An brief introduction to how citizens interactions and states are simulated in Imperial Ambitions

Dear Strategy Lovers!

We have just released a new update on the playtest.

Not just that, I am also happy to share the latest youtube video about society in IA.

Please Enjoy...

=Patch Notes=

Citizens will now defend their homes!

1. Town occupation mechanics completely modified. When trying to enter an enemy town, the citizens can assemble to form militia and defend the town as long as they have reasons to do so. Another reason to keep them happy.
   
2. Seize Town ability has higher chance of success to balance the aforementioned. (More changes here in the upcoming updates.)
   
3. Entering towns now cost 20 extra Action Points to balance.

More complex battles!

1. The melee attack, ranged attack, armor and other factors are now considered to calculate damage.
   
2. The melee attacks now damage in both ways. Also costs action points to both parties.
   
3. For ranged attack, if the line of sight is partially blocked, only half of the damage will be inflicted.
   
4. Regiment strengths and expected damages are now shown before the battle.
   
5. Post battle indicators will show the damage inflicted.

Searching for resources is now more rewarding!

1. When geologist finds a resource, +3 of that resource is added to the warehouse as a reward.
   
2. If there is only resource nearby, then players are informed about its trace. If the trace of the resource is found, +1 of that resource is added to the warehouse.
   
3. Resource rewards are now shown above the geologist.

More information will be flowing onto the screen

1. All events will show information on the top right of the screen.

Fix: Selecting regiments in same tile won't cause vertical shift.
Fix: Exiting game while End turn is running no longer cause stuck units in the next game session.
Fix: Other rare errors.

You can test these patches in Playtest now!

Dear Strategy Lovers!

We have a big update on the way. And before that I am happy to share the latest youtube video about Industry in IA.

With recent updates you can now specialize your explorers, create settlers, found new towns, watch refugees move independently, and more...

Citizens are more likely to react to what's going on around. Rioting citizens can vandalize other citizens, or even massacre minorities. At the same time, minorities can choose to migrate to other towns for safety and oppurtunity.

Grape is now added as a resource to the campaign map available to make beverages and keep your peasants content.

You can view your regiments in the new UI list on the left of the screen

New soundtrack, "Renaissance" by Emil Posner, is now added to the main campaign.

These and more are now available in the playtest!

Dear IA lovers,

I am grateful for your interest in Imperial Ambitions and your support. I continue to shape this game considering every input and feedback.

The demo of IA is an important indicator for the public to guage how this game feels, however, for an unfinished game, sometimes its demo can be misguiding. Moreover, the intended quality of the final version can be underrepresented in the demo for the same reason.

For these reasons, I will be removing the demo for the time being, until next festival, or until next time I am confident enough to reactivate.

However, this doesn't effect anyone who still wants to play it in its current state, as the playtest version will continue to be available to everyone and it contains everything the demo has. All you need to do is to request access for the playtest in the steam page if you haven't yet and it will be granted automatically.

Thank you for your understanding,

aoiti

Sickly, Recovering and Plagued traits are added. These traits may result in death if left untreated. (communicatability of the diseases are not yet implemented)

Capital Citizens can now get hungry and all other health related traits. Making sure you can feed your folks is enough to protect them from diseases, for now.

Now discipline will drop when units are left starving.

Starving units accompanied with low discipline, will cause the units to settle in the nearest town... If there is no town nearby, (ie. on the new world) they may found a new town.

Cliff beach is added as it was in previous tileset.

Town UI now moves according to the it's location relative to screen. This helps depth-perception as well as solves rare cases were overlapping with unit UI.

Some crucial traits gained by the town locals are now shown in the Town Label. (this feature will be adjustable in the options later)

Production window now warns if the production cannot be achieved due to lack of resource or labor. This is warning wud be necessary rarely in the cases where a laborer or necessary resource is lost after assigning it for production.

You can set the game to fullscreen mode if you wish to using the option in the in-game menu.

• New tile shapes:

[/h3]Replaced flat-top hex tiles with pointy-top hex tiles. I think this makes the game spread more east-west orientation, in the same direction of European exploration.

Labor output balancing:

[/h3]Now slaves and peasants produce 2, apprentices produce 3, artisans produce 4 and masters produce 5 labor. This change makes easier to support larger armies while decreasing the impact of masters.

New Depth of Field effect:

[/h3]The new Depth of Field blur method creates much smoother blur effect.

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