Notoris 2 : Warlords | Dev Update

Heyo, here’s a quick breakdown of what got done over the past month. This was a systems + UI foundation push, along with some solid gameplay iteration.

Here’s whats changed:

Faction Court System

Built and completed the Faction Court Menu

• View/Assign Faction Leader, Heir, Court Officials

• View faction wide effects of appointments (Faction Wu Xing)

  • *Display is a WIP

Army & Gameplay Mechanics

• Implemented Influence cost for controlling allied units

• Expanded resource systems:

  • Added full gameplay logic for Will (army “mana”)

  • Hooked Will into UI + tooltips

• Added real resource spending logic (AP / Influence, Will in progress)

• Rebalanced all tactics (AP + Will costs)

• Added logic for officers being routed / returning to town (skip a turn)

• Added logic for officer deaths and injuries

• Added:

  • New promotion ranks (6–10)

  • Influence cost reductions tied to rank/admin status

Injury tooltip through DEM Event system framework

Core Systems & Architecture

• Built my own mini UI Framework for displaying dynamic content (moving away from some Unity UI quirks)

• Continued expanding the DEM (data-driven modifier system):

  • Moved rank promotions, loyalty modifiers, and proposal bonuses into JSON

  • Added new influence cost modifiers tied to rank/admin systems

  • General shift toward fully data-driven gameplay tuning

UX / Feedback Improvements

• Added detailed tooltips for resource costs:

  • Unit movement

  • Tactics usage

• Improved clarity:

  • Damage numbers now formatted cleanly (commas, readability)

  • Dynamic tooltip icons loaded from external JSON

• Added various notifications of different levels for:

  • When officer becomes Faction Leader

  • When officer becomes Faction Heir

  • When officer becomes Faction Court Official

  • When officer becomes Town Admin

  • When officer dies

Mouse hover tooltip for Army Action costs

World & Visual Progress

• Continued iteration on Town Layout #2

• Added 12 new officer portraits (and game data)

• Foliage improvements (bushes + hills)

Fixes & Polish

• Fixed supply calculation issues when exceeding carrying capacity

• Increased max army supply capacity (~30 turns possible now)

• Resolved race condition bug with proposal vote wager display

• Fixed multiple edge cases:

  • Officers making proposals without enough influence

  • AI ignoring proposal limits under certain conditions

Overall Direction

This month was heavily focused on:

• Decoupling systems from hardcoded to data driven (thru DEM)

• Building scalable UI infrastructure

• Locking in core resource mechanics (AP / Influence / Will)

The game is continuing to feel a lot more systemic and moddable which is the long term goal.

If you’ve got thoughts on the faction/admin systems or anything else, I’d love feedback..