Development diary

Connecting water, structures, and world design

A large integration pass tightened the relationship between physical geography, settlements, structures, and the project's living design library.

This was an integration day: the design of the world, the visual treatment of water, and the placement of structures were brought closer together. The project also gained a living internal library so that design decisions and visual evidence could be reviewed in one place.

What changed

  • The world model was simplified around clearer physical relationships.
  • Water, banks, and waterfront structures advanced as one visual problem.
  • The internal design library became a working part of the development process.

Next

The next step was to keep using implementation evidence to pressure-test the design, especially where warfare, scale, and automation crossed several systems at once.