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Humans... Neutral, Trade-based economy, Muskets, Paladins.

68 (23.4%)

Elves... Good, Plant/Creature-based economy, Magical, Rangers & Bowmen.

49 (16.8%)

Goblins... Evil, Slave-based economy, Dungeons, Demons, Whips.

46 (15.8%)

Warlocks... Evil, Magic-based economy, Necromancy, Transformations & Spells.

69 (23.7%)

Gnomes... Good, Tech-based economy, Steampunk, Machines.

59 (20.3%)

Total Members Voted: 179

[Vherid]

I planned on Warlocks as main civ-creature that interact with demons, but at a low number. The rest are skeletons, dumb civ members for simple tasks.  So all menial labor is done by undeads.

That doesn't sound as conflicting then, that sounds like it will be a different branch of such things, where as iteru ones are more guardians or giant war beasts, things like that.

[Meph]

Ok. I want to make them opposed to life, to allow more fun and differences to other races. And I am looking for a way to make ghosts and demons benefitial. So in times of need you break open the HFS to get more allies, while at the same time making normal trading and normal pets impossible.

[Godlysockpuppet]

There's something bugged about opposed to life playable civs... I can't remember what though... They break world gen or something.

[Meph]

If its only worldgen, then I know an easy fix: give them all a self-targeted interaction that turns them opposed to life as soon as they enter the map.

[moseythepirate]

You remember that Bitcoin you got a while back? Well, turns out you sold it at the right time. The value just crashed.

[zlurker]

You remember that Bitcoin you got a while back? Well, turns out you sold it at the right time. The value just crashed.

And that's why you never hold onto those kind of things.

[zmas]

Wow this sounds really awesome! I hope gnomes win that race sounds really cool!

[Meph]

Honestly, I have already decided on Warlocks. ^^ The poll shows that all five races are very close, and Deathsword is doing Goblins.

[jimboo]

Last day and no update for a week.  Did you make the magic number?  (Or perhaps there are updates; I don't facebook.)

Warlocks: great.  I don’t understand the votes for humans – this is DWARF fortress.  Aren’t Elves the traditional frenemy?  Tree-hugger magic after a month o' Meph could have been outstanding.  Oh, well.  I get one of the two I wanted and odds are I’ll play dwarves anyhow. 

[Meph]

I surpassed the magic number by 50% after only 3 weeks of the 6 weeks that it was open. Thats the reason for the lack of updates, there hasnt been happening much in the other 3 weeks. 70$ were added since the last update.

But since people have been so generous, I have been putting hours into the race already. There is quite a bit done.

[Meph]

Ok guys, time is up. Here the results:

First: The poll:
Warlocks win. With a glorious lead of 0,3% before humans. 1 vote more. I would have done Warlocks anyway, since I already started doing a bit of work here and there when the money was raised, but I am glad that they did win in the end. They were leading with 10 votes previously, I did not expect it would be that close.

Second: The money:
26 people donated in the 6 weeks, from the 16. Nov. till today. Doesnt sound like a lot at first, but here is the list of the individual donations.

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135$

This makes a total of 845 $, of which almost 100$ were spent for Paypal fees and currency exchange. After all, I do live in Germany, and we dont use US-Dollars over here. Makes 750$, which is 50% more then the target goal. For this a big thanks.

Third: The Race.
I already opened a thread and started to collect suggestions. I did parts of the creature file and entity file, doing test-embarks and some basic workshops, as well as the basis for the manual. Some things were not quite possible as envisioned, but overall progress is good. From today on I will try to do a daily dev-log, showing 1-2 features I added every day. The thread can be found here.