Category:The World

In the world which Steambot takes place humans have ruined the surface of the world through rapidly advancing technology and a general disregard for their environment. every few decades they have simply buried their old cities and built a new one right ontop it its ruins. This has resulted in layers of "under cities" which span different technological eras including the Steam Powered Era and the Diesel Powered Era. Design Rationale Since there are currently three planned major upgrades, we will want three major play areas. Each area will be built around the upgrades the player will have at the time. We will likely also include an introduction, tutorial, and finale area.

Atomic Wasteland
The final stage of Steambot takes place on the Atomic Wasteland at the surface of the planet, it will require Spaz to use every upgrade he has discovered up to this point to finally activate the Reclamation Machine and save the world from the destruction that humans have wrought on it.

Diesel City
Diesel City is a post-modern industrial zone filled with loud and grimy automated factories still running to this day on massive reserves of petrol fuel still feeding into them many years after their abandonment. All the structures are made of harsh lines of steel and other machined parts. Signs of aviation can be found throughout the city as this era brought with it the height of aviation enthusiasm. Posters and other propaganda litter the fickly lighted city streets telling of the glory that petrol and electricity has brought the world and frowning upon the use of steampowered engines. Some poster even depict possible future advances in energy, claiming that the atomic age will bring salvation to the world. While vandals claims elsewise by warning of the oncoming doomsday that will come with atomic power.

Steam City
With steam power came a new height of entrepreneurship. Hobbyists from all background, most of them patroned artists and inventors, began tinkering with steam engines and hand crafted parts of copper and brass to create inventions for every need and want. For many, their artistic background had a major showing in their inventions which bore beautiful curves and details throughout their design. These inventions however did not keep them from filling their city with extravagant buildings, gardens, and parks. The hiss of old steam valves still releasing pressure from boilers is ambient noise to many parts of the city, in some areas such as the manufacturing street it is in fact a danger. Here workers slaved through soot covered roads between tinkering workshops manufacturing the most common steampowered machines for their employers.