Honored Magistrates! We’ve just screened a new trailer during the F5 Games Show, giving everyone a glimpse of the new content that we’ve added to Ballads of Hongye during the most recent phase of development. If you missed out on the live broadcast, you can simply click the playback link below to view the trailer. It’s been two months since we last gave you a progress update. Once we had released the June Demo and collated all of the very useful feedback we received, we planned out the next phase of the game’s development. It should almost go without saying just how much we appreciate all the feedback you gave us, but we’d like to say it all the same, we really couldn’t do this without you. Our latest plans include a great deal of content that is still under development and unfortunately wasn’t ready for inclusion in the latest trailer, so we still thought it would be fun to fill you in on a few details.
Dev Plans
Key Features:
-New gameplay elements: Hongye has various challenges and gameplay elements; providing a different and unique experiences at each level. The existing system also expanded with new gameplay mechanics such as "publicity campaigns" so you can immerse yourself in Hongye more while wearing the mantle of a ruler. You will order your workers to hang banners and posters and ride your horse to large avenues and give public speeches to spread your achievements to gain a positive standing with the citizens while improving the external reputation of Hongye county at the same time. Let your people know more about you and acknowledge your magnificent achievements in person.
-New advisers: Make your own cabinet of famous advisers to perfect your rule. The new famous advisers include but not limited to: Li Bai, the famous poet who is bold enough to refuse the emperor, or Mr. Wolong who is never afraid to take up responsibility. You may find famous and historical characters all over Hongye. Sometimes you will chase them, sometimes they will chase you and offer their services. Peasants might be content with peace alone but malevolent forces are always at work, so you have to pay attention to your relationship with advisers, managing their salary and happiness levels. They might become your guardian angels, help you mitigate the impact of scandalous events, or your harbingers of doom, by suing and taking you to court and ruining your reputation and disputing your claims.
-New disasters: Variety of disasters are improved. On top of previous urban and natural disasters, now there may be Tornado spanning the entire map, bringing in refugees and outlaws from eight different zones which may be affected by it. Your crisis management skills will be tested in a trial of fire. Devise your best strategy to turn the odds in your favor!
-New buildings: Refresh yourself at the "Leisure Square" while the sun is setting down, hit the "Soccer Field" to watch an exciting competition, browse through antiques and curiosities in the "Museum". Further decorate your city with a variety of flowers and sculptures, as well as new fantastic, spectacular buildings. Enjoy your vast catalog of constructables!
-Depth, improved story: During your advancements in Hongye county, you will discover clues and stories about people and places, piece together the past of Hongye and villainous forces that are still affecting it today. You will realize your true mission and identity as you move forward.
-Improved performance and optimization: More stable client and several improvements on optimisation. We are continuously working on bringing you the most stable, seamless experience.
In the comings days and weeks, we will be announcing a series of further updates, giving you dates for when you can expect to hear more about the content we’re working on, times when you’ll receive updates on our progress. Why not hop across and join us on our Discord server, that’s where you’ll not only receive the most up-to-the-minute information, it’s where you can let us know what you think about the game as it stands and share your thoughts on the new content we’re developing with us directly.
Hello Magistrates! This year's F5 Games Show will begin at 4.30 am on Friday, July 29th (PDT), and we'll be there, offering up a sneak peek at some of the content we've been developing for 'Ballads of Hongye'. Never-before-seen buildings, new story content, and all-new gameplay mechanics; we can't tell you more right now, you're just going to have to wait for the show!
If that somehow wasn't enough, we're also taking part in the Steam Survival Fest event that will be beginning at 10 am on Monday, August 1st (PDT). During the Fest, we'll be offering a slew of fun rewards to the players on our Discord server and filling everybody in about the progress that we've been making on the game. Why not join the 2000+ players who have already joined the Discord server and let us know what you think about the features we're announcing?
Hello Magistrate, "Great Scenes of Hongye" and "Hongye Speedrun" events which we have started during the Steam Next-Fest has finally come to a successful end after two weeks!
During this time, a lot of excellent works emerged within our community, and the duration of the Hongye Speedrun was reduced to mere seconds down from tens of minutes. We are really impressed by your creativity and planning. Although the event is finished, you can still visit our Discord to check related event channel to view the speedrun videos for competitors, maybe you will find a way to do it even faster.
'Hongye Speedrun" ranking has been already announced, and the three players for "Great Scenes from Hongye" are now in the final voting stage! Please check our Twitter to like your favorite submisson as the rankings will be determined by number of likes!
Hello Magistrate! We have come to the end of our demo period which will be over by June 27, 10:00 PDT along with "Hongye Speedrun" and "Great Scenes from Hongye" events. In these events, a number of players have demonstrated their skill with outstanding achievements, and we are glad to see all the videos and wonderful screenshots from everyone in these competitions.
Let's check some statistics for the demo together. - 10,000 demo downloads - 1,500 questionnaire responses, - More than 1,00,000 times challenged We sincerely thank everyone who has tried the demo and shared their most valuable opinions and suggestions. Media outlets and influencers deserve our appreciation too, since they helped us to spread the news about Hongye and showcased our effort and hardwork we put into the game for our players to see.
Of course, no demo is perfect and we still had a lot of criticism in this period. Our next step is to take your suggestions and feedback as a basis and act on it. Hongye will be a much better place soon thanks to all your feedback. Don't forget to join our Discord and keep in touch with us.
Even if it rains continuously, the sun will shine in the end, and birds of Hongye will sing in unison for its Magistrate's return. Maybe we will have a surprise for you in July.
1. Fixed the problem that when the Adviser's House is selected in Hongye County, it was also displayed as 'selected' in West Ridge when you transmit from Hongye to West Ridge 2. Fixed the issue of tutorial bubbles not appearing when you go back to the main menu and start a new game 3. Fixed the incorrect position of the pop-up tips from Design Institute 4. Fixed the incorrect display of the medal icon for time, on the Hongye Construction Document 5. Fixed the problem that the building cards you acquired previously are displayed as new cards when checking their details in the blueprint interface.
Demo Patch Notes [06.20.2022]
Bug Fix:
1. Optimized base buildings' animation resources to reduce stuttering 2. Fixed the causes of several error messages reported earlier 3. Fixed abnormal display of the Hongye Construction Documents interface 4. Temporarily block the function of Load Game when you play it, you can load it by returning to the Homescreen
Demo Patch Notes [06.16.2022]
Bug Fix:
1. Optimized animation performance of Winter Warehouse during the rain/snow 2. Optimizations for range preview of security buildings 3. The entrance of the surplus interface is now popping up when the mouse hovers over [monthly maintenance surplus] 4. Improved how blueprint development works 5. Optimized attribute descriptions for advisers and several skill descriptions 6. Fixed an issue with advisors' attributes in Hall of Fame, everything should be displayed normally now 7. Fixed the UI disappearance issue when attempting a challenge again after a failure in Hongye County 8. Fixed issue that after the blueprint is ready the interface is forced to close after clicking the "Details" button 9. Fixed problem that the disasters from previous session will appear again when loading another save file or starting a new game 10. Fixed abnormal display of building maintenance fees 11. Reviewer descriptions no longer remains on screen after the panel is closed or switched 12. Fixed abnormal display of advisors' training ability
Demo Patch Note [06.15.2022]
1、Adding new rare building skin, can be obtained through the Skyworks - synthesis function 2、Add a preview of the effective range when dragging the security buildings 3、Fix the problem of screen shaking after opening DLSS, you can open the DLSS function through [Settings]-[Screen] after the update 4、Fix the problem of building function failure after reading the save file 5、Fix the problem of abnormal display of skill value of advisors 6、Fix the problem of abnormal performance of migrating ancient tombs 7、Optimize art building resources to reduce client lag
Demo Patch Notes [06.14.2022]
Bug Fix:
1、Fixed an abnormal animation on Winter Warehouse 2、Fixed an issue with the Design Institute, sometimes interface was disappearing after loading a save game 3、Fixed some abnormal animations on Morgue 4、Fixed the model performance of the Orchard 6、Fixed the abnormal value of month-end surplus details 7、Fixed the the abnormal display of disasters after merging plots 8、Autosave is tuned to work more stable 9、Fixed text overlap during success prompt while a stage is completed and while game is paused 10、Renamed Relax Mode and Challenge Mode 11、Fixed abnormal visuals of the Design Institute after loading a save 12、DLSS is temporarily disabled
"Ballads of Hongye" Next-Fest Dev Stream Now Broadcasting!
Hello Magistrates! Our developer is streaming now! There are including the new buildings, new modes, and some valuable tips on how to get through the game! Maybe it will inspire you to design your cities and establish your rule!
You are welcome to watch and honor us with your presence. Leave your comments on our Steam store homepage or come to our Discord server to contact us directly. Looking forward to talking to you all!
