User:Velaric/Islands

This is a work in progress that I am working on, when it's done I'll replace the current Islands wiki-page.

Islands are the heart of your empire, without them you will not be able to develop your cities.

Islands

Newport

• Newport (Apple, Wheat)

Everyone starts on the same main island. It has a predetermined map, with resource nodes, fertilities, and name all decided before the game starts, these features are identical to all users.

Island overview

Apart from the first island you start on, you can potentially settle eight other islands. Four through progression in the game and another four if you chose to spend rubies in the ruby shop.

The Island overview window is your main window for issuing transports, surveying and colonising new islands.

Island generation

Island generation follows this basic pattern:

1. Decide Island Size - This is based upon the sailor being used, and the ship type has no bearing
2. Decide Island Map - Purely random, based on a predefined pool of maps for each island size
3. Determine Resource Nodes - These are based on the map itself. And the type of resource is determined by the sailor being used again.
4. Determine Map Fertility - Based on sailor being used, island size, map, and resource nodes have no impact on this.
5. Determine Island Name - Random Selection.

Resources

It is currently unknown if individual nodes are only capable of spawning specifc resources. If anyone finds two islands of the same layout, with different nodes in the same position, please update appropriately.

Type of islands

There are three basic groups of islands - Small, medium and large islands.

Small islands

There are currently 5 known small islands maps.

Image	Reference			Harbor Space	Expansion Costs
	SmallType1	0	8	10 + 8	Explored Upon Colonisation 2: 150K 350 200 3: 400K 300 150 4: 800K 600 300
	SmallType2	0	10	5 + 8	Explored Upon Colonisation 2: 150K 350 200 3: 400K 300 150
	SmallType3	0	14	5 + 9	Explored Upon Colonisation 2: 150K 350 200 3: 400K 300 150 4: 800K 600 300
	SmallType4	4	10	8 + 5	Explored Upon Colonisation 2: 150K 350 200 3: 400K 300 150 4: 800K 600 300
	SmallType5	3	10	8 + 5	Explored Upon Colonisation 2: 150K 350 200 3: 400K 300 150 4: 800K 600 300

Medium Islands

There are currently 4 known medium islands maps.

Image	Reference			Harbor Space	Expansion Cost
	MediumType1	4 Total 2 S4 2 S5	12	8 + 10	Explored Upon Colonisation 2: 150K 350 200 3: 400K 300 150 4: 800K 600 300 5: 2.5M 900 400
	MediumType2	3	13	8 + 13	Explored Upon Colonisation 2: 150K 350 200 3: 400K 300 150 4: 800K 600 300 5: 2.5M 900 400 6: 2.5M 900 400 7: 2.5M 900 400
	MediumType3	0	15	13 + 15	Explored Upon Colonisation 2: 150K 350 200 3: 400K 300 150 4: 800K 600 300 5: 2.5M 900 400
	MediumType4	0	13	8 + 13	Explored Upon Colonisation 2: 150K 350 200 3: 400K 300 150 4: 800K 600 300

Large Islands

There are currently 2 known large islands maps.

Image	Reference			Harbor Space	Expansion Cost
	LargeType1	9	24	5 + 16	Explored Upon Colonisation 2: 150K 350 200 3: 400K 300 150 4: 800K 600 300 5: 2.5M 900 400 6: 2.5M 900 400 7: 2.5M 900 400
	LargeType2	4	22	8 + 13	Explored Upon Colonisation 2: 150K 350 200 3: 400K 300 150 4: 800K 600 300 5: 2.5M 900 400 6: 2.5M 900 400 7: 2.5M 900 400