Es gibt ja auch noch parallel Arbeit an der Seilbahn von pluto und Clonkonaut. Ich könnte mir gut vorstellen, das Transportsystem hier damit zu verbinden, um größere Strecken zu überwinden. Also das hier zum Sammeln in der Mine, was dann eine Transportlore befüllt, die die Materialien dann in die Basis bringt. Dort wird die Lore dann wieder von den Bändern entleert und auf Produktions- und Lagergebäude verteilt.

Manuell geöffnete Türen und dampfbetriebene Tore könnte ich mir gut vorstellen!

Ich weiß nicht, ob es öffentlich ist, aber ich lass es einfach mal hier:
https://trello.com/b/VfXNP7vo/openclonk-blocks

Bauklötze! "Physics"! KreativiTÄT! TRANSPORTRÖööÖHREN!

Ich glaube das ist als Burg und Baseschutz gewollt.

Ich finde das zumindest passender als Wachtürme. Weil der Clonk viel agiler als in CR ist und einige Items den Clonk schnell in die Luft bringen, bringen Wachtürme nicht mehr so viel. Jetzt braucht man öfter mal ein Dach oder viele kleine Mauern und Türen um seine Base zu schützen.

Ich schreibe das mal auf Englisch, weil ich denke, das evtl. recyclen zu können.

What is this
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The blocks should provide the player with the ability to construct a meta-building (that is, a building for your buildings) which enhances the productivity and feeling of a base.
Additionally, a system will be presented, that allows the player to construct simple contraptions by utilizing a system orthogonal to the current power system.
This should, however, be reserved to properties of the meta-buildings.
The players should be able to industrialize a small part of the landscape by turning it into a production facility.
The normal buildings (e.g. the workshop) should be inside the meta-building.

The modular block system tackles a few core problems with OpenClonk.

Repetitive Progress
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A settlement in OpenClonk is currently nearly always built up in the same order: you'll need a foundry first, followed by a windmill and maybe a sawmill or a workshop.
Little of that is dynamic. A meta-building with which you can protect and actually improve your production buildings, will add a new layer to that.
You'll have more possibilities about where and how to build your base, without having to add alternatives for every station in the production chain.

Especially if you want to make your base earthquake, meteorite and acid safe - and of course want to utilize the lava as a natural resource of heat.

Production Chains
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One of our plans from the very beginning has been the integration of more complicated production chains.
The strengths of OpenClonk are not a dynamic huge world (as in Terraria) or arcade-style gameplay (because the controls are way too sluggy for that).
What we can do to set ourselves apart from games such as Terraria or Minecraft is to go more into the direction of the old Settlers games - or if you
want to think in terms of newer games, think Factorio.
We can offer the player a problem (in forms of a landscape with natural disasters and a fixed goal), which is much unlike e.g. Terraria! The player should
then have to build a settlement, taking the natural disasters into account and working around them, building up a productive settlement that can fulfil the goals.

In my opinion, this can be a keypoint in creating our own niche (compared to e.g. Terraria). So, why does this modular base system help?
Similar to what Clonkonaut started, the integration of conveyor belts that can automatize parts of your production chain.
This will enable us to provide more complicated production chains, which would right now just be a hassle to the players iff they'd have to do it manually.

Integration into the original game
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So, obviously the question arises whether such a "free" block system can fit into the original game. You can build up a solid construction in the air rather quickly, isn't that weird?
I'd argue that we already have that in the game and it became a core element already: wall kits. Not only are they at least as strong in protecting from disasters, they are also much easier to build, because they are constrained less.
With a wall kit, you can run into the enemies' base and block off parts of it. Or you can trap enemies. You can even use them while jumping, enabling you to basically "fly"!

So, why do we still allow wall kits in the game? ala has already wanted to remove them for a long time!
They enable a new degree of freedom that would otherwise be lacking: terraforming or at least building up a meta-base to protect your buildings from disasters.

We could now replace that and even enable it in e.g. base melees! Why? Because we can put restrictions on the usage of the blocks:

You could only build them in your flag radius, disabling you from making it yourself too easy inside of the enemies' base or somewhere else on the map.
And all that while still enabling you to be the KING of your base - something I have wanted for a long time.

They might be harder to use against certain elements - e.g. earthquakes or meteorites. So a scenario designer can prevent constructions in certain locations with relative ease. This is unlike the wall kits.

Another argument against it might be that such square blocks look "unnatural" compared to the rest of the landscape. Again I'd argue, yes, they are smooth. But in my opinion that is actually a good thing. Getting stuck on small material edges is one of the main reasons for frustration in OC.
Do you really want to have that every time you move between your foundry or your workshop? I say we should enable the player to build a frustration-free base where she can move (or push lorries) without worrying about tumbling over that single pixel.