Prototype Development Halted Indefinitely
This house planner prototype was released primarily as a proof-of-concept and is bound to have inaccuracies. Many features are missing and bugs are to be expected. As of version 0.179, this project's development is halted and is unlikely to support versions beyond 0.179. See below for more info. Page will be maintained for archival purposes.
Controls
Select/Place
Clear Selected
Rotate Left
Rotate Right
Since the beginning of this project, the housing system has been a challenge to simulate. The project revolved around guesses and asssumptions of how the housing system works, of which many were off the mark. This was fine as the prototype was able to accomplish a base level of house-planning that players were able to make use of.
As the project constantly rebuilds itself to support the latest and existing features as well as fix existing issues to be more accurate, it's clear that the prototype's core systems will not be able to achieve much more than what is currently available. The main challenge is that I am attempting to emulate the features of a 3D game in a 2D environment.
After seeing the roadmap, with the upcoming structural blocks and structures involving multiple floors, I have decided that future iterations of the house planner is best made with an approach vastly different from the current one. As I am unavailable to devote the amount of time I feel I need for this project, development of the house planner will not continue beyond 0.179 for the foreseeable future.
My sincerest apologies to anybody who was looking forward to this planner, I was truly excited to make this tool work. I hope that someone else would be able to create a better tool for house planning in the future. I would also like to thank everyone who has supported this project and provided feedback. Perhaps one day I will be able to return to this project with the means to make it work.
Regardless, the prototype as-is will remain available, and existing issues will be addressed if possible.
Hey folks!
I had this project sitting around a while back, initially requested by Shepp Arenvanya from the Palia Discord and who also provided the initial information to get this started.
I've been stuck working on crafters for the garden planner for a while now, and demand for a housing planner has been increasing. So I've decided to take a detour and get this to a prototype stage.
For now, this is a proof-of-concept and is not ready for regular use. This tool will be developed now and then, hopefully get to a stage where players can figure out their house layouts and see its resource costs.
The housing planner, just like the garden planner, is open-source and other developers can play around with it in the link below.