AoC Announcement: Roster, Realism Servers & Feedback

Summary

In Age of Cenozoic - AoC this announcement clarifies that the previously suggested roster (Smilodon fatalis, dire wolf, river otter, American alligator, ancient bison and others) was never official and addresses concerns about overlap with Ecos. It outlines the server's realism direction and invites community feedback on set animal profiles describing behavior, hunting, and interactions.

Hello

I would like to cover some things that have been posted recently.

*Firstly, the roster issue.*

We were originally going to have a very simple roster. The roster included animals such as Smilodon fatalis, dire wolf, North American river otter, American alligator, American crocodile, ancient bison, flat-headed peccary, Scotti horse, and white-tailed deer.

Recently, though, the roster has become an area where players from Ecos seem to find similarities with their game. Whilst I totally agree with that, there are only so many animals we can add. Having an animal that another game has allows us to get a clearer picture of how the same platform could play with that animal.

Now, I have been exaggerating a little (https://discord.com/channels/1371061753097748510/1371062538246164562/1529416262592106677) and saying things like, "This animal is scrapped" or "Ecos has it, so we cannot have it," and that is completely my fault.

The roster was never actually official, to say the least.

*The clashing games issue.
When creating a game, you are most likely going to clash concepts with another game. Take The Isle, for instance. For a while now, it has been compared to Path of Titans, or even Beasts of Bermuda.
Each of these games is unique in its own way. If you separate those concepts and look at them individually, you will realise that these games are aiming for two different things.
The reason this links to AoC* is because we are taking a completely different path from what Ecos has. We are taking the realism route!
Because of this, I want to gather some opinions for the realism servers!

Do you want there to be set profiles for each animal, explaining what they do, what they flee from, how many x it takes for them to hunt a y, and so on?

A great example of this would be:
https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1492189325054578870/1529805316848619653/image.png?ex=6a6345b9&is=6a61f439&hm=91a54c7c9de885dd8f5c0ec19be441b259f50138ad4a00506971f5a478d23c35&=&format=webp&quality=lossless

And if so, I am going to need a dedicated team to write the facts and profiles for each animal.

Here is the application:

https://forms.gle/t1KLYiTPUPzWz1Q3A

  • As always, please ping me if there is a spelling mistake!
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  • Thank you everyone who has tried helping! Specifically @Carlosarty for helping with the new roster

From the start to here, the game was just being planned, and was not out of that phase. I believe we are now almost complete enough to exit the planning phase, and start the actual game development!

THANK YOU EVERYONE! I LOVE YOU ALL SO SO SO SO SOOO MUCH!

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