Fata Deum - The God Sim News

[previewyoutube][/previewyoutube][p][/p][p]We're proud to announce that Fata Deum - The God Sim will launch in Early Access this September! [/p][p]For this occasion, we've worked on a brand new trailer showing more insights into the unique gameplay.[/p][p]Inspired by the god games of old, Fata Deum lets you mold settlements and townsfolk in your image. Will you raise the settlements to splendor, or spur them on to violent debauchery and demons? Watch as a living world grows under your whims.[/p][p]In the weeks leading up to the Early Access launch, we'll be sharing plenty of content — including further dev updates, and extensive gameplay videos.[/p][p]Stay tuned for more insights, and be sure to follow our social media channels below so you don’t miss any news about Fata Deum![/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p]

Since October we`ve been working hard and are proud to present our progress.

Here is a quick summary:

• Game Setup + Meta Progession
  
• Intro Cutscene + Fate Challenges
  
• Voice Over
  
• Quests & Rewards
  
• Improved Village Buildings
  
• Animation Varience
  
• Advanced Demolition System
  
• Wonder Load Status Icon
  
• Mortal Motivation
  
• Steam Rewards
  
  

[hr][/hr][h3]New Game Setup Menu & Meta Progression
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When starting a new game, you now have the opportunity to specify your game setup.

On which island do you want to play?
Which enemy gods do you want to go up against?
How difficult should it be and what should your start progress look like?

Specials: If you want to go crazy, choose a special game setup.

Normal mortals do not fly high enough when you hit them? Smash them into space with our “Lunar Gravity”.

You want to start a zombie apocalypse? Go for it with the “Night of the living dead” special.

Or do you want to have an advanced start with a lot of villages or fully build cities? Then start with the “Advanced Villages” or “Cities” special.

But not all options are available from the beginning and you need to unlock these due to several challenges!



[hr][/hr][h3]Intro Cutscene & Fate Challenges[/h3]

Each Free Play will start with a great intro cutscene introducing your creators: The Fates.

They will not only guide you and tell you more about the world. From time to time they will reach out and will give you the opportunity to choose between 3 challenges.

So you can choose your fate!







Once a challenge is fulfilled the corresponding Fate blesses you and increases your already growing powers!

[hr][/hr][h3]Voice Over [/h3]

Yes, that’s right! The intro cutscene and the Imp (the whole tutorial!) are talking!

[hr][/hr][h3]Quests and Rewards[/h3]

All of our islands are now filled with exploration spots. Fly around the island and visit them. In some cases you find interesting quests, in others you will earn a reward for exploring.





[hr][/hr][h3]Improved Buildings[/h3]

We enhanced our village building assets to give a better look. Here are beauty shots from three of them.

School:

Temple:

Barrack:

And these are just a few out of 11 village buildings we have improved.

[hr][/hr][h3] Animation Variation [/h3]

Along with the improved building assets, buildings are now bustling and there are a variety of animations. For example, you can now see people drinking, trading, dancing, or sleeping at the tavern. Take a closer look at each building and you will see many different things going on!



[hr][/hr][h3]Advanced Demolition System[/h3]

With our newly added decal and the deformation, the meteor strike looks even more devastating. Each building can be deformed in a very realistic and/or funny way!

This can also be done with the Godly Fist!





Afterwards the mortals rush to the building and try to repair it.



[hr][/hr][h3]Wonder Load Icon[/h3]

Often it was not obvious how powerful your wonder was when you held the mouse for longer. This has now changed with our wonder load icon. You are now able to see exactly which wonder level you execute the longer you hold it.



[hr][/hr][h3]Mortal Motivation[/h3]

Are your mortals lazy or do they lack motivation? Spread fear, punish one mortal and others will be motivated as they fear to be punished, too! So it is even better now to be evil!



[hr][/hr][h3]Steam Rewards[/h3]

Earn steam rewards by playing Fata Deum. Collect up to 8 trading cards, craft badges, earn background images for your steam account, or unlock emoticons to chat with other gods. Here is a small sample of what you will be able to earn.


[hr][/hr][h3]Next Steps[/h3]

We have now stopped developing any new features and focus on polishing and bug fixing to provide you a smooth experience from day one!

For those of you eager for a god game that offers genuine creative control, this update is exactly what you’ve been asking for. After sharing our demo at Steam NextFest, we took in a lot of your feedback. The key takeaway?

You want more freedom, interaction, and a world that reacts to your influence. We’ve taken your feedback to heart and implemented various substantial changes to give you just that.

So we checked our timetable again, reprioritized, squeezed additional budget out of our great publisher, and went back to work!

And this is what we have delivered:

• Free building
  
• Advanced physics
  
• Damage resources to extract stones
  
• Throw items like stones, gold nuggets and trees
  
• Grab and plant trees
  
• Advanced mortal reaction system
  
• Cutscene sneak peek
  
• Quests
  
• Tutorial Manager
  

[hr][/hr][h3]Free Building
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Build the way you want with our new free building system.

You can start building by choosing a building from the shortcut menu and a nice location. Hold the left mouse button to rotate the building.

Does your desired building already exist? Then, you can drag and drop the building!

The road is created automatically, so you do not have to bother yourself with such micromanagement stuff if you do not want to!



[hr][/hr][h3]Advanced Physics[/h3]

We further advanced the physics of the game. You can now damage resources to get throwable items. These items can be used to damage buildings or crush mortals. The choice is up to you. If your throw is good enough, you may achieve both.

But you can also collect the resource nuggets and send them as a gift (boring!).

Is your village missing some trees, or does a tree just bother you? No worries. Grab the tree, look for another place that suits him, and place him there. The mortals will be happy!



[hr][/hr][h3]Advanced Mortal Reaction System[/h3]

You are a god. Everything you do influences the world. And so does the reaction of the mortals. Do something good, and they will cheer. Do something bad, and they will be scared.

[hr][/hr][h3]Cutscene [/h3]

The narrative of Fata Deum will be told via special cutscenes and in-game quest scenes.
Just take a look 🙂


[hr][/hr][h3]Quests[/h3]

A first round of quests is now implemented. As we continue developing, more quests will enter the game. There will be many ways to accomplish a quest. And for those who don't care about them, no worries, you can mostly ignore them, too.






[hr][/hr][h3]Tutorial Manager[/h3]

We have received a lot of feedback from you regarding the tutorial. Some of you wanted to start playing immediately without it; others had the problem that they sometimes missed or skipped it while playing.

So, we redesigned the tutorial flow to let you decide how and when to proceed.

With every new ability you learn, you will be asked if you want to do a tutorial or not instead of just pushing you to do it. Furthermore, we added three new tutorial buttons: “Pause”; “Skip”; “Go Back”. You can use these to watch the last sentence again, pause, or skip the tutorial.



Pressing the Imp will open our new tutorial menu. All tutorials in the game are displayed here as soon as you have unlocked them. You now have the freedom to do tutorials whenever you like!



[hr][/hr][h3]Release Date[/h3]

OK, this was a lot, wasn’t it? :)

And it was worth the effort!

But yes, it takes time..

We want to give you the best experience on day one. Therefore, we will push the release window to 2025 to implement your great feedback and ensure the game is polished.

Thanks again for your patience!

The god game genre will be back in 2025!

[h2]Fata Deum will be featured in the "Games Made in Germany" Steam event from June 20 to June 27.[/h2]
This event highlights over 250 outstanding games developed in Germany, including numerous award-winning titles.

As part of this showcase, we have just released a brand new gameplay trailer for Fata Deum! This exciting footage showcases many of our incredible improvements over the past year.

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[h3]Wishlist now and become a god later! [/h3]
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1330360/Fata_Deum/

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