Hints
Finally, we have our Hints system. This can be accessed from the top left menu, but you can also shift-click alerts and many buttons in the game to get a specific hint relevant to it.

A hint has a few flavorful quotes at the top, where the characters with the best stats you have in your country will give you their advice on the selected hint. This was, of course, inspired by the advisors of Civilization 2.

You also get an explanation of the reason for the hint, and a few suggestions for actions you can take to alleviate or remove the problem. Any yellow text here is clickable and will take you to the panel where you can do something about it.

This can be really helpful to teach you the game mechanics…

And that’s all for today! I hope that this helps to understand how we’ve been building the UI systems of the game, to be as helpful for the player as possible, and make them robust in the long term.

And also remember, you can Pre-Purchase Europa Universalis V now! Cheers!