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Union Update: Results of Narrative Vote & end-of-year stream
Hello Anno Community,
It’s November, going outside is becoming increasingly uncomfortable and 2024 is slooowly nearing its end. Before that, however, here are some updates and announcements from us for the end of the year: Let’s talk about the two previous Community Contests and the upcoming livestream.
Quest Design Contest
We’re excited to announce the winner of the second Community Contest.
You have spoken, and with a small but decisive lead, the “Weapons from the Stars” quest concept (link) took first place! (30% of the votes, followed by In Vino, Veritas with 24%) Clearly, the hunt for special metals to forge something unique for the people of Albion grabbed your attention.
A round of applause to its creator, Nathanael, and a big thank you once more to everyone who sent in their stories for the contest.
So, what’s next? – Our colleagues in the Narrative Team will take the winning concept and might start making some adjustments to make it fit the constraints of the game. We’ll also reach out to Nathanael in case of questions or before we would make any bigger changes to the quest structure.
The quest will then be implemented in the coming months to be ready for Anno 117: Pax Romana’s release in 2025.
Statue Contest Update
We also want to use this opportunity to give an update on the first content we held back in summer.
You might remember, “Annocius” by HiddenMoon79 won the community voting. Since then, our Art Team has been working first on a concept and then the 3D model for the in-game statue. The 3D model actually is finalized already, but misses some polishing. We’ll have a screenshot for you in the next Union Update.
End-of-year Livestream
As mentioned in the intro: we are planning one last livestream for the year – both as a way to recap what happened in 2024 as well as to showcase Anno 1800’s final Cosmetic DLC.
Community Developer Oliver is joined by two returning guests for this adventure: Artist Laura and Game Writer Jannika, who both poured their creativity into this last cosmetic pack.
Join us on Thursday, November 28th, at 5PM CET / 8AM PT / 11AM ET over on the Annogame Twitch Channel.
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The past few weeks have been quite hectic for me so this response is a bit late, sorry for that. But, thank you all for the votes!
I am very excited to see, and play, the quest in the game. So I can hardly wait for the game to be released! Once again, big thanks to you all and for the developers to make this possible.
We’ll make sure to keep you specifically (and the wider community as well, of course) updated on the progress our Narrative team does on the quest!
Congratulations once more winning the community vote!
i cant play anno 1800 anymore because of the online requriments for the launcher and i cant get good internet where i am at. is there anyway we can get a offline exe?
I enjoyed this competition ! Big congratulations to the winner !
I hope there will be more of community competition in the future. It is really building the hype for the game, at least for me.
Thank you Anno Developers for your hard work !
Congrats, fantastic competition:-)
What about a Christmas present for the fans: “First Screenshot on Anno 117” or maybe an info on the date when the first screenshot will be published in 2025, possibily on a “Beginning-Of-The-Year Livestream?…;-)
Very nice, congratulations to the winner!
Anno Union is a great way to connect the community, congrats. Hopefully (however) MMXXV will produce regular, exciting new insights! Can’t wait!