The Final Weeks of Pompeii in Early Access

🚀 Early Access Exit Announcement

I’m happy to officially announce that Pompeii: The Legacy will leave Early Access on April 6th, when the full 1.0 release launches.

Thank you all for your feedback, patience, and support throughout development ❤️ There will be one more major update before release.

Update v0.740.0

A new update is now live, bringing fresh details, optimizations, fixes, and quality-of-life improvements across the game.

🐕 Dogs & Cats

Animals have arrived in Pompeii!

• Dogs and cats now populate the city

• Cats roam near Fishing Hut, Architect Office, Gatherer’s Hut, Clay Pit and Herbalist Garden

• Dogs roam near Prefecture, Blacksmith. Tavern, Pig Farm and Forum

• Animals wander between their parent building and nearby houses

🏛 Symbols Panel (Family Panel)

New customization options in Govern → Family → Symbols:

• Change your Family Flag

• Change your Statue

💾 Save Game Improvements

• Load panel now shows whether a save is Campaign or Sandbox

• Clearer resource selection on right-side bar & Empire Map

⚙ Fixes & Optimizations

• Fixed CTD when opening Empire Map in later years with many trade ships

• Improved rendering with horizontal camera tilt (hidden buildings behind UI are no longer drawn)

• Multiple building optimizations

• Optimized decorative Cypress, Oleander, and hedges

• Volcano crater now emits small smoke

• Gatherer’s Hut, Vineyard and Jewelry Store shadow & LOD fixes

• Corrected Salt resource visuals - no more brick in Saltworks

🎮 Gameplay Polish

• Additional balancing and refinement

• Various text and visual fixes

🔧 Work in Progress

Ongoing development continues on:

• Campaign content (not yet fully unlocked)

• New events (coming in the next update)

• Arch of Triumph completed → Unlocking in the next update after testing

📅 What’s Next

• One more major update before release

• Full Release on April 6th

Thank you for being part of the journey ❤️

Pompeii The Legacy