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Sucks that you are having a rough time, but I'm sure things will get better again!

The new graphics look amazing! Really looking forward to start an isometric colony.
Keep up the fantastic work! (no pressure though )

What are your plans for those ai ships? Are they just randomly exploring, or are they trading and helping out civilizations and stuff? And do planets communicate with each other? (most probably won't, given the lore, but who knows)

Quote from: Asgarus on July 02, 2020, 05:21:06 am

Don't worry, you are doing quite well. Most French I've met online had terrible English. You are one of the few exceptions so far. Far too often the worst English I encounter comes from native speakers. Like mentioned before, they grow up with the language and are much more likely to adopt bad habits (seeing people writing "of" instead of "have" drives me insane...).

Do you have an exemple of this mistake ?  I cannot fathom how someone can use "of" instead of "have" haha

Well, it seems that this has been taken care of already

Quote from: Asgarus on June 27, 2020, 03:56:27 am

Amazing This looks more and more promising!

Any plans yet on how to handle different cultures, architectural styles, etc. and how much of it will be modable?

Moddability is one of the core feature of my game engine. Basically, I try to make every features I add as moddable content. So my game is very data driven.
I have a lot of plan to generate culture, it will be basically a very simplified version of dwarf fortress generator.
Regarding architectural style, all building are associated to a specific set which will be associated to the culture and era.

For now, one way of making sprawling city is by using my "growable" system with random maturity level (when the growable stop to grow) . This makes varied NPC cities. It can also produces any ressources (material or not) or money with a specific "harvester".

That's exactly what I wanted to hear

edit:

I made a video while I explore the generated galaxy

 https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/geopi/war-industry-a-sandbox-city-builder-with-physics/posts/2877991

This also looks awesome, only the zoom seems a bit wonky.

Amazing This looks more and more promising!

Any plans yet on how to handle different cultures, architectural styles, etc. and how much of it will be modable?

Hey, great to see development is still going strong!
The iso graphics look incredible and I LOVE the detail when it comes to items like in the video.

Keep up the great work. I'm really looking forward to start an iso colony!

You try to scoop up some of the mycelium with your spear, hoping it will keep its illuminating properties.
It does, indeed, at least for now. Once you have a thick enough layer wrapped around your spear, it radiates a decent amount of light, almost as much as a regular torch.
You decide to head back to the cave entrance, showing Napoleon what you've found.

Back at the entrance, he's happily welcoming you back, glad you didn't get eaten by something.
He's watching and listening with interest as you show him your new torch and tell him about the tunnel of mushroom-light.
"That sounds crazy, but I'm ready for anything by now!" he says.

When you are done talking, he tells you about his findings around the entrance.
While the tree you already know dominates this forest, there are at least two others able to stand their ground.

A few meters from the cave entrance, he found a tree with a very dark, almost black, bark and long, blue leaves with a hint of white.
A bit into the forest, he saw a tree with an extremely thick-looking, rough, brown bark. Its branches grow very high and its leaves are large and light blue.
The trees you already know have a very light, beigeish color and the leaves are tiny and dark blue.

"I didn't see any animals while you were inside, but I couldn't shake the feeling that I'm being watched..." he concludes with a slightly concerned look on his face.
"Well, if there is something watching, we will find out sooner or later", you respond.

Do you go back into the cave together or head back to camp? Or maybe you want to move your camp here? A cave would indeed be a nice place for a home, better than open grassland.

What do you do?

By the time you reach the cave, it is early afternoon.
You took the rest of your stored firewood with you and begin to prepare a campfire at the cave entrance.

When you are about to head into the cave, Napoleon interrupts: "So... once we are in there, it will be quite dark. Shouldn't we get some light source first?"

Even though he's right, you don't have anything to make torches from, so you decide to go as far as you can without light and lay a trace of stones to find the way back.
You also decide that one of you should stay at the entrance, and Napoleon happily volunteers.

And so you and Simon head into the cave, the darkness around you deepening.
A few minutes you wander deeper. The light falls into the cave to your advantage and you can go a while before it gets too dark.
Just when you are about to turn back, you see something glimmering in the darkness.

Do you take a closer look?