Hello Constructors!
The governor's job is no easy one, as it is the person responsible for all the strategic decisions regarding the city’s growth. Maintaining a positive relationship with the gods is a must. One does not want to fall into disgrace, and it’s way better to have some divine help. To progress your city into the next stage, first you need to ask for the gods’ support. And that is… the monument. You could have already seen the Weeping Fountain or the Jade Emperor, but we finished another monument – Palace On The Water.
BUILDING'S MODEL
To create that building, first we worked on the concept, which later served as a basis for the detailed construction planning. We gather references to real ancient Chinese constructions and that’s when it gets tricky. The ancient architecture of China can surprise with the complexity of its elements, each of which serves as a building structure and is also a decoration. All things are ready, so it’s time to move on to modeling using Blender.
TEXTURES
After the model is exported, it’s time to put it together with some textures. For such a big monument we prepared 3 materials: the stone base of the building, roof tiles and facade elements. And once everything looked good, another step was to import the model to the engine, where we created a blueprint and added some decorative elements to the building, such as water, plants, lights, effects, NPCs and so on.
MONUMENT IN COMPARISON
The last step was to see how the monument was doing in the game’s environment, in comparison to all the other buildings. Palace On The Water is a very big and detailed building. But if you don’t trust us, you can always look at the image below.
Monuments play a very big part in our game. They sum up the city’s progression. More monuments = more advanced city. And what do you think about Palace On The Water? It sure is huge, but did it capture your heart? With 3 monuments ready and presented, we are currently working on the last monument. Do you have any guesses about what that could be? Let us know in the comments!
See ya!
The Devs
