The Map Got 25x Bigger - Devlog 02 - Building My Dream Game

Sign up for early access: https://www.zirtola.com My bush-flying game's whole world used to be one valley: 25 square miles, three minutes across in a Cub. So I made it 25 times bigger. Over 500 square miles of mountains, glaciers, braided rivers and coastline, with a 12,500 ft mountain parked right between home and the spot where the big port city is planned. It's far from finished. The new land is just its shape for now: the forests, textures and the city are still to come. This video is about the journey to get there. Growing it nearly broke everything: mile-deep glacier trenches, lakes floating in the sky, an eight-hour build that stalled overnight, and a computer that locked up at 98% memory. Here's how the world got built, why a bigger map is only better when distance makes you decide something, and the problem I didn't see coming. Next up: a highway across the whole map, more runways, and more jobs to fly. The name and a beta release date on Steam are still in the works. You'll hear it here first. So: the city on the far coast, and the mountain in the way. Over the top, or around? Tell me in the comments. Chapters 0:00 The map got 25x bigger 0:53 I. Three Minutes 1:39 II. The Mountain in the Way 2:53 III. Building in Squares 4:27 IV. The Overnight Build 6:16 V. A Town Under the Approach 7:31 VI. The Ground Was Paint 8:28 VII. Nowhere to Land 9:44 VIII. Over or Around Previous devlog: The Game I Couldn't Find #gamedev #devlog #indiegame #flightsim #bushflying #alaska #unrealengine5