Hi everyone,
I've currently begun to work on a civ mod for the Bantu Peoples designed with VP in mind.
The main characteristics of this civilization is that it has no proper unique component. Instead, because of the status of the Bantu as a "cradle civilization" from which emerged countless tribes and nations, I chose to focus on two elements :
For now, here is a list of these Peoples, which are inspired by nine major Bantu groups :
Now, how to obtain these Peoples ? Once a city is founded, liberated (for you own cities) or when you finish a Courthouse in it, the type of tiles around the city are analyzed and choices are made in order to select two bonuses/Peoples. The "Peoples" are buildings that are always lost on capture.
For now, I have in mind a "if" condition checklist (see the following list in spoiler), but there are of course other possible solutions.
So, here is the concept for the civ. As you may have noticed, some of the bonuses are balanced with their relative rarity and the terrain associated with them in mind. This method of selecting the Peoples may seem overcomplicated at first (why not choose an event screen and let you select what you want ?) but I wanted the resulting empire to be heterogeneous and diverse, so here if you go out of your starting biome the chances your new cities will become very different from your first ones are high. Plus, I wanted to not give the civ a starting bias, so each beginning will be different. That said, if this proves to be too problematic, I have other solutions in mind (for example using the event system).
Another problem I have is of course the adequation between the conditions for obtaining the Peoples, the bonus they offer and the historical and cultural elements that are referenced. There is obviously always the risk both of oversimplification and unintuitive sets of characteristics for each People, so don't hesitate to criticize.
As for the coding, it has already begun (at least for a part of the core files). However, before doing the heavy-lifting parts, I would like to have your opinion on the project since it is the first one where I'm not only an armchair critic, but actually doing the hard work : I don't want to add more any more Peoples, but the existing ones will surely be tweaked or reworked thanks to your suggestions (since most of them are still concepts first and foremost). I intend for this civ to be my main project for the next year, so there is no hurry, and I want to better my fledgeling coding skills on small sized things in the next months before handling the big parts.
Thank you for reading.
I've currently begun to work on a civ mod for the Bantu Peoples designed with VP in mind.
The main characteristics of this civilization is that it has no proper unique component. Instead, because of the status of the Bantu as a "cradle civilization" from which emerged countless tribes and nations, I chose to focus on two elements :
- First, the ability to expand at an impressive rate, and so produce settler units with less constraints than other civilizations.
- Second, the ability for each Bantu city to feel unique. Depending on its placement, each city will benefit from two unique bonuses (see them as unique free buildings) which will bring different advantages to the city and unique promotions for the units it produces.
For now, here is a list of these Peoples, which are inspired by nine major Bantu groups :
Spoiler Nine Bantu Peoples :
Gold. +3 % 
Production for units per worked Fresh water tile. Units have the "Hutu" promotion (medium chance to withdraw before melee attacks, and deals 10 damage to the attacker when doing so).
CS from flank attacks ; +33 % xp gain).
Faith and +1 
Unhappiness ; 
MP and ignore ZOC for the turn).
Culture and +1 
Happiness for every 8 Citizens in City ; units gain the "Mongo" promotion (+25% improvement rate ; +1 Visibility Range and heals 5 HP at the end of turn whatever the action)
Tourism from Specialists and 2 Specialists don't cause 
Army Supply for each Horse, Ivory or Natural wonder tile within 3 tiles and claim these tiles ; - 20 % 
City growth, but +2 
Science for each International Trade Route coming to or from this City ; units gain the "Kikuyu" promotion (gain Now, how to obtain these Peoples ? Once a city is founded, liberated (for you own cities) or when you finish a Courthouse in it, the type of tiles around the city are analyzed and choices are made in order to select two bonuses/Peoples. The "Peoples" are buildings that are always lost on capture.
For now, I have in mind a "if" condition checklist (see the following list in spoiler), but there are of course other possible solutions.
Spoiler Conditions list :
So, here is the concept for the civ. As you may have noticed, some of the bonuses are balanced with their relative rarity and the terrain associated with them in mind. This method of selecting the Peoples may seem overcomplicated at first (why not choose an event screen and let you select what you want ?) but I wanted the resulting empire to be heterogeneous and diverse, so here if you go out of your starting biome the chances your new cities will become very different from your first ones are high. Plus, I wanted to not give the civ a starting bias, so each beginning will be different. That said, if this proves to be too problematic, I have other solutions in mind (for example using the event system).
Another problem I have is of course the adequation between the conditions for obtaining the Peoples, the bonus they offer and the historical and cultural elements that are referenced. There is obviously always the risk both of oversimplification and unintuitive sets of characteristics for each People, so don't hesitate to criticize.
As for the coding, it has already begun (at least for a part of the core files). However, before doing the heavy-lifting parts, I would like to have your opinion on the project since it is the first one where I'm not only an armchair critic, but actually doing the hard work : I don't want to add more any more Peoples, but the existing ones will surely be tweaked or reworked thanks to your suggestions (since most of them are still concepts first and foremost). I intend for this civ to be my main project for the next year, so there is no hurry, and I want to better my fledgeling coding skills on small sized things in the next months before handling the big parts.
Thank you for reading.
Spoiler City list :
Spoiler Concept for civ symbol :
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