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Be quick! The demo will conclude on February 12. We will have more exciting details to share on Early Access in the coming months, but we hope you enjoy this slice until then.
Will you be a kind or cruel ruler? It’s time to find out!
DEMO FAQ
What is Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown? Thrive: Heavy Lies the Crown is a medieval fantasy city builder where the decisions you make weigh heavily on the fate of your kingdom. In Nysamor, you and your citizens will transform a settlement into a kingdom, staking your claim on its provinces while meeting the essential needs and demands of your people. A mysterious, devastating force known as the Waelgrim also lurks in these lands, but the Nysians do not fear it. The roaming Grimrot and ruling Wyrmaxans embrace its power, and see it as a gift. As your reign shifts toward a path of Benevolence or Tyranny, you too must decide if the Waelgrim becomes something to be honored…or subdued.- Grow a formidable kingdom, with more than thirty unique buildings and dozens of resources.
- Address the needs of your people and kingdom through events and specializations to reflect your style of rule.
- Amass a grand army and challenge the Grimrot, Wyrmaxans, or other players in RTS combat.
- Compete with friends and foes in multiplayer with up to four players.
- Updated gameplay:
- City Building - Resource Collection - Population Growth - Trade Routes - Combat including NPC combat with Grimrot and Waelbeast - Multiplayer - Waelgrim surges and first Waelbeast encounter - Wyrmaxan AI faction
- Narrative complete up to Act 1 (same as Closed Beta)
- Estimated 10 hours of play time
- Supported languages: English, French, Spanish, German, Russian, Simplified Chinese
- Changes based on beta feedback: - Fixes to the tutorial flow - Multiplayer improvements - Performance optimisation - UI improvements
- Separate builder class: Builders now deliver all resources to construct the build, taking the load off the Stockpile workers. This also allows buildings to be constructed anywhere in a province. - Builders can have townspeople added to the job and removed but it is not part of the priority list on the job menu anymore. - The job menu is now drag and drop using the left mouse click and hold and drag into priority.
- Wyrmaxa Kingdom is now a major threat to the player. Patrols the map, attacks the player, and does not like players building relationships with AI towns. Players can defeat the Wyrmaxa Kingdom, but you best be prepared…
- Adderbeasts will attack your kindgom with Waelgrim surges.
- UI improvements: - Most icons have been adjusted or colorized in some way to be more visible. - Camp worldspace icons are more visible. - The War and Demolish buttons have been separated from the placeables buttons in the Build Bar to more clearly separate their functions. - Updated Event UI for further clarity based on Beta feedback.
- Forty (40) additional buildings
- Twenty (20) more craftable items
- Discovering your path: Benevolence or Tyranny
- Four (4) new classes of citizens once the Benevolent/Tyrannical paths are unlocked (two for each)
- Acts II and III of the main narrative arc, along with Random and Building Specialization events
- Increased military units and options
- And more…
