The Ultimate Guide to Godus Or God Us: Tips & Tricks + Is It Dead?

Launched in 2014, Godus or God Us is one of the most sought-out simulation god games in the freemium market. This hidden gem may have had a rough start but the developers were able to improve the gameplay and overall structure of the game over the years.

Godus Tips & Tricks for 2022

Godus is one of those less complicated games compared to other simulation games. It’s because of the game’s user-friendly controls and mechanics. At the same time, Godus comes with a simplified structure complete with smooth graphics and relaxing audio. This brilliant combination makes the game fun and provides a more relaxing experience. But enough of the game’s features and let’s continue to our main topic which is the various tips and tricks for the game.

Diamonds
Like any other freemium game, Godus comes with its own premium currency that you can use to speed up activities or purchase various items. With that said, getting ahold of this precious resource without hassle will make your gaming more convenient. To do this, you need to unlock the Swamp Card that costs 4000 beliefs. Once you have that card, you can set it up in the Astari settlement which in turn will destroy it. Next, you should send as many followers as you want to the temple and that’s it! Doing this will result in free diamonds that you can use throughout the game.

Keeping People Happy
A good god knows how to keep his followers happy. An unhappy population will look for another god to follow which in this case is the Astari. To avoid this dilemma, you must use the god seed upon acquisition. Using this precious resource will make your people happy and keep their faith focused on you. After all, the happier the population becomes, the more beliefs the god acquires.

Boosting your Subjects
Everyone knows that a happy worker is a productive worker. This means that workers who are down or unhappy will become less productive over time resulting in longer task completion etc. This is where the boost option comes to play, all you need to do is click your tired or sleeping subjects and click the boost option. It’s that simple.

Godus Gameplay

The player starts out by saving a man and a woman from drowning. Once the player leads them to the “Promised Land”, they will settle down and build a tent. They will “Breed” a worker, who will build another tent to live in. By using this strategy, the player will explore the world and improve the population through the ages. The main feature of this game is that the player is able to redesign the land levels at will. Different levels need more “Belief” than usual. The player will be able to explore at least one other world after finding a certain ship and gathering enough resources to repair it. You will need to build more housing dwellings, and as you do, the population that “worships” you will be increased. As the population grows, you will be rewarded with cards that will give you access to more “powers” and grant new abilities and behaviors to your followers as well.

Is Godus dead?

Development on the PC version of Godus has ground to a halt, Eurogamer understands.

Peter Molyneux’s controversial god simulation has been stuck on Steam as an Early Access title ever since it launched there in September 2013.

And now, sources tell Eurogamer, developer 22cans has moved over almost entirely to the studio’s next game, The Trail.

Godus Wars was supposed to breathe new life into the god game, but 22cans has been silent since March 2016.
Back in February, 22cans relaunched Godus as Godus Wars, replacing its Steam page in the process.

Then, 22cans said 11 people had worked on Godus Wars, including lead designer Konrad Naszynski.

Eurogamer has heard Naszynski was made redundant earlier this year, but speaking to Eurogamer, 22cans CEO Simon Phillips said the developer simply did not renew his contract (Peter Molyneux declined to comment for this story).

“Konrad was actually a contractor and was tasked with building the levels on Godus Wars,” Phillips said.

“He completed these for the last update so his contract ran down. Of course, as and when we need more content we’ll talk to Konrad as he knows the process well.”

What “more content”? Phillips was unable to say. Godus Wars‘ last update was on 2nd March – nearly four months ago. The last communication on Steam was on 18th March – to announce a sale celebrating 22cans’ fourth birthday.

“We added extra content to Wars a few weeks after launch,” Phillips said. “We feel that the next update for Steam needs to have something more than just ‘extra’ content.”

Phillips denied the suggestion development on Godus has ceased.

“No. Godus is an ongoing project, on both PC and mobile,” he said. “There’s lots of areas to support on the project, as you can imagine. We have a bit of a rhythm in moving from PC to mobile and so on.”

Why Peter Molyneux’s Godus Is Such A Disaster

“You know what Peter Molyneux’s like,” an ex-22Cans employee told me while trying to sum up the infamous designer’s tendency to make enormous promises and then just kinda… forget about them. “You try to hold onto his words and they slip through your fingers.”

Molyneux—who has long had a reputation for making promises he never quite delivered on—has again been accused of misleading statements, if not outright false ones, in relation to Godus, his Kickstarter god game revival. In an attempt to get to the bottom of it all, Kotaku spoke both to Molyneux and to three people who have worked with him over the past few years. This is the story of how Godus ended up where it is today.

Godus, which Peter Molyneux once touted as “the ultimate god game,” originally launched as a Kickstarter in late 2012, garnering £526,563 (or about $800,000) in pledges. At the time, it was pitched as an “innovative reinvention of Populous” with “a living world” and much-hyped multiplayer for PC, Mac, mobile, and—as a stretch goal—Linux. As we’ve previously detailed, nether multiplayer nor the Linux version have come to fruition, and for a time there was serious doubt from 22Cans as to whether we’d ever see either.

Is Godus abandoned?

Godus has been officially abandoned, as the lead designer has been fired and the company have moved onto their next project The Trail..

Will Godus ever be finished?

“No. Godus is an ongoing project, on both PC and mobile,” he said. “There’s lots of areas to support on the project, as you can imagine.

Is Godus a good game?

“The god game genre was almost invented for free-to-play 25 years ago. It works so beautifully for what free-to-play represents,” Molyneux told a conference in April 2013. “It is already a fantastic, amazing and incredible game, and free-to-play makes it even more fantastic, amazing and incredible.”.

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