Why do all the pre-space aliens of ever age live in the same type of buildings?

[DàbiànLājīdàrén]

Like shouldn't they have different graphics types for their phenotype and age?

I have atomic crocodile aliens and bronze age mushrooms living in castles and little tribal huts according to Stellaris.

 

[henzington]

Because the art budget was spent else where. The same can be said for all the buildings.

 

[BlackUmbrellas]

It's an abstraction. Don't worry about it, move on.

(Personally I think less graphics need to be phenotype-based anyhow; before we start worrying about Fungoids having distinct building tiles (which would be bad UI IMO because the tiles let you see whats there at a glance), I want to see Fungoids that can generate with non-Fungoid ships and city backgrounds.

 

[smjjames]

Most likely because they didn't want to create art for each age and such art time would be best spent elsewhere.

 

[Me_]

They should, but primitives are low priority at the moment. Not without a reason as they are usually either conquered or uplifted. Hopefully, this will be rectified in the future, by giving them more depth.