We are approaching Rounos!
To be honest: Summer hit us pretty hard! Now we are back at work and there are only few things to be done before we will update the Early Access version of Imagine Earth. Continue reading
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Mines and Forestry
Here are two new goods producing buildings: The Mines and the Forestry along with their individual aspects according to the Designers great plans for now ( the programmer is still on his honeymoon trip… ;D Continue reading
No Weekly Blog Posts in August
You have probably noticed that there was no blog post last week and we have decided that we will stop posting the whole month of August. So what the hell are we doing? Continue reading
Native People on Rounos
Rounos will not be an empty planet with stones and forest. Instead it is sparsely populated by native people. Continue reading
Research 2.0, City Names and Updated Roadmap
We proudly present the new research menu with a lot more content and possibilities. There will be three new tools and every tool will have a level 2 and 3. Continue reading
First impression on the next planet: Rounos
Hello and welcome to our weekly progress update, we have a lot to do, so I will make this short. The biggest thing we are working on is obviously the next episode that will take place on Rounos. Continue reading
Mai 2014 was the hottest
.. month ever recorded by the us-american NOAA. And there’s an up to 80 % chance that an El-Niño will occure.
“Our understanding of El Niño and La Niña has increased dramatically in recent years and this knowledge has enabled us to develop very successful climate services for society. Advance warning has given governments around the world time to make contingency plans for the impact of this year’s expected El Niño on the agriculture, water management, health and other climate-sensitive sectors. (…) We remain vulnerable to this force of nature but we can protect ourselves by being better prepared. (…) El Niño leads to extreme events and has a pronounced warming effect. It is too early to assess the precise impact on global temperatures in 2014, but we expect the long-term warming trend to continue as a result of rising greenhouse gas concentrations.”
WMO-Generalsekretär Michel Jarraud ( via german source )
New Building: Watchtower
While we are working on the next mission that will take place on planet Rounos, we would like to introduce to you one of the new buildings that will be available:
The watchtower allows you to expand your territory. It’s the land version of the buoy station we added with Lorian.
Consumption: 15 money, 10 energy, 5 food, 5 goods
Pollution: 2 air, 2 ground
Obviously a lot of resources are necessary to keep it working – that’s the price you will have to pay for the expansion…
Riots
Currently we are discussing a possible new feature: Riots.
They occur in cities that have a bad mood for a serious amount of time. Riots can lead to nearby buildings being set on fire. Watchtowers could make sure that this doesn’t happen.
What do you think about the watchtower and about our riot idea?
Wildfires!
There is something new we would like to show you:
How they work
Wildfires are caused by crashing meteorites, dry forests, exploding buildings or technical incidents.
They spread downwind and can be stopped by destructing affected buildings and cutting down forests. Additionally you can research a new tool to extinguish them.
Hopefully you will enjoy them as mush as we do! They will be released with the next update – probably at the end of July.
Jens & Martin
PS: In case you have some friends who would like to play the Imagine Earth Early Access:
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Steam: New building and Lorian 2.0
Phew!
We just released an update to the early access version of Imagine Earth on Steam.
And this is what’s new:
We have a brand new building called “Park district”. It has extensive park areas and houses 25,000 inhabitants AND improves the quality of life for neighbouring districts. Upgrades are “Urban gardening” and “Green facades”.
The park district is made available on Joma at 600k people.
Lorian 2.0
Parallel to creating the new mission “Rounos” we put a lot of work in enhancing the Lorian mission. Here are the details:
- The 4 capturable buildings are shown in navigation mode
- “Quest” icon triggers side quests (e.g. “slick bay”)
- Fixed a lot of small bugs in the meteorite logic
- Most meteorites are now dropped on random locations outside and inside the players area
- Laser cannon quest is explained better
- End-sequence is more consistent and doesn’t start too early anymore
- A serious number of other small things 😉
And then there were some general bugs to be fixed (e.g. F12 screenshots not working correct) and we improved the Toolring. Now it’s possible to hook a tool (repair, harvest, …) to the cursor by pressing it’s icon for a second. This will allow you to mass upgrade, repair, .. your buildings more easily.
That’s it. Now it’s time to play the early access version on steam and check out the new content.