With this update I would like to show you the Progress Timeline UI, which is where you will be acquiring Inventions and signing Laws in Times of Progress.

The overall idea is that there will be new Inventions and Laws available following a timeline from 1800 to 1900, which is where the game takes place. These upgrades mirror real-life technological and legal advancement from the 19th century.

Here is how the UI looks:

And here is an assortment of the kind of upgrades available (click to enlarge):

Some upgrades will be dependent on a previous upgrade being acquired or signed, and all upgrades will depend on having reached their year along the timeline.

However, you will be able to spend Research and Political Points to make these upgrades happen sooner. This represents your city's scientists and lawmakers contributing to the global community with their research so that these inventions and laws happen sooner, for the greater good!

This will mean that upgrade nodes in the Progress Timeline UI will move upwards, so as a player you will also have agency over the upgrade tree and have more strategic choices to make when it comes to spending your hard earned Research and Political Points. Will you invest on making fewer upgrades happen sooner or will you wait and use the points to acquire more upgrades when they naturally become available?

Do you have any questions or feedback about this feature?

I would love to hear from you. Feel free to comment on this announcement, get in touch with the methods listed in the footer or send an email to: [email protected]

Times of Progress is part of Be a Hero! Comic Con Stuttgart Steam Event!

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