Haida Gwaii Mod (This round of beta closed)

[Foodstamp]

I am currently working on a mod for Dominions 3 titled "Haida Gwaii". This mod is loosely based on the First Nations of the Pacific Northwest. These nations include the Haida, Tlinget and Tsimshian cultures that lived between the Washington state area to as far north as Alaska.

Goals of the Mod include:

Thematic Goals:

Expand upon the realistic history and mythology of these cultures without taking liberties that would contradict their traditions or beliefs.

Gameplay Goals:

Overall, Add a new nation that is a bit different from the rest of the Early Age nations. No berserker units .

Specific gameplay goals include:

Adding and balancing a sacred trampler.

Presenting mages with very focused magic picks.

Adding a new effective middle of the road pretender to give people something different to play than an SC or a caster type.







What does this mod add?

A new playable nation that does not overwrite other nations.

13 new units to recruit, 3 national heroes, 2 nation specific pretenders and 2 national summon spells.

*****UPDATE******

I am looking for beta testers to test Haida Gwaii.


Screenshots!------------------------------------

[Foodstamp]

Screenshot of the description screen...

[Nerfix]

Oooh, looks very cool. =)

[Gandalf Parker]

Excellent. You seem to have done your homework and it seems very compatable to the general feel of Dominions.

[Endoperez]

Gandalf Parker said:
Excellent. You seem to have done your homework and it seems very compatable to the general feel of Dominions.

I saw this thread, read through it, was interested but didn't really know what to say. Gandalf summed it up perfectly. This fits. It's one of the few mods that I can remember that really fit the feel well. Keep up the good work!

[Tortanick]

Nice work I look forward to seeing it.

The first paragraph could use some improvement though, I'd add a bit more details about their ancient history and deffentately remove the word "pretender" and "wishes to assend to godhood" the first one is never mentioned in nation descriptions because the nation allways believe their god is allready a true god. And we all know he wishes to assend

[Foodstamp]

Tortanick said:
Nice work I look forward to seeing it.

The first paragraph could use some improvement though, I'd add a bit more details about their ancient history and deffentately remove the word "pretender" and "wishes to assend to godhood" the first one is never mentioned in nation descriptions because the nation allways believe their god is allready a true god. And we all know he wishes to assend

Good points, to be honest a few other things bother me about the description as well. I speak of a hierarchy of tribes, and then I talk about them being equal. And also the end sentence where I speak of the animal ancestors lured to the potlatch. I can do better than that.

I think I am going to change the description and have it go into more detail about the Potlatch. Also I will have it told more from their point of view like you suggest, replacing pretender with a word that feels like they believe this is the real god.

Thanks again for the great comments, here is screenshot of a new pretender...

(Graphics come from Age of Wonders and Civ3, Retouched and recolored a bit. Final release of the mod will have a version that uses existing dominions 3 graphics so people can choose.)

[Tortanick]

Pretender, that explains why he is so huge

A brightly coloured raven takes some getting used to but I'm sure you have you're reasons. I read the creation story just now and you've done a great job makeing it fit

I have a suggestion:

change the name, I know in the traditional story he is called raven but a minor inaccuracy is a small price to pay for people to not think he's a mortal bird all the time.

[Endoperez]

Heh... "The forces seem to consist of mainly Atlatl Throwers and Hunters. A lone Raven was seen flying above the army." A trickster indeed!

[Nerfix]

Haha, yeah.