Heard of the Story? News

Some people mentioned that they didn't enjoy building on hills and that it was difficult to find a flat area in their generated maps. As a result, I prioritised creating a map generation option in the new world menu which allows you to choose a much flatter map - better for regular city-building!

This was one was a bit tricky because I had to make sure that the map wasn't overly rocky or overly foresty since that's more common in flatter maps. But I'm pretty happy with the final solution and confident you should have no issues creating a resource-rich, yet flat-ish map!

Some people mentioned that the leaves can get in the way when exploring forests and pointed out being able to zoom-in with the camera may be useful. So this is a small patch to add a 'close-up' mode if you press the middle mouse button.

Just a small hot-fix to prevent spawn points occasionally being generated inside mountains.

Cue the confetti cannons... After an epic 3.5-year developercoaster, I'm hyped to announce that Heard of the Story? is finally soaring into Early Access on August 17th! 🎉



It's been a bouncy ride, but with your help, I'm finally at a point where I'm really happy with the game and given a few more weeks of polish and some extra content and features - thrilled to officially release on Steam!

Stay tuned to hear more about what you can expect to see in the Early Access build! There are some parts I'm really pumped to share.

Tom

After 3 years of development, the Kickstarter campaign for Heard of the Story? just launched yesterday and will be running until April 29th. For early backers, you'll be able to purchase the game, pre-alpha access, and much more at a discounted price if you like!



Not only that, but there is now also a free demo you can try for yourself if you want to get a taste and feel for the game.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1881940/Heard_of_the_Story/

If you have any questions or feedback, I'm happy to hear it on the discord or on social media like Twitter. On there, you will also see a lot more posts throughout the campaign describing and showing off future features of such as the seasons, weather, and more - so stay tuned!

Happy weekend everyone!