Some never flatten any land, while others won't even start until a huge swath is flattened. Some are extremely meticulous about how they place buildings and modules, while others slap them anywhere. Some build a farm first thing, others... forget to build one until they're out of food. Most common probably is taking some time to realize building more than one workbench/module per shop is a good idea. It does take quite some time to get to the mid-game this way, but that's okay. I always get excited for them when a creepy event pops up.
I may have to break down and figure out how to record a video... perhaps after my main machine comes home.
Oh you definitely should. I'm sure you'd provide some great commentary and gameplay twists. No pressure of course...
It's surprisingly difficuly to speak coherently and play anything, let alone multi-step planning in Clockwork Empires.
Oh, I don't doubt it. That's why I'm not a youtuber. I'd be either yakking nonsense or completely silent trying to concentrate.
I'm starting to do that more often lately. I used to just flatten where I need to and plonk down buildings when space opens up, but having a huge clean canvas to work with is pretty satisfying.
I never flatten unless I'm absolutely forced to, which is probably why flattening terrain had so many bugs for so long.
I tend to build up VERY close to my initial drop spot. Besides, the Empire will not have the land dictate our plans... we will bend the very earth to our will... Progress!
Do you have some secret dev version that doesn't give you starting areas that are 90% unusable ground every new colony?
No, I just build tiny cramped buildings and usually the game crashes for me before then The joys of always debugging your own code...
