Development Roadmap
What's next for Fall of an Empire and where it's headed.
Plans may shift based on community feedback and development priorities.
Next Major Update
A large content update adding several new systems and reworking existing ones, alongside a ton of balance changes and bug fixes.
- Religion system expansion - appoint Bishops, reworked Clergy power bloc
- Manual battle control - select formations, flank the enemy
- Victory conditions - multiple progressively harder win conditions
- Patronage system expansion - demands, favours & power bloc integration
- Difficulty levels
- Trade rework - merchant tolls, levies & trade agreements
Pop System, Senate & Event Models
v1.245 rebuilds settlements around a proper pop system, turns power blocs and the Senate into active political constituencies, ships reactive dynasty events, and replaces the local event models with new Qwen 3.5 ones.
- Unified pop system - settlements track culture & religion per pop
- Senate & power bloc interactions - 12 distinct bloc actions
- Reactive dynasty events - births, deaths, executions, rebellions
- New local event models (including optional Large model)
Next Major Update
The next big update bundles the full modding toolkit, the ability to play as any Rephsian faction, and a complete UI redesign that is easier to use, much nicer to look at, and fully moddable.
- Full UI redesign - clearer, faster, and built to be moddable
- Play as any Rephsian faction - including provincial governors and the Western Rebels
- Modding tools & Steam Workshop integration
Expansion: Barbarian Factions
Choose a barbarian faction to play as. Turn into a migratory horde with no settlements, conquer territory from the Empire, and create fusion cultures as feudalism begins to form.
- Playable barbarian factions
- Migratory horde mechanics
- Fusion cultures with dynamic naming
- Adopt Rephsian traditions
Expansion: Custom Start
Start the game as a minor character you design - a Magister Militum of the army or a complete nobody - and rise through the ranks to the position of Emperor.
- Character creator
- Start as any rank in the Empire
- Rise-to-power campaign arc
Expansion: Majorian
A new historical campaign set on a map of Europe. Play as Emperor Majorian, the Eastern Empire, the Sassanids, or any barbarian ruler of the era.
- Historical map of Europe
- Play as Majorian, the Eastern Empire, Sassanids or barbarian rulers
- Historical campaign scenario
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