Great Houses of Calderia News

Geetings, rulers!

We're delighted to announce our modding tool, which will shape the future of the land of Calderia. Our dedicated team has been working on the game’s event modding tool with Unreal Editor, empowering you to become the weavers of Calderia's events!



With this tool, you can craft your own unique events within the realm of Great Houses of Calderia. It will be available close to the Early Access release date. We can't wait to see what amazing plots you'll come up with! We hope to develop and expand this tool so you may further customize the game, everything lies in your hands!

[Great Houses of Calderia modding tool with Unreal Editor - Basic.]


[Great Houses of Calderia modding tool with Unreal Editor - Choices.]


Collaborate with like-minded rulers, share your ideas, and contribute to the legacy of Calderia. Whether you're an experienced modder or just starting out, your skills will shine as you create your own events for Great Houses of Calderia!

Stay tuned for further information, as we will share more information about this modding tool in the coming weeks! May your imagination inspire countless stories in Calderia's Great Houses!

Join us on Discord and contribute to the development of the game!

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A new minor update [Founders Beta — 0.6.0.979 (b11887643)] is now live with the following changes:

Added

• New Accessibility Feature: Single click Drag’n’Drop
  
• All Drag’n’Drop actions also work with Grab’n’Release
  
• LMB click takes hold of draggable target, second click releases the target
  
• RMB to cancel
  
• Conflict Resolution Drag’n’Drop no longer moves the unit token with the mouse.
  
• Unit moves after action is confirmed
  
• Instructions for controls added to various places
  

Updated

• Camera movement keys changed on World Map
  
• Camera pan changed from RMB to LMB
  
• Frequency of life events changed from 25-45 days to 30-90 days
  
• Frequency of Ranks of Calderia event changed from 3 years to 5 years after previous election
  
• Buttons in Professions in Fiefdom mode changed to tabs instead
  

Fixed

• Fixed crash related to removing relations
  
• Softlock when replaying the fiefdom view tutorial
  
• Unresolved Intrigue actions stopped when loading a saved game
  
• Main Menu music replaced World Map music
  
• Tutorial could be finished sooner than intended during delegation-tutorial
  
• You could select and unlock a tradition you already had
  
• Delegations that had already stopped tried to launch events
  
• Trading resources showed Unreal Editor context menu on right click
  
• Wedding event shows wrong characters
  
• Some weddings never happened
  
• Winning a title war against a Count gave all of their previous vassals to the player
  
• Player should have only the conquered Count as their vassal, and others belong to the Duke
  
• Fighting Siblings event gives House Relation between own family members
  
• "Disturbing Bark" and "Strange Noises in the Dark" - frequency of these events reduced
  

- Great Houses of Calderia Team -

Oy rulers,

In today’s news, our Game Director, Jussi Autio, will explain the vision behind the traditions in Great Houses of Calderia.

Finding your place as an individual in the world of Calderia, where politics are at the core of every interaction, is difficult. As a noble, you have to learn to balance the benefits of your family over your own. Will you stay true to the traditions of your ancestors or will you pave your own path?

From the beginning of the development and the game, traditions are at the center of the family and fiefdom. Your choices dictate what your family stands for and what its identity is. How individuals are combined into a family, besides just sharing the same fiefdom, has always been their traditions—the values the family stands for. Sometimes, you have to sacrifice an individual's short-term benefit for your long-term gain.



They alter many existing aspects of life. Traditions are more than just preferences or advantages and will eventually influence the choices you make. They represent what your House appreciates, shuns, and holds in high regard. Basically, they are the unifying force shared by all of your family members. They are the code of conduct according to which everyone in the family should live. Traditions deeply impact each family member and your powers and abilities.

With the recent playtests and the Founders Beta, we have introduced the tradition tree to further emphasize and develop this mechanic. Traditions can either change how the ground rules of the game work or bend them. For example, Peacemakers will require much worse relations before anyone can declare war on them, allowing players to experience a more peaceful Calderia. On the other hand, Warriors make military conquests easier, and so forth.



They are divided into six categories, and while you can advance in several of them, they come in pairs, with one choice blocking the opposing tradition. Warriors and Scholars are opposites, as are Idealists and Schemers. The third pair is Isolationists and Peacemakers—those who prefer to be left alone and those who enjoy the company of others.

Events and conflicts in the game will award you with tradition points. These points can be general or specific to the tradition you've chosen to pursue next. They can also be more specific event choices that stand for a tradition, in which case points for that tradition will be earned. Schemer families may find shady deals at a bar appealing, but Idealists will avoid them. Particular goals during conflict resolutions, trade and wedding negotiations can have an impact on tradition points. From a role-playing standpoint, choices and outcomes true to your traditions will earn you more points than generic ones.



Going against your traditions and deviating from your family's code isn't impossible. You can let a warrior House witness a family member fleeing battle, an isolationist willingly join in negotiations, or an idealist plot in the shadows. Making such decisions will result in a penalty. They obstruct your efforts to create a richer tapestry of traditions for your House. And if you fall behind in establishing your traditions, you will falter as the other Houses rise in the ranks of Calderia. The tradition system will evolve during Early Access based on your feedback. We will also further improve various mechanics, strengthen the identity of traditions and their impact on your decisions in different situations.

As previously stated, traditions are "House traditions" because they are the principles that everyone in the family ought to honor. This implies that these are among the game's most important role-playing aspects. This feature will enhance the experience of playing your family as well as the interactions with others in the various relationships you decide to maintain and bolster. From delegations to conflict resolutions, from trade negotiations to diplomatic ties, and more.

It is then natural for your family to despise those with opposing traditions. Traditions will influence the behavior of the other Houses. Starting a game surrounded by warrior Houses will be different from starting with isolationist neighbors. This topic is closely linked to the development of AI, which we will cover in another post.

Join our Discord server to participate in the making of the Great Houses of Calderia!

- Great Houses of Calderia Team -

Oy rulers,

We have updated the Founders Beta thanks to your feedback, learn more about what has been modified:

Added

• Skill changes from Traits visible in event tooltips
  
• Slander Spy Action has three degrees of severity
  
• New relation: Slander Campaign
  
• New relation: Propaganda
  
• Aviscay fiefdom now has a description
  
• Timer that indicates when a new war can be declared after previous peace agreement
  
• Skill increase Negotiation fields to various social conflicts
  

Updated

• Objective conditions tracking updated
  
• Event re-write for “Distant Relative”-event
  
• Event re-write for “Demand War Support” -event
  

Fixed

• AI didn’t send any trade delegations on their own
  
• Wrong tooltip on some military units
  
• Being able to select traditions you already have
  
• Incorrect timing in some conflict resolution skills
  
• Resource list not fitting event window
  
• AI is sometimes not able to launch Trade
  
• Disallow Claim Title against Viceroy
  
• Winning Objective didn't check saved conditions
  
• Province mesh sometimes disappears
  
• Remove Unreal context menu from landing text edit boxes
  
• Jeweller -upgrade requires Glaziers as its condition
  
• Appeal Delegation conflicts had winning & losing conditions wrong way around
  
• Placeholder texts in Rank Selection & Election
  

Other

• Relation removed: Rumours
  
• Path to Victory-objectives disabled after Rise in Hierarchy objective step
  

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[h2]Build and manage your House to rise up the ranks of Calderia in this new take on Feudal Grand Strategy game now on Steam in our private Founders Beta before Early Access![/h2]

[h3]What’s a Founders Beta?[/h3]
It's a private Beta for early supporters who bought one of the Founder's Pack and wish to have exclusive access to the game before Early Access and receive special extras. Claim yours before they're gone! These packs are in limited quantities.
With this Beta, you will be able to continue improving the game with your feedback, then delivering the best possible experience for everyone. We aim to nurture a trusting and collaborative relationship with our community.

[h3]How does it work?[/h3]
After purchasing one of the limited packs, you will have definitive access to the game upon receiving an exclusive Steam key.



We are excited to let you know that Great Houses of Calderia will be featured at Simfest, the Steam festival dedicated to simulation games.

From today until July 24th, 10am PDT 2023. Join Great Houses of Calderia and many other incredible simulation games in Simfest 2023. We hope to see you there!



Make your way up to the highest ranks of Calderia by any means necessary.

The Founders Beta of Great Houses of Calderia is now live on Steam. Get a limited Founder's Pack to play the game before Early Access!

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