Where do I begin?

[Gammon]

So, I've been milling over an idea for a civ. It was inspired by a mini-campaign for the OS game Battle for Wesnoth, which involves some sentient slime slurping around devouring things.

Well now, I was looking through the inactive Jotnar module to get an idea of how a modular civ is built. Perhaps to even use them as a template. Obviously I am in over my head.

To the point now, I beseech thee community for assistance.

 

[Gammon]

Tenative Feature List

• Sprawling "capital city" Primary Nodule
  
• Secondary nodules limited to size 8 and 1 tile work distance
  
• No commerce but, gains research from buildings and trade with nodes
  
• Some sort of sludge improvement that spreads out
  
• Units split off from node, giving a population cost as well as production time.
  
• Defeated enemies make slimes that grow into stronger units
  (maybe adding to city pop)
  
• Only 1 leader starting at minor, as it grows can gain diverging
  characteristics based on alignment. (crystaline units with lawfulness and bonus blobbiness for chaotic, EAT! EAT! EAT!)
  
• Tie in alignment shift/leader upgrade to tech path (hunting + philosophy, Knowledge of the Ether + Philosophy, bronze working + hunting)
  
• Cheerful unit names such as Squishling(melee), Squirt(archer), and Blob(recon)!

I thought I would start the neutral set first and fill out the divergent alignment paths later

 

[Gammon]

I have lore ideas but I will save those for later. I was thinking of a debuff that causes % damage per turn for X number of turns, where the % damage was greater than bare healing in enemy territory but less than healing in friendly. Also to be removed when healed to full health.

 

[Gammon]

Thinking about just bouncing thoughts into this thread as I twiddle along. So far I've got a seemingly decent xml editor, and I am looking through some tutorials. Boy do I wish I could find pre-made templates. Looking through Mekara's unitinfos is instructive.

 

[Gammon]

And, I am feeling burned out already. Defeated myself in this for now. Kinda late, took a break earlier played a game with Mekara and was promptly stomped on turn 17 by an 8 +100% str muris clan wolf rider. Taking a hint to get some sleep.

 

[CarnivalBizarre]

So a civ of slime eh? That might work. Don't try to achieve all in one day, slow and steady wins the race and all that.

Wasn't there someone who made a disease oriented civ by the way, what happened to that?

 

[odalrick]

The Dagda's Tears civ was literally a slime civ that ate the world.

 

[Gammon]

Well hell's bells I guess this was for naught, dagda's tears even has crystalized slime. I'll just go slink away to some whole and wither away.

 

[Valkrionn]

Dagda's Tears was never released though, and is more of a 'monster civ', not a true civ.

 

[Gammon]

Well Valk, that's reassuring, as I only did a cursory search. I still feel somewhat lowly.

 

[Valkrionn]

Meh. Best thing to do is just to make something you'd enjoy playing. If others like it, they like it; If not, you still have something you enjoy.

If it helps.... Here was my first civ idea. Never got off the ground...

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=285746

 

[Gammon]

Haha steampunk gnomes, neato.

 

[arcticnightwolf]

... lol ... aren't you considering resurrecting that civ ?

 

[Valkrionn]

... lol ... aren't you considering resurrecting that civ ?

Nope. Merged the Mechanos instead.