Crowns Edge is built in the open, system by system. Here's what's already alive in the game, what we're polishing next, and where we're headed toward launch. No fixed dates. We'd rather ship something solid than rush a season.
The core loop: build placement, roads, resource economy, wages and the job market, a population that grows and ages, the Almanac, laws, and the Balance of Power. This is the ground everything else stands on, and it's been playable for a long time.
Estates and Class Approval, tyranny and coup threats, crime and gangs, wildlife and hunting, seasons and weather, ambient villager chatter, and world events with their own visible auras. The systems that turn a management sim into a place things happen to.
Real, live multiplayer invasions: another player connects to your kingdom and plays as a Criminal, with their own hotbar, Spy Sense, and crime economy, while your Guards, laws, and King respond in real time.
Walk-in interiors for the Keep, churches, Tavern, Dance Hall, Theater, Market, Prison and Hall of Justice. Throne-room audiences and pleas, trials before the Justicars, public executions with a crowd, Condemn, and Dread to go with Tyranny.
Epic sign-in with your Epic friends list, cross-play friend codes, and friends-only kingdoms. Invaders can now join a rebellion, pick a side in a coup, or turn traitor in a Guard's uniform.
Rounds of outside playtesting, then fixing what they turn up: combat feel, the invader's toolkit, economy tuning, crime pacing and the political balance. Steam sign-in is next on PC, with consoles to follow.
Opening the doors past internal testing: a growing Discord community, structured playtests, and feedback loops that directly shape what gets built next. This is where the roadmap starts being written by the people playing it.
A storefront presence, a public build, and an Early Access launch once the kingdom can stand up to players we've never met. We'll announce it loudly when it's close. Follow the Blog or join the community to hear it first.
Playtesters and Followers get pinged first. Join the Discord and tell us what your kingdom needs.