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Praise the Cog, or Whatever You Feel Like

As we carve out new systems, it’s good to take some time to go back and refine earlier ones. At this point, our UI has been built out enough that even artists like myself can make additions and improvements; with Nicholas and Dan busy working on Fun New Stuff, I’m taking time to start poking at the offices that allow you to control your colony’s operation!

Sleeping in the chapel is forbidden!

Stop sleeping in the chapel, you vagrants!

When Chapels were originally implemented, they were a one and done happiness-increaser for your colony (and sometimes a cultist-quasher). However, the pub, added later, more or less fills the same role – and more interestingly, as far as I’m concerned. (Though it needs some love, too.) Breaking out the chapel into its own unique role seemed like an appropriate first task, and an opportunity to bring some new choices into the game.

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Clockwork Empires November Update: BANDIT ATTACK ON ‘FIGHTIN’ VICAR ZEDOCK WOODBURN’S FRONTIER CHAPEL

It is time once more for the monthly update to Clockwork Empires! We are now at v33, or as we like to call it, Bandit Attack On ‘Fightin’ Vicar Zedock Woodburn’s Frontier Chapel.

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This update will go live to every Clockwork Empires player via Steam!

Important note: the Clockwork Empires renderer got a huge overhaul. We encourage you to update your video drivers for Queen & Country.

We have also updated our Clockwork Empires: Development Progress report!

(Don’t own the game yet? Clockwork Empires can be purchased on ClockworkEmpires.com via Humble or from Steam.)

MacOS and Linux users

OS X users: We thought we had it, but it turns out there’s one outstanding problem owing to having incorrect libraries being loaded – somewhere – for Lua. We’re still tracking this down, and will have this out as soon as we can.

Linux Users: We are still working on Linux support, which (as always) is waiting on us to fix a million references in the code base to case-sensitive filenames, as well as setting up the build machine to correctly dispatch Linux builds of the game (which have to be built with a special, hacked-together compiler) to Steam. Your patience continues to be appreciated.

Patch Notes:

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Afflictions, Jobs, Religion

I took a vacation last week. It was really, really weird. So here is a list of things we are working on this week around the office:

(This is what happens when Nicholas takes a vacation.)

This is what happens when Nicholas takes a vacation.

This is not part of the list, but it's cool.

This is not part of the list, but isn’t it cool?

Afflictions. Previously, we have a notion of “you get shot a bunch, you die.” This does not really convey the interesting damage model we were after. At the same time, we do not wish to start modelling individual colonist teeth like certain other games we know. The solution is afflictions, which I suspect has been inspired by our in-office game of Dominions 4. As units are damaged, they may receive afflictions. These afflictions may affect characters by giving them (currently) an equivalent to negative traits.

How do we fix these? Well, for now you don’t have a Physician or Doctor, so the local barber is what you’ve got. Or not so much what you’ve got, but, rather, the first stage of The Plan.

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