Hi !

I'm pleased to say that yeah, an encyclopedia is in the work. We won't be able to show it to you during the open-devs sadly to avoid spoil (plus it's not still a work in progress ^^).

The encyclopedia will contain pages about the game systems (kinda like an online game manual) and page more specifics about unit stats, factions etc. The specific pages will contain data taken directly from the game itself so we'll just have to press a button to update it if we patch things.

I do hope we'll be able to show you more of it soon but again, spoilers !

Cool! That sounds a lot like the Book of Wonders in AOW3. And I appreciated that alot, when I first got into playing AOW3.

While figuring out a game blindly  can be fun at times, I like having something that answers my question if I take a game a little more serious.

It would be nice if the encyclopedia also contains historic information about the cultures, units, techonology etc like the way Age of Mythology do it.

I hope that the encyclopedia also has lore on the history of buildings and units in real life like Civ 4 did. I kind of regret not reading more of that. I understand that the devs have their hands quite full with more important features but this would be a great way to learn about history.

As far as I know, we do intend to present the historical context in the encyclopedia as well, but I'm not sure how extensive those entries will be.

I loved the concept of the old encyclopedia of Civilization:Call to Power, for every unit, building and even trade good or terrain tile it had 2 entries: one with an overview of the historical data, and other about how it works in the gameplay.

The-Cat-o-Nine-Tales wrote:

As far as I know, we do intend to present the historical context in the encyclopedia as well, but I'm not sure how extensive those entries will be.

It's a good idea, but it would be great to have it implemented as a drop-down menu (or otherwise) so as not to distract those who need the information only for the game.