Simplomacy Dev Blog #12

Hey, future world leaders!

We’ve been cracking on with a lot of work behind the scenes, once we’ve finished, you’ll start to see a lot more content flooding the socials!

Let’s jump into it!

Buildings
  • Added coal mine production buildings to the top producers (amount calculated by land area, coal reserves, and economy)
  • Added fish farm production buildings to countries (amount calculated by water area, and economy)
  • Added wheat farm production buildings to countries (amount calculated by land area, climate, and economy)
Countries/territories
  • Countries now desire resources within certain categories (food, military, vehicles, etc.). Events like war or issues like starvation can influence desirability
  • You now see what type of resources a country needs
Events
  • Added an event where random cargo can be washed ashore
Gameplay
  • Insulting world leaders 3 times in a row will cause instant war
Private market
  • Countries now only buy resources they need
  • Countries now only sell resources they don’t need
  • Overhauled the quantity logic for countries buying and selling from the private market
Resources
  • Added resource reserves to countries (for things like coal). This means countries could eventually run out if they overproduce
  • You can now see nutritional value when viewing food resources
  • Added disposable vapes
  • Added the ‘Goods’ category when viewing resources
World leaders
  • Leaders with the Warmonger trait will desire fuel, military, and vehicle resources
  • Leaders with the Resource Hungry trait will desire food, fuel, and materials resources
  • Added 1 new character trait: Diamond Hands. The leader will desire crypto/NFT resources. Unable to be assigned to environmentalists.
other
  • Optimised game creation
  • Added more tips
  • Tidied up the formatting of the ToKMB shorthand
bug fixes
  • Fixed bug which stopped countries from selling to private market
  • Fixed countries being able to target an unselectable building
  • Fixed some countries not having volcanoes or world wonders assigned
  • Fixed war participants not being recognised as being in a war
  • Fixed Western Sahara not appearing as a manageable country
  • Fixed wheat’s name being its description
Your Suggestions
  • We have now added an official suggestions thread to the official Simplomacy Reddit.

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