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Arc Thread 2

one year ago
Working on the next turn :)

Arc Thread 2

one year ago
Likely won't be done until this evening

Arc Thread 2

one year ago

So has anyone actually found anyone else in the game yet?

Because I haven't.

Arc Thread 2

one year ago

I've found other terrain types but nobody as of yet.

Arc Thread 2

one year ago

Same here. New terrain, but no people.

Arc Thread 2

one year ago

BTW, it turns out the "desert" I found, was like 5 spaces big. So I'm no where near either of the desert people lol.

Arc Thread 2

one year ago

Nope, I've only found other terrain.

Arc Thread 2

one year ago
I'm removing checkmarks from the map. If there's a path coming from the resource, then it's being harvested. Otherwise, it's not.

Arc Thread 2

one year ago
Everything is good to go. Due to this turn having some interesting developments, I'll have to work on a rather large mechanic before I can go too many turns further.

Arc Thread 2

one year ago

So, any better luck with your pop increases yet?

Arc Thread 2

one year ago

Yeah, it turns out I didn't lose population last turn (Careless observations on the pop but 3J corrected me.) I also gained a good amount of pop this turn.

Arc Thread 2

one year ago

Yeah the first turn of the game I had like 8 foragers leave but still had a pop increase (of 1 lol). So I asked if they had all died or ran away or something, and he said that they just switched jobs. Makes sense, considering they have the worst paying jobs in your city (most likely).

Arc Thread 2

one year ago

Yeah, I think I lost one (maybe more I forget) this turn but had a fairly large increase in some other classes.

Arc Thread 2

one year ago

More of the same for me.

Arc Thread 2

one year ago

You've never said if you're doing good or bad, so I have no idea what to take from that lol.

Arc Thread 2

one year ago

I finally had a minor pop gain again.

Arc Thread 2

one year ago
Just waiting on October and Playa.

Arc Thread 2

one year ago
Just Playa now. Though, I think I know what he meant so I'll go ahead if I get through lots of Bio. I think I might just work on the mechanics instead though, we'll see.

Arc Thread 2

one year ago
In advance of when players meet in-game, here are some rules:

Once two players have met, they have the option to share maps (done by each telling me that they'd like to share maps, I must receive a PM from each person). Maps cannot be 'partially' shared. It's too technically difficult for me.

They can PM back and forth (but I'd like this to remain in character). Trade can only be done over the medium of ROAD. Trade is done by coming to an agreement amongst yourselves and then having BOTH parties talk to me.

Arc Thread 2

one year ago
Sending out maps

Arc Thread 2

one year ago

So how'd everyone do?

Personally I just unlocked woodburners, which are now my poorest class. Granted, all they do is burn wood, so I don't no why you'd pay them much anyways.

Arc Thread 2

one year ago

My pop exploded (For my standards at least haha) and I unlocked Miners as a class. I have some new techs that I'll finish up next turn that I think are going to really help my city.

Arc Thread 2

one year ago

Almost nothing happened this turn. My pop stayed the same and I found a new resource but I can't use it. :P

Arc Thread 2

one year ago

Yeah that sucks doesn't it. Nothing like finding something and going "that'll be useful", only to find you can't actually use it yet.

Arc Thread 2

one year ago

I keep starting huge techs that I don't have the manpower to tackle unless I want to spend ten turns on a single tech. I've found what divides me fromt he other desert player, and I happen to be cut off from others in three directions, so natural defense.

I unlocked miners maybe 3 or 4 turns ago, but I don't have many of them, even though it's lucrative :)

Arc Thread 2

one year ago

Why don't you just ask how much a tech requires before starting it?

Arc Thread 2

one year ago

Becuase I didn't think it through. Hindsight is 20/20 ;)

Arc Thread 2

one year ago

I believe this turn went rather well, If a little uneventful. I had a rather nice pop boost and found a new resource, although I have the same problem as Atomic where I can't really use it yet.

Arc Thread 2

one year ago
So that you have an easier time differentiating between stars, I'm adding thin color outlines to each star. Each resource gets a different outline. I'll post what each colour means in a bit. They'll show up as such on your next map.

Arc Thread 2

one year ago

This will come in extremely handy. Thanks.

Arc Thread 2

one year ago
OUTLINE COLOURS

BLACK STARS
Tin - Blue
Granite - Red
Iron - Yellow
Copper - Green
Stone - No Outline
Clay - Teal
Marble - Orange
Limestone - Purple

PURPLE STARS
Trees - Black
Tobacco - Blue
Poppies - Teal
Hops - Red
Cotton - Brown
Yew Trees - Yellow
Bamboo - No Outline

TEAL STARS
Horses - Black
Camels - Red
Dogs - Blue
Falcons - No Outline

GREEN STARS (Duplicates are not found in the same area)
Bananas - Red
Salt - Red
Grapes - Red
Sheep - Blue
Elephants - Blue
Goats - Black
Tigers - Purple
Boars - Teal
Cows - No Outline

Blue and Red Stars are rare enough that you should probably be able to remember them.

Note: Some colours might look sort of similar (such is life, no way around it), but at least you'll only be differentiating between one or two possibilities rather than ten. I suggest you file this post away somewhere so that it's easy to find later.

Arc Thread 2

one year ago

Wish I had a blue or red star....

Also bump.

Arc Thread 2

one year ago

I can see you've been busy due to your inactivity (well, inactivity compared to your former amount of activity), but do you have an estimated time for the next update?

Arc Thread 2

one year ago
Starting on this today, sorry! Since I got out of exams, I've been exercising my right to drink copious amounts of alcohol and climb large urban structures (though not at once).

Arc Thread 2

one year ago
I've added a different colour for each player's path so that you can differentiate between paths.

Arc Thread 2

one year ago
All PMs are out, I'll try to move this forward on FRIDAY. But no promises because I need to work on the following mechanics:

Population Movement Between Cities
War
Naval Warfare

And one other that I can't name.

Arc Thread 2

one year ago

I really hope no one has a second city yet....

But, anyone have any news? Personally I found some more resources, and still have yet to find another player lol.

Arc Thread 2

one year ago

Well, I have successfully explored everything there is for my people to explore at the moment. And am still so very lonely...

Arc Thread 2

one year ago

Honestly not finding someone yet is both a good and bad thing IMO. It's bad in that you're alone with no one else to trade with, or ally with, or otherwise communicate with. But at the same time, you don't need to worry about being attacked yet, unless someone finds you and launches a sneak attack before you even realize what's happening....

But that would never happen....

Ever....

Arc Thread 2

one year ago

I am actually fine with not being able to meet up with anyone at this point. There are still a lot of untapped resources around me that I plan on exploiting as soon as possible. I would rather not meet people until I have my area well under my control and with a certain amount of protection.
 

Arc Thread 2

one year ago

If it helps, I can see your crops ;)

Arc Thread 2

one year ago

I found a new resource but my people see no need for it.

Arc Thread 2

one year ago

October and I have meet in game, but that is about it besides a population increase.

Arc Thread 2

one year ago
Sorry I've been slow, folks! Will be back at 'er soon. Been a really rough couple of weeks.. back to the long distance relationship deal for the summer.

Arc Thread 2

one year ago

So when do yuo think we'll start back up?

Arc Thread 2

one year ago
Soon. The most stressful moment of my year begins in about 30 minutes and ends in a few hours and then after that, I'll be back. Sorry for the huge delay, as of this moment, it's been 7.63 days.

I haven't forgotten and I fucking love this game.

Arc Thread 2

one year ago
Making some serious progress!

Arc Thread 2

one year ago

Good, I don't even know why I'm up 5 AM though. Insomnia is a bitch haha.

Arc Thread 2

one year ago
What is this game you guys are playing?

Arc Thread 2

one year ago
You'll notice that I've increased the market reliance of merchants to reflect better realism.

Arc Thread 2

one year ago
Completed a fully functional model for population transfer between cities. It took at least 2000 lines of code to write it!

Arc Thread 2

one year ago
It was easily the biggest thing stopping me from continuing but I still need to:

1) Complete my model for war
2) Engineer specific numbers for sicknesses and medicine
3) Complete my model for naval vessels
4) One other unnamed project

Arc Thread 2

one year ago

That's crazy high lol.

Arc Thread 2

one year ago
A lot of it is pretty repetitive haha, but yeah it has to be really flexible to accommodate both new classes and new cities.

Arc Thread 2

one year ago
I've taken the front-end stats out of soldiers so you can't micromanage, sorry!

Arc Thread 2

one year ago

Will you give us some alternative method to tell how good weapons are?

Arc Thread 2

one year ago
Doing the next turn (finally). I didn't get all the mechanics done, but I got the majority done.

Arc Thread 2

one year ago
Cool, great job on pumping out so many challenging scripts btw

Arc Thread 2

one year ago
Made a mistake and overwrote some data on all sheets, give me a bit to fix it, not a hard fix just a little time consuming so if you see weird stuff on your sheet, don't be worried.

Arc Thread 2

one year ago
Easier than I thought... fixed.

Arc Thread 2

one year ago
Done two people's turns, will finish rest when I get back from the beach. Turns should be out later tonight.

Arc Thread 2

one year ago

YES! I have to go to my friend's birthday today, so I might hold the game up a few hours. Sorry guys.

Arc Thread 2

one year ago

I think it's safe to say that won't hold up the game.

Arc Thread 2

one year ago
Sorry guys, I'm pretty overwhelmed. Just started a duo of organic chem and microbiology and it's fucking with me pretty good right now. 6 hours of class per day (since they're summer courses) and at least that much studying.

Arc Thread 2

one year ago

So will we be going on some sort of hiatus?

Arc Thread 2

one year ago
Give me a bit to get oriented and I'll let you know. Nothing formal, no formal hiatus.

Arc Thread 2

one year ago

No worries dude - you know my situation with only half the workload so I can't blame you. Good luck with your summer units.

Arc Thread 2

one year ago
Sorry guys, one more day

Arc Thread 2

one year ago

Bump.

Arc Thread 2

one year ago

Second Bump.

Arc Thread 2

one year ago

Third Bamp.

Arc Thread 2

10 months ago

So um... bump?

Arc Thread 2

10 months ago

Paused I would assume. Dunno what his plans are though.