Comments - PokingWaterGames

No you won't be able to, the companies are huge (worth tens of millions of dollars) and you are just a normal person.

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Thanks!

Great trailer! :)

Hi Drokan, there won't be leveling up of the civilization, it will be only in the Stone Age. The main aim of the game is to increase your prosperity by growing your tribe.

This game is actually inspired by Dwarf Fortress, which is why I have such a heavy focus on simulating the world. I tried to create a world where things can happen e.g rivers can flood in Spring and ruin your food stockpiles if they are in the wrong place. Or freeze in Winter and allow animals to walk across them. It helps to build a story of what your tribe has been through to survive.

Haha it wasn't supposed to look like that, I swear

Thanks for your comment, good to hear there were no errors. And I hope the unusual Pokians are a selling point rather than a turn off!

Great concept, got my attention. Look forward to seeing how this progresses

Thanks, it's interesting the types of things that can happen unexpectedly when AI is involved :)

Thanks! I've only recently started being more active in posting things, glad it's working well.

For what it's worth, I feel the same way about "buying" votes by giving away tons of copies - it just devalues your game overall and a slap in the face for supporters.

I like the look of this, the art style and animations vaguely remind me of an old game but I can't remember what it was called - are you taking inspiration from anywhere for the art style?

I don't know why I didn't think of just Poks, nice and simple. Thanks for the suggestion

WOW that is an incredible amount of simulation. I'm simulating fire in my game too, but not as deeply as you have. Emitting photons and photosynthesis is taking it to the next level!

Note to self - more gifs!

Construction is definitely something I want to try! Clothes making is already in the game actually, they can be made from the crafting screen. You just need an awl tool and the raw materials. Basic cooking is in, meaning raw meat needs to be brought to a fire and transformed into cooked meat. I hope to expand on this eventually =)

Hey, you might want to try GifCam for making simple gifs. I use it myself and find it quite easy (hit record, hit stop, and save :))

Thanks, the shallow water looks much better than what I had before.

I like your website address, imagine someone looking up Management courses and stumbling upon OfficeManagement101.com!

Thank you for answering the gameplay question. Your game looks incredible, but I think some people are wary about backing a Kickstarter without seeing some gameplay due to being burned in the past. Wish you luck and hope you guys reach your goal!

You are accepted! =D

Thanks for the feedback! Yes, art is definitely not my strong point. I have always made the sprites just "good enough" to show the idea so I can get back to coding, which is the fun part! But I'll work on improving the art now as well, stay tuned.

Yes that's what I thought as well! It also has the advantage of equidistant spacing between tiles.

Hi, thanks for your comment - those images are actually for the male and female and not related to the role of the person. I briefly considered making the human sprites role-specific but put it on the backburner as a cosmetic change. Although I can see how that would make it easier for tribe management as it would be easier to tell at a glance who does what on the playing map, and will definitely put it in at some stage!