Just remember, all these buildings are totally customizeable by players. Think GalCiv II ships.

Hi,

Question for Brad then. ... ?

Can we have different materials (e.g. flesh / crystal) for the customisable buildings etc?

Then I'm a very happy person right now; so long as the buildings blocks aren't severely limited by race choice, anyways.

Yay

It is good to see Frogboy singing high praises about me and my people.

Thought about modding the art and/or models outside the game using stuff like Blender and gimp but I wasn't aware you're planning an in-game GC2 shipyard type functionality for the buildings.  That's very interesting.

That's very nice to know.

I know you don't like the comparison (since you probably had the idea before it) but Elemental sounds like it has as much customization as Spore, but with an actual game behind it.

Wait a minute! 

The ships had parts that had direct changes of final result.  For example: you could put a laser cannon on the back and now the ship's fire/power was increased.  You could place an armor plate on its wings and now it was able to stand more in combat.     Are you saying that the buildings are going to be like THAT?    How's that going to work?   Can buildings be directly attacked where adding armored plates might be a thing needed?   Are you going to add class rooms and book-halls to buildings to make them boost research?  Are you going to add nurseries and kitchens to the same building to make it also boost population growth?

I mean, if you litterally have to build your first "Library" by adding bookshelves, then wow.

(I was going to put this in last night but the forum exploded)

Personally, I would like to see the beast those tusks came from!

Yeah that forum explosion made me very sad

And I have to say, I kind of hope the building editor is mostly or completely cosmetic. I think I'd be a little overwhelmed by having to design all my buildings with both form and function in mind.

Aren't you already on record as a Lego-lover? I can't tell whether you're excited, or put off a bit like pigeonX2 seems to be.

Can we stick dismembered heads on those spikes, or do we have to wait for a fan to make those?

Now you're just teasing me for my earlier posting.

Damn, I was hoping for a more ubermensch Sauronesque approach, rather than a untermensch orcesque. Looks like it's human for me, again.

Or, if it's at all like what I'm hoping for, you'll be able to design your own Sauronesque buildings to use.