Registered: Aug 2001
Location: From New Zealand
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Disappointed with CtP, CtP2 and Civilization III; myself and a friend (a great programmer) decided to take on our own mission and develop a new Civilization game, one that does include all of the depthness and fun that people have been begging for.

I know, I sound like an advert, but I am serious, we are not being funded, we have our own jobs and lives, so we will spend all the time we have available to us to produce this game.

We have infact been working on this for the past 2 years, we have developed 3 and almost 4 different versions of Humanitas; we would do this because we would not be happy with the way the game was becoming.

Over 5000 images have been produced just for this game, a lot are not being used (but I have still got them for records).

I want to show you some basic images of the game. I want you to tell me what you think of the terrain, the size, the scale, the way it looks, because me and the programmer want to know we are producing something that people can be happy with.

Does it look better than Civ3? Even Civ4?

Judging from the look, do you think the gameplay might very well turn out to be good?


We have added a lot more terrains than any of the Civ's have offered, the below screenshot is an area in Dry Desert.

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Registered: Aug 2001
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This is just to show cliffs. (the game does have beaches aswell (no cliffs).


When you plan a landing, it will take 1 turn to drop units off on cliffed coasts, but no turns on beaches. So that's one of the strategies that people would have to consider.

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Registered: Apr 2000
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Looks a LOT better than either Civ3 or Civ4.

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Registered: Aug 2001
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I might post more screenshots just so people can see what we have created.

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Registered: Apr 2000
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Please do.

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Registered: Nov 2000
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*jaw drops* It looks amazing...

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Registered: Apr 2000
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I hope your friend programs as well as you create graphics.

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Registered: Aug 2001
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He does, he used to make games for a living.

Suprisingly fast too. A lot of good talent out there, and I am willing to bet most of them are unknown to the market.

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quote: Judging from the look, do you think the gameplay might very well turn out to be good?

How?

AFAIK it´s impossibe to judge like that, there are games that look great but have horrible gameplay (or maybe it´s just me )
Anyway, it does look better than Civ3 and Civ4

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Registered: May 2002
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The look reminds me very much of the isometic goodness of games like the Warlords series and the IE games (Baldur's gate etc) I love that detailed, painterly feel. Please tell me the game will support high resolutions

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Registered: Aug 2001
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1024x768

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Lord Nuclear

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Oh, that isn't very high.

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Registered: Jan 2004
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Just on the mark for my portable, tho.

Besides, the screenshots look like they're zoomed in. I don't suppose this is the normal size the player is shown ingame?

I like what I see here Sn00py, but it's impossible to tell how the gameplay will feel just on the look of those screenshots.

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snoopy369

Registered: Apr 2004
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Sn00py those are well above and beyond even your usual standard for graphic excellence

Would love to hear more of the details of gameplay, if you have a website or even a text doc ...

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Registered: Jan 2002
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quote: Originally posted by Lord Nuclear Oh, that isn't very high.

1024x768 is a perfectly decent resolution for a tbs type game i think. Look at the graphics, they are excellent for sure

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Registered: Feb 2001
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Hi res or not, they are quite evocative.

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snoopy369

Registered: Apr 2004
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Yes, 1024x768 is quite adequate of a resolution. Anything higher wouldn't run comfortably on a lot of systems, and Sn00py and friend don't exactly have a team of designers working for them to develop multiple resolutions of graphics

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Registered: Jan 1970
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The graphics part is off to a good start. But you the know the saying about "pudding" and "eating".

Are those hex tiles btw?

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* Kassiopeia waits for all the people from all the aborted Civ-like game projects to show up to whine and feel sorry and wonder where you two geniuses were when "their project" went belly up

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Registered: Mar 2002
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beautiful, but I would expect nothing less from Sn00py

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Looks great, Sn00py. Can't say anything much about gameplay though.

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Registered: Aug 2001
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The screenshots give a good sense of the scale you are imagining for the game... I get good vibes from it.

When you say you've created 5000 images for the game, are you talking sprites, or does the game work on pre-rendered images ( I'm thinking of something along the lines of King of Dragon Pass) which would be really cool, too.

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Registered: Feb 2001
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quote: Originally posted by Jaguar Looks a LOT better than either Civ3 or Civ4.

Corrected.

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Thats great! Its seems to draw you in as you scan the area. Very nice.

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Registered: Oct 2002
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Very immersive, and you say this was just the two of you working 2 years on this?

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Registered: Jan 2001
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Is your game available somewhere? You could as well post on the Alt civs forum, not that it's very busy, but this would belong there. Just graphics don't mean much to me.

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Registered: Aug 2001
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Ben: It has taken us 2 years to create 3 versions of Hum. This version you are looking at above took about 1-2 months. (It's the 3rd Attempt).

LDiCesare: It is not available anywhere, the game is staying secret; I know I released some screenshots, but that was to make sure we were doing something people can like.

We have that feedback now (also from CivFanatics), so we are both now going full speed with finishing the game.

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quote: Originally posted by General Ludd When you say you've created 5000 images for the game, are you talking sprites, or does the game work on pre-rendered images ( I'm thinking of something along the lines of King of Dragon Pass) which would be really cool, too.

5000 for all 3 versions of the Humanitas. The final one we have now has about 400 images. (But this will increase to about 600 I think) They are in editable format.

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Registered: Aug 2001
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quote: Originally posted by CapTVK Are those hex tiles btw?

We thought about Hex, but we decided not to go down that road, however, there is still a chance we might change it - though I doubt it, because then i'd have to re-do all the terrain.

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