Thea 2: The Shattering Announced

MuHa Games released Thea: The Awakening, a story-driven 4X survival strategy inspired by Slavic folklore in 2015. The game was a success and now we have an announcement that a sequel, Thea 2: The Shattering, is in the works with a preliminary release date set somewhere in 2018. Information about the project is rather scarce at the moment but the official website has several early screenshots, and a planned list of features:

• Co-op and single player gameplay – survive Thea with friends or solo
• New, deeper and improved tactical card game to resolve challenges and encounters
• Randomly generated, vast hex maps to explore
• Slavic mythology and folklore
• Hundreds of stories and quests to discover
• Event editor gives you the ability to make your own adventure
• Extensive modding and scripting available
• Meet the vast array of factions that populate Thea and choose diplomacy or warfare as your path
• Customize existing gods to match your playstyle
• Control multiple villages simultaneously
• Explore endless combinations of attributes and skills for your “chosen ones”

Additionally, the folks at eXplorminate, who originally broke the announcement, have a more detailed description of the project:

Coming in 2018,Thea 2 will be a story-driven, strategy-survival 4X set in a world where the forces of light and darkness are ravaging the lands. Those who still eke out their existence in this lonely land strive for survival and dominance over the fractured territories. Assume the role of a deity, choose your champions, and survive Thea!

Like the original, Thea 2 will reshape your expectations, featuring a dynamic mixture of genres including 4X, strategy, survival, Rogue-like, RPG, and card games all set in a Slavic-inspired dark fantasy world.

• Explore – traverse large, varied maps with multiple unique biomes, mysterious islands that can be settled, rivers and seas, beautiful resources and fearsome creatures to kill or befriend. Find, explore, and conquer a range of different dungeons to secure lands and discover rare artifacts

• Expand– play as a lonesome nomad – a hero without a home seeking only adventure- or set up multiple camps and multiple villages to claim your own fiefdom. Fight or befriend opposing factions to keep your people safe

• Exploit – find precious resources, learn new procedurally-generated recipes, and craft your way to victory!

• Exterminate – fight against the many beasts of Thea! Kill off threatening factions or hunt down rogue demons, challenge concepts like weather, or turmoil and beings alike using swords, intelligence, or the power of faith!