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Map Overview - Zoom out to see map (furhter than with unlocked camera)
It would be great if we could have a button that gave us an overview of the entire map, so we could see everything in one picture
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Change high floodgate into controllable levee (stackable modular flood gate)
I would like to propose removing floodgate level 2 and 3. And change the system to allow arbitrary height of floodgate
My idea is, separate floodgate into top ...
Exploration system and scout parties
(Partly carried over from discord)
Purpose: add variety mechanic to distract player from city building for a moment, add some mystery element to game, making ...
Vertical Water Wheels - spin from falling water
It would be nice to have waterwheels work in the below configuration, particularly for high height maps, and just to have a bit of variation. It would also be nice to ...
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Schooling and intelligent upgrades.
In order to make some cool upgrades and gradually upgrade buildings, maybe intergrate education into the games. What I had in mind is that childeren actually can get ...
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New resource - Coal (Charcoal)
Coal is one of the run-of-the-mill economic strategy game resources, but it has a good affinity with Timberborn setting.
First - you can produce charcoal from wood ...
Trains, railway, funicular
ok so i got an idea for trains to be in the game so i could be and very efficient way of moving something from district to district like builders, supplies, water, ...
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Move district centers without deleting the district
It is very frustrating to move district centers, which happens often. You currently have to delete the building and place a new one which kills the district. It would ...
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Combat / Defense (War, Warfare, Fighting, Battles, Enemies)
It would be cool to have a watch / lookout tower on like hard mod or something, every now and then you get attacked and over time the mobs get hard and more of them? ...
Foreign Trade, off-map external trading, merchant caravans
I would love to see the ability to trade resources with foreign settlements. The way I imagine this being done is somewhat similar to Ostriv. There would be two ...
Add shorter platform under existing platform without deleting, split \ replace tall platform
There have been a few times that I've built a vertical structure only to find that I need to replace my double or triple platform with a combination of shorter ...
Underground house and burrow house
For folktail faction. In addition to underground storage, we could also have a house that actually a double lodge but partly underground, And so require to build on ...
Please add High Priority and One-Off (one-time) deliveries from the Distribution Center.
While the route system works for regularly scheduled deliveries, sometimes you only need a certain number of resources once (and no more); for example, a delivery of ...
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Advanced Science building / Laboratory (higher-grade Inventor)
add a library building that functions like an advanced inventor. Maybe it employs more beavers, needs books to build. Higher science output than inventor
Add Game Controller Support
As title says, add generic game controller support, as that will hopefully support most game controllers. If not, adding most mainline controller support (i.e. XBOX, ...
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Beaver logging animation, I want to see my beavers gnaw trees over!
I would love to see beavers animations improved. When "cutting" trees, it would be awesome to see them plant their teeth into the trees and gnaw them over, instead of ...
Need for more 'solid' building types - variety of solid roof constructions
Building upward is amazing. It's fun, it's pretty, and it's one of the things that can help set this game apart from a lot of similar builders.
The short of the ...
Separate Working Hours for jobs or buildings
I'd like the ability to set differing work hours for things. For instance: I want all the beavers to work for 16 hours, and spend the rest of their time having fun ...
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Increase ingame speed - more options
I played this game many times, also saw others play many times. And noone is actually playing this game at 1× (rarely at 2×). I suggest increasing ingame speed to 4× ...
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Ability to pause ditribution routes
Currently you can only cancel distribution routes, but it would be very helpful if you could just pause / unpause them instead of deleting them.
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Improved Map Browser
Right now, maps are hard to navigate.
Issues:
The scroll window is too small, showing only 5 at once.
The "[Custom]" prefix adds visual noise which leads to ...
Allow districts to be different faction
I would love to be able to add a new district of Iron Teeth beavers to my Folktails playthrough. It even would be in keeping with the backstory. And as new factions ...
Show total capacity of resource
When hovering the resource numbers at the top of the screen, show the total storage capacity next to the current amount. Ex: Water: 562/700.
Migrate youngest adults first or select beavers and golems
Currently the game seems to migrate the oldest adults first. With an already established district containing several 70+ beavers, this can result in beavers migrating ...
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Suggestion for a book and knowledge rework: A library
I personally dont like, that books get "consumed" by beavers like its something to eat for knowledge. I know it can become stale reading the same book twice, but your ...
Health System and Medicine (Diseases, Illness)
• Add a Health feature to beavers:
- Statuses: Healthy, Unwell, Sick, Injured, Dying
- Beavers need sleep, food, and water to remain healthy.
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Decay and Repair - building maintenance
Ok so the idea here is
1. Add decay to all buildings, houses, dams, workshops, etc
2. Make a new worker that would specialize in repairing evering in their repair ...
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Beavers should be able to Swim Up & Down without Stairs, and Paths should be irrelevant to swimming.
I appreciate that beavers can swim now, but the logic is still too much like walking.
A beaver can only reach deeper levels of water if there is a staircase down. ...
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Otters
I know that the game is all about beavers, but maybe another water based animal could have survived and evolved. I'm talking about otters! They could be a faction. ...
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Scaffolding
As things stand, beavers can build structures multiple stories high from ground level. I would suggest adding scaffolding in order to build something higher than 2 ...
Cut trees by default
Mark all land as tree cut allowed by default. Just like collecting berry bushes.
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Work shifts/schedule management
It would be nice to be able to have multiple work shifts. Rather than all your bevers working for 16 hrs and then trying to do all their personal stuff in the ...
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Let us change difficulty mid game (switch game settings on the fly)
So i played the demo and it was pretty brutal. So i started a fairly easy game this time around. But i've developed my beaver city pretty decently, so i'd like to be ...
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More links between items (cycle buildings, switch through buildings)
Some more ways to quickly navigate around the world
1. Clicking on a title under the heading "Employment" goes to the relevant place (for ex. clicking on "builder ...
Water flow overlay
Adding an overlay to show water flow direction and maybe have arrows to indicate the force. That would allow more complex irrigation and show why water wheels lose ...
"Chiselheart" faction (stone specialists)
The Chiselheart faction (or whatever name they choose) would be able to quarry stone to make buildings out of them and use gravel as byproduct to make new soil ...
Catastrophes (Disasters mechanic)
see title. Catastophes toggled mode on/off like in sim city 2000. Earthquake, fire, crop plague,disease in the water tank so you need to pour it all in the river, ...
Make beavers swim faster than on land
OK, I know the folklore that the water in the river is polluted and the argument that we need incentives to build bridges over the river.
But still, beavers should ...
Basic mining mechanic for all beaver races
While iron would still come primarily or completely from salvage, stones could be a useful 2nd tier material for dams, levees, buildings, and decorations. These tier ...
Further improve saving - allow overwriting, more info, etc. (better save load)
Patch on 20.11.2021 expanded handling of save files, but there is still request for more improvements.
I've collected some ideas that didn't go into the mentioned ...
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Display Surface measures: dimension size of crop field (show area), length of road or dam, ruler
Add measurements when placing any item that are draggable. For example, when placing crops it will show a grid measurement on the UI like 10x10 or 6x7.
Giant sequoia for late-game Folktails high platform equivalent
The folktails are all about being good stewards to the environment. In keeping with this theme, I suggest a late-game technology for the folktail faction - the giant ...
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Loading Screen Progress Bar or Animation
The title says it all. Sometimes unsure if the games hangs or is actually loading. For people with slower pcs this might be very comforting, to see something is ...
Building upgrades - Attachments etc.
So, there's two ways I hope you guys can go about making building upgrades;
'Modules' - smaller mini-buildings that can be built and attached to resource buildings ...
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Frost Chippers (faction)
If winter season becomes a thing, a new faction could emerge; behold the Frost Chippers.
This faction of beavers developed to thrive in cold temperatures of nordic ...
More beaver Animations
Have not played alot yet but I feel that all the beaver actions feel quiet stale. Some animations like using an axe when cutting down trees would be nice, for ...
Upgrades for Buildings to add additional Workers and increase output / make them stable
Via a new technology, buildings could get a better Version of itself, e.g. with more workers. Alternatively, you could choose another Upgrade, that makes building ...
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Shaped dynamite charges - explosives for digging deeper and wider (multi-level)
Please add a dynamite tier-2 option that will dig down 2 levels instead of just one.
Projected cost; 2x explosive, 2x planks, 1x water to create the shaped charge ...
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Research tree and/or dependency and/or requirement
Maybe not need to be visually UI of a tree but somethings should have dependency, especially building that have production chain. We should not ever be able to unlock ...
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Sand!.. Its problems and the many goodies it brings
Whenever water flows downhill it could create sand deposits in areas where water flows slower.
This means that the lower a reservoir or simmilar structure in ...