Holee fuck.
Looking at the changelog shows just how much things are moving forward. o_O
This game is going to be utterly EPIC one day, even more-so than it already is. I hope that one day when things pick up financially, we can have a real-time multiplayer server
EPIC monster hordes attacking player fortresses, NPC caravans for trading and travel between checkpoints (like in certain games, a high-level craftable construction that functions as a sort of Waypoint you can navigate to), all sorts of buildings and functions like functioning rudimentary banks inside of settlements for keeping your cash and rare items safe (safety deposit boxes ftw! The more volume the box, the more expensive, and the more/bigger things it can hold!), actual gun stores, FARMS!, dozens more fauna so we can viably hunt without getting zed-raped, more defenses, special walls we can fire out of (a-la fortification), TOWERS (with Z level introduction of course, OR you can go the old-school way and have uncrossable terrain to simulate another Z level, like Age of Empires' cliffs), wells for water, actual crafting stations, etc.
THEN, it'll really mark a difference. Hell, this can be turn-based mode in singleplayer also, sort of a Fortress Mode to the usual Adventure mode
Wandering aimlessly is fine and dandy, but actually having a SETTLEMENT to return to, NPCs to chat/barter with, and such, is HUGE. I mean. HUGELY awesome and promising. Hell, you can even choose multiple modes; start off in a barren waste with supplies and a few NPC guards, a trader, a marksman, and you can construct the settlement yourself, start off in a basic settlement with wooden walls, a stronger one with stone walls and 2-3 shops/buildings and a few houses, or a big village with metal/stone walls, fortifications, and all. Of course, the bigger the town, the harder it is to survive.
Of course, this is all far, far into the future. I BELIEVE in Cataclysm, though. I know it'll attain such a level of EPICNESS, that it'll be an insane mixture of Dwarf Fortress and every kickass zombie game I've ever played and wished there was more to. Cataclysm can become THAT game.
...Pretty damn sure Cataclysm, once someone gets some sprites up (
, will become well-known and very, very epic.
...Did I mention epic? No? Yes?
*has panties in a bunch just thinking about the implementable possibilities, the awesome gameplay, the amount of people playing, and Whales actually making money off of the game so he can focus on it and add more awesome content
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By the way, adding player-made content/mods was literally THE most awesome and intelligent idea Whales ever had. As a COMMUNITY, we can achieve SO much more!
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Topic: Cataclysm: A Zombie-Survival Roguelike (Read 1314305 times)