ChrisOelmueller/uh-issues — Issue #83: Create building graphics: Increment 4, animated alvearies (honeycombs)
Author: ChrisOelmueller
Created: 2012-02-27 00:51:09+00:00
State: open

A field of our farm which is used to keep bees, producing honeycombs.
These are used by the pastry shop to produce confectionery.

Planned size for the alvearies is 3x3 tiles which equals a rendered size of 192x192 px.
Similar sized fields are e.g.:
* [http://trac.unknown-horizons.org/t/browser/content/gfx/buildings/pioneers/agricultural/as_potatofield0 potato field]
* [http://trac.unknown-horizons.org/t/browser/content/gfx/buildings/pioneers/agricultural/as_sugarfield0 sugar cane field]
* [http://trac.unknown-horizons.org/t/browser/content/gfx/buildings/settlers/agricultural/as_tobaccofield0 tobacco field]

Inspiration for different growth stages (about 4 to 5 stages, starting at no honey produced, ending with ready-to-be-harvested):
* show some bee-hives with a growing amount of yellow hue
* show more bee activity when ready to be harvested
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beehive#Skeps Check out wp:skeps] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Making-skep-beehive.jpg) http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fpEuBpbqydg/ToC2AfnK4lI/AAAAAAAAAGc/Zx1oyBq42yk/s1600/skep2.jpg http://www.myhomeamongthehills.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/August-5th-hive-inspection-016.jpg
* OCA [http://openclipart.org/detail/146881/honeycomb-by-gustavorezende honeycomb] and [http://openclipart.org/detail/146959/bee-by-gustavorezende bee]
* some historical depictions: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:27-alimenti,_miele,_Taccuino_Sanitatis,_Casanatense_4182..jpg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Jan-van-der-Straet_Bauerlicher-Bienenstand.png

The state idle represents the fact that no honey is produced at all which is the first growth animation and idle_full is the last animation state which waits for harvest. Usually those are blatantly copied, so you needn't worry about creating more action sets than ''work''.