1.17.3 is live

Hey 👋

The new 1.17.x update is out on all platforms! This version brings several quality-of-life improvements and introduces a major new feature: factions & laws. You can now choose from four distinct factions to lead your empire, each offering unique bonuses and laws.

Additionally, a new law system lets you vote on policies that shape your empire’s future — every decision comes with both short-term and long-term consequences.

Players can now review faction approval before enacting new laws — Common Folk, Workers, Intellectuals, and Elites all influence what can pass. Every law presents short-term effects and long-term consequences, demanding careful balance between prosperity and stability. When support isn’t enough, you can corrupt factions by spending a portion of your treasury, turning influence into control.

Features

• Added the Law System, bringing political depth to city management. Governors now propose laws during their mandate, each with immediate effects and lasting consequences. Laws need at least 50% faction approval to pass, pushing players to balance competing interests. Players can fully enact, negotiate a compromise, or reject laws, introducing new layers of strategy.
• Added the option to choose how many buildings to construct at once when using the construct button.
• Laboratory research now continues progressing while offline.
• The laboratory now displays the remaining time for research completion.

Fixes

• Fix building sold popup spam
• The text color on food consumption effect is now correct: red when it increases the food consumption, green it is lowers
• Fixed an issue where referral rewards were not granted in certain cases.
• Fixed layout overflow issues on small screens with accessibility scaling enabled.
• Fixed an issue where certain popups would not close properly.
• Fixed text colors for better compatibility with light and dark modes.
• Minor fixes and improvements.

Others

• The game can now launch even if authentication services are unresponsive.
• Add more precision to the coin indicator when space is available
• Updated the newspaper availability animation.
• Added explanatory text when expeditions can’t proceed due to low morale or insufficient rations.
• Improved the happiness tooltip for clearer information.

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🎁 Bonus: 25 in game gems 💎

Use the code itch-1.17.x inside the mobile app to enjoy 25 gems. Just open the app, enter the code, and spend them on whatever you want!

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Thanks again for your continued support and feedback — you’re helping shape the future of the game.

You can download the mobile game on Google Play Store or on App Store

Best regards,
Alexdb