Awakening-Society Transition

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Awakening-Society Transition Nov 15, 2017 8:52:25 GMT

Post by oncpapa on Nov 15, 2017 8:52:25 GMT

I assume that starting society stage would begin with the creation of the first permanent structure, similar to gobekli tepe.
So how would this start? Well since Thrive will star a single member of a species, up until society, how could we (properly) make a smooth transition from one
to many organisms at once? Well the transition could begin from awakening as a single one of your species(you, the player) organize a project between you
and the NPC's to construct a site for some purpose(such as religion), after which you act as a chief, still a single organism, but in control.
This could lead to a more transitional stage where you start getting more direct control, this stage could end at the development of agriculture,
at which point you would start having more direct control.

I dunno just my ideas.

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Awakening-Society Transition Nov 15, 2017 9:36:50 GMT oncpapa likes this

Post by Omicron on Nov 15, 2017 9:36:50 GMT

Well, according to the Wiki page about the awakening stage and the Wiki page about the society stage,

The Strategy Mode is [...] unlocked with the invention Cooperation. This allows the player to finally detach their perspective from that of the specific individual they were playing as, and instead zoom out to access the species from an RTS perspective. They can give orders to the different units of their tribes, and they can control multiple at the same time. Organism Mode is still available, and at any time the player can select a tribesman and begin playing as them in Organism Mode, with access to all the same abilities as before.

and

The Society Stage begins when your first SC (Society Centre) is formed. Collective Residence enables the forming of Society Centers. The player will be able to designate any cluster of buildings to the computer and register it as a Society Center, which would then get a procedurally generated name. New stats would also appear for that SC (Society Center), such as happiness, health, and stability. Species members can now be designated to Populate these SC’s, which means they disappear as a controllable unit and instead become a digit in the population of that SC. Although populating units into SC’s takes away lots of their capabilities on the field, it opens up a whole new range of opportunities.

and, last of all,

At this point, Strategy Mode becomes the primary focal point of the game, rather than Organism Mode (although the player can still access any mode at any time.)

I don't know either

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Awakening-Society Transition Nov 15, 2017 10:39:15 GMT

Post by oncpapa on Nov 15, 2017 10:39:15 GMT

Nov 15, 2017 9:36:50 GMT Omicron said:

Well, according to the Wiki page about the awakening stage and the Wiki page about the society stage,

The Strategy Mode is [...] unlocked with the invention Cooperation. This allows the player to finally detach their perspective from that of the specific individual they were playing as, and instead zoom out to access the species from an RTS perspective. They can give orders to the different units of their tribes, and they can control multiple at the same time. Organism Mode is still available, and at any time the player can select a tribesman and begin playing as them in Organism Mode, with access to all the same abilities as before.

and

The Society Stage begins when your first SC (Society Centre) is formed. Collective Residence enables the forming of Society Centers. The player will be able to designate any cluster of buildings to the computer and register it as a Society Center, which would then get a procedurally generated name. New stats would also appear for that SC (Society Center), such as happiness, health, and stability. Species members can now be designated to Populate these SC’s, which means they disappear as a controllable unit and instead become a digit in the population of that SC. Although populating units into SC’s takes away lots of their capabilities on the field, it opens up a whole new range of opportunities.

and, last of all,

At this point, Strategy Mode becomes the primary focal point of the game, rather than Organism Mode (although the player can still access any mode at any time.)

Well that was my point entirely...
And I don't even read the wiki.

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Awakening-Society Transition Nov 15, 2017 12:03:22 GMT

Post by StealthStyleL on Nov 15, 2017 12:03:22 GMT

Just to clarify: Strategy Mode and the Society stage are different things. Strategy Mode is the perspective you play from, in this case now controlling a group of individuals until it becomes similar to how you would find it in traditional strategy games. Society stage is just the arbitrary period of history. Also, given that the the Industrial stage is next, agriculture will probably not be the end of that stage, probably something closer to creating steam engines or something.

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