Zoythrus™

Originally posted by Joacgroso: I have other questions:
Are aquarion fishmen? If so, why do they need turtles or ships in order to move in the water?
How do tribes build their cities before researching construction?
Why are they called tribes and not empires or civilizations?
Do the tribes hate each other, or are there some sort of alliances/pacts between them?

1. Aquarion are kinda fishmen? What you see on them is a helmet, but they can breathe underwater. Why don't they just swim everywhere? Why don't you just walk everywhere?

2. "Construction" doesn't refer to the "actual ability to build structures" but more "advanced techniques."

3. Because Midjiwan wanted to call them tribes. :P
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Originally posted by ianapolis: Man, you thought this out!

Yep! I'm actually the game's lorewriter. :P

Neither. Gaami are extradimensional beings that come from a dimension of permafrost. They're a race of powerful wielders of ice magic, and they bestow that magic to the Polaris to help them freeze the Square.

For the record, no one has actually seen a Gaami. They all sit safely in their home dimension using their magic to animate Mooni and pilot the constructed avatars you see in the game.

Mooni are constructs assembled out of bone, cloth, and whatever else and animated with the power of Gaami magic.

They use their antlers to focus moon energy into icy blasts.

Lore guy here, let's answer these questions:

1. Probably just a section of it. We really haven't talked about the entirety of the planet.
2. The planet that the Polytopians live on is called "The Square." "Polytopia" really isn't a thing in their world, just sort of a cool name for our benefit.
3. Stars are a representation of resources. Food, gold, money, wood, labor, metal, and everything else that can be used to train soldiers and build structures.
4. They're magic users, but I guess you could liken them to monks.

Originally posted by Mossy:

Originally posted by Zoythrus™: Achievements will be added at a later date.

Oh boy! I can't wait.
I'm curious, will they be the same ones from mobile or more?

Probably more?

The multiplayer game is already saved to a server, so it won't influence any single player games.

Achievements will be added at a later date.

Originally posted by Ezrick: Crash to desktop after selecting my tribe and pressing play. No errors. Just bloops out.

Can you give me some of your computer's specs?

Sadly, the exact specifics on how to update drivers for your particular machine is a little out of the scope of this chat. That being said, it shouldn't be too difficult to find out how on Google. Also try reinstalling the game if you haven't, already.

Yeah, a handful of people have reported this. Make sure you try to verify files, update your graphics card drivers, and etc.

Huh, interesting.

You should see a "Creative" option next to Perfection and Domination.

I'll make note of your comments concerning the UI.

About this:
"Um, just noticed local/New Game doesn't have Domination/Might/unlimited turns option... why not? That's what I always played on mobile personally, I want to be able to take over the world not get stopped because I didn't do it fast enough and be told 'better luck next time'. Similar there's no map size options at all... Why do you need to create a multiplayer game in order to customize it?"

The first game is sort of a "tutorial" to get you familiar with things. After you finish it, it should unlock the other modes.

I'll log it. We'll see if we can get a fix for you soon.

Originally posted by S H R E K: "Validation Error" at startup. im running the game through steam as it says and no fix. tried reinstalling and restarting computer but no fix.

Make sure your internet connection is stable.
Also try updating Steam, if necessary.
If those don't work, try validating files.

I will report this to the proper people.

If you find a bug or issue with Moonrise, please post it there!

If you're having problems, we encourage you to email your player.log file to [email protected]. You can find that file here:
Windows: C:\Users[YourUserNameHere]\AppData\LocalLow\Midjiwan\Polytopia\Player.log
Mac: /Users/[your user name]/Library/Logs/Midjiwan/Polytopia/Player.log
Linux: ~/.config/unity3d/Midjiwan/Polytopia/Player.log

Achievements will be added, but later on.

And there is a rotating leaderboard, just like on the mobile version.

Hello, we want to make sure everyone's questions are answered but not in a way that clogs up the discussion boards, so please read this before commenting.

Moonrise
Q: What is The Battle of Polytopia: Moonrise?
A: The Battle of Polytopia: Moonrise is the Steam port of the award-winning, critically acclaimed mobile strategy game The Battle of Polytopia, which is available right now on Google Play or the Apple App Store.

Q: Why does the name have “Moonrise” in it?
A: As many know, we have been rewriting the game in Unity, and this port is known as “Moonrise.” In the past, we’ve referred to it as “the Unity port” or “the Steam version,” but now it has gotten an official name - Moonrise, and will be referred to as such from now on.

Q: What new features does Moonrise have over the current Adobe AIR version?
A: In addition to a plethora of bugfixes and stability improvements, Moonrise features larger maps, better map generation, map customizat... Read more