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Post by Elliran on Sept 7, 2016 19:04:05 GMT
Hello! I'm new on the forum (and not a native english speaker). I didn't know where to put this exactly so if I made an error, please correct me. I can't recall any previous threads talking about how the Geologic and Genetic history is gonna be saved and shown to us (if there is, please, could you send me a link to it?)
Do you already have some plans or ideas on the subject? And may I suggest some if you consider those things as important?
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Post by GRODOG on Sept 7, 2016 19:09:09 GMT
One thing would be digging for fossils of species that lived in the planet before!! Who knows... you could find a fossil of one of your first creatures while playing the game!! Just imagine that ur playing in the aware stage and then u die at the beach... but later in the game when ur in society stage u invent digging for fossils and start digging somewhere near the coast nd u find the fossil of a creature and notice it was the species u had earlier in the gane and that exact fossil is the time u died in that coast!!
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Post by Elliran on Sept 7, 2016 19:18:08 GMT
One thing would be digging for fossils of species that lived in the planet before!! Who knows... you could find a fossil of one of your first creatures while playing the game!! Just imagine that ur playing in the aware stage and then u die at the beach... but later in the game when ur in society stage u invent digging for fossils and start digging somewhere near the coast nd u find the fossil of a creature and notice it was the species u had earlier in the gane and that exact fossil is the time u died in that coast!! It would be fun, but maybe too much. If it's done well and adds up to the later stages very well, it'll be nice but maybe it would turn out to be something too complex or not interesting. I'll wait until I have my idea of what the devs want to do. |
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Post by GRODOG on Sept 7, 2016 19:20:51 GMT
Ok... tho it would make sense that the deeper u dig the more primitive the fossils are and those being species from earlier in the game... idk... ill wait for the devs too... idk, one way would be to atleast put the chance of finding a fossilized version of the skeleton of the specoes that lived during that period... but it is confirmed that the layers of the planet will be noticeable for example... if there was an era where most of the ground had coral then after some time due to disasters, changes, continental drifts it would be covered my a new and differet layer of ground... but if u dig deep egnough ull find a layer which is covered in coral!!
I used coral as an example but i THINK it might be possible to be (or make) coral (either the way the ones are made in rl or the coral like structures made by microbes)... but it was the only thing that came to mind so just imagine its a type of rock...
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Post by Mouthwash on Sept 7, 2016 19:21:05 GMT
Hello! I'm new on the forum (and not a native english speaker). I didn't know where to put this exactly so if I made an error, please correct me. I can't recall any previous threads talking about how the Geologic and Genetic history is gonna be saved and shown to us (if there is, please, could you send me a link to it?) Welcome, Elliran! I think your English is pretty good. Unfortunately, I don't know how to answer your question; I don't recall what the devs have said, or indeed if they've said anything at all. It's something which isn't that central to gameplay, so it's possible that there is no actual plan for it right now. One thing would be digging for fossils of species that lived in the planet before!! Who knows... you could find a fossil of one of your first creatures while playing the game!! Just imagine that ur playing in the aware stage and then u die at the beach... but later in the game when ur in society stage u invent digging for fossils and start digging somewhere near the coast nd u find the fossil of a creature and notice it was the species u had earlier in the gane and that exact fossil is the time u died in that coast!! That sounds like it would require a lot of stored information. Dwarf Fortress, anyone?  |
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Post by Atrox on Sept 8, 2016 10:24:04 GMT
Hey welcome to the forum! I do think the developers were planning on tracking your species' progress via a phylogenetic tree like Species ALRE. Apart from that, I believe there was going to be a fossilization feature, but I'm not entirely sure how it would have worked.
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Post by StealthStyleL on Sept 8, 2016 11:00:53 GMT
Fossilisation in the game was basically when species that you control or encounter are saved by the game in a database, so you can look back on them later, like looking using fossils to look back on the past. I also believe the game would save a few species that you do not encounter, just as a neat thing.
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Post by Elliran on Sept 8, 2016 11:12:00 GMT
Oh well, that's Perfect. Thanks for answering. So there is gonna be a tree of our (and encountered) "Specie's" evolution. Any details about the Ai species names (randomized or customizable?) or about the Era/Periods?
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Post by StealthStyleL on Sept 8, 2016 11:30:11 GMT
I think there will at least be a tree of your species but probably not of others due to the large amount of data that would need saving. We don't entirely know how names will work but you will be able to customise the names of things you discover. I haven't heard that era/periods are going to be a feature (how would the game define eras/periods start and end?) but you can always make them up yourself outside of the game.
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Post by Elliran on Sept 8, 2016 16:35:10 GMT
I think there will at least be a tree of your species but probably not of others due to the large amount of data that would need saving. We don't entirely know how names will work but you will be able to customise the names of things you discover. It's true that it would be lots of informations for a complex system and possibly not worth the time and trouble. The name part is kinda important for immersion, and, even if it's not the central part, it's better to have a name for the creature like 'Randomosaurus' than having to reffer to it as 'the thing with a big blue head , little arms and a short tail that kills all my babies', so I'm happy to have the customisation part. Well, I have to agree on that too. Even if it could have an automatic but customisable system that creates Era and periods when important things happens (First Apearence of complex cell/Multicellular organism, or disasters/climate change) it probably would not worth the trouble. Seems like we're gonna have to play the Meta lore system in Thrive. An intresting and optional way to play thrive. |
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Post by ThreeCubed on Sept 8, 2016 16:59:09 GMT
Maybe Era's/eons can be defined when cataclysmic events or massive changes in log occur, lbviously not During society stage though, maybe.
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Post by StealthStyleL on Sept 8, 2016 17:03:57 GMT
Maybe, I mean it's definitely possible, it just seems a little weak and perhaps not worth i to me. But that's just my opinion. In the ideal world, the more the better.
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