Experiments in Military Ballooning

Experimenting with a new unit - the Hot Air Balloon. Shout out to itch.io user ZirconiaJimBrady for the idea!

Useful for exploring early in the game, but they have a quirk - you can control two moves, but the last move is random, since the winds may take you anywhere (hard to tell from the GIF above, but the last movement just happens without player interaction). If you only use one move, it doesn’t trigger the random move, so you can move with precision but only very slowly. Makes them great for exploring and taking villages, but challenging to use for capturing an enemy city surrounded by enemy units in an effective way. At least that’s the current idea I’m exploring for them.