Manor Lords is getting a "full rework" with a new affinity system, map, shops and workstations

It's been a long time since the last major Manor Lords update and it'll likely be a while till the next. This might strike you as dismal news, if you adhere to the "death by a thousand patches" school of Steam early access, but you have to remember that Manor Lords is a city builder set in late 14th-century Franconia, when technology lolled along at the pace of a drunken ox. Also, the developers Slavic Magic are carrying out a "full rework" of the game, rather than doling things out in smaller patches. In particular, there's a new building affinity system in development that may please fans of pollination. Any flowers reading this? The next update is for you, I guess.