KevinLancaster
Prince
If the cities are colonies, like in SMAC, that would make it confusing.
That would fit with what has been said about how outposts struggle to support themselves at first and eventually become proper cities, i think in the french article again.
Marble exist out there as well.
Some tiles are made up of triangles in the screenshots. Don`t mean much, proberbly.
Art comes pretty late in the development cycle, though. After all, artwork itself is relatively uncritical for most concepts (it should rarely cause bugs, has no influence on bugs, does not matter for playtesting and QA, it is specified once all other things are done).
It's said in one of the interviews to be pre-alpha. We're still more than 6 months from release.Definitely some place holders there. It vey much sounds like the game is still in alpha. Till now I'm digging the craters and canyons. Hope it's more than just window dressing.
The last screenshot displays Habitation with 5 icons attached to it. Would this perhaps be something you start with like Agriculture in Civ5. Colonist selected at the bottom.