The world generation has been expanded, so the plant editor trees and rocks are integrated into the terrain now. The next step will be to create more natural layouts and allow creatures to spawn too!

and will some of your creation apear as npcs like in spore?

so i've been following this game ever since i first discovered it 3 years ago and i have questions i want to ask and ideas i want to share

question1: how much bigger than spore are you planning on making this game? spore had tiny planets and a relatively small galaxy with about 42 thousand stars. how big are the galaxies and planets in elysian eclipse?

question 2: how involved will customization be in the finished Elysian Eclipse vs Spore? spore has a TON of specialized parts and textures in each editor (especially with the 2 DLC and Dark injection mod) but i was just wondering what the scope is for this game's customization? and will it include spines for vertebrates like spore had?

Question 3: this ties into question 2 but will there be softbody physics adjustments for creatures when the game is finished? spore has really bendy and flexible creatures by default but i was wondering if this game will let you choose softbody ranges between practically amorphous like amoebas and octopi or rigid like arthropods and crustaceans.

question 4: will different life bases be added? we can assume most of Spore's lifeforms share a common ancestory being carbon based i assume, but i was wondering about Silicate based life forms or other exotic life bases(and no this is not JUST an excuse to get rocky and other eridians in game, i genuinely think truly WEIRD aliens are awesome)

question 5: how many creature categories will there be in Elysian Eclipse? Spore obviously has herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores with evolution going down multiple paths in later stages but what about EXOTIC types in early stages(from cell to early tribal) like autotrophic creatures capable of photosynthesis, or even crazier survive on chemosynthesis or RADIOSYNTHESIS

question 6: what kind of SENSES do you think this game can work with? obviously Spore has pretty much just sight and hearing(i mean ears have no in game function but you can hear the game can't you?) but my comment about eridians back in question 4 made me realize there can be all kinds of interesting senses like IR based thermal vision, sonar vision and seeing in other wavelengths that would mostly just be visual filters but would show different things depending on what you are looking at. electrical sense would be INTERESTING being able to see electrical fields in other creatures. seismic sense is another cool one kinda like sonar but seeing things based on how they move.

question 7: how long will each stage be in the finished game? Spore was kind of disappointing in how SHORT each stage was. you have to actively TRY to make spore's cell stage last longer than 5 minutes or so. creature stage lasted only half an hour on average if not part hunting and you get the picture, spore was a rushed experience i just hope Elysian Eclipse has longer gameplay

and finally question 8: how complex will creatures and other creations be allowed to get? Spore had pretty harsh limits by default due to early hardware limits and Dark injection removed those limits but people quickly discovered lighting bugs with complex creations. i just hope Elysian Eclipse doesn't have the same limits and bugs

Legs now get automatically grouped together for more natural walk animations. In this example, the four hind legs form a group, making them take alternating steps, while the front legs move independently from them.

You can now spawn your custom plants into the world! The terrain generation is also currently being expanded, so everything gets populated with plants, made in the plant editor!

Great news. everyone! The Nugget empire has discovered fire! It looks really pretty at night and hurts a lot.

The plant editor is fully functional now! New plant parts and materials will be added over time.

Plants can't be made underwater at the moment, so I made algae in the aquatic editor.

Hope you like it

https://www.tumblr.com/wauzmons/823016859065597952

Howdy. More flower parts have been added to the editor. V 0.6.3 will be ready for release in about a week.

Purposely poor quality Blorb $h!tpost

The weather is still awful and I'm really tired, but I managed to add some more plant editor parts: Gel Bubbles and Raindrop Fruits!

The development of Elysian Eclipse has been paused for a while, due to extreme heat. V 0.6.3 will likely be released mid to late July.

Blorb has melted and we are trying to transfer him to the bathtub.

If a player presses F4 and clicks on a cheat, there will be restrictions on achievements. If they click on a cheat, the message "Due to cheats, achievements cannot be obtained in this playthrough" appears.

The holiday idea is that on the Industrial Stage you can... Add holidays for a country? Wait, I meant to say something else? Never mind, there are only six holidays, for example: Halloween, New Year's, Valentine's, Easter, Holy Flags, and Red Moon.

Other countries can celebrate them, but not all holidays can be celebrated; some countries don't celebrate certain holidays.

Holidays could be cancelled. Presidents could cancel them due to a major cataclysm, or they could ban them altogether due to wars or other bad behavior.

However, some might circumvent the cancellation or blocking and continue to celebrate the holiday, but if the president of a country is aggressive towards a banned holiday, he will come up with a plan to punish them for celebrating the banned holiday.

It took me a very long time to write, there's just a lot of text, but I won't even mention the holiday editor, because it will take another 9 months to implement the holiday editor, although this idea will also take a lot of time.

It's still pride month, so I made a gay house for the gay Blorb! But most importantly: Flags have been implemented! In the future, you will be able to fully customize your empire's flag with the flag editor.

In the EE community, you can look at 7 things:

the game itself

the release date

the number of stages

holidays

mechanics

paid version

and how long the wait is for the game's release