Expedition:1883

Map travel alpha!

Path finding

Choosing best route would of course be primarily based on terrain type and potential interesting locations. However to choose path to take needs first scouting the area.

 In Expedition:1883 “fog of war” is not removed automatically as you move, instead you choose which areas should be investigated by your scouts so it can be uncovered. 

Scounting is important mechanism as it deternines where will you be able to move your party. Inforamtion gathred by studying map or communicating with locals can  help you  decide where sending your scouts will be most effective.

Some of Expedition:1883 settlments tiles: colonial settlement, tribal village and colonial city.

Locations: Settlements

Among many types of locations players will be able to find in game more basic ones are human settlements providing opportunity for trade, recruitment, resting or aquring missons and information.

Howdy adventurers!

As the game is finally getting in shape I’d like to present you alpha version of some of the tiles used for map generation!

In Expedition:1883 type of terrain has a crucial role in route planning. 

Each type of terrain has it’s own movement  difficulty, possiblity of  occuring of certain random events, hunting diffuclty, etc.

Teshaati the Shamaness

This amazing fanart was made by: Karlechott 

Meet Teshaati! 

Happy Year 2018 Everyone!

Actual South Pole Expedition of 1907 job offer. Just splendid.

“Unpleasant experiences may cause mood deterioration which leads to internal conflict between specimen. In extremal conditions peak of such conflict can be highly abruptal and even more unpleseant.” - doc. J.L. Sterring describing his incident with Lyvia Drake, Athalinan Jungle, 8th of June 1883

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“Wild monkeys steal your food” event

Mechanism that brings most of randomness to the game and heavily shapes each gameplay is the random events system.

Events can occur whenever the party stops to camp. Possiblity of occurring for each event it's based on the terrain type (although there gonna be events caused by other factors, but that's another story). For example  chance for a sandstorm in the jungle is 0%.

Event may cause different effects affecting resources and party members. Some of them can be modified by party's composition and resources (surely having medic can be helpful when malaria burst out) Some of the events allow players to choose from 2 or 3 reactions each bringing different consequences.

Here’s an example (don’t mind the interaface design, tis just a concept), hope you like it!

I’m still  experimenting with different approaches concerning combat mechanism in Expedition:1883. Since I wanted to keep some resemblances with classic board games it will probably involve some dice rolling, but the main idea is that player won’t  be able to affect combat itself but rather will have to well prepare his expedition for possible encounters.

For now I wanted to share some of planned types of enemies that will appear in game. Enjoy!

Tribal Warriors –Their dreadful masks and wild sounds cause most of settlers flee in terror on sight. While they cannot match modern equipped soldiers in open battle, their ambushes in difficult terrain are deadly dangerous. Mostly encountered in jungle.

Bandits – Those opponents are similarly equipped and often more experienced in killing than Her Imperial Majesty’s soldiers but since their main concern is getting rich it creates an opportunity to negotiate  a bloodless finale of an encounter. Mostly encountered  near settlements.