one of the most absurd takes I've read in a while

oooo you could add something like frostpunk with rebels seeking to leave to add some light conflict without “enemy” clans!

I see you've met my inner thoughts! :)

Hi. It does, but we came up with the ideas completely independently. See my reply to another comment - we've actually become online friends a while ago and they've been very helpful to me along the way.

There are arguments both ways. That's my current thinking.

the haircut is 60% of that performance

I was there just after Christmas, all the way from England!

I like the idea of a cooperative-yet-competitive relationship with the other groups living on the turtle. You all need to work together to feed the turtle, otherwise you all suffer. However, maybe one group will benifit more from having the turtle pass through a rainstorm, but it'll cause flooding and/or crop failures for another group. So there's some competitiveness in steering the turtle. Or maybe one group benifits by having the turtle languish in a sunny spot, making it go slow by nearly starving it, but another group needs wind for their windmills and wants the turtle to move quickly.

Regional resources could get depleted if the turtle hangs out in one area too long, or maybe pollution or something builds up, so that encourages players to want the turtle to move around more and not revisit the same areas very frequently.

Finally (and into serious feature-creep mode) what happens when the turtle encounters hazards? Creatures that attack the turtle or dispatch "parasites" that attack the people living on its back? What if you encounter another turtle with its own host of civilizations? Will there be conflict or cooperation? ...so many possibilities!

Hi. Thanks for the thought. Yes, space is still evolving. I've got random areas of dry/wet, hot/cold and low/high power at the moment, but I could still do a lot with space, and even those existing ones. I usually have a base idea, then as the game progresses it gets tied down more and more.

Seems very similar to The Wandering Village

Idk about anybody else, but if I see a game is having a launch discount and it's only 10%, i'd be less likely to buy it. Seems disingenuous

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It was an ambitious question. Honestly looking at your video with no context you’d have know way of knowing this is your first. Looks great

Thanks for your support.

Thanks. It's really motivating to hear people say positive things about it!

Good for you and good to hear the other devs were supportive and not little bitches about it. If I had a usable PC I would play this to death. Keep up the good work!

Thank you!

I was waiting for this one to pop up. There's usually the "where are the elephants?" and this quote.

Ooo, looks good, added to wish list and downloading the demo!

I happily own up to looking for exposure, but I always do my best to be active and involved too, to whoever finds it interesting, so as not to just "dump and run".

I'm not getting the reference in the end, though :( Please explain?

maybe he's born with it

I'm sure you've thought of this already but:

You need to be careful with balancing the travel mechanics. Every different space biome should have distinct benefits and equally distinct downsides. Otherwise people like me will just pick one biome and circle it.

That's something really hard to do, I don't have a solution, sorry. It all looks beautiful though

OP this looks awesome!!

"See the Turtle of enormous girth. On his shell he holds the Earth"
This looks adorable/fun. I'll slap this onto my list.

We'll see where this takes me. I'd love to this long-term, but I have 4 kids and I need to earn some money some time to keep our futures safe too. But it's a great opportunity to try give this my all!

Thanks. You can play the demo on Steam ;)