Development Update - December 2022 (Patreon)

Hey everyone, hope you're all doing well. First off, I want to say a big thank you to all my patrons, your support is greatly appreciated. As there are quite a lot of you now (almost 50 patrons, and roughly 7k users!), I think it would be a good idea for me to talk more more regularly about what I've been working on.

So, since my last post (May), the main things I have implemented are:

• Custom races / religions
• Full map editing
• Government generation controls
• Folders
• Temporary settlements that don’t need an account
• Ability to share settlements with a public access link
• Building render overhaul to give them more depth
• Trees
• Farmland and forests overhaul
• Edit controls to move and swap buildings
• Re-roll building option
• Ability to draw initial rivers and oceans before generating a settlement
• Ability to generate rivers that can branch

Most of those have been around for a while now, so let's take a look at the most recent one - drawing the initial rivers and oceans.

1. Go to the landscape tab of the create settlement form:

1. Change ‘Water configuration’ from ‘Generation’ to ‘Manually drawn’:

1. Click the draw button, and then draw rivers and oceans to make something like:

Rivers are bodies of water that can be crossed with a bridge, while oceans cannot be crossed.

1. Click save, and then generate the settlement, and get something like:

As part of this feature, more complicated water layouts are now possible, like lakes, branching rivers, and islands - some of these are also now generated when the generate river / oceans options are selected! I think this results in some pretty cool looking settlements, and can’t wait to hear what you think about it!

As always, any and all feedback is welcomed!