New infos again!
http://forums.elementalgame.com/329010
Random map generation is in!
The thing that I wonder about this, is how sophisticated will these random maps be? Most random map generators, in games, look completely unrealistic, with "clumps" of forests and mountains scattered around in implausible places.
I wonder if it will generate maps like the one in the screenshot above, complete with names for geographic locations, and creature lairs, etc. If so, that sounds a lot like Toady's DF world generation.
I've been reading in a few places (can't remember sources), that random heroes will wander into a dungeon within your kingdom's boundaries, and battle megabeast creatures. Apparently, if they lose the battle, the new megabeast creature will be unleashed to wreak havoc on your land. That reminds me a lot of Dungeon Keeper.
Some more infos about the random map generation:
"Not only will you be able no Mod Random maps, you will be able to save them and share them strait from the game. You will be able to create what we are calling "stamps" which are map regions, which can than be randomly placed. The possibilities should be endless."
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Sandbox mode has been confirmed also! [..so we won't only have campaigns and multiplayer modes]
http://forums.elementalgame.com/329066-----
..about Life & Death Magic:
http://forums.elementalgame.com/329025"You will be able do destructive things with life Magic, and Heal with Death Magic, but you will be doing it in different ways.
This is one of the reasons we have both forms of magic are at heart the same type of Manna.
Some examples, you could cure a disease by destroying all the organisms in the blood, using Death magic. Or bring raise the dead using life magic. At heart they are the same type of manna, but are imbued with different characteristics by the filter that is the Channeler. These are very basic examples, and we will be doing a lot to make sure that the different “filters” are balanced, yet unique."
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..about gfx modding:
http://forums.elementalgame.com/328989"You will be able to mod the graphics pretty much as much as you want. We do however think that once you see things in action you will learn to love the style as much as we do."