#TOWNSCAPER PROPELLER UPDATE#

Since the grid has a nice line of square tiles that add no corners connecting it together is simple. You can see one of its corner triangles highlighted.

To show that this can scale infinitely I’ve found another circle farther away that we will connect and build off of. As you can see highlighted on the grid there is a pentagon here which has an extra corner that will generate a stilt so the two circles can’t be connected here.Īs these square grids leave no corners when connected together it will generate propellers instead of stilts. In order to connect these two circles the path between them must not contain any corners that can create a stilt or else the propellers will disappear. You can see a corner of one that I’ve highlighted on the grid here.īuild that circle at the same height as the first. Now look for another circle in the grid nearby with triangles for corners, usually once you’ve found one there will be others close by so it shouldn’t be too difficult. While not necessary the easiest way to grasp the concept is to start with a grid that contains a circle in which all the corners are triangles.īy building the circle in midair it will create propellers instead of stilts because the triangle corners leave no place for stilts to be generated. Townscaper is out now on Steam for £4.79/€4.99/$5.99.The general consensus seems to be that floating cities can only exist on perfect circles on the grid, but in this guide I’ll show you that you can use those circles as a starting point to create floating cities of any size that you want. I'm sure all the folks who are way, way better at Townscaper than us will find some use out of 'em, though.įinally, there's now an easy screenshot button to take high-definition snaps of your scenes, an addition that was invaluable in the writing of this post. I couldn't find any, but they do look very cute. To see this content please enable targeting cookies. You can now build flying towns (if you find any of the perfect loops I've scattered across the grid) /6jLOdghs2a As recognition of that, Stålberg has added more 'perfect loops' to the grid to make these easier to build, and added tiny propellers to keep your little Bioshock Infinite diorama afloat. Through careful manipulation of the game's grid, some players had managed to create flying towns.

#TOWNSCAPER PROPELLER UPDATE#

This week's update also adds a little gift for folks who've managed to build impossible structures in Townscaper. While it's a little tougher to wrangle up a shot, you can create some incredible landscapes with just a soft smear of sunlight and shadows. So confident is Stålberg in this lighting overhaul, that he's added a new option to disable textures entirely - relying entirely on sunlight to paint a mood over the stark grey-white of the island's geometry.

By twiddling the new lighting gizmo, you can now bathe your town in darkness, flicking on warm orange lights behind all those rustic windows. But it's not just dawns and dusks on offer. Regular Screenshot Saturday Sundays readers will know that I cannot resist a good sunset, and Townscaper's are phenomenal - bathing the scene in a deep red while long, stark shadows drag themselves across the isle. But your man's been tinkering with some new features for his whimsical port towns, including an utterly stunning overhaul to Townscaper's lighting and shadows. Now, Stålberg's architectural toy already had a lovely, no-frills look when it launched in early access a few months back. It's frankly rude, then, that developer Oskar Stålberg has gone and made it even prettier in a new update, letting you move the sun itself to paint your perfect little seaside getaway. A wonderfully tactile little tool for popping together quaint wee archipelagos with a look you could easily slap on a postcard. Procedural village-builder Townscaper was already a delight.

Townscaper propeller