Is it possible for settlement management? like basically a questline to buildup a settlement collecting resources and watch the npcs do work. or am i spitting out insane words again?
This would be my number 1 request as well. It would be cool to see people go through your Island and gather resources to build the island up. It would be fun to see something you created in god mode morph through player input.
Good luck with your project.
Ditto.
It's fascinating(at least to me ;p ) to see how AI or people react to stuff. Even going back to when The Settlers was originally released in the early 90s i used to load the game up, not even play but just watch the AI live and grow it's area. I do the same with OpenTTD too.
On your payment model you gotta be careful not to scare people off. F2P is great to draw people in as they'll see it as having no strings attached, and in the long term you'll be far better off financially through micro transactions. So say when you join it as F2P you get a certain amount of "Action Points" with which you can setup your island, ie setup quests/build stuff/whatever else. If they want to build more stuff but run out of points then they'd say pay $1/£1 per 100 Action Points. Maybe for the 1st week or two of play doing whatever they wanted todo to try it out would cost zero AP.
That doesn't exclude a subscription model either, if you subscribed you could get xxxx amount of APs per week, and if you needed a top up of AP it'd cost them half what a non paying customer would pay to buy extra APs, so it gives you extra lil bonus's like that for those that commit to your game.
Maybe you can charge $5-$10 per extra island that someone wants, i see it as being like in other online games where you buy yourself an extra character slot to play with. Or if subscribed maybe every 3 months of continuous subscription would give them an extra free island as a reward.
Cosmetic packs, people love this sort of stuff. It doesn't make you more powerful in anyway, it just allows you to personalize your experience. Want your island to be a desert and your town/quest area an oasis, no problem! Or A volcanic region, or a high fantasty area, you get the idea, endless possibilities. Priced at impulse buy prices, say $3/£3 or varied depending on the amount of customisation provided.