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Game-Mechanics: Citizens

Most city-building titles have in common that one building equals one population unit inhabiting that building. This is going to work a slightly bit different in Coobico.

Most city-building titles (like the Anno-series) have in common that one building equals one population unit inhabiting that building. In Setters ROAE for example, upon constructing a woodcutter’s hut, a woodcutter will immediately show up and go to work there.

This is going to work a slightly bit different in Coobico: each new building can serve as a hub to recruit several different citizens—a concept we borrowed from typical war-games like Battle for Middle-Earth or Company of Heroes, which works pretty good for a city-building game too, in our opinion.
The available citizens depend on the type of building and the level of techological achievements of the according settlement. Each new citizen will consume food, produce waste and pay different amounts of tax (higher ranking citizens will pay more to your coffers but make higher demands too). At a guildhall, for example, you can “build” a clothier or a blacksmith (besides the guildmaster) to produce either clothes or metal parts; it’s up to your own decision (and up to the economy and needs of your settlement) wich types of citizens you will recruit. Each building can only house a limited amount of inhabitants, though.

So far, we only introduced a handful of citizens, like the innkeeper, the scholar, or the farmer. More are to come soon, please stay tuned…

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