Ok, here is what I have so far…and some things I am going to plan on doing, though I want to preface it with not having any major timeline, no promises of when/if I will be able to do much of anything…I dream big, but reality likes to keep me in my place with some things (stupid reality!).
“The Baddies” a.k.a Goblins as a playable race:
Initial Notes:
- In my notes I refer to Goblin Hearthlings as Goblings…has a ring, so bear with me
- Crudification: The act of making structures more crude than their current counterpart, i.e. think of the goblin structures in game now…that is the aesthetic I am thinking of when I say “crudify”.
- Color of the goblin models would follow those currently found on goblin models.
That said, here we go:
- Goblings would spawn in a similar fashion to join the village (burrow, hovel, whatever) as they currently do.
- Enemies would appear as normal Hearthling parties, though future plans could include the idea @Psyduck put out for raiding pre-generated towns/structures.
- The following entities could benefit from minor tweaks:
a. Weapons, armor, furniture, decorations, etc.
b. Standard buildings would be crudified to better fit the aesthetic. Though higher tiers could potentially unlock nicer versions…this is highly debatable.
c. All fire would be green…it just fits.
- As @Psyduck noted, a mining bonus should be heavily considered given their propensity to dig and live underground.
More in-depth changes that would be needed to fully flesh out the experience would be an update to quest-giver models, and quest text to follow the same jargon as what current goblins use in game.
They would need a standard (I was bored on a conference call, and made this as a general idea)
The new faction would need a color scheme to associate with…red is typically used in many video games for the “Evil” faction, so that would be another thing to consider…
Thoughts?
hunting could pretty easy be done underground as well. would just be burrow dwelling animals.
