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[Araph]

You got this far in three days?! You can't see it through the screen, but I'm respectfully doffing my imaginary hat to you.

Regarding the clouds and wind, you could have trade winds that change from going east to west and back along latitude lines, which Wikipedia knows more about than I ever will. Your map already looks awesome, but it could add some realism further along when determining economies of cities and kingdoms.

[Killjoy]

It would basically be you trying to steer your ancient buisness to success all the way to the modern day (so you can enjoy your riches) by going back and forth. With plot twists happening as your major sources of income suddenly crashing leaving your buisness destitute (Black Pepper, Tulips, Olive Oil, and Aluminum all have had market crashes)

That could make for some very interesting gameplay, but I think it would take forever for me to implement.
I settled on going for a more Crusader Kings like approach where you control a dynasty, either only the head, or all members of the family.

Would it be too much to ask you to upload the part of the code which makes the world and biomes? It looks like it's mostly complete, and it would be very useful.

I will open source the whole thing soon. But if you really want to have a look at it I don't mind posting it.

Regarding the clouds and wind, you could have trade winds that change from going east to west and back along latitude lines,

Hmm, interesting. It could have been handy info to have when I programmed the weather simulation. I think it produces okay results for now, but if I dive into the code again at another point in time, I will probably implement something like this!

[Neonivek]

That could make for some very interesting gameplay, but I think it would take forever for me to implement.

Don't get me wrong I wasn't asking or suggesting you to do that. It would be one of those games that could easily go wrong but that would be amazing if done right.

If I did make a suggestion it would be using money for power in a world where the amount of money you are allowed to earn is dictated by your caste. A Rags to riches sort of deal with you eventually having "Merchant Princes". Possibly with different abilities showing up only later.

For example females with merchant skills won't show up while you are still poor. Yet because of the freedoms afforded to you by wealth women with actual educations start to show up, though not standardly.

[Killjoy]

Day_4
The first small trading update
Hey all, I've been a little busy, so I did not work much on the project. I did however add a few new things, and did some under the hood work.
First of all, the rendering code was a bit slow, so I optimized it and made it run in parallel, you can't really see it in the screenshots, but it will make a difference later.
I started working on trading, for this I needed the resources to be assigned to cities in the effect radius of the specific resource. So, I started by putting cities back into the game and expanding a little on the code:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I made the cities grab the resources in their vicinity:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Now lets add support for some simple exporting/importing. For now I just want to test out this initial system, so the cities just export whatever resources they have extras of, to whatever city is first on their list:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

It works!
Alright that is what I have to show for today, as I said it was a small update.
I have implemented A star path finding, and I will show it off in the next update when I expand a bit on the trading.

Btw guys, I have a little hard time coming up with interesting trade resources, do you have any ideas?

[GreatWyrmGold]

Depends on the intended setting.

Speaking of resources, are resources placed then towns, or are towns placed and then resources assigned to them?

[Killjoy]

Depends on the intended setting.

The setting is supposed to be a static medieval world. Think your average fantasy setting. 

Speaking of resources, are resources placed then towns, or are towns placed and then resources assigned to them?

Resources are placed randomly when placing biomes. It is based on the scarcity parameter.
Towns are then placed afterwards, again randomly for now.

The idea is then that towns "gather" whatever resources they are in range of. The towns then get an even share of all the resources. If only one town is in range of a resource, the town gets all the output.
My plan for today is to implement and expand a bit on this system, perhaps even make resources actual entities.

[Trif]

I post to watch.

[Briggsy16]

For resources why not the ones that you get in the Civ games?

http://well-of-souls.com/civ/civ5_resources.html

Could be worth a start, could make some biome dependant like Ivory etc.

[GreatWyrmGold]

Depends on the intended setting.

The setting is supposed to be a static medieval world. Think your average fantasy setting. 

Okay then. Here's some ideas.

Spoiler: Food Resources (click to show/hide)

Wheat--Basic food
Potatoes--Basic food
Apples--Basic food
Rice--Basic food
Grapes--Luxury food
Cacao Beans--Luxury food
Fish--Basic food
Shellfish--Basic food
Whale--Luxury food
Chickens--Basic food
Pigs--Basic food
Cattle--Luxury food

Basic foods would have an inelastic, fairly high demand, while luxury foods would have a more elastic but higher demand (making them more expensive). Demand would, of course, drop when a region has enough food to feed its population, although a large food surplus may lead to increasing population.

Spoiler: Metals and Minerals (click to show/hide)

Iron (uncommon)
Copper (common)
Silver (uncommon)
Gold (rare)
Tin (rare)
Coal (uncommon)
Crystals (uncommon)
Gemstones
Marble (uncommon)
Granite (common)
Mithril/Adamantine/Etc (very rare)

Metals, minerals, etc, would have demand varying by rarity as well as the industrialization of the region. More heavily populated and industrialized areas would need more iron and marble (flux) to turn into steel, more granite to build forges and other fireproof buildings, etc.

Spoiler: Luxuries (click to show/hide)

Ivory (rare)
Pelts (common)
Silk (uncommon)
Exotic Animals (rare)
Feathers (common)
Blossoms (common)
Spices (uncommon)

Luxuries have a very elastic demand which, like for Luxury Foods would start high to make sure their prices are fairly high. Obviously, base demand would vary with rarity. Rich areas also have higher demand for luxuries.
Gold, Silver, Crystals, and/or Gemstones would also work like luxuries. Unless perhaps they have plenty of practical use, like as components for magical spells.

Spoiler: Misc. (click to show/hide)

Horses (common; higher demand in rural areas)
Herbs (uncommon; higher demand in magical areas)
Hides (common)
Timber (common; pretty high demand universally)
Water (very common; only worth tracking exports to desert regions, if that)
Salt (common)
Sand (common)
Clay (common)

Spoiler: Artificial (click to show/hide)

This is a bit trickier, and I understand if you don't include something like this.
Basically, if a city has the resources on the right side of the arrow, it can have the resources on the right.

Timber or Coal-->Fuel
Fuel+Copper+Tin-->Bronze
Fuel+Iron+Marble-->Steel
Timber-->Paper
Sand+Fuel-->Glass
Clay+Fuel-->Ceramics

Crafts would be another resource which could be made from almost everything, but I have no idea how to make them in a way that makes sense and won't be too much of a pain, so I'd reccomend assuming that local craft trades balance out.

Hopefully I'm not overestimating your plans here.

Speaking of resources, are resources placed then towns, or are towns placed and then resources assigned to them?

Resources are placed randomly when placing biomes. It is based on the scarcity parameter.
Towns are then placed afterwards, again randomly for now.

The idea is then that towns "gather" whatever resources they are in range of. The towns then get an even share of all the resources. If only one town is in range of a resource, the town gets all the output.
My plan for today is to implement and expand a bit on this system, perhaps even make resources actual entities.

Neat.

[Killjoy]

Okay then. Here's some ideas.

Oh those are very cool, I am implementing them right now.

[Neonivek]

I'll retract my suggestion, it doesn't seem like the game where my idea works.

Since mine was more for a game that deals with a merchants dealings with society itself and that seems like a game about succeeding in a geopolitical sense.

[Killjoy]

Oh no, actually I am definitely going for something like your idea. But it is just a bit too early, I am just not quite there yet to implement such things. For now I am just going for a trading sim.

[Neonivek]

Oh no, actually I am definitely going for something like your idea. But it is just a bit too early, I am just not quite there yet to implement such things. For now I am just going for a trading sim.

>_<

Yay!

[Virex]

Potatoes? In a high-fantasy medieval world? Isn't such a world usually based on the European Middle Ages?

[Neonivek]

Potatoes? In a high-fantasy medieval world? Isn't such a world usually based on the European Middle Ages?

Hey! Knights with huge flaming swords need to eat too

Also I didn't know this was fantasy, I should read closer.