Hi everyone! Thank you so much for your nice comments and sorry for my absence.
I started university in September and I've been pretty busy since then, but I still have plans to continue working with Uranesia, even though I'll be a bit slow.
I haven't done much during these weeks, I just wanted to let you know the project is not dead
I'll be building new things and trying some of your suggestions, hopefully soon I'll be able to post a new update.

It's very nice to see there's interest in this world so I can't wait to show you more

Ok, so after some months without updates, it's time I show you the new things I've done Hold on because this post is going to be picture heavy!


Aerial picture of what's done.




Some weeks ago I learned it was possible to edit the clouds' texture, so these are the windy(ish) clouds I've created. I'm still experimenting but for now these will do. (Check out jje1000's post on tumblr)


This is the area I've been working on mainly, from here you will take the path that will lead to the Sacred Island. The clouds add a dramatic feel.




First, we can find the outdoor theater, very loosely based on the Greek ones. It works as a live show venue. As you can see, Uranesia is not a world for those who fear heights! More pictures below:






Following the path we find this cave




It's the Oracle. There will be one point in the challenge when it will be necessary to get some answers in order to move forward, so the Oracle will be the place to get them, thanks to the gods' inspiration. More pictures below:








At the end of the path there is another cave. Here lives a philosopher who was banished from the city for questioning religion, since then he lives a simple life dedicated to meditation and study. The challenge will also require to visit him at some point. More pictures below:








Coastal landscapes




We go back to the city, this is the local tavern. More pictures below:




I've changed the textures of the river, I think it looks more natural now. More pictures below:




And I made a new flag

Finally some pictures of the world at sunset:



And at nighttime:



I hope you like it! As always feedback and ideas are welcome

Looking incredible as always!

Only suggestion would be to use the Egyptian columns in the town to create colonnades along some of the canal and terrace walls. Kind of like in Tales from Earthsea- large monumental structures looming over the everyday buildings and making things feel more layered and dense.

Just had to pop in here and show my total admiration of you. I'm stunned! This is a showstopper. Very, very impressive.

This is utterly breathtaking.

Stunning indeed!
well done!

Stunning update. I apologize for not being able to appropriate words to describe what I'm seeing...It's on a completely different level. Wow.

Absolutely amazing !!

Holy freak!! This is inspiring! Those clouds are amazing. I tried to have a go at it as well but I only managed to make it worse.

I'm curious about your river texture, you mention you edited it. Do you mean the .ini file? Or did you find a img file, like the clouds, for it too?

Those moons you have made look intriguing as well.

Where's the ":jawdrop" emote? :lovestruc :lovestruc

Absolutely breathtaking! What a 2016 we'll get. If the game's silly routing doesn't screw it up, this will be one legendary world. Well, the rest of your worlds are

Thanks guys, I'm happy you like it!

@jje1000, Thanks for the suggestion, I'll try it! The Egyptian columns may be too big, but I'll find something else if they don't suit. I don't want to make them look like ruins though, because Nea Divarapolis is not a very old city, but those huge ruined structures in the pictures you've posted will look great in the Sacred Island.
PS: You seem to have many references of fantasy places from movies, please keep posting them whenever you feel like, they're very inspiring

@gelis, The edited river textures are just terrain paint textures from CAW that I used under the water :P

@baskerwill, Routing is something I have to be very careful with, because I'm doing lots of crazy tricks in this world. However, I'm checking every lot after building it and fixing the routing, and so far it's going well

@Nilxis

Of course it shouldn't be like ruins, but I would imagine that these would be more like ceremonial colonnades in Nea Divarapolis, strictly for aesthetic purposes.

These should be more accurate:





Maybe also a bit like Persepolis:


If the Egyptian columns don't work, try using the CC arches you have in SuperCAW

These (don't need to use all of them) might be some places for columns:


For routing, do you also occasionally export the world and playtest it?

Awestruck. That is the only word that comes to mind when I try to describe what I'm feeling right now. Holy shit. Just incredible. Stunning. Beautiful. Just wow. All the wow.

Uranesia is coming along very nicely indeed! I cannot wait for this world. It already looks stunning, it's going to be breathtaking when it's finished!

Absolutely flawed by this world already!!!

You.are.a.wizard. You're by far the best CAWer I've ever heard of. Consider me a fangirl, even though I'm male.

How are you doing this... how?! I have trouble with routing in my worlds that are pure simplicity for this one. This is incredible in every sense of that word!

Potential inspiration: Hampi, Karnataka, India

Some cool Indonesian pagodas:





A cool temple in Bangladesh:



And of course, Bagan:

Thanks for the comments and for the inspiration pictures

@jje1000, yes I do playtest the world everytime I export it to prepare an update.

Here's a new update. I've been building more lots in Nea Divarapolis, the city is slowly filling up and looking more complete. Especially the area around the market.
Here are some pictures:






General views of the city. Do you see any important difference?








That's right, I've built a new temple. After creating new builds around it, the old one looked a bit small, and it didn't look good from the distance. I've used the pictures you posted as inspiration








This is some kind of military building/watchtower. It works as a martial arts academy.


Houses






Base Camp (building on the right)


Arches along the canal (thanks jje1000 for the idea!)




This is the altar, for sacrifices and offerings.






Finally, I've improved the coastline a little bit.

And that's all, I hope you like it

Lookin' good

Needless to say, I am hopelessly in love.

This is so amazing! It already looks awesome, I am very curious how it will look like in the end!

Breathtaking!!! Each new update makes me fall in love with this world even more!

Waaaaaaaw! That painted water's edge/reef? looks amazing.