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Devblog #22 - New Map!

Welcome Constructors!

With a demo release behind us, you could take a glance at a charming Chinese setting. Watch its buildings, beautiful surroundings and connect with divine powers – all of that starting but with a little altar. Some of you may feel as if you already know every river by heart… but what if we told you that what you've seen so far is not a final map?


[h2]NEW MAP[/h2]
You’ve heard us well – the current map, the one you know from playtests and a demo, was made just for purposes of testing Celestial Empire. We are happy to finally present you with our progress on one of the final maps! Let's have a dive into details, shall we? :)

This map is heavily inspired by some interesting Chinese land formations. It’s diverse, filled with hills, rocks, stone structures and cut by many winding rivers. All that, just to show you how amazing some parts of vast Chinese swaths can be.


[h2]NEW MAP'S GAMEPLAY[/h2]
But how will a different terrain affect players? Well, you could’ve already realized that placing your buildings around natural resources is crucial in Celestial Empire. This map will give you a little bit more of a challenge, because of rivers, winding the land, thus hindering access to some parts of the map, its resources and limiting space for your architectural creations. So this map, in terms of difficulty, is a hard one. Available resources will also vary in the placement and quantity of the deposits, depending on the map you've chosen.


[h2]MAP SELECTION[/h2]
At the beginning of a new game, there will be some starting maps to choose from freely. Each one of them will be handcrafted, thus polished with the utmost care, to reflect the beauty of China’s natural environment. Each one of the maps poses a different challenge and highlights different aspects of Chinese lands. There will be few maps' difficulty levels, so no worries, as easier maps will also be available. A normal map will provide you with much more free space for your buildings. You will be able to choose which one suits you best. Pick your favorite, pick your fighter! Or… just try them all for a varied experience :D


Let us know in the comments what you think of our new map! Do you, perhaps, have some part of China you would love to be portrayed in the game? And don’t forget to join our discord, so we can hear from you and have a lively discussion.

See ya!
The Devs

Celestial Empire's Release Date

Constructors!

After a round of heated discussions, we managed to make some decisions on ETA for Celestial Empire’s release. As you may have realized, 2023 was a year given on Steam as the estimated time of the game’s release and that applies no longer. Our new estimated time of arrival for Celestial Empire is the first quarter of 2024.

Some time ago, we launched playtests and shared the demo version of the game, so we could make new, solid estimations. Our decision is based on all the thoughts you’ve shared with us – we listen to you and believe that this additional time will let us pitch the game to its best state. The amount of feedback you’ve sent us is astonishing – over 1000 feedback reports and trust us, we’re analyzing every single one of them! We don’t want to release an incomplete, messy product with annoying bugs, so… based on what we’ve heard from you, we decided to really work on such things as optimization, creating a thorough tutorial and balancing mechanics. There are some things we should improve, and well, we wouldn’t want to let you down, now would we?

Thank you for your constant support and, hopefully, see you at the full game’s release!

The Devs

Handing out game keys!

Sup Constructors!

It’s been some time since we’ve announced a game key lottery, connected to the google feedback form for Celestial Empire demo and playtests. First of all, thank you for so many responses! All the data and ideas collected will definitely help us a lot in further development. Actually, it already did, as we’ve already published some fixed versions, thanks to your calls. You're the best! :D

As promised, from all the received responses, we drew some lucky players to receive a free game key for the game’s full version. Check your e-mail inbox to find out if you are among them! By now, every winner should have already gotten a message from us. Congratulations to all winners and as for the rest, good luck next time :)



In the end, we would like to share some of the results. We're happy that Celestial Empire demo managed to entertain most of you. That's some good feedback we've got from you and we're going to work with it to polish the game to its full potential. There are still things to be improved and we're definitely up for this challenge!

See ya
The Devs

CLOSING PLAYTESTS

Hello Constructors!

Thank you all for testing our game – reporting bugs, giving feedback, tips, ideas and so on. We’ve managed to catch a lot of nasty bugs and fix them, thanks to your help! We really appreciate your support and love to watch your struggles with our game :D

From now on, we’re closing the playtest and we won’t let any new playtesters in. Although if you already have playtests access, you can still play the test version, but it will also be closed soon – to be opened once again in the future, when we decide to have another round of playtests.

As for our key lottery from the google feedback form, soon we'll be drawing lucky players!

Take care!
The Devs

Celestial Empire - DEMO

Constructors!

Big kudos to all players for trying out the demo version of Celestial Empire and providing us with your valuable feedback
We remind you to share your thoughts on the game with us! You can join our community discord (https://discord.com/invite/EjHuxvM), use a steam community hub or fill out the google feedback form (https://forms.gle/TtsyuYD1uvKWNHZx9). Psst… filling out this form gives you a chance to win a free game key for the full game’s release. From all the answers, we will draw some lucky people to win the game key.


Take care!
The Devs