Has anyone considered remaking the Kappa Civ? Or then for that matter perhaps a Civ based off of the Taoists from Ten Desires perhaps? Faith based?
Or failing that maybe Suwako's kingdom before Kanako came around?
I'm just tossing ideas out since I'd be glad to have more 2hu Civs to play about with. :>
Any reason these aren't on the Steam Workshop either? Err, the Human Village I mean.
Yeah, the Human Village is basically at the "testing" phase right now -- I think I still need to do the basic diplomacy dialogue, and I'm still considering changing the promotions the UU has. Once I've gotten some feedback on it (or at least, don't see anyone objecting strenuously to it) I'll move it up to getting published on Steam.
In terms of ideas that I'm either working on or have at least discussed with people:
Moriya Shrine -- I've already gotten most of the code for this laid down, although I need to get working on the image files I need so I can test it. Currently the Moriya Trait gives science and production to the Shrine and Temple, the UB is an Observatory replacement that provides faith, and the UU is a Swordsman that doesn't need iron and gets a bonus to combat power that increase the more faith you generate. I still need to get it to the testing stage to see if the trait is workable or not; I've discussed some alternatives with Huitzil, and one alternative is to have Mountains generate faith and science...
Myouren Temple -- Another faith-based civ. Talking with Huitzil about it, I'd like it to be a kind of diplomatic/influence civ that tries to befriend city-states and gain influence over them (and thus is a rival for Toyosatomimi's civ, which would have the same goals). I'm still not quite sure how to do it, so it's still sitting on the drawing board.
Makai -- I'll admit to being rather biased by Highly Responsive to Prayers here, but I couldn't help but think of Makai as a trade and Tourism civ, focused on a small number of cities that would basically be communities that grew up around the gates to Makai. The UB could be a Makai Travel Agency, replacing the Hotel. A UU might be kind of difficult, since there isn't much in the way of "demonic" units to use... but there is an existing "dragon" model, so I was considering a cavalry replacement that could fly, giving them a military advantage in the late game. In my experience, winning a tourism victory requires defeating your biggest cultural rivals militarily, so a late-game military unit would be helpful for them. I'm not entirely sure how the trait would work, although something referencing the miasma would be interesting. Perhaps a defensive attrition effect around their cities. Alternatively, they could be designed to prosper in harsh terrain no one else wants -- Makai is an unforgiving land. Another idea I've tossed around is something to do with the crystal growths that exist in Makai as some form of UI, perhaps producing Tourism in the late game. There's lots of neat ideas and most of them may be easy to implement, so I may work on them next after Moriya.
Magic Forest -- I've tossed around ideas for this before, but still not certain what direction to take it. It's one of those instances where you wonder exactly what focus to give the civ. Marisa is the most notorious resident of the Forest, and it'd be easy to use "Stole the Precious Thing" as a trait... but given that Alice and Rinnosuke both inhabit the forest as well, I can't help but wonder if it should have a broader focus. I still like the Atelier UB idea, with some kind of modular ability to reflect the different residents of the forest. Since I'm still not certain what to do with it, I haven't gotten very far with it.
I believe Hakugyokuro was discussed at one point, but not sure if any concrete ideas came from it.
I know Huitzil and I once discussed making a Hakurei Shrine civ... but it's one of those civs that's hard to decide exactly what to do with. Personally, I like the idea of it being a trade civ -- make Donation Boxes in all of your cities, rack up the wealth, get rich! But given Reimu's reputation for being impoverished and the difficulty in reaching her shrine... it may not be a good reflection of her. On the other hand, I can't help but imagine an offense and trade civ would be the result if you put Reimu in charge of an actual country...
Celestials or the Yamas could be interesting, although I'm not sure how they develop. I suppose the Yamas would tend to denounce people frequently?
I hadn't really thought about them before, but I'll see if anything percolates in my mind for them.
Anyways, those are some of the ideas that I've tossed around. As I mentioned, the Human Village should be ready for publication soon, and the Moriya Shrine is probably around 50% complete. I suspect I'll want to try to do Makai after that, as it's the one I'd feel the most confident in being able to finish next...