Runemaster - Dev Diary 18 - World: Midgard

[SolSara]

1. Is the name of the cave in the picture randomly generated?

2. Will I be able to hunt the moose to the left?

3. What's that little red circle on the minimap?

1. That's actually a whole dev diary on its own. Short story: we create regions and name them. They are randomly placed in the world. We have several different cave regions with different names, so you might not always see Cave of Lost Trolls in every game. We might do even more randomization of the names, so it might be "Cave of 12 Angry Trolls" or "Cave of Abandoned Trolls" or something entirely different. There might be bears there. Or wolves. It's only alpha, after all.

2. The moose... you don't want to mess with the moose.

3. That's a place of interest, you could call it. It indicates that there's something you should go take a look at. I did not take the screenshot, so I am not sure what's there myself.

 

[Jamey]

2. The moose... you don't want to mess with the moose.

Am I the only one who now wants to have Troll Moose cavalry in my army?

 

[Mauer]

Looks good.

Enjoy your vacations!

PS. Is it true the sun doesn't set in Sweden for a few days during the summer?

 

[SolSara]

Am I the only one who now wants to have Troll Moose cavalry in my army?

We have bear cavalry, regular cavalry and stag cavalry. No moose though :/

Looks good.

Enjoy your vacations!

PS. Is it true the sun doesn't set in Sweden for a few days during the summer?

Up in the north, far north, from Pajala and above, the sun never sets during the summer. Stockholm is too far south for it, but during midsummer you'll get just a few hours of darkness.

 

[V1ribus]

Up in the north, far north, from Pajala and above, the sun never sets during the summer. Stockholm is too far south for it, but during midsummer you'll get just a few hours of darkness.

And does this upset your sleep cycle very much?

 

[SolSara]

And does this upset your sleep cycle very much?

I'm pretty used to it and you usually don't sleep during midsummer, as the few hours of darkness makes it perfect for parties ^^

 

[V1ribus]

the few hours of darkness makes it perfect for parties ^^

Truth be told I actually thought midsummer meant the general 'middle' of summer (we get so much sun down in Australia the summer solstice isn't such a huge deal) as opposed to the solstice itself; I had to use Wikipedia to clarify what midsummer actually was :happy:

Ahh the culture differences..

 

[Balesir]

1. That's actually a whole dev diary on its own. Short story: we create regions and name them. They are randomly placed in the world. We have several different cave regions with different names, so you might not always see Cave of Lost Trolls in every game. We might do even more randomization of the names, so it might be "Cave of 12 Angry Trolls" or "Cave of Abandoned Trolls" or something entirely different. There might be bears there. Or wolves. It's only alpha, after all.

A slightly tangential question, but will there be "locals" in the game who know where to find the "Cave of Lost Trolls"? I like the idea of randomly "scrambled" worlds and quests, but I hate the all-too-common mechanism of finding what you are looking for by just wandering around until you fall over it. Having local inhabitants who are able to trade you information (for news from afar, maybe) would be very cool.

Truth be told I actually thought midsummer meant the general 'middle' of summer (we get so much sun down in Australia the summer solstice isn't such a huge deal) as opposed to the solstice itself; I had to use Wikipedia to clarify what midsummer actually was :happy:

Even in the north of Scotland I have had nights in late June when we were sitting out in the pub 'beer garden' (basically a field with tables) at 11 o'clock at night with twilight still enough to see quite well by. Oh, and a deep, deep blue sky. Marked seasons have their upsides as well as their downsides

 

[V1ribus]

Even in the north of Scotland I have had nights in late June when we were sitting out in the pub 'beer garden' (basically a field with tables) at 11 o'clock at night with twilight still enough to see quite well by. Oh, and a deep, deep blue sky. Marked seasons have their upsides as well as their downsides

That sounds much nicer than the solstice down under..

 

[Aleksandr1242]

Not simulated by graphics or mechanics in the game, no.

Boo. That would be awesome if it were in the game. You could have fighting at night affect unit stats/abilities in different ways

 

[Aleksandr1242]

Am I the only one who now wants to have Troll Moose cavalry in my army?

Only if there are dwarf bear cavalry

 

[Abnwtwtud]

Only if there are dwarf bear cavalry

Make it so.

 

[SolSara]

Only if there are dwarf bear cavalry

Would dwarfs on goats suffice?

 

[Wenla]

And does this upset your sleep cycle very much?

My sleep cycle is so that I don't sleep much in summer time, but in winter, when is dark all the time (=in middle summer in northest part of Finland sun doesn't fall under horizon about two and half months and in middle winter it doesn't rise at all about same time) you have lot of time to sleep...

 

[Abnwtwtud]

Would dwarfs on goats suffice?

No, also, I'm now forced to demand a loading screen containing a dwarf riding a bear that has an elf grasped within its jaws, while the dwarf brings a hammer down upon it.

 

[V1ribus]

Would dwarfs on goats suffice?

Only a goat on a dwarf would suffice for myself..


Grammar Nazi edit: Isn't the plural of dwarf, dwarves?

 

[wolfing]

Only a goat on a dwarf would suffice for myself..


Grammar Nazi edit: Isn't the plural of dwarf, dwarves?

supposedly, in the context of fantasy, yes the plural of dwarf is dwarves, but if you refer to dwarf as a 'small person' then the plural is dwarfs. I guess it doesn't really matter, since English is not very rule-friendly, so both forms are ok in my mind.

 

[V1ribus]

since English is not very rule-friendly.

English not very rule friendly? Bah, it's not like there's a poem whose sole purpose is to show how ridiculous spelling in English can be or anything..

 

[SolSara]

Only a goat on a dwarf would suffice for myself..


Grammar Nazi edit: Isn't the plural of dwarf, dwarves?

We use "-elfs" as plural and "dwarfs" as plural, not "dwarves" and "-elves".

 

[V1ribus]

We use "-elfs" as plural and "dwarfs" as plural, not "dwarves" and "-elves".

This is a new concept to me..