If you've been trying to move house in Fallen London lately, you’ll have noticed that the various 'Tower of' opportunities have been absent. That’s because we’ve been sprucing them up. They’ll be back very shortly.
The lodgings themselves are the same delightful accommodations that were available before. The smoky flophouse, the rooftop shack and all the rest will be back much as they left. The difference is that now, you can be a property baron of Fallen London. Acquiring a particular lodging-house now provides a key, or something similar like a lease or a deed. A character can own many of these, and using the key object moves the character into the relevant lodgings. Buying a new key doesn’t mean losing the old one.
So, why did we do this? Well, being a property mogul is fun. So if you want to go around buying up half of London, be our guest. The other reason is a technical one. Previously, the story system didn’t recognise which lodgings a player had. So we couldn’t do lodgings-specific content. Now, we can create content for players who own specific lodgings.
I can’t say too much about that at this stage. But if you are going on a property spree, you might bear in mind that if you are to be a person of importance around London, it will be to your advantage to have at least one impressive address.