From Painted Zones to Living Neighborhoods: Procedural Buildings in Empires
How Empires turns painted zones into deterministic plots, varied procedural homes, material requirements, Builder work, and persistent neighborhoods.
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Developing NPC AI in Empires: Jobs, Needs, Inventory, and Family
How Empires combines priorities, action queues, jobs, needs, inventory, family, reservations, and navigation recovery to make a settlement feel alive.
Building Empires: From a 2D prototype to a living 3D world
The long development story of Empires, from its first 2D settlement prototype and home-grown tools to spherical experiments, streamed 3D terrain, distant horizons, and a playable world.
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