Desktop Tuesday: Exploration Prototype 2

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@MajorFordson

and there could always be a potion to craft to reveal the chests with icons

I don’t really like the magic “potion” idea, so much as a scout-based exploration.

Desktop Tuesday: Exploration Prototype 1

Speaking about how fog of war could be made prettier. I understand in its current form it is mostly a proof of concept. Still, since this was mentioned… Aside from making it, well, prettier - I’m not a designer, so I trust you can make something as awesome as Allie’s concepts - it, from my opinion, needs some technical improvements: Recognition of obstacles and relief If a hearthling stands in front of a mountain he won’t see what’s on the other side. Heartlings standing on the edge of a da…

To reiterate what I was describing here, it’s somewhat similar to Thief hero options in Disciples 2 - where he can scout the ruins to discover who’s guarding them.
The difference is, when in Disciples Thief fails the mission, he dies. While some consequence for failure is good, dying is not really appropriate for Stonehearth. So instead we can get an “estimate” of treasure and guarding monsters without really knowing how accurate it is + a chance that the monsters will notice the scout and attack him.
So, to improve chances of an accurate scouting info, we may choose to spend more time for a hearthling to observe a landmark, at the cost of increased danger of being discovered. Influence of his stats on hiding/observance is also good.

@MajorFordson

quests where you’d have to spot and click on certain characters who were hanging around

I thought we weren’t in this kind of game.

@MajorFordson

Hearthlings could have a “travel” mode/routine, when they’re far from home switching to an alternate needs system where they camp in the wild. Over time they would wear out and need to go back to civilisation.

Nice idea.