This version of Ascendant Dawn, or AD for short. Adds a lot of new features and visual elements as well as cleaning up old stuff. 

If you don't know what Ascendant Dawn is, it's a grand strategy game set in the bronze age where you play as a nomadic tribe. You can play the free demo on itch.

The biggest new feature is the vastly expanded war system. There's now an interactive battle system as well as a large array of unit types.

Visually the biggest change has been that of the UI, with a new bronze theme and compact design. This fits far better with the bronze age setting. 

Another visual element is the inclusion of rain clouds that randomly move around the map.

The sound scape has also been improved, with more ambient and situational sounds.

There's also the addition of stances for your tribe which have diplomatic connotations and stat changes.

Implanting population is a new feature that you can do to settlements. Where some people from your tribe will start ruling over them which will make the settlement a tributary of you.

If you want to follow AD more closely then join the discord https://discord.gg/BaqbaTNK37

Below is a partial dev blog.

-Fixed population Changes

-Added a new vineyard mesh

-Added a new river mesh

-Added buildable bridges

-Changes how settlers work

-Change how much money settlements generate

-Changed some building inputs and outputs

-Factions no longer take tribute from their capital

-Fixed employment edge cases

-Added new loading screens

-Added demographics for arriving at a settlement

-Fixed her UI pop in

-Added buildings to Markenburg

-Added tooltips to settlement interactions

-New battle system

-Troop unit cards

-Improved ground texture

-Added tech that allows conquest

-Added the implant population action against settlements

-UI upgrade

-Re-enabled shadows

-Added hotkeys for tabs

-Added more button settings

-Added encyclopedia

-Changed cliff blending