Hello everyone!
it's been a very long time since the last diary. Many wondered if the project was alive or gone. The project is alive, but faced difficulties.
Last year, we were unable to reach a consensus with Eugene, our game designer, or rather, he was unable to implement the concept we conceived, for a number of different reasons.
After the last diary, I took up the continuation of our concept myself. After a while, I realized that everything that we had planned with Zhenya was too much for me alone. Probably at this moment, for the first time, the thought occurred to me that I should have given up my first initial concept for nothing. But I couldn't blame myself, because Zhenya's first General concept was already on paper, and mine was only in my head. At first glance, the concept looked good. It turned out later, when it came to the details, that the concept has 90% of the old spots that no one can formulate.
After the new year's holidays, I decided to start from scratch, after further development of the concept. After a week of torturous beginnings, I was left standing on the second or third page of my new mega concept book… And then I started looking for inspiration on the side. 500 hours of play in the 6th civilization, Dawn of Man - 40H, Jon Shafer's At the Gates - 40H, Crusader Kings II and then Crusader Kings III under a hundred hours. A bunch of other games.
I tried to write a concept several times. Each attempt moved me one or two pages ahead and the fuse disappeared. In the end, I barely described the basics.
I can't say that the project was completely stalled at this time, many different minor edits were made. A person who is engaged in sound joined the project and the first rudiments of sound design appeared in the game.
Over the past half year, until I had time to fully engage in the project, I kept records of all my ideas, of which I accumulated a sufficient number. Now the task is to structure them in a concept Doc.
My goal is to roll out a more or less playable build by the end of this season.
I will try not to pay attention to the graphics and concentrate on the gameplay.
Wish me luck and patience :)
