World Expo - New Mod Project

[HoopThrower]

Well, a promise is a promise, so first order of business, Filipino civ:

So what makes the Filipinos special?

For starters, the first two things you´ll see are that, first, you can train their unique villager, the Alipin for food, wood OR coin.

(Unit skins by the one and only SealingEar046)

If you look closer at the Alipin you’ll notice the second big thing about the Filipinos, each one of their wonders has a different cost and age up time, with their strength varying accordingly.

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(This section is still very much a WIP)

As any asian civilization they do have Monks who do exploring. Fortunately, the Babaylanes do have a very long and well regarded history of leading revolts, so it’s a very well fitting role for them even if you consider the idea of having monk explorers rather silly

Gameplaywise they do have stun as any Monk Hero. Additionally, they do have a charged attack that allows them to heal all your units after they kill somebody. They start out similar to Sohei Archers but take a very different direction as you upgrade them, becoming much more of a support unit by unlocking abilities to boost your other units attack rate and make them produce more bounty from combat, among others.

Speaking of gameplay, the unit roster goes as follows:

Coming up with a unit roster was a real challenge considering how… distinct the many different peoples who inhabit what is nowadays the Philippines were, so it was a fun challenge to form a coherent unit roster that’d still offer an unique gameplay and set up.

Speaking of which, they do have one last bonus to represent the sheer diversity of the Archipelago. Each unit provides 10% of the resource they don’t cost when trained.

It’s getting late, so I’ll go in depth with the wonders and the ships tomorrow.

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Mod is playable right now, but still private as I’m missing some models, particularly of wonders.

Units are completely voiced, civ theme has been arranged and recorded and AI Personality is… a work in progress.

Once I’m finally finished after this little project that took me the better part of two years I’ll proceed with the double release of Argentina and Chile, after that, I dunno, probably the Malagasy.

I can’t promise I’ll be consistent, but I’ll try, at the very least, to maintain this impromptu dev blog actively, hopefully releasing the mods at a somewhat steady schedule.

Stay tuned!

[HoopThrower]

Alright back, now the buildings:

First of all, the Bahay Kubo. The Bahay Kubo is the house of the Filipinos, keeping to the theme of resource diversity, they cost a mix of food, wood or coin with an end result providing a whopping 20 population AND improve the production of military production within their range. The civ does have several shipments that further improve their support role.

The Kwadra is the other unique building to the Filipinos. It’s an hybrid between a Livestock Pen and a Stable. Probably most notable, it trains Water Buffalos by default.

Now for the wonders, well, as I said models are not done yet, so I’ll spare you the showcase for now, let’s break it down on a table instead, shall we?

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Magellan’s Cross	600 Food / 1000 Food - 600 Gold / 1500 Food - 1000 Gold / 3000 Food - 3000 Gold	3/5/8/12 Timawa	Can Convert units
Coral Church	800 Food / 1200 Food - 1000 Gold / 2000 Food - 1200 Gold / 4000 Food - 4000 Gold	2 Sundalo / 3/5/7 Tirador	Holds Church technologies, trickles XP.
Great Rice Terrace	1050 Food / 1600 Food - 1250 Gold / 2700 Food - 1600 Gold / 5300 Food - 5300 Gold	4/6/9/12 Luzones	Boosts Rice Paddy gather rates. Functions like a Rice Paddy.
Makhdum Mosque	1300 Food / 2000 Food - 1300 Gold / 3400 Food - 2000 Gold / 6600 Food - 6600 Gold	7/12/15/20 Crates of random resources	Produces Crates of Resources over time
Malacañang Palace	1600 Food / 2400Food-1000 Gold / 4000 Food - 2400 Gold / 8000 Food - 8000 Gold	2 Free Shipments on Age up	Can blockade other players

Now finally, for the ships, they are also mostly placeholder models, courtesy of Age of Pirates and Wars of Liberty, they are as follow:

The Salisipan is the basic ship of the Filipinos, available from the Commerce age, it covers the middle point between a Caravel and a Canoe, not very durable, it’s meant to be used in numbers.

The Karakoa is the Filipino take on the Galleon, having less attack and less hit points, it instead is swifter, and gains even more speed and attack while garrisoned. Much like the Galleon, it can train military units.

The huge, lumbering Joanga plays a very unique role in the Filipino naval roster. It has a pitiful attack, although it’s massively strong in terms of hit points. What sets it apart, however, is that it can train the other Filipino naval units, right there and then on the water.

Finally, the Kotta Mara, is an unique twist on the Monitor. Instead of being a huge, hulking ship, they are small, maneuverable and relatively cheap, while still good enough against buildings, they are meant to be massed, having a much higher build limit and lesser cost than their European counterpart.

[HoopThrower]

Well, if you were wondering about why my updates stopped coming, well… was troubleshooting this.

At least I managed to nail down the problem so at least I’ve got a potential solution. It’s gonna take me reimporting every single last model so I’ll probably wait until my new computer is up and running, but it’s progress.

Also I was interviewed, cool!