Tynan Please add Faction Colony Screenshots

Started by Elixiar, July 12, 2016, 11:12:49 AM

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Elixiar

Please add a general faction colony screenshot (can be one stock image for each type).
The Alpha 14 video with the tribe made me thing it would be a really cool thing to help fill out the faction pages when you click on them for more information.

E.g the wood tipee type colony for tribes.
Generic colony type for outlanders.
Generic colony but camp fires, prison cells and a spaceship or 2 in the screenshot for pirates. (Since they sometimes drop on top of you)

Before the steam release of you get chance  ::)

Also, it would help people put an image to the types of people we encounter on the Rimworld. As in their bases since we can never actually see them.
"We didn't crash here by accident... something brought us down". - Anon Rimworld Colonist

ChimpX

I think a general fleshing-out of the lore and setting is needed before 1.0 ... what you're suggesting could be a part of it.

Getting the game working has been top priority, but extra depth of setting has always been what separates good creative works from the truly great and memorable ones.

I bet the community here would love to help Tynan out with that, too.


DariusWolfe

A counter-point, ChimpX:

Having things being less defined creates an empty space for players who want to create the setting for themselves. The more canon there is, the more collisions there will be with head-canon. The extremely dynamic and procedural nature of the game contributes to the player being able to define a lot of the details of the setting for themselves.

While I wouldn't mind more details to play with, I kind of like that they're only loosely connected, leaving me to arrange the pieces in a way that works for me.

Elixiar

I understand that sometimes less is more, but we already know what these types of colonies are likely to look like. We know that bow and spear using pawns aren't likely to live in steel buildings surrounded by turrets. Similarly we know that pirates have access to all levels of weapons and thus assumed technology. A small picture wouldn't be a concrete definition of every colony but a generalisation in the same way that tribals always wear tribal drapes/ parkas. But it would open the window onto the rest of the Rimworld somewhat.
The gameplay area feels alive and fleshed out but what about the world itself?

Also I know that things are obviously going to be fleshed out in the future. This just seemed like a relatively small but in my eyes important idea for being able to expand on the world in a low effort and cool way.
"We didn't crash here by accident... something brought us down". - Anon Rimworld Colonist