Citystate news & patch notes

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31859631/fdee443640cd35c5b0d281793221597f9bb579cb.jpg A new update just went live! We can now suppress the riots, build walls against illegal migrants or set up refugee camps to welcome them. Vertical farms have also been added!

Army

- We can build army bases, each base provide 1 regiment - The army can be used to suppress riots - Suppressing riots gives a temporary approval bonus - The army can be used to stop caravans of undocumented migrants - The army can be used to stop fleeing groups of citizens NB: You can either assign the army to an empty area (sea or land) or directly send them to a group of migrants or rioters. Only the second option will result in a stability and civil rights loss. - We can build border walls to prevent migrants to reach the city - We can build refugee camps to accommodate them - Refugee camps can also help moving people out of slums. Informal settlers will go to refugee camp and then reintegrate society. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31859631/097e31bef1b2a71db8c6966ed296bf8cbfda0ee1.jpg

Migrations

- Wealthy countries without border policies will be visited by caravans of migrants. When they reach the city they will settle in slums. - Countries with economic troubles (unemployment, negative growth rates) will see their own citizens fleeing by foot. - The border control window has been entirely revamped. There are now 4 policies to decrease immigration and 4 policies to increase it. This menu also show explicitly the immigration policies' effect on the growth rates. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31859631/065fabd37834fc5b3b1fd27c43c3fc7e09c611a0.jpg

Vertical Farming

- Farms can now be build with middle demand only. - Low class demand will build fields and orchards - Middle class demand will build greenhouses. - Greenhouses can evolve to vertical farms with high education and health scores. - Greenhouses and vertical farms produce more food. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31859631/95140d9d1deebcad606236d661e4a2828af594d8.jpg

Other changes

- 4 new steam achievements (PC ONLY) - Resetting the region now reset colonies too. - A high unemployment rate is now slowing down all classes' growth. - Low class buildings generate half traffic than the others. - Destroying building has less effect on stability. Points lost are displayed when building destroyed. - Destruction costs are now dynamic. - Advices from advisors for informal settlers and border control has been updated. - Additional 4th greenhouse asset. - Slum growth mechanics changed. Spread less easily. - Army bases will improve the security score. - Region UI changed, new color theme. Way less ugly. - Policies have a stronger effect on the security score. - Map creator UI in region changed, some buttons were useless and have been removed. - Changed tooltip in title screen custom mode - Influence of airports on the middle and upper class growth severely reduced. Yes, I saw what you were doing guys. - Sales tax effect on growth now properly displayed in the stats window, included in each "tax effect" number. - New app icon.

Bug fixes

- Creating a new city was resetting the regional fund - Couldn't turn off the music in colony mode - Build a mall in colony was resulting in NaN/Infinity money - Picking a government building would sometimes instantly build it in the background.

PATCH 1.2.4b

Changes: - The sandbox mode now includes all political features - Deployed troops have a wider range (1 tile around them, total 9 tiles) - Stability points increase 50% faster - Big changes to the approval rate, making it higher in general and especially in small cities and more sensitive to the unemployment rate. - Big changes to the riot system, trigger less often in general and are less destructive. - People can protest for 2 new reasons (high unemployment and too low health+education) - Cursor over the approval rate shows accurate description and sum of its computation. - Unemployment in small towns will no longer deplete the demand entirely - Some changes to the top help messages - Parks can no longer be used to stop migrants - Approval bonus from suppressing the riots limited to 30 - New game intro Bug fixes: - Sales tax revenue don't appear in census tool for hotels stage 2+ - Army bases were disappearing after loading some games - Changing a policy before all issues have been addressed was severly slowing down the rate at which new issues pop up - In some situations issue points would stack up after all issues have been answered - In some situations reopening an issue would reopen it twice. - We could build water under migrants - Riot message was too long and cut off - Unemployment effect on the approval rate was never positive - Stability points was offset in Tycoon mode - Floating star selector in region mode removed

PATCH 1.2.4c

Changes: - 3 new steam achievements (PC only), space explorer achievement updated, some icons changed. - There are less waves of migrants, immigration rate is lower, more conditions are required for them to come, related advice message appears less often. Apparently you guys don't like migrants at all, lol. - Migrants won't build slums if there are enough space in refugee camps. - Migrant slums take longer time to disappear. - Deploying the army against migrants will prevent them to come back for the next 12 to 24 months (depending on the number interventions). - One upper class stage 7 building changed. - Ski slope building changed. - Changed demand's equations, rate unchanged but demand grows faster mainly for bigger cities (30 to 40% increase for a city with 100,000pop) - Slight additional tweaks to the riot mechanics. - Health and education related policies have more effect on education and health scores. - Triggers for vertical farms to grow changed, now: positive $$$ demand, health > 80, edu > 80, enviro > 80. - Spice is 30% more profitable. - Added a small "game loading" in the intro with the game version. Bug fixes: - Music was not playing after loading a city. - Menus were overlapping when editing a map in region view. - Cities are now updating correctly. Still, because some of your cities might have missed some of the previous updates some bugs with the menus will remain, however every new city and cities you haven't touched in the last 4 weeks should be 100% working. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31859631/b517e780f8562b2910cfda649676e1ed351d9315.jpg There won't be any additional major updates for Citystate in the future, I'll write a blog post about it in the next days. I'm still carefully following all bug reports and will patch the game again if necessary. Thanks!

https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31859631/6b3a4f6d1745996352bbf5d22de83389d607e742.jpg A new update has just been released! Send spaceships from your city to explore and build colonies on other planets.

SPACE COLONIES

- Build spaceships in your city and send them to explore and colonize distant planets. - 20 planets with their very own characteristics, different flora, different amount of resources, different levels of difficulty. - Mine for the expensive Spice to make a revenue, balance your colony's finance and have enough cash to build more ships and explore more planets. - Build and manage the colony: its food supply, employment, entertainment, education and health. - More than 20 new buildings for the colonies, with a resolution twice bigger than the usual assets. - And a new soundtrack! - And 2 extra steam achievements (PC only) The space update is a small game in itself with its own mechanics. There's very little politics involved here, just an exciting end game bonus! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31859631/8f7af1d933a8f779063d471c8e9f7a90329892c8.jpg

Performance

Large cities get a noticeable performance increase. Some recurrent computations have been entirely recoded (land value, road access, environment points). They were causing repetitive freeze. Destroying jungles and deserts are now lag free too.

Changes

- Added the option to reset the region. - New message for the street protest. When a riot occurs the camera won't scroll to it anymore. - Water provides a few environment points . - Regional bonus growth is less powerful. - Arcologies added to the transparency layer. - Slums spread slower. - Riots have been slightly tweaked. - Added a tiny bit of incremental difficulty. - When all issues have been addressed the counter shows "+" in stead of "1". - Added pop up text when not enough stability to change immigration. - Added some pop up text in the region mode. - Faster fund transfers.

Bug Fixes

- Destroying a monorail was causing some tiles to disappear. - The dropdown list in the fund menu was showing the same city several times. - It was possible to build reserves on top of each other and above other buildings. - Tourist buildings were always connected to a road even if not. - Region map editor was not saving the maps in some situations. - Park land value bonus corrected. - Trade balance was displayed red even when positive. - Theme Park shows correct amount of visitors and employees. The windowed mode isn't working once the game is exported to steam, this feature is then considered canceled. If you find any bug please take a moment to report it! You can expect a patch to come up in the next few days.

Many have asked about new updates and the future of the game so here's exactly what I'm working on! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31859631/d9e9c968fae8315cbe54755ddce5bf1e48ac2cb3.jpg About the Space update: The main idea is to get a nice reward when advanced cities start to make a lot of extra cash. Well, I might have been a bit ambitious on that but I'm getting to something a bit more concrete (and doable). https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31859631/ec4c6353f64ca0d5eae024180ae9a62aca945684.jpg We'll be able to build the spaceships from the cities in the region mode. Planets will have to be discovered and then colonized. We'll build and manage self-sustainable colonies, producing resources and sending the profits back to the region, allowing more ships to reach more planets. Each solar system will host one planet, more or less hospitable. The flora and the resources will differ from planet to planet. A part of your cities' population will be send to the new colonies. I know many you have overpopulated maps! This will be pretty light in terms of political content, this is really just a feature for the win. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31859631/ec32d5310e6d1d3f298d5b6b1252497c2b306503.jpg About the Migrations update: This was requested many times and I think this will fit perfectly with the existing mechanics. - We'll be able to deploy the army to disperse the riots, at the cost of a few civil rights points. - Unhappy citizens will try to flee the country. We'll be able to deploy the army to stop them! - Wealthy countries will attract migrants, they'll come by land or by sea and settle by building shanty towns. You'll have the option to use the army to send them back home. We'll have the possibility to build walls in case the flow becomes uncontrollable. Yes, this update is heavier in political content, and controversy. Until then please report any bug you may encounter. I'm trying to answer as many topics as I can, don't hesitate to ask for help if you need too!

The region mode is finally up and running! The new region interface scale things up, all the City-states we create can now work together. The region system is also a great foundation for future updates, the budget each city-state decide to put in common could be used in many ways... https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31859631/104dbfa5d5fbc3cef696fb2c249f426a633326f7.jpg

The region mode

- 20 playable maps (96*96 tiles) - Maps are pre-made, which means that environments are more realistic, biomes are larger and continuous throughout the region. - A new and quicker way to edit maps - Custom regional currency, logo and name. - Custom political background: affect tax collection and approval (a socialist region will prefer strong civil rights while a capitalist region will prefer a high freedom index), things get easier when a governor and its people share the same values! - Regional fund: transfer money from a city-state to the region and from the region to a city-state. Practical to take money from an advanced state to a beginning one to speed things up. This fund will serve in the future for any potential army / space exploration program / shared facilities / ... - Region stats: total population, average unemployment, currency exchange rate ... - Regional bonus growth: the more city-states the higher the bonus. Also depends on the average GDP per capita. This bonus will increase your demand growth (or decrease it if the region is poor and inhospitable). https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31859631/05a8d870a65bcc8f0e41e66c163e181c86e0f537.jpg

Notable changes

- You can now exactly know what's affecting the approval rate by passing your cursor over it. - We can now build multiple airports - The unemployment rate now affects the amount of tax collected! Higher it is the less tax the citizens pay. - The GDP computation has been changed, it's higher, $50,000+ for advanced cities. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31859631/2bbca083d29fdaa3202fa3e19159dc975dd08add.png

Other changes

- The trade capacity has been changed to units in stead of value. It's now the quantity of units exchanged that matters in stead of the goods' value. - The debt interest rate is finally working properly. It's not possible to use it to cheat anymore! - Population and balance are more clearly displayed "100000" => "100,000" - It's easier to unlock the Bazaar - Stats menu shows the proper number of available beds in hotels. - Fixed a bug that allowed negative sales tax - Fixed a bug that could ge tus more than 100 Civil Rights - Fixed a bug that was hiding the effects of the utility policy in the legislation list. - Tooltip when you try to change the tax rate without having enough stability points. Most of the bugs that I was able to fix were reported by you! Thank you! This update increased the code size by 50%, which is huge, so if you find anything weird again please report it so I can upload a patch quickly.

Citystate is now available on Mac! But that's not all, update 1.2.1 brings 13 new parks and new indicators for commercial and industrial development.

New Parks

We can now choose among 24 options to beautify our cities. Among the 13 new parks, 2 have to be unlocked. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31859631/235439d92598b8e043d5b87f02a9879986f78556.png

Demand indicators

I've added 2 new indicators next to the demand bars. They tell us what's the maximum possible stage commercial and industrial buildings can reach up to according to the state of the economy. When passing your cursor over them it shows what's limiting the building growth. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31859631/0dab7d3677351507815f29c71897c2093a5ba3f7.png

Other changes

- It's now easier to get higher stage commercial buildings. Still, it is advised to plan your city thoughtfully, don't fill the map with high density residential areas if the unemployment rate is already high. Investments made in housing and new companies are in concurrence, investments will go into the housing market first if you have too many high density housing lots. - When continuing after the end of the tutorial, normal help messages were dismissed. This is not the case anymore. Plus, if your city was built upon the tutorial the new update will add back the help messages. - Reopening an issue to change a policy now requires 10 stability points. - The census tool will now tell you the reason why farms don't develop. - Some texts were cut with the census tool. - Some improvements to the tutorial where people could stay stuck at certain steps. - The legislation window won't overlap with other menus anymore. - One of the beach sprite was not properly aligned with the terrain. - One of the upper class stage 7 building has been changed. - When placing parks, the cursor appropriately turns red or green and follow your mouse. - Numbers in the debt window are now rounded. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31859631/598045e566c9e246261e5170c355f51712299e19.jpg

We made it! This is finally the end of the experimental versions, a significant milestone in Citystate’s development. Since its first release Citystate has doubled in size, both in content and in possibilities. And once again a bunch of new things come with this new update! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31859631/22f7732fdd525d8caa65b1c5010abf3231dacf7e.jpg

1. Additions to the issue system

- The issues reveal all the consequences after choosing a policy (approval, education, health, security, environment…) - We can see and compare all the consequences of all passed issues in the legislation window. - The difference between the effect on the approval rate and the economic growth is now clear. I hope not to hear “oh! why does the lower class disliked more subsidies?!” in the future. - The advisors give hints with each issue. They can either support a certain option, explain the mechanics behind the options or predict some of the consequences. The content of the advices differs according to the team you choose. - We can now choose the advisory team when creating a State. Still the same two teams: one is more inclined to capitalism and the other one to socialism. - We can freely switch team at the cost of 40 stability points. Each option has a specific effect on the approval rate, this effect disappears over time. The figure is displayed before choosing a policy. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31859631/e58fe50bc0c70a416e1289bde27d67e00eed5605.jpg https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31859631/3a9d75ea0b7a915f0a98a6e36396bf6d499608ef.jpg

2. New options for socialists and capitalists

- 3 state-owned factories can now be built - The factories will produce manufactured goods by using local minerals. - The production will be reduced if you don’t have enough workforce or resources. - Mines can be either privatized or owned by the government. Both options come with different perks.

3. New option menu

- The game finally remembers your settings. - Support of 16/10 resolution. - AUTO SAVE ! - Hide the interface, set scroll speed, turn off some graphics elements, set the - FX and Music volume, ...

4. Other majors additions

- Commercial density options (3). - A brand new stats menu with a custom graph and 22 new rates. - There are 7 little question mark bubbles giving information about the main indicators. - A new design for the mountains and deeper water tiles. - A third and faster speed option. - A new question is asked when creating a new State replacing the one about tax. - The water tool has been entirely reprogrammed. The game doesn’t lag anymore, at all, when destroying or placing new water tiles. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31859631/66102c04d7ae1c5f8acb95bba7a5af345ff71ab5.jpg

5. Changes on the economy

- Inequalities and population decrease the security score. - The sales tax now impact the middle and upper class growth. - The working population is a bit smaller (catching with real world data). - Taxes from the low class and middle class earn a bit more revenue. - The prices of gold and manufactured goods is more advantageous. - Factories now have a negative impact on the nearby land value.

6. Other minor changes and additions

- Many menus were redesigned to a darker a fancier style. - New title screen background + options button. - 10 new banner help messages and rewriting of the others. - Many typos have been corrected. - Bug when destroying a reserve fixed (@crassus) - Sales Tax Button bug fixed (@crassus) - Loading Cursor - Things I forgot to take note of, again. - Pushing “9” will display the old not-politically-correct-enough stats menu. - Pushing “8” creates new boats for Marinas and “7” creates helicopters.

It took 2 days more than expected but it's here: bigger maps, sandbox and tycoon mod, step by step tutorial and a refreshed title screen! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31859631/6b45c3fa82629908a5f10723385a4ffe37758f54.jpg

Bigger Maps

- 3 options: 64*64; 96*96; 128*128 For reference maps were 75*75 before. (One tile is 50m*50m. In SimCity 4 tiles are 16m*16m with the biggest maps being 256*256, that is 4km large. The biggest map in Citystate is now 6.4km large!) - Please be aware that the biggest option will run slowly on old computers. Generating massive maps will also take longer. - The minimap disappear automatically after 5 seconds if no interaction. This saves up to 40% of CPU usage.

New Game Mods

- Sandbox: unlimited money and no politics (no issues, no government type, no government buildings). - Tycoon: no politics (no issues, no government type, no government buildings).

Tutorial for beginners

- A quick, step by step tutorial to help beginners getting familiar with the game. It introduces the main mechanics and how the economy works.

Changelog

- New title screen! - Lower tax rates at start - Stability points were not visible if at 100% - Faces were inverted in the advisory board - We cannot indefinitely zoom out with the keyboard anymore, max mouse wheel zoom out increased. - Forest are faster to place in map editor.

Coming Next:

Citystate will be repriced in 10 days at $14.99. Update 1.2.0 should get live on June, Tuesday 12. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31859631/7d3804de9b0d0a02c815418708a91661338a5a37.png

A second huge update just went live! Commercial zones and tourist buildings! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31859631/19d824b7bc999e2bd26b335b115e757f45335510.jpg

Commercial Zones

- Small shops evolve into office buildings and then skyscrapers throughout 6 stages. - Provide sales tax revenues to the government. The sales tax rate can be changed along the other income tax rates. - Require sufficient available workforce. - Require middle demand for early stages and middle plus upper demand for higher stages. - A good quality of life and high land value will boost its development. - Can provide a couple of thousands of jobs at stage 6.

Tourism

- We can now build 3 activity buildings for tourism: beach, ski slope and natural reserve. - Activities will earn tax revenue according to tourist frequency. - To come to the city, tourists need hotels and activities. - Hotels can grow on commercial lots (that are at stage 3). - Hotels evolve in 3 stages.

Notable changes

- We can now build while in pause. - New road tool, making road lines automatically. - Unemployment plays a more important role, a high rate will significantly decrease the middle and upper income growth and increase the low income growth. - Maintenance costs have been changed and harmonized. It's now called "public utilities", costs depend of quantity of occupants/employees per building. The census tool gives all the data. - Parks' land value effect doubled. - It's now possible to take a loan before getting to 2,000 citizens. - Guide and top banner messages updated.

Other changes

- Slightly faster map generation. - Faster and less noisy drilling. - Less employees in farms. - Stage 2 of upper class houses need medium density lots. - Government buildings and special buildings costs showed in one line in the budget. - Improvements and bug correction of the census tool. - Improvements and bug correction of the interface buttons. - Slums also have public utilities spendings. - Improved map editor buttons. - Water tiles were not always properly merging. - Higher stages of industry now require high land value to evolve. - Mining window now show deposit quantity. - The theme park can attract 10,000 tourists (if enough beds available in hotels) - The blue crane logo was sometimes stuck. - Some government buildings could be hidden under the ground... - Industry land value was not properly computed. - Unemployment in statistics window was always at "00". - Each road placed gives 3 points of trade capacity. - The pause banner was getting stuck after saving. - Trade capacity computation was wrong. - Seaports were not costing any money... - The natural reserve gives 8 environment points.

COMING NEXT:

The commercial update was the last "content" update for Citystate. The next two updates will bring new game mods, a tutorial, other comfort features like the option menu and information tools (stats, info bubbles, ...). The core mechanics of the game won't evolve too much from now on. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31859631/a1e6a33bdd71c01f2e49e8e879f98a8acda1eb0c.png

The most ambitious update ever made for Citystate just went live! We can now grow industries in our cities! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31859631/f813f50bf6a296e19ce72f9815d00a8562050e84.jpg

Industrial Zones

- Industries evolve through 6 stages from basic manufactures to tech companies. - Require sufficient available workforce. - Require sufficient trade capacity (with ports and road connections). - The education score and the land value allow the evolution from stage to stage. - Basic factories require low and middle demand whether advanced stages require middle and upper demand. - Industries use minerals and export manufactured goods. - The number of employees tends to decrease when factories shift to automation (stage 4-5).

Trade Capacity

Agriculture and industries need to be able to export their production. For that purpose we can now build ports and road connections. When we trade more than the infrastructure can handle the industries will decay.

Workforce and jobs

- Mines, Government Buildings, Arcologies, Special Buildings and industries create jobs. - A lack of workforce will let industries to decay. - A high rate of unemployment will lower the approval rate. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31859631/d549ae8823f6250ff70d1599519ca0582590d93e.jpg

Changelog

- Abandoned buildings show reason of abandonment. - Loans reimbursement lasts for 8 years in stead of 4 (smaller monthly amount to pay) - Land value effect from monument is now computed. - Only one red light district appear in stead of 3. - Help and advisors messages have been updated. - New UI icons. - A few things I forgot to take note of. Compatibility - Is compatible with version 1.1.1, less compatible with older versions. - I recommend to start a city from scratch, this update brings big changes to the core mechanics, your big old city might not really like it. Please report bugs! Coming next... 1.1.3 https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31859631/c58672aa56a6a73d9247d8521096aa5f12c90994.png

Here it is, right on time: the government update! A total of 12 buildings to choose from, adding more customization to your City-States and granting new possibilities. https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31859631/44d087ee8d2e7e2a7d928b1441d11de80af3a807.jpg

Government Buildings:

- Official Residence : 4 options From a humble wood cabin to an underground bunker, we can now choose the best suited residence to our governor's taste and need. Unlocks with 3,000 citizens. - Congress : 2 options Senators + Deputies? Or Deputies only? If you believe having less elected people will make things more efficient so go for the unicameral building! Unlocks with 30,000 citizens. - Administration : 2 options A heavy bureaucracy will make sure that everyone pays its due and that no one gets any favors, at least in principle. Go for a lighter bureaucratic structure if you don't believe in the power of the administration. Unlocks with 70,000 citizens. - Monuments : 4 special landmarks to unlock Socialist regime, democracies, oligarchies and anarchies can finally get their own emblematic building!

Change log:

- The UI has been refreshed! - Taxes provide slightly more revenues. - Prices of goods can vary in a wider range. - The spaceship program with public funding has been fixed. (reported by the community!) - Loading an empty slot or a corrupted file doesn't freeze the game anymore. (reported by the community!) - Parts of the UI and some buildings were disappearing when pushing numeral keys.

Coming Next:

Change of plan for the next update!! I'm preparing something more exciting than what was scheduled, stay tuned!

It's finally here! The complete schedule of the upcoming new features! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31859631/ef0961a2cc50200bdff355ae45cd3a6e09e7c097.png Three main ideas guiding the next updates: - Making the governing system more realistic, adding options and more customization. With each government building will come two or more option that will change its design and its influence on the State. We'll be able to choose this freely for the residence and the congress while the Admin HQ and monument will unlock certain style and perks according to our government type. - Offering new alternatives to make money and new opportunities to diversify the city. Tourists will increase the State's revenue by bringing foreign currencies to the economy and boosting local businesses. The tourism economy is a bit less straightforward than laying down gold mines, you'll need to build a city nice enough for them to visit. - Improving the perception and transparency of the mechanics. Among other things, the approval rate will be broke down by social class and displayed apart from population growth so popularity and population growth won't be mistaken anymore (hopefully). Lastly, as a personal note, I want to thank everyone that has been engaged in the community, I'm very grateful to all of you that took the time to report bugs or that has shared feedback, it has been greatly useful to improve Citystate and to boost my motivation to put up new updates regularly, thank you! Planned features are not all set in stone, new suggestions are still welcome!

Edited: May 16th It's finally here! The complete schedule of the upcoming new features! https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31859631/c58672aa56a6a73d9247d8521096aa5f12c90994.png Three main ideas guiding the next updates: - Making the governing system more realistic, adding options and more customization. With each government building will come two or more option that will change its design and its influence on the State. We'll be able to choose this freely for the residence and the congress while the Admin HQ and monument will unlock certain style and perks according to our government type. - Offering new alternatives to make money and new opportunities to diversify the city. Tourists will increase the State's revenue by bringing foreign currencies to the economy and boosting local businesses. The tourism economy is a bit less straightforward than laying down gold mines, you'll need to build a city nice enough for them to visit. - Improving the perception and transparency of the mechanics. Among other things, the approval rate will be broke down by social class and displayed apart from population growth so popularity and population growth won't be mistaken anymore (hopefully). Lastly, as a personal note, I want to thank everyone that has been engaged in the community, I'm very grateful to all of you that took the time to report bugs or that has shared feedback, it has been greatly useful to improve Citystate and to boost my motivation to put up new updates regularly, thank you! Planned features are not all set in stone, new suggestions are still welcome!

The fourth update just went live! Includes: performance tweaks, bug fixes and a few economic adjustments. The 4 weeks 4 updates plan is finally complete so a new cycle can begin! Bigger updates are coming up for the next two months with two goals: - Diversifying the means to earn money. - Adding new features to the governing system. The new roadmap will be published this week.

1.1.0 - Changelog

- Less repetitive tutorial messages. - Tutorial really is dismissed when getting 100.000 citizens. - The public housings cannot decay and don't show a growth stage anymore. - Waters at the edges of the map appear properly. - Performance optimization for bigger cities. - Spaceship launch with the private investors choice is no more offset. - We can now destroy the arcologies. - When all issues have been answered, new issues are not adding up anymore. - We can't change a policy with less than 30 stability points anymore. - The monorail negative capacity bug is fixed. Your old bugged tiles have to be destroyed and rebuilt. - The executive council is not showing the welcome message after loading a game anymore. - UI building selection cursors have been improved. - Commodity prices are a bit more volatile. - The social housing menu button has been fixed. - Monorail station is not showing "4 lane road" when selected. - Social mobility has been slightly boosted. - Having a monorail now helps to improve the environment score. - Houses built upon farms are now growing normally. - Desired land values have been rectified - We can build farmlands upon forests without having to clear everything first.

The fourth update just went live! Includes: performance tweaks, bug fixes and a few economic adjustments. The 4 weeks 4 updates plan is finally complete so a new cycle can begin! Bigger updates are coming up for the next two months with two goals: - Diversifying the means to earn money. - Adding new features to the governing system. The new roadmap will be published this week.

1.1.0 - Changelog

- Less repetitive tutorial messages. - Tutorial really is dismissed when getting 100.000 citizens. - The public housings cannot decay and don't show a growth stage anymore. - Waters at the edges of the map appear properly. - Performance optimization for bigger cities. - Spaceship launch with the private investors choice is no more offset. - We can now destroy the arcologies. - When all issues have been answered, new issues are not adding up anymore. - We can't change a policy with less than 30 stability points anymore. - The monorail negative capacity bug is fixed. Your old bugged tiles have to be destroyed and rebuilt. - The executive council is not showing the welcome message after loading a game anymore. - UI building selection cursors have been improved. - Commodity prices are a bit more volatile. - The social housing menu button has been fixed. - Monorail station is not showing "4 lane road" when selected. - Social mobility has been slightly boosted. - Having a monorail now helps to improve the environment score. - Houses built upon farms are now growing normally. - Desired land values have been rectified - We can build farmlands upon forests without having to clear everything first.

A third major update bringing more content! http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31859631/8b142770664885bc06f5d3741b17e6981cb580a6.gif

Monorail

- A new transit system providing small, suspended, high-speed vehicles for the most populous cities. Available at start but quite costly. - The passenger capacity will increase when adding up stations throughout the city. - Can be built upon any type of roads but prevent further road upgrades. - Traffic capacity is still computed at the road level, the census tool is still helpful to get the details.

Public Housing

- 2 new buildings under the Ploppable menu to provide social housing to your citizens. - This will help slowing down the spread of informal settlements. - Unlock with a Civil Rights index higher than 50 (libertarian States don't provide public housing, do they?).

Red-light District

- If prostitution is fully legal in your State, a new building should appear somewhere downtown! - This will unlock a new steam achievement.

Bug fixes

- The tariff issue now works normally. - Roads exceeding their traffic capacity have a more negative impact on the land value. - "Social mobility" has a stronger effect on the demands. For instance, having a negative low-income growth will decrease the middle-income growth - this is even more impactful for the most market oriented economies. - Global growth speed has been slightly reduced especially for cities with over 100k citizens. - Issues can be reopen for 30 stability points even when all issues have been answered and even without any issue points. - Destruction animations were being played twice. - Fully compatible with older saves - New buildings added since 1.0.4 will show up on older saves too. - Once updated, the title screen will show 1.0.6 at the bottom. Present your City-State on the forum! > Embassies

A third major update bringing more content! http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31859631/8b142770664885bc06f5d3741b17e6981cb580a6.gif

Monorail

- A new transit system providing small, suspended, high-speed vehicles for the most populous cities. Available at start but quite costly. - The passenger capacity will increase when adding up stations throughout the city. - Can be built upon any type of roads but prevent further road upgrades. - Traffic capacity is still computed at the road level, the census tool is still helpful to get the details.

Public Housing

- 2 new buildings under the Ploppable menu to provide social housing to your citizens. - This will help slowing down the spread of informal settlements. - Unlock with a Civil Rights index higher than 50 (libertarian States don't provide public housing, do they?).

Red-light District

- If prostitution is fully legal in your State, a new building should appear somewhere downtown! - This will unlock a new steam achievement.

Bug fixes

- The tariff issue now works normally. - Roads exceeding their traffic capacity have a more negative impact on the land value. - "Social mobility" has a stronger effect on the demands. For instance, having a negative low-income growth will decrease the middle-income growth - this is even more impactful for the most market oriented economies. - Global growth speed has been slightly reduced especially for cities with over 100k citizens. - Issues can be reopen for 30 stability points even when all issues have been answered and even without any issue points. - Destruction animations were being played twice. - Fully compatible with older saves - New buildings added since 1.0.4 will show up on older saves too. - Once updated, the title screen will show 1.0.6 at the bottom. Present your City-State on the forum! > Embassies

The second update just went live!

Executive Council

- A complete in-game guidance system giving tips about good governance and the game mechanics. - 6 advisors that will change according to the freedom index giving "capitalist" advices with an index above 70 and "democrat" advices below 70.

Map Filters

- 2 new buttons above the minimap to color the map according to traffic and/or land value.

Changing a policy

- We can now change the legislation afterwards without all of them having to be discovered first. - Changing a policy will cost 30 stability points. Compatibility with saved game: - Fully compatible - Once updated, the title screen will show 1.0.5 at the bottom.

Coming next week...

- Elevated railway: an upgrade for roads with a highest traffic capacity. - 2 new buildings to unlock: Resort/Casino, Stadium. - Social housing (ploppable) As always, your feedback and bug reports are much appreciated! On a personal note, please keep in mind that Citystate is made by a one-man team, I'm reading all of your comments with attention but cannot always answer. Updating and pushing the game further is my top priority for now! 4 weeks / 4 updates - Roadmap http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31859631/c8ad6fdd077c5c5d6e0fb5d5f8c00eb555e965b3.jpg

The second update just went live!

Executive Council

- A complete in-game guidance system giving tips about good governance and the game mechanics. - 6 advisors that will change according to the freedom index giving "capitalist" advices with an index above 70 and "democrat" advices below 70.

Map Filters

- 2 new buttons above the minimap to color the map according to traffic and/or land value.

Changing a policy

- We can now change the legislation afterwards without all of them having to be discovered first. - Changing a policy will cost 30 stability points. Compatibility with saved game: - Fully compatible - Once updated, the title screen will show 1.0.5 at the bottom.

Coming next week...

- Elevated railway: an upgrade for roads with a highest traffic capacity. - 2 new buildings to unlock: Resort/Casino, Stadium. - Social housing (ploppable) As always, your feedback and bug reports are much appreciated! On a personal note, please keep in mind that Citystate is made by a one-man team, I'm reading all of your comments with attention but cannot always answer. Updating and pushing the game further is my top priority for now! 4 weeks / 4 updates - Roadmap http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31859631/c8ad6fdd077c5c5d6e0fb5d5f8c00eb555e965b3.jpg

This is the first chapter of the "4 weeks 4 updates"!

3 new buildings to unlock

- Airport: gives a boost to the upper class growth - Theme Park: raises the level of quality of life - University: helps to increase the education score

Improved trade system

- Dynamic commodity price: goes up when you have to import a lot, goes down when you export a lot. Influenced by the stock market index too. - Minerals are now exhaustible: each mine has a finite amount of ressources.

Fixes

- Issues add up more often - Middle income households have more chance to move in. - Help messages about traffic capacity and slums have been fixed. - Bankrupt has been fixed. - Bonds amount is no more doubled. - It's not possible to build anything anymore when running out of cash. - Minors UI changes and fixes. Compatibility with saved games: - New buildings are only available with new games. - Previous States relying heavily on exports will suffer a bit. - Once updated, the title screen will show 1.0.4 at the bottom.

Coming next week...

- In-game complete guidance and advices, (on a distinct window on the right side). This will explain causes and effects of most things and how the mechanics are interconnected. - Map filters: showing land value and traffic. - More details in the legislation results window (explanatory more than revelatory). 4 weeks 4 updates - Roadmap http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31859631/6a750243cf99759422295028a35f4531fa3302bd.gif

This is the first chapter of the "4 weeks 4 updates"!

3 new buildings to unlock

- Airport: gives a boost to the upper class growth - Theme Park: raises the level of quality of life - University: helps to increase the education score

Improved trade system

- Dynamic commodity price: goes up when you have to import a lot, goes down when you export a lot. Influenced by the stock market index too. - Minerals are now exhaustible: each mine has a finite amount of ressources.

Fixes

- Issues add up more often - Middle income households have more chance to move in. - Help messages about traffic capacity and slums have been fixed. - Bankrupt has been fixed. - Bonds amount is no more doubled. - It's not possible to build anything anymore when running out of cash. - Minors UI changes and fixes. Compatibility with saved games: - New buildings are only available with new games. - Previous States relying heavily on exports will suffer a bit. - Once updated, the title screen will show 1.0.4 at the bottom.

Coming next week...

- In-game complete guidance and advices, (on a distinct window on the right side). This will explain causes and effects of most things and how the mechanics are interconnected. - Map filters: showing land value and traffic. - More details in the legislation results window (explanatory more than revelatory). 4 weeks 4 updates - Roadmap http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31859631/6a750243cf99759422295028a35f4531fa3302bd.gif

A first patch to address most of the bugs and some of the reported flaws! Your feedback will be appreciated.

Fixed:

- Tutorial messages are displayed properly and entirely. - "Effect on population growth" added to the legislation results (results seem to be confusing, these are the effects on the growth of each class, not their approval). - Houses check for road connection faster. - Road selection tool remembers last picked type. - It's now possible to downgrade the road type. - Road selection tool show "2-lane" "4-lane" "6-lane" in stead of "Highways". - Spaceship offset from space center fixed. - It's not possible to issue negative bonds anymore.

Upcoming add-ons, roadmap:

I'll push for pretty big updates for the next 4 weeks. Week 1: More content 1 (airport, university, theme park) + better trade system + linux version + a few bug fixes Week 2: Improved UX 1 (better tutorial, more details on how things work) Week 3: More content 2 (elevated railway + resort/casino, stadium) Week 4: Improved UX 2 (more stats (charts?), traffic and land value filters, other players' requests). Updates will get live every Thursday! (Edited February 25th)

A first patch to address most of the bugs and some of the reported flaws! Your feedback will be appreciated.

Fixed:

- Tutorial messages are displayed properly and entirely. - "Effect on population growth" added to the legislation results (results seem to be confusing, these are the effects on the growth of each class, not their approval). - Houses check for road connection faster. - Road selection tool remembers last picked type. - It's now possible to downgrade the road type. - Road selection tool show "2-lane" "4-lane" "6-lane" in stead of "Highways". - Spaceship offset from space center fixed. - It's not possible to issue negative bonds anymore.

Upcoming add-ons, roadmap:

I'll push for pretty big updates for the next 4 weeks. Week 1: More content 1 (airport, university, theme park) + better trade system + linux version + a few bug fixes Week 2: Improved UX 1 (better tutorial, more details on how things work) Week 3: More content 2 (elevated railway + resort/casino, stadium) Week 4: Improved UX 2 (more stats (charts?), traffic and land value filters, other players' requests). Updates will get live every Thursday! (Edited February 25th)

Achievements

20 achievements have been integrated to the game! Unique governance styles are rewarded just like the most populous, chaotic or utopian states.

In-game Guidance

We have also added more advices to help you focus on what matters the most during the first hours of gameplay. The amount of displayed information can be overwhelming at first sight so we want to make sure you have at least the basic guidance to cope with the difficulties of the simulator. For the more experienced players and the ones aiming at mastering the game in all its aspects the best and most detailed advices are available on our website. How to take political decisions? How does the economy work?

Demographics

We have also revamped the stats window by adding more details for each social class. You'll now be able to identify more clearly what is affecting the growth of your nation and understand the consequences of your actions as well. http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31859631/52217222b88901e88ba04a06de8b8003b9948f8d.jpg http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31859631/402b212ca167958654c11ede5899624420285c82.jpg

Achievements

20 achievements have been integrated to the game! Unique governance styles are rewarded just like the most populous, chaotic or utopian states.

In-game Guidance

We have also added more advices to help you focus on what matters the most during the first hours of gameplay. The amount of displayed information can be overwhelming at first sight so we want to make sure you have at least the basic guidance to cope with the difficulties of the simulator. For the more experienced players and the ones aiming at mastering the game in all its aspects the best and most detailed advices are available on our website. How to take political decisions? How does the economy work?

Demographics

We have also revamped the stats window by adding more details for each social class. You'll now be able to identify more clearly what is affecting the growth of your nation and understand the consequences of your actions as well. http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31859631/52217222b88901e88ba04a06de8b8003b9948f8d.jpg http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31859631/402b212ca167958654c11ede5899624420285c82.jpg

Marinas

Marinas and boats have been added to the parks option, they have a great effect on nearby land value and only unlock when the city gets enough upper class families.

Space Program

One of the 40 available issues gives you the chance to start a space exploration program. Whether you decide the State should fund the program or just let private companies handle it, the space center facility will unlock. When sufficient capital has been raised a space shuttle will be launched! To know more about all the features and mechanics of the game you may want to check our website! http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31859631/a1f6d8b6e760cafcac5e2c7835134b197abde973.gif

Marinas

Marinas and boats have been added to the parks option, they have a great effect on nearby land value and only unlock when the city gets enough upper class families.

Space Program

One of the 40 available issues gives you the chance to start a space exploration program. Whether you decide the State should fund the program or just let private companies handle it, the space center facility will unlock. When sufficient capital has been raised a space shuttle will be launched! To know more about all the features and mechanics of the game you may want to check our website! http://cdn.edgecast.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/31859631/a1f6d8b6e760cafcac5e2c7835134b197abde973.gif