Two things spring immediately to mind:

• I noticed that there is a fair degree of water bordering the map when it just starts out as a cube. Will this water be included in the finished game map, or is it "clipped" out?
• The continents still winf up looking more or less square, especially on the sides. I know (from Civ 4)it is possible to get rid of this, but how close are you to implimenting any solution.

I blame that on the 'single continent' landmass placement...actually, i think we're placing too much land and it just ends up filling available sectors to be big blocks...will examine and fix.

Are we going to get inland seas/lakes? Based on the current method of map generation it doesn't look like we'll get any inland bodies of water... Another question is, will it be possible for this algorithm to generate worlds with wide, arcing land-masses? Currently it looks like it will generate a big blob and cut out small pieces from the shoreline to make it more irregular, but I see nothing happening that could result in long, sweeping, curving and bending land-masses.

Also, will there be no islands? Or does the game go through a process similar to the one shown in your videos for each individual land-mass, and then stitch them together into a bigger map?

I'm sure there will be inland lakes and rivers.  It would be pretty boring if it was just big continents with only mountains to break it up.

This is actually a really crappy setup to show map generation with...Tiny maps with Single Continents aren't that much fun :(  But yeah, rives, lakes, and islands really show themselves as you maess with the settings (but, since there'll be no boats in beta0, we can't really have islands be a part of the game).

Awwww, don't worry BoogieBac. We know you all are working hard and that you will end solving it. Looking at those map generations I just get dizzy. I don't even want to imagine how alien the code for such thing must look (for a newbie like me).

This is actually a really crappy setup to show map generation with...Tiny maps with Single Continents aren't that much fun    But yeah, rives, lakes, and islands really show themselves as you maess with the settings (but, since there'll be no boats in beta0, we can't really have islands be a part of the game)

Oh, phew. That is very good news BoogieBac, don't be sad Watching these videos was a lot of fun - and it was really interesting to see how the maps are generated, I just wanted to make sure it's also capable of more... advanced? things.

Just put up an update. I was away from my computer for a couple days, so it's actually from Friday... On the plus side, pretty much every one on the forums has already seen the FAQ.

Just put up the first update for week 7. One week to go and the Alpha is still on track!!

Week 8 of the Elemental twitter updates has begun! (There really needs to be some more so I can start a new post )

This particular update made me cry and I imagine it will make many of you cry, too. On the other hand, some of you (you know who you are ) will be cheering this update. For everyone who is not cheering, I will be handing out pitchforks and torches

Forget the pitchforks, gimme that AK!

WT... That's pure cruelty, did you know?

Beta Build! Beta Build! Blood and souls for a Beta Build!

Just update to week 9. Can we please get some more so I can start a new thread?

Seconded. But I suppose I'd prefer to have my devs..... "devving" as opposed to twittering....

They can do both, can't they

Plus, Stardock is hiring right now, why don't they pick someone up whose only job is to update twitter (and maybe facebook or whatever other sites they're on, I don't know, I don't check them )

Or, better yet, they could hire me to do it for them, just send the Alpha and any internal status updates they send among themselves. I'd even be willing to do it for free. Please?

You would do it for free? Ha! I would pay!

(I'm not rich so not too much)

Ok, you're right, I would probably be willing to pay. But for that I definatly want to be put in the credits

With alpha behind us, I should have more time (read: a few extra minutes per-day) to update twitter ;)  Sorry for the lapse.

Surely people prefer you all working on the game than updating twitter. But being able to choose, people would prefer both, obviously.

That said... post some alpha screenies* as apology.

*different from the ones that Frogboy posted, thanks.

HDR lighting on a TBS.  Now that could look really cool.  Nice work

Updated

Hey! That's my job!

With alpha behind us, I should have more time (read: a few extra minutes per-day) to update twitter    Sorry for the lapse.

when you're busy, you're busy.  

The beta's just around the corner though.   Can you really start resting now?

Week 10 of updates has begun! https://forums.elementalgame.com/358524