Greetings fellow gods,
As many of you may know, I've been able to commit myself fully to game development for the past year, and I've been hard at work on the sequel to Soulash. I've decided to begin a new project to redesign it from the ground up with all the features I had in mind during the failed Kickstarter in 2021, with all the stretch goals we had at the time - procedural world and history simulation, procedural locations, factions, building, and skill-based progression system. I've also included many of the requests I've received from players, adding trading, expanding the crafting system, adding mouse movement, removing durability, expanding the modding capabilities, adding procedural portraits, and more. I might not have left a stone unturned. :)
Soulash 2 will be a unique mix of traditional roguelike, roleplaying, sandbox, and strategy genres. The easiest way to describe where I want the game to end up is somewhere between Soulash, DF Adventure, and M&B Bannerlord. I don't want to oversell this idea because the game is developed by me and a single artist on a very low budget and attempting to make a game unlike any available today, but I believe strongly in this vision and that it will result in a unique and fun gaming experience that will fit the theme of world conquest perfectly. The story will continue after the world's destruction in Soulash, but progressing through it will be optional, and there will be more opportunities in the game to pursue your own goals.
I've been documenting the entire development process in devlogs every 2 weeks (26 by now) if you would like to know the details about the changes and current state of the game, as well as my plans for where the game is going. New devlogs are announced on Discord every other Friday.
And today, I'm happy to announce that we have a Steam page for Soulash 2 to gather wishlists in preparation for the EA launch that will happen sometime this year, with the details about what the sequel will be about and the EA questionnaire about the overall plans for its duration and scope.
You can wishlist the game here to get notified on release and follow it for further announcements.