In the last update, I added bridges & trees which looked really nice but I made a very bad mistake in doing so. You see I added both as being a 'feature' of a tile, but that was silly because a bridge isn't a feature it's something someone has to build. So I've reworked the system so they are now separated, features include things like trees or if the tile is a hill, whereas buildings are additions to the tile that has to be built.
With that distinction, I've added bridges to the game but now as a building and not a feature. And what better way to test out this new improved system than by having our newest unit be a worker?
Right now bridges are treated like any other building (given a random position in the tile), but I'll eventually change that. It'd be reasonable to ask how this worker was able to build a bridge on a hex that it's incapable of going on. Well, that's because in this game workers can build hexes on the tiles around it, not just the ones they are on. I think this will add a new interesting aspect to building in general.
I've also added a new visual for the city & reduced the size of the city bubble above it:
Now, I really want to continue to polish and add detail to the map so I've added a new feature to the map: Ridges.
Not only will this help add visual detail to the map but it will also serve a good gameplay purpose. A ridge will give defensive buffs to units on them and also cost extra movement to move on to. This is how hills will also act (but on land) when I get around to adding them.
Next, I want to work on roads and maybe even adding in a military unit, we'll see!
Sincerely,
Blake Gillman
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