Dragonsoulj

I think this would be a very valid reason for me to boot up the Windows PC I'm building to test it. What you are describing is an interesting conundrum.

I like seeing some of the behind the scenes work you do. Bonus when it's a mini tutorial.

Seems I forgot to comment. Looks like definite progress. I saw khawk post something about a new Urho version. Will you be upgrading with it?

I can't wait for it to be released, if you choose to.

I think it looks fantastic!

If you care for suggestions for your doors, instead of doing a stone center panel, adding a beveled wooden panel may give off more of a door look, even though it does slide into the ground. Maybe adding a door knocker since having regular hinge and knob hardware makes little sense in this case?

I think your issue of having to wait while doors and such take their turns is okay it keeps the player updated on terrain and informs them of objects that can be affected. If you move the camera of each entity as it takes its turn, it should help, and in fog of war, stay on the last visible unit to take a turn. At the end, return to the last unit the player used. Just a thought on helping with the wait.

Sounds like progress to me!

As for your dog conversations, I believe this phrase applies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubber_duck_debugging

While I liked the article, I feel it is missing something: what happened when you did the press kit and contacted various websites?

Potentially you could do this as a major zooming feature. It's the same world when viewed as an overworld, but instead of your goblin being on one hex in the overworld, make it equivalent to say 100 "square" hexes. If the overworld hex has certain elements on or next to it (snow, water, trees, plains), the zoomed in play world would have elements of this, but either randomly generated or as predesigned maps (potentially reskinned to match the overworlds contents).