The first playable demo — featuring fully functional city management, property ownership, first rival companies, farming, mining, and dynamic events — all wrapped in a smoother UI and optimized experience.

Gameplay & Content,

• Added Rival AI simulation: competitors now own, staff, and operate properties.,
• Introduced Mining & extraction zones (iron, copper, coal, salt, etc.) with new visuals.,
• Expanded Farming system — dozens of new fields, crops, and recipes (flowers, vineyards, olives, rootcrops, and more).,
• Balanced resource prices and recipe timings for demo pacing.,
• Added seasonal and weather systems (spring, summer, autumn, winter + rain, sun, clouds).,
• Improved roads, field tiles, and mine visuals with consistent connections and materials.,
• Added wind sway shader for vegetation and animated world feel.,

Simulation & Systems,

• Implemented SaveManager rewrite for stable, deferred autosaves.,
• Added centralized harvest and production flow for player and rivals.,
• Introduced auto-buy and manager configuration for logistics and trade.,
• Rebalanced research tree (worker training, logistics, recruitment, expansion).,

UI & Experience,

• Overhauled Property and Manager windows, Events, Research, and Year Recap UIs.,
• Added map zoom controls, smoother camera pan, and clearer city previews.,
• Integrated new icons for seasons, weather, research, and management.,
• Reworked demo start flow, with a faster loading and async caching pipeline.,

Localization & Polish,

• Updated translations and UI layouts for multi-language support.,
• Cleaned tooltips, stat displays, and name labels across all menus.,
• Improved save/load reliability, performance, and in-game transitions.