Anno 1800 Dev Tracker

That is not planned, no. We think that most players really enjoy the freedom to use different skins for their fleet, and to be able to change them at any time over the duration of the game. Especially once we add more ship skins later this year!

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Marcel

it is not, no.

Yes indeed!

There are a couple of locations that are very interesting. There are the people of Funan, it's not much known but there are interesting legends about their ancestry (they used to pretend that their first king married a Naga if I recall?) and they were master traders on the sea. After them, in the same area evolved the Khmers, with their very famous temple of Angkor Vat. They had an immense city around the temple filled with canals, and they were again sea traders. They were also the largest pre industrial urban center in the world and they had massive hydraulic systems!

More in the south east, we know that the Polynesians were producing unique spices and goods (cloves, nutmegs..) and traded them early on with the Chinese and the Indians. On the island of Sumatra, there is a thalassocracy that developed around year 1000, called Srivijaya (it was a confederation of port cities), they built also Borobudur.

Overall this area is much interesting, bec...

That is indeed a cool idea, but not something we have any plans for, sorry. In general, we want to avoid DLCs that require another DLC to work, as we want to give players maximum flexibility with their purchasing decisions.

And as others pointed out, here in Europe it is not an uncommon sight to have some older castle ruins near modern cities as well- they can even work as tourist attractions :)

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Marcel

It's not something that we are planning to do with Season 3, sorry.

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Marcel

Hello !
So that’s a pretty wide topic. I would first categorize the elements you mention as follows:

- Easter eggs (like references to previous titles):

Most of them are based on our general knowledge of the brand. It comes from our own playing sessions of the old games (I personally really liked the character of Al-Zahir), from little stories shared by veterans devs, or from what the players like to share because they find it fun, compelling, etc (Jorgensen family that NEEDS to be present in every game, and references to their forefathers). We still have some documentation of the old games that we can have a look at in case we want to be precise and not rely only on memories.

- Intertwined stories of the game

The easiest way to answer your question on that point is to take one example. Here I’ll talk about the creation of the Enbesan region and the many storylines that develop in the same world and through mul...

Hi u/The_Wkwied ,

I can answer this from a UI point of view.
After The season is approved, we usually have a rough road map as a guide. Then we will work step by step based on the Design Document that written by the Game designer.

Regarding the time.
The hours vary depending on the size of the content. DLC can take roughly 3-5 months to complete. From conceptualization to final implementation. Land of Lion for example took the longest.

This includes kickoff meetings, prototyping, mock-up, implementation, user testing, and bug fixing.

We have seen reports but haven't always been successful in reproducing the issue. Might in the end be a thing that has to be fixed by Nvidia directly via a driver update, but we're working with them on this matter.

So, we're aware of the issue and are investigating it, but I can't give you any ETA.

Personally in no particular order. I would love to have Feudal japan, Ancient China, Yukon Gold Rush ( Cowboy theme ), Roaring 20's, Islander or Underwater Civilization.

I wouldn't rule out a fantasy-based Anno.
Personally, I think settings like Lord of the Ring, Game of Throne, or Harry Potter could work.

For example, I can imagine having a wood production to make wand and broomstick. but this is just my personal opinion : )

The idea of adding skins not only for ships but also houses was something we also discussed internally, basically to further spice up your cities in addition to ornaments. By popular demand we're planning to develop additional Cosmetic DLC this year and if we test it and think it works, building skins might happen.

Expect more news on the Cosmetic DLC topic in spring, we thought letting you vote on their themes would be a good idea ;)

Personally, as both a fan of Tolkien's universe as well as Warhammer (40k, though, not fantasy) I'm always happy when either of the two brands gets a great new title.

Would it work for Anno, though? Tricky, especially Warhammer really isn't known for its city-building and economic details but more for destroying said cities and waging war in grand scale.

And while war and destruction has always been in Anno to varying degrees, it has never been at the core of it. Would you play a game that has "Warhammer" in the title but only offers a little bit of war? Unlikely ;)

General fantasy, though, outside of any brand: I think that could work for Anno and I think there's even a city-builder of sorts in development right now with such a premise, even though I can't remember the name.

We had quite a few complaints about the empty page, for what it is worth.

Certainly no plans to add it to Anno 1800, sorry.

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Marcel

As with all our DLCs, 6pm CET.

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Marcel

It is true that we still sometimes use the name Blue Byte to describe the overall network of German Ubisoft studios, but otherwise we all have our separate names:

Ubisoft Berlin - doing co-development on Far Cry 6, among other things Ubisoft Düsseldorf - working on Settlers, and doing co-development on Avatar and Rainbow Six Siege, among other things Ubisoft Mainz - working on the Anno series, and doing co-development on Beyond Good & Evil 2 and Rainbow Six Siege

Hi u/YameroReddit,

Regarding 1. and 2.:

We definitely have user generated content and modding tools on our radar and of course we never say never, so let's see what the future holds :)

Crown falls is the biggest Anno Island we have ever created and this was already quite the challenge. In theory we might be able to get bigger but we always have to find the right balance between performance, gameplay and doability. We know many players love huge islands so surely we will always consider this.

Hi u/Naenis,

as level artists of course we love all our islands because you spend quite some time working on them, you get to know them in and out and they become a very integral part of your daily life. But there are some islands that are more special than others. I am especially fond of the npc islands and quest islands. I was responsible for Angereb and Kidusi Anitoni ("Fortress" and "Oasis" island for the Land of Lions dlc) and they posed a special visual but also gameplay challenge which was a lot of work and a lot of fun to create and I am proud of the outcome.

Thank you, awesome to hear that you enjoy the game! I hope you still do so even after I tell you that there are no plans for land-based combat :)

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Marcel

Awesome to hear that Anno is your favorite gaming series! One of the awesome things about working in game development is that you are constantly surrounded by a lot of extremely creative and smart people, so there are probably very few ideas that haven’t come up at one point or another 😊

We did indeed have the discussion if you could replicate the feeling of Anno’s islands without an actual ocean around them, and to create the insular feeling otherwise. While there are some interesting ideas here, it would be a huge departure from the classic Anno feeling, and would probably be very controversial with fans, as islands, ships and the sea have always been core pillars of the Anno brand (starting with being on the cover of every single game).

And while we do not have any plans to go full-on Age of Empires (which I absolutely love, personally), you can see some pretty clear advancement (or “aging up”, if you want to) between the Farmers in Anno 1800 with their rural hou...