I encountered a bug in the level where you see Information #3 first I collected 2 pictures, died, then collected all three so it showed my total as 5/3 pictures collected. I don't know if that was related, but after that it only gave me 7 orbs and the door required 8 so I couldn't continue.
That said, I enjoyed what I played of it and I enjoy reading your comics on TIG forums.
First I tried making a family with some strategy to it: Tank, Healer, Ranged DPS. I made it through the main game with only 1 loss but when playing other peoples families I always got wiped. Solution: switch to all zombies!! had no problem beating another players family then.
Oh yes, as always, awesome game! I always play every new nerdook game I see. Haven't been disappointed yet.
You really nailed the feel of Populous. A few things I feel could be improved though: one is the cursor placement. A lot of times I had problems getting it exactly where I wanted it, especially when terraforming. I think the cursor should snap to the nearest node to the mouse, currently it heavily favors snapping to lower elevations. I also think that the islands where you only need to collect a totem need to be tweaked as well. It was too easy to just run in a grab the totem.
That said the game as a whole is great, especially the art.
I played a couple of runs and got into the top 100 (which considering how new this game is isn't really that impressive) then scrolled down to read the description and realized I'd forgotten about the speed boost.
Well technically the date of Christmas has nothing to do with the actual birth date of Jesus. It was the date of an important pagan celebration which Christians adopted so they could convert people more easily.
Thank you Rykuth for the bug description! It's really helpful! We will fix that as soon as we can. I'm very pleased that you enjoy my journey! <3