hey I’m a solo gamedev and I recently launched the demo for Folk Emerging.

if you’re into turn-based strategy games like Civilization and enjoy in-depth characters, cultures, and ecosystems, then this might be for you!

curious to hear what folks around here think

  • Albbi@piefed.caEnglish
    10·
    9 days ago

    I’ve always loved the beginning of a Civ game, but kinda hated how bogged down the middle and late game get. So if this gives the feeling of early civ games, I’ll probably love it.

    • Enkidu@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      4·
      9 days ago

      nice! yeah this is very much inspired by the early part of Civ, and the many hours I spent playing Civ 2 and 3 as a kid :)

      • Enkidu@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        3·
        9 days ago

        glad you like it. i must credit At The Gates, which pioneered it afaik, and games like Old World that have improved on it over time

  • Nick@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    9 days ago

    Stone age nomadic 4X is fresh. Most 4X games end up as city builders with borders—nomadic shifts the whole economic model.

    • Enkidu@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      4·
      9 days ago

      true, one of impacts on the resource economy, for example, is that here you don’t have stockpile limits, but you have carrying capacities, so if you have more than you can carry it gets left behind when you move

    • athatet@lemmy.zipEnglish
      15·
      9 days ago

      It’s a specific type of strategy game in which you: eXplore your surroundings, eXploit the natural resources, eXpand your empire, and eXterminate any competition. Think like the CIV games.

    • Enkidu@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      8·
      9 days ago

      @athatet gave a great summary, and the Civ games are the biggest mainstream example of 4X games. there are many sub-genres and lots of games that use it as a foundation but extend it in various ways, and Folk Emerging does that too by centering around nomadic gameplay and complex ecosystems

      • thisbenzingring@lemmy.todayEnglish
        3·
        9 days ago

        so I’m currently playing Foundation, I played Civilization a bunch and Civ2 a bit but mostly avoided that kind of game in favor of 3rd Person Shooters and like.

        I will give your demo a go soon

        • Enkidu@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          2·
          9 days ago

          ah i loved Civ 2 :) could never get my hands on the original Civ 1 though. and thanks!

    • Enkidu@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      9 days ago

      thanks :) if you do, lmk what you think, i’m actively updating the demo so all feedback is much appreciated

      • brynden_rivers_esq@lemmy.caEnglish
        2·
        9 days ago

        We’ll see if I can get it running, my only personal machine right now is an old laptop running linux so I’ll have to try WINE…if it works at least you’ll know the basics are real solid to work even emulating windows on old hardware :P

        • Enkidu@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          2·
          9 days ago

          ah i fear there might be some performance issues, but definitely lmk if it runs and if so at what FPS :)

    • Enkidu@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      4·
      9 days ago

      glad to hear, let me know what you think! either here or in the feedback survey (link in the main menu)

    • Enkidu@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      9 days ago

      i’m pretty new around here, so thanks for the tip, just cross-posted it now. cheers!

  • Auth@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    9 days ago

    Wtf this looks good. Gonna download the demo and play it as soon as I get home.

      • Auth@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        6 days ago

        I filled out the form after playing for nearly 2 hours. I thought the form really lacked places to give feedback so im gonna put it here.

        What I liked, the movement mechanic, the combat, balancing foraging and building. My favorite thing was collecting and trading the relic items that gave your tribe bonuses I thought this fit the theme and gameplay perfectly. Music and art was solid.

        What I didnt like, late game there is to many other tribes that surround and box you in and you get attacked constantly. The specialist select felt bad, they need to do something in my opinion to become a specialist otherwise you’re constantly selecting specialists with no care who they are. There should be a few more things to build early as it felt like 99% of my turns were foraging(maybe thats intended if so then thats fine). The events that you select like scaring off predators there is no feedback to tell the player what the outcome was. This should be more apparent in my opinion.

        Overall I enjoyed it even if it was a bit unpolished.

        Some UI/UX comments.

        When you hit enough culture to make a choice it should popup, same for science. It should be more clear that you have to right click on the same square if you dont want to move that turn this confused me for way to long.

        • Enkidu@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          2·
          6 days ago

          thanks a lot for checking out the demo and sharing your feedback! i’m noting it all down. btw i’m planning a demo update in the next couple of days that will already address a couple of these points, namely give players more ways to get out when cornered somewhere by other tribes, plus some UX improvements for moving/staying. thanks again