Could be an Easter egg for the society stage arts
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So those would also be community submitted artpieces?
When we get to those stages yes
I presume there’d be at least a bunch of those competitions when society comes around since we’d probably want some diversity in these paintings…
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Almost certainly. I’ll also try and make the societies somewhat tied to community participation as well
Anything else besides LS-s and paintings that’d need an art competition?
I want to have some community participation in the actual societies that form as well as the cultures, politics and conflicts
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Oh so for instance community made society names and for other meta stuff with the societies like their memes (non modern meaning) and names of various concepts within them?
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yup. I will of course steer things from time to time especially as the societies approach a modern equivalent.
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Will there be some kind of a special focus on the modern age within industrial/space?
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I will do with the spore idea of a unified society of some kind as the approach to space stage occurs
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Would this unification focus begin at the development level we are at?
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yup as an understanding that disunity makes it hard to save their damaged world and that it is a weakness that can be exploited by other space faring species.
I thought early (pre-mid/late space) space invasions wouldn’t be added/important in the game?
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That isn’t to do with anything game wise. IRL if a space faring species wanted us gone they could easily get us to turn against each other (us having nukes does make it a bit risky though). Once we have slaughtered ourselves there would be far fewer to put up a resistance against a far more dangerous threat
I mean I recall Hhyyrylainen saying there wouldn’t be space invasions before you can resist them since it’d basically be a random roll to just die
I agree with him on that. Its just that even as a space faring species a cunning or manipulative race could make use of an un-unified species.
Also given that one of the “canon” empires the sapient hexaquills will encounter is heavily based on the Illuminate (along with the covenant) being unified will be beneficial for not being manipulated as easily
What are the illuminate and the covenant? I didn’t get that hexaquill lore drop
Helldivers 2 and Halo. One of the space empires they will encounter will be themed around those two enemy factions and will be a highly intelligent and advanced species that come from the future and another galaxy to build an army. I made a dev forum post awhile back about ideas for the empires to be featured in the loading screen story for the space stage
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Will there be any empires that would want to ally the hexaquills or will it be a fight of all on all?