Devblog #10 - Ancient Flora
Dear community,
When creating maps a lot of emphases is placed on the wildlife surrounding your future city. Terrain and rivers can guide you to places where your settlement will begin, but it is nature that will provide some of the most necessary resources. Plants and trees are crucial sources of building materials as well as a source of heat for your citizens during the cold winter months.
We introduced a huge variety of shapes and colours to create a diverse environment. This allows you as a player to seek locations that not only will have a vast amount of resources but also will look aesthetically pleasing.
Here is a set of foliage you can find on the map.
Bushes and grass.
These cover the vast majority of the map. We are working on the possibility of finding small patches of gorgeous flowers hidden in the tall grass.
Deciduous trees.
There are two tree types in this category: birch and oak. They change their appearance drastically with shifting seasons. This creates a more colourful look to the game and may even remind players to prepare for the upcoming winter.
Conifers.
Dense spruce and pine forests spread over mountainous areas. They are a fantastic source of wood for the citizens. These are evergreen and will always stand out in the winter months.
Colourful trees.
Peach trees and magnolia yulan bring life and colour to the environment. They are some of the most beautiful plants you can find in the wild on the map.
Domesticated plants.
We introduced plants to diversify buildings. We want to show the sophisticated details and gardening available to the upper classes of the citizens.
Bamboo forests.
There used to be a little exploit, which gave your city almost infinite amounts of wood. Even though this has been fixed since bamboo forests are still a viable wood source.
The plant variety presented in this devblog encompasses only a selected group available on one of the maps. We’re constantly working on new elements of the environment and creating new variants of the already existing plants. If you have any suggestions of what regional variants of trees or bushes we should add, don’t forget you can message us on our discord server or comment here.
Until next time,
The Devs
When creating maps a lot of emphases is placed on the wildlife surrounding your future city. Terrain and rivers can guide you to places where your settlement will begin, but it is nature that will provide some of the most necessary resources. Plants and trees are crucial sources of building materials as well as a source of heat for your citizens during the cold winter months.
We introduced a huge variety of shapes and colours to create a diverse environment. This allows you as a player to seek locations that not only will have a vast amount of resources but also will look aesthetically pleasing.
Here is a set of foliage you can find on the map.
Bushes and grass.
These cover the vast majority of the map. We are working on the possibility of finding small patches of gorgeous flowers hidden in the tall grass.
Deciduous trees.
There are two tree types in this category: birch and oak. They change their appearance drastically with shifting seasons. This creates a more colourful look to the game and may even remind players to prepare for the upcoming winter.
Conifers.
Dense spruce and pine forests spread over mountainous areas. They are a fantastic source of wood for the citizens. These are evergreen and will always stand out in the winter months.
Colourful trees.
Peach trees and magnolia yulan bring life and colour to the environment. They are some of the most beautiful plants you can find in the wild on the map.
Domesticated plants.
We introduced plants to diversify buildings. We want to show the sophisticated details and gardening available to the upper classes of the citizens.
Bamboo forests.
There used to be a little exploit, which gave your city almost infinite amounts of wood. Even though this has been fixed since bamboo forests are still a viable wood source.
The plant variety presented in this devblog encompasses only a selected group available on one of the maps. We’re constantly working on new elements of the environment and creating new variants of the already existing plants. If you have any suggestions of what regional variants of trees or bushes we should add, don’t forget you can message us on our discord server or comment here.
Until next time,
The Devs