Are there any Magick traditions that pull from Maya religion and tradition?
Like Santeria but focusing more on Mezoamerican/Maya culture
Good tidings, all!
Well, it's been a while. I apologize for not having written a dev diary in so long - I've been exceedingly busy with real life obligations, and I haven't found the time to be able to both work on the mod and write consistent dev diaries. However, now that we finally have a set release date, I can start writing dev diaries again!
Let's just get into it, huh?
Release Date and closed beta
First things first, the release date. We've decided to release v1.0 of the After the End Fan Fork on February 14th, 2020, also known as Valentine's Day. Now, I know a lot of you will not be happy with this - I've already seen some complaints on the Discord and this subreddit. I understand that you have been waiting quite a long time for the next version of the mod. However, me and the team are conducting an exhaustive closed beta with the goal of being able to release the mod without also having to release a quadrillion hotfix patches. If you're interested in helping out (and getting a sneak peek at v1.0!), please join our development discord and let us know. (Link only valid for the next 24 hours.)
New Playable Colonist System
In v0.5, /u/vivyshe graciously gave players the ability to take control of the colonial invasions. However, playing as a colonizer required users to own the Ruler Designer DLC, and the actual method for controlling a colonizer was unclear to the point that a majority of users were unaware that the feature existed in the first place. In order to remedy this, /u/vivyshe redesigned the player colonization system from the ground up - it is now accessible through a unique minor bookmark and will require DLCs. (The Republic for the West Coast colonizers,The Old Gods DLC for the Thelemic British invasion and the Sword of Islam DLC for the Revivalist Uprising.)
Take a look at the top and bottom left corners!
Hopefully, this new system will be much more visible to players and lead to plenty of exciting campaigns!
New Society Art
Our resident graphic artist, /u/frederico83, has graciously provided us with a set of beautiful new society art images to replace the vanilla-like ones we've been using until now. Can you guess which art is used for which society? (Some of these societies are not even present in v0.5!)
https://preview.redd.it/aa1134u0kfd41.png?wi
... keep reading on reddit โก
Mooslims
Maya: hee
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I've been questioning and experimenting for about 15 months and I think I'm finally coming to terms with it.
If none of it is real, doesn't that negate morality? For instance people choosing not to eat meat as a moral decision, at the animals and everything or not real what does it matter?
A theme in Buddhism and Hinduism is that this world is Maya or illusion (aka the matrix). Another Buddhist teaching is that life contains suffering, and that reincarnation is an endless cycle of suffering (the wheel of Samsara) that can only be broken by achieving enlightment (the raising of oneโs consciousness, perhaps that's what we're doing now by becoming aware of what is actually going on). Although some people may see this as pessimistic, it exactly fits into what we know the grander conspiracy and the reincarnation soul traps.
The millennia-old Tibetan Book of the Dead is an instruction manual for monks on how to prepare for the point of death and attain liberation by avoiding reincarnation.
In other words, Buddhism actually teaches that you come back here over and over again and you will continuously suffer until you wake tf up and realize what's actually going on.
Thoughts?
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