Swamp Platforms

[Anomaly]

So, I just had an idea to make villages on swamps viable.

A new item in the build menu, a Wooden Pole which would be the base for the Wooden Platforms. You'll need at least 2 poles to be aligned in order to make a wooden platform, this would be sort of like building a fence on which you extend the segments except that you would need 2 poles to start.

By adding more poles you can extend the platforms further and longer, the only downside is you can't build on the poles so you'll need to plan your actions carefully. After building the platform you can add wooden stairs to any of the sides, these would be the only way to get in and while building the actual platform you'll be swimming in the swamps.

You can build anything on the platform, but the decay rate would be similar to that of a forest so more maintenance would be needed.

[Jackard]

i love the idea of wooden walkways for swamps/rivers as much as my ideas to "row boats through swamps" and "add islands and channels to make swamps swampier" and "add unusual wildlife to swamps"

swamps!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r1QrT1DxHw#t=07m45s




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshes_of_Morva

[Mqrius]

+1 on walkways, and on more interesting mapgen, of course.

[Fratari]

this.

[Handofevil]

+1. Perhaps include ladders for new players (and me) to get away from boars.

[Paladir]

+1
And maybe you could extract muck from the swamp, then boil it to get pitch/oil

[sabinati]

swamps could definitely be more interesting, and this could double as a dock maybe? it could only be extended into shallow water and the first tile of deep water or something, idk.

[Fluffy]

Epic idea. Stone pillars/platforms and metal pillars/platforms could also be viable alternatives to make more permanent, less decaying platforms.

Because we all want solid-gold flooring.

[Paladir]

Epic idea. Stone pillars/platforms and metal pillars/platforms could also be viable alternatives to make more permanent, less decaying platforms.

Because we all want solid-gold flooring.

Solid-gold flooring seems kind of pointless...

[Fluffy]

Epic idea. Stone pillars/platforms and metal pillars/platforms could also be viable alternatives to make more permanent, less decaying platforms.

Because we all want solid-gold flooring.

Solid-gold flooring seems kind of pointless...

Only to pimp haters.