and innovation humanity showed, and at the same time, very ugly and dark. An interesting and stark contradiction.

But let's not get caught up in philosophy, shall we. Let’s focus on the industry part: the production chains and getting goods from one place to another. We've covered this in quite some detail in an earlier dev diary that you can read, so I thought I'd run through some of the key questions. The 21st is just around the corner, and we'd best be prepared ;).

A production chain is a series of buildings that starts with one resource, refines it, adds more resources into the mix, and in the end, spits out a completely different resource. A chain can be as simple as one or two buildings to create construction plywood, or it can consist of a long series of branches, gradually zeroing in to create that light bomber you've been eyeing for your air force.

None of these goods can teleport or fly. They need to be delivered from building to building, which is where depots come in. Depots dispatch transporter trucks to carry the resources around your city. Be careful, though, since the number of trucks available in a single depot is limited and before you know it, you could be shovelling more work onto a depot than it can carry out. A nice little detail that you can do, as the high-and-mighty governor, is to place buildings that depend on each other close to one another. That way, they can skip the "depot step" entirely.

Upgrade before building anew! Almost all buildings in Kaiserpunk can be upgraded in some way. Always look to that first, as it comes with much lower construction and operational costs. Money doesn't grow on trees, not even in Kaiserpunk. And you'll need the money... training and supplying armies is not cheap. A strong, resilient industry is the cornerstone of any powerful global empire.

Oh, and I almost forgot: experiment! Try different approaches and have fun. Be creative! Use the actions at the bottom of the HUD to your advantage. Copy blocks of your city that work perfectly and use the Move tool to shuffle things around. You’d be surprised how much you can gain by giving your city a nice “facelift” and a bit more organization.

We hope you enjoyed this dev diary! To make sure we cover any questions you might have, we’re hosting an AMA over on Reddit this Thursday, March 13th, at 6 PM CET / 9 AM PST. You can start asking us questions now, though! We look forward to answering them!

Until next time - Stay well everyone!
Overseer Games

Greetings Commanders!

Before we jump into today's topic, we know you’ve been awaiting an update on the release date—and the time has finally come! Kaiserpunk will launch on March 21, 2025!

On top of that, we’ve teamed up with a great partner, Elda Entertainment, to ensure we can focus on what truly matters - the game itself! Elda will help us spread the word about Kaiserpunk!

Before we continue, we just wanted to take a moment to thank you for your support so far. We’ve now surpassed 160K wishlists, and we are incredibly grateful for your excitement about the game—just as excited as we are! Without further ado, let’s get into the topic of the day, Warfare.

So, what do you actually need in your capital to build a successful war machine? The short answer: everything.

Your infantry needs food rations – you'll produce them in your factories. Your tanks need shells – you'll manufacture them in your Munitions factories. Your bombers need kerosene – you'll refine it in Refineries. Of course, you'll need plenty of raw and refined resources beforehand to even get to final products. And workforce... don't forget about the workforce to actually do all that work.

Then, once you deploy your new troops to the battlefield, you'll need to produce even more because armies consume vast amounts of supplies to operate efficiently. Remember: logistics wins wars. Simply spamming army units won't cut it. They'll be out of ammo, luck, and life before you know it.

Something we haven't explored in detail in any of our previous blogs is combat – the calculus of it. Don’t worry, I'm not going to bore you with the actual maths (that would be wrong on sooooo many levels). Instead, here’s a quick rundown of what you should keep in mind when assessing a potential battle. A checklist of sorts of what should be taken into account:

• Quantity – Of course. Sending eight units instead of one will make a difference. Let's not kid ourselves.
  
• Veterancy – The experience level of the units involved. More experienced troops perform better: higher attack power, better defense, at the same supply expenses.
  
• Unit tier – It's difficult to beat technological progress. More advanced units are more deadly. Simple as that.
  
• Terrain characteristics – Where will you be fighting? An urban jungle or an open field? The difference is massive.
  
• Supply state – Is your army well-supplied, or are they scrounging for bullets and sharing a rifle between ten infantrymen? Supply chains matter!
  
• Leader – Not you, in this case, but the army general. How experienced is your general? What traits have they acquired during their service? Passive bonuses gained via traits can make a huge difference.
  
• Enemy – Who are you fighting? Are you sure you want to send an army packed with infantry units against a squadron of bombers?

And that’s just for a single army! Battles can involve multiple land, air, and naval forces, as well as defensive garrisons, turning combat into complete mayhem.

Especially since when you're on the attack, you can't know for certain (without a special military base upgrade) what orders will the enemy governor issue. The AI might concentrate its defenses against a single attacking army or maybe disperse its defensive forces to simply block the attacker, gain some time and upgrade its garrison or bring in more armies. It all depends on the situation and on the AI leader. Some leaders are aggressive, others prefer peaceful resolutions. Even when it comes to armies, some leaders will focus more on their navy or aviation. This approach burrows down to the setup of individual armies. You can easily encounter an AI leader who focuses mostly on infantry with the support of artillery.

Then again, you might encounter a Gandhi-like passive resistance leader (not to be confused with the atom bomb-loving Gandhi from a certain beloved 4X game series) who’ll do his best to affirm peaceful relationships with everyone. That’s where diplomatic trade comes into play. You may think this is just all about trade and in a way, you’re correct, but trade in Kaiserpunk can also be used for more aggressive purposes. If you, for example, trade a lot of military gear with an empire, that empire is likely stockpiling the arms for a purpose and not just for show. Doesn’t have to be used against you though. There are plenty of other, perhaps more suitable targets in the world… 😉

That brings us to the last major point for today: location, location, location. In this case in the world. Where you start your campaign of world-domination matters.

• Starting in Europe, Asia, or Africa gives you the most opportunities to spread your influence, but you will face the most opposition as well.
  
• On the flip side, starting in Australia means you’ll have fewer early threats, but you’ll also have a harder time leaving the home-shores. To transfer your armies across the seas, you’ll need to make some significant development, both in technology and industry. But yeah… you’ll be quite a bit safer in the beginning at least.

There’s a whole lot of mechanics that you can play with and use for your strategic advantage in Kaiserpunk. Don’t forget to experiment and have fun 😊.

We’ll also be streaming today at 7:00 PM, feel free to tune in on Twitch[www.twitch.tv] or here on Steam if you like what you see and want to hear more!

More dev diaries are coming up until launch! Join Reddit and Discord[discord.com] to chat more about Kaiserpunk.

Until next time - Stay well everyone!
Overseer Games

Greetings Commanders!

Tomorrow Wednesday March 5th at 7:00pm CET we'll be hosting a live stream to show off the latest version of the game, share some news and talk about how development is going and what's coming up!

Join our Game Director and Art Director as we showcase the game and share our thoughts on the design, intentions and the development process of these past couple of years.

You can join the stream over on Twitch @ https://www.twitch.tv/overseer_games_publishing or follow along here on Steam.

We hope you'll join us and look forward to showing off the game to you.

Until then - over and out!

Greetings Commanders!

Today, we’ll talk about the genre of Grand City Building and share our thoughts on it. Finding the right subgenre for this game has been challenging. Previously we’ve talked about Kaiserpunk as a mix between a City Builder and a Grand Strategy Game, which still holds true, but today we’d like to dig a little bit deeper into it and share our current thinking on the matter.

First of all, we need to talk about game loops, and especially the so-called core loops. As many of you probably know, core loops are a concept used to break down the key activities a player will do while playing a game, often seen over different time scales like moment-to-moment, minute-to-minute, quarter-to-quarter, hour-to-hour, etc. The exact length of the time scales tends to differ depending on the intensity of a game, e.g., shooters often have shorter loops than city builders.

Also, and the reason for this dev. diary, is that the core loops (especially minute-to-minute) tend to be how we define genres for games (and sometimes even name them after, such as 4X), apart from specific features ofc. This means that a shooter will most often have the same core loop; same goes for survival crafting and city builders etc. And this leads us to why we have started with this intro to game design 101. When we say Grand City Building, we are talking about the game’s core loops - and how they are unique.

Kaiserpunk is a city builder with the hour-to-hour loop of grand strategy. If we look at the minute-to-minute and quarter-to-quarter gameplay, our game is clearly a city builder. You place buildings, unlock new resources, research, satisfy the needs of your citizens etc. - all the things required to build a city. But as the game progresses into the hour-to-hour gameplay, things change. Your city is part of a living world, where other budding empires are vying for power in a running time simulation. Your task is to force the will of your city upon the world and become the pre-eminent power, leveraging your city’s economy to engage in trade, diplomacy, and most importantly, warfare. This hour-to-hour loop is what makes a strategy game grand (quite literally, grand strategy is the scholarly term for strategy that includes… well, trade, diplomacy, economy, and warfare). It is also the loop that makes our city builder grand. You are not only building a city - you will build a city to rule the world!

So how does this all tie together? Simply put, the grand part of our grand city builder is the why. In an alternate history where all the old powers went extinct in the Great War, you will forge the world anew. Several other powers are both potential allies and enemies, sometimes both. Through conquest and trade, you will get access to more and new resources, your fleets and armies projecting your power across the world. In the end, you will rise to become a dominant new power - bringing civilization back from the ashes.

The city builder part is the how and what. Every soldier marching will be trained in your military bases, every gun produced, every ration grown, milled, baked into bread, and packaged. Through the choices you make, your city can become the shining city upon a hill - leading the world through diplomacy and culture. Or you can become a warmaking behemoth - your populace toiling away in the massive industries feeding your war machine. Wherever your path will take you, your city is your engine, your tool, and the choices you make will shape your city accordingly. As such, your why influences the how and the what, and the how and the what will shape the why.

Build a city to rule the world - this is what a grand city builder is for us.

We’ve also released a new Feature Spotlight video on this same topic. Coincidence? We think not!
In the coming dev diaries we will talk a lot more about the hows, next one specifically focused on Warfare.

As always, let us know what you thought, and we’ll be back next week!
Overseer Games over and out