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[Man In Zero G]

I think the intention is that, eventually, each nation will have a culture procedurally generated within a set of basic racial guidelines(like the current entity ethics), to allow for maximum variation.
I other words, humans will be like a lot of things, goblins will be like a lot of things, but each country of each race will be unique to the world it was generated in, and not particularly 'like' any given real culture.

At least that's the impression I've gotten over the years when these kind of questions pop up.

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Also goblins should eat again now that they're getting sites. I imagine vast ranches of elk bird and stolen cattle, awaiting the eventual slaughter. Also beak dog ranches where they get trained for war. But that doesn't belong here. Sorry.

[Tov01]

Toady seemed to misunderstand one of my questions, so I'll reword it.

Will the fruits develop from flowers, or will they just appear on the tree? And if flowers do mature into fruit, will the flowers of non-fruiting trees produce seed pods or whatever. (Note that I am NOT asking if we'll have non-abstract plant reproduction. I know we won't. But this would be a step in that direction.)

Also, another goblin question I probably should have asked earlier.

Does it fit in your view of goblins for them to have farms to feed their livestock (once feed is implemented, of course), and perhaps their slaves (as in, feeding slaves the same gruel they feed their animals)?

[Chthonic]

Also goblins should eat again now that they're getting sites. I imagine vast ranches of elk bird and stolen cattle, awaiting the eventual slaughter. Also beak dog ranches where they get trained for war. But that doesn't belong here. Sorry.

I think one of the original rationales for them not was that the whole idea of goblin farmers didn't fit the aesthetic, but if the goblins were hunters and raiders, and kept slaves to do the farming, I think it would make a lot of sense for them to eat again.  I picture goblin fields being different from human fields in that they could be underground with watchtowers in the caverns to keep an eye on slave farmers, while aboveground plots would be walled and towered, giving a real prison-y vibe.

[Aseaheru]

i like that idea.

[Cruxador]

I think the intention is that, eventually, each nation will have a culture procedurally generated within a set of basic racial guidelines(like the current entity ethics), to allow for maximum variation.
I other words, humans will be like a lot of things, goblins will be like a lot of things, but each country of each race will be unique to the world it was generated in, and not particularly 'like' any given real culture.

At least that's the impression I've gotten over the years when these kind of questions pop up.

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Also goblins should eat again now that they're getting sites. I imagine vast ranches of elk bird and stolen cattle, awaiting the eventual slaughter. Also beak dog ranches where they get trained for war. But that doesn't belong here. Sorry.

Goblins not eating is an intentional point of flavor. They can eat meat but can also survive without it, and Toady doesn't intend to change that.

[Vattic]

Will we be able to specify that some creatures can climb smooth and ice walls?

[HiEv]

Will some trees have saps that can be harvested? What about pine sap being made into pine pitch glue? Do you think dwarves would enjoy tapping sugar maples roots in the winter and gathering the sap and turning it into maple booze?

I mean, technically it wouldn't be elfy, they ain't goin' above the ground ta' do it.

From Toady's last FotF reply:

Will the varieties of tree produce have different specific uses? IE sap from a maple tree could be made into a syrup, while syrups made from saps taken from other trees would be inedible.

Haven't done anything with sap.

Sounds like he isn't planning on doing it in the next release, but who knows what the future may hold for sap and other non-fruit non-wood tree products.

[eux0r]

also, maple-tree-sap is not the only edible one

[Aseaheru]

theres birch sap leading to birch soda, RUBBER sap leading to RUBBER, sugar cane sap leading to SWEET THINGS, uh... several dozen more?

[MaciusDF]

When will we know the Beta game? I think so that's Alfa version, doesn't it?

[FearfulJesuit]

When will we know the Beta game? I think so that's Alfa version, doesn't it?

2030, old boy.

[MaciusDF]

When will we know the Beta game? I think so that's Alfa version, doesn't it?

2030, old boy.

Im spanish and my English skills isnt very well xd. 2030? o my god, so later jaja

[Mr S]

Yep.  We're still technically pre-Alpha.  And everything in game is still an "emergent feature".  That's what makes it so fun! (And !!FUN!!)

[Torchy]

When will we know the Beta game? I think so that's Alfa version, doesn't it?

2030, old boy.

You got him all wrong, guys. He's just excited about the plant and tree updates - he was trying to ask if this was the Alfalfa version.

[Phlum]

theres birch sap leading to birch soda, RUBBER sap leading to RUBBER, sugar cane sap leading to SWEET THINGS, uh... several dozen more?

The day I can drive a group of dugged out, sugar addicts to their death's, by promising them their weight in drug as a frikking @ symbol, will be the day that I win dwarf fortress.