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Steam page has been updated, help us translate it!
Hi, Lucas here! We're looking for volunteers to help translate the Steam page into other languages! Join our Discord to help out! The Steam page has been updated, some attention was given especially to the "About this G…
Dev Diary - War and Conquest (Part II - Timelines)
“With the Celtiberians and the Cimbrians we fought as with deadly enemies, not to determine which should be supreme, but which should survive; but with the Latins, Sabines, Samnites, Carthaginians, and Pyrrhus we fought…
Dev Diary - War and Conquest (Part I - Concept)
“The highest ambition of our magistrates and generals was to defend our provinces and allies with justice and honour. And so our government could be called more accurately a protectorate of the world than a dominion. ”…
Dev Diary - Provincial Administration (Part II - Prototype)
Today we’ll take a look at the province administration prototype. I decided to create it separately from the main game in order to get player feedback more quickly. This prototype is playable right now, but available ex…
Dev Diary - Provincial Administration (Part I - High Concept)
"Exert yourself in every direction to earn men's good word, not with a view to rival others, but to surpass yourself." — Cicero’s advice to his brother Quintus, who had become governor of Asia (Cicero, Ad Quintum Fratre…
Dev Diary: Character Personalities
Dev Diary – Character Personalities Hi, Lucas here! This will be a focused diary on a very specific thing: personality. People seem to like personality theory, considering the popularity of the MBTI personality test and…
Dev Diary: Internal Politics, Part 1
Dev Diary – Internal Politics, Part 1 Let's talk internal politics of Rome! This diary presents Motions, focusing on two types: triumphs and trials. These were two mechanisms through which the internal politics of Rome…
Dev Diary: Marriage & Hierarchy
Diary – Marriage & Hierarchy Hey, Lucas here! Today we’re gonna look at social status and social mobility in Historia Realis, in particular two institutions through which elite Romans achieved and maintained their posit…
Dev Diary: Vice and Virtue
Diary – Vice and Virtue Harmony makes small things grow; the lack of harmony makes great things decay. – Sallust Hi! Lucas here. Today I’d like to introduce a few special resources that characters have in Historia Reali…
Dev Diary: Deep SImulation
Hi! Lucas here. This will be another more general dev diary. I am currently making a lot of fast iterating on the design of Historia Realis, and as such I don’t want to ‘commit’ to those design decisions by writing abou…
Dev Diary: Emergent Stories
Hi! I'm Lucas, creator of Historia Realis: Rome. Today I’m gonna talk a bit about the vision for Historia Realis. We're gonna get theoretical rather than practical, and look at the big picture. If you want to see more s…
Dev Diary: Action System
Hi! I'm Lucas, creator of Historia Realis: Rome. For this relaunch of the dev diaries, I'm going to cover the core mechanic of Historia Realis: the action system, which is the beating heart of the game. It was designed…
Dev Stream
Woah! You can watch me make the game! Cool!
