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Maybe think of the experience you want the player to have and then work backwards from that?
Is it only sandbox mode, or does it have some scenarios with an objective? The river look too straight. I expected more meanders.
Just sandbox mode for now. The rivers don't meander in the way that real rivers do- real rivers meander because of differences in flow velocity across the width of the river, but the simulation doesn't run at that sort of resolution. If it did, the area covered would be far smaller.
I like poking around with these sorts of sandboxes, but in order to gamify it, you might need some objectives, limitations and planning goals, eg: - you have a limited amount of some mineral or rock that erodes quicker or slower than others, and you need to move water from one location to another. - there is a magma chamber growing under a mountain. Move the villagers out of harms way / destroy enemies. - introduce s…
I like poking around with these sorts of sandboxes, but in order to gamify it, you might need some objectives, limitations and planning goals, eg: - you have a limited amount of some mineral or rock that erodes quicker or slower than others, and you need to move water from one location to another. - there is a magma chamber growing under a mountain. Move the villagers out of harms way / destroy enemies. - introduce s…
Speaking of CS, I wish this simulator had heightmap export.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Just sandbox mode for now. The rivers don't meander in the way that real rivers do- real rivers meander because of differences in flow velocity across the width of the river, but the simulation doesn't run at that sort of resolution. If it did, the area covered would be far smaller.
You could totally cheat the river physics. The game would look better and nobody would know.
https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1018448
https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.102...
I think I've finally found a PC game she's going to be excited by.
I understand this would be a magnitude more work, but I'd pay money for these mechanics in a snes style populous remake
I like poking around with these sorts of sandboxes, but in order to gamify it, you might need some objectives, limitations and planning goals, eg: - you have a limited amount of some mineral or rock that erodes quicker or slower than others, and you need to move water from one location to another. - there is a magma chamber growing under a mountain. Move the villagers out of harms way / destroy enemies. - introduce s…