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A surface built for strategic readability
The colony map uses a near-orthographic, full-hex visual system so structures remain legible as a settlement becomes dense. Town halls, factories, research centers, terrain, and future infrastructure share one scale instead of behaving like disconnected interface icons.
Planet classes currently establish distinct visual identities for rock, desert, lava, ice, ocean, forest, and standard worlds. Their future economic differences will be introduced only when those rules are ready to be tested and explained clearly.
Construction is an economic commitment
Buildings move through placement, validation, construction, completion, and upgrade states. Timers and costs are being routed through tunable rules so development can balance the economy without scattering values throughout the interface.
The intended result is a colony-building strategy game where expansion competes with storage, production, fleet readiness, and future defensive needs. A new structure should represent a decision about the empire's direction, not simply an item added to a queue.
- Persistent production and storage state.
- Validated placement and construction queues.
- Upgrade and demolition paths with clear feedback.
- Source-driven values that can be balanced safely.
From the colony to the wider galaxy
A colony is successful when it supports action beyond its surface. Resources must reach orbit, ships must be prepared, and returning cargo must re-enter the planetary economy. The first-playable work is connecting those steps into one dependable journey.
Later development can add deeper specialization and interdependence, but the immediate priority remains a complete loop that players can understand and repeat.