Nice, I havn't really been keeping tabs( ) on this but it seems it has been moving along nicely!

hotkeys will be cool because they really speed things up in SC. Menu icons  looks nice so far btw

hotkeys 

I wasn't being grammer nazi, I was just emphasizing the word because I liked the idea 

Good news: my finals are done, so I'll be continuing work on displaying buildings on the tilemap, and it should be done by next week. 

Ztrumpet and Prophets, this will be the first pre-alpha build I'll give to you guys because of helping me with the turn-based S.A.D.  Of course, this implies that you don't share it with anyone.

Umm, hot_Dog, once you give me the appvar format, do you think i can have a copy too, to make sure the saved appvars work?

Aaah ok, well the way you are talking I hope you aren't planning to make the final version only for volunteers either , but again I would understand having demos only to reward people helping on the project.

Personally I won't help, though, because I tend to prefer working solo on stuff except if someone wants to optimize my game once completed, plus because of my unstable myself, my motivation hits up and downs and I would hate hitting a long down in the middle of the project and end up doing nothing (which happened to me with a Final Fantasy project in 2005, the last time I ever worked on a team project)

Oh wait i misread, I totally missed the "before a demo" part. I should prbly have read the post a few more times I have reading comprehension issues, so my apologies for that. I understand about the testing part.  You don't want to do like Texas Instruments with their OSes after all (or Jester Interactive with their softwares, altough the MTVMG is still awesome)

oh ok I see , thanks for the clarification.

WOW! Friggin awesome looking! I was skeptical about the menu being too big for this game before, but now I see it inside the game and it just fits pretty well. As for the text, I would suggest having something to surround it, though, if there are ever map designs with dark tiles, else it might not look too great. Great job so far!

Questions:

-Will game options be changeable both in game and between games? I didn't like how in SC you had to play a game to change them. In some other games, I didn't like not being able to change options in game either.
-Will we be able to adjust scrolling/cursor speed and turn ON/OFF quick key repeat? (when holding down an arrow key, cursor moves, then wait half a second, then moves continuously instead of starting moving continuously immediately.) Some people may prefer slower movement so it's easier to select stuff, but some other people may prefer faster movement if they become good enough.
-Where did ProphetsDementia go?
-Are hotkeys still planned?