It is so beautiful the game came a long way
but I was wondering does it really gets that cold in Greece , I never been there myself but this is Canada kind winter
First of all: thank you so much for saying it has come a long way! Coming from you, who have been following the project for the longest time, it means a lot!
With regards to the coldness/snow: I did a research on this. It can snow pretty much everywhere in Greece, though it is not common in the southern parts, where the climate is truly mediterranean. On the northern parts of Greece, however, it does snow pretty much every winter and even multiple times per year.
In a previous devlog, I mentioned that game story is located in northern Greece, in Thrace. The city is inspired in ancient Maronesia, not far from modern day Alexandropolis. Here are some images of that city under snow.
Apparently, Alexandropolis experiences snow multiple times per winter, but usually it melts quickly. Unfortunately, I couldn't animate it well if the snow were to melt quickly, because only have 36 frames. If I was to represent snow melting in lwess than 10 days, the snow would only appear in a single frame and that would make for a horrible animation. I thus decided to allocate 100 days for the snow to melt, 10 frames, clearly departing from reality.
Perhaps it was colder there 2400 years ago? I don't know!
Fair enough, I guess that is the best way to show the passing of time . I actually once saw a video of snow in Egypt Alexandria, so I guess if it gets to Egypt it will get to Greece
You know what I really like about your game is that it's made by a professional historian , the fact that you always try to make it as accurate as possible is really admirable. Your game made me read about historical Greece. Before that I was only interested in the methodology .
BTW thank you for always taking the time to reply
Love the conversations we have :)
One of the objectives of this game is to raise curiosity about old times and old texts. The fact that you decided to read more about ancient Greece makes me truly happy!
Snow in Alexandria? That I didn't know!
I am not truly a historian, just a social scientist (versed in economics and politics). But I do love history! Usually, when I am making the art for the game, I am listening to a history podcast.
What do you mean by methodology?