Hey everyone!
I'm super excited to share some news about what's been going on in the development of Roman Triumph: the religion system! This brings a whole new layer of depth and strategy to your city-building experience, allowing you to interact with and appease the gods in various ways. Gods can either support or hinder your expansion. Let’s dive into what you can expect.
[h2]🏛️ Meet the Gods 🏛️[/h2]
[h3]Jupiter[/h3]
Jupiter is the supreme ruler of the heavens, and he’s pretty strict and commanding. He demands respect and devotion. If you honor him, he’ll bless your city with enhanced production and faster research. But beware, if you neglect him, you might face heavy rains that slow down your construction and production efforts, or even worse, a fierce lightning thunderstorm where Jupiter sends bolts that damage and destroy your buildings.
[h3]Ceres[/h3]
Ceres, the sweet and nurturing goddess of agriculture, ensures your fields are fertile and your harvests are bountiful, and can even ensure your farms yield food in winter (blessing). She’s a bit shy and indecisive but always means well. Build her temples, offer her food, and celebrate her with festivals to keep her happy. Ignore her, and you could see your crops get infected with crop diseases or even catch fire.
[h3]Mars[/h3]
Mars, the god of war, is a bit of a tough character. He’s all about strength and dominance. Make sure to keep him on your side. His blessings can enhance your military defenses, but if you disrespect him, expect increased crime rates, sabotage to your defenses and mythological beasts to be headed your way!
[h3]Venus[/h3]
Venus, the outgoing and flirty goddess of love and beauty, brings joy and prosperity to your city. She loves festivals and offerings of beauty. Keep her pleased, and she’ll enhance your city’s immigration, people's immunity and health, etc.. But if you neglect her, she can be quite vindictive, spreading plagues, causing fires to homes, making people more upset at taxes, increasing workplace injuries and deaths, etc.
[h2]✨ Blessings and Curses ✨[/h2]
As you honor the gods, they will offer you blessings to choose from that come with unique advantages. Each blessing has a specific use case, allowing you to tailor your strategy. However, managing the gods' favor is a double-edged sword. Different gods become interested in your settlement at various population levels. If you feel ready, you can attract their attention early. This can be risky because if you’re not well-prepared, neglecting their needs can result in severe consequences. Successfully managing their favor can accelerate your progression, but failing to do so can bring about disasters.
Additionally, the gods can become jealous if you prioritize others over them. Balancing your devotion is key. However, favoring one god more than others can make them feel special, leading to even greater contentment and more powerful blessings.
[h3]How to Please the Gods[/h3]
- Temples: Build temples dedicated to each god to show your devotion.
- Offerings: Regularly offer food and other resources to keep the gods happy.
- Religious Festivals: Hold grand festivals to celebrate and honor the gods.
- Religious Crusades/Quests: Send your citizens on religious quests to gain favor and receive powerful blessings.
[h3]Simulation Updates[/h3]
With the introduction of the religion system, I’ve also added new simulation elements (some tied into the religion system).
- Crimes: includes arson, murders, riots, theft and more. Make sure your city has police stations and a courthouse.
- Plagues: people can get sick and spread the plague. Mortality rates of the plague is quite high, make sure you have enough hospitals and doctors to cure these people and prevent further spread.
- Heavy rains and harsh winters: affects production rates, construction speed and crop yield.
- Workplace injuries and deaths.
I hope you enjoyed this development update. Your feedback is invaluable, so let me know what you think :)
Note: the game is still not available to the public. I am simply updating you guys on the progress being done on Roman Triumph!
Thanks for being a part of our journey!
Philippe
