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Rimworld - Establish a colony on an AI-driven frontier planet
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Crazymoogle
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Barging in here, because...
a) This is like Prison Architect!
b) I am enjoying this (thanks to whomever recommended this in the Spacebase thread!)
c) I can't seem to trick my colonists into cutting down trees (!?)
a) This is like Prison Architect!
b) I am enjoying this (thanks to whomever recommended this in the Spacebase thread!)
c) I can't seem to trick my colonists into cutting down trees (!?)
doctorcdcs
Member
I think you can go to the job screen for your colonists and delselect everything else other than tree cutting for a particular colonist and all they'll do is cut down the trees you select for removal
Crazymoogle
Member
Ah yeah, very...cryptic, it's considered plant cutting. Kinda weird that I have to basically forbid everything in front of it though.
More_Badass
Member
Here's a quick rundown on what's coming in the next build
Wow, this game looks to be shaping up really well.
More_Badass
Member
New build!
Crazymoogle
Member
Great to hear changes are coming. I'm still giving this a half hour most days. Fun times, especially when large groups start hammering the base.
Crazymoogle
Member
The new build is live. So I started a new colony.
Starting the Colony
The first thing you discover is that the UI has changed. Now you can build walls out of any material, including silver or uranium. I'm not sure how much resources you would lose deconstructing silver later, so maybe it's a good stop-gap alternative to metal in the early game. I don't like the UI change - he reduced the buttons but added a submenu - but I guess that will be refined later.
The other major change is that you have to choose to build conduit or non-conduit walls. Conduit walls are more expensive, and this forces you to more carefully plan your structures. I noticed starting walls (abandoned buildings) are not deconstructable yet, either...
Day 3: The Plague
Somehow, my cook is also my only proficient miner. This is a problem, because she just caught the "mild plague", which seems to take days of bedrest + medicine to treat. Luckily it doesn't spread even though they all sleep on the floor in the same room.
Day 6: Lots of visitors
On Cassandra rough, it seems that tribes visit in groups of 6-8. I built the long table and 8 chairs, and our combined group still uses everything there. The cook is still sick. Well, "major sick", now.
A squirrel went mad last night and clawed down the front door. Our plague cook finally beat it down with hand-to-hand combat. I guess we don't need the door.
The game tells me of the amputation/procedure system if I need it, but I don't think a bionic pegleg is a good idea yet.
Day 12: The fire
The cook is recovering. She also likes to take a break from the bed and go mining despite doctor's orders. Her medical history shows a ton of scars from that squirrel fight, though.
At night, I suddenly receive a message that pirates are attacking, and intend to kidnap someone and leave. Great...but there's nobody in the vicinity given. Instead, there is a giant (8x6 squares) fire covering my building and farm. Not sure if this is a bug or a pirate attack or just some lightning I wasn't informed of, but it totals the colony. The geothermal generator, nutrient dispenser, and half the room go down in flames.
I'll play it out tomorrow but suffice to say a move to the mountains may be in order...
Starting the Colony
The first thing you discover is that the UI has changed. Now you can build walls out of any material, including silver or uranium. I'm not sure how much resources you would lose deconstructing silver later, so maybe it's a good stop-gap alternative to metal in the early game. I don't like the UI change - he reduced the buttons but added a submenu - but I guess that will be refined later.
The other major change is that you have to choose to build conduit or non-conduit walls. Conduit walls are more expensive, and this forces you to more carefully plan your structures. I noticed starting walls (abandoned buildings) are not deconstructable yet, either...
Day 3: The Plague
Somehow, my cook is also my only proficient miner. This is a problem, because she just caught the "mild plague", which seems to take days of bedrest + medicine to treat. Luckily it doesn't spread even though they all sleep on the floor in the same room.
Day 6: Lots of visitors
On Cassandra rough, it seems that tribes visit in groups of 6-8. I built the long table and 8 chairs, and our combined group still uses everything there. The cook is still sick. Well, "major sick", now.
A squirrel went mad last night and clawed down the front door. Our plague cook finally beat it down with hand-to-hand combat. I guess we don't need the door.
The game tells me of the amputation/procedure system if I need it, but I don't think a bionic pegleg is a good idea yet.
Day 12: The fire
The cook is recovering. She also likes to take a break from the bed and go mining despite doctor's orders. Her medical history shows a ton of scars from that squirrel fight, though.
At night, I suddenly receive a message that pirates are attacking, and intend to kidnap someone and leave. Great...but there's nobody in the vicinity given. Instead, there is a giant (8x6 squares) fire covering my building and farm. Not sure if this is a bug or a pirate attack or just some lightning I wasn't informed of, but it totals the colony. The geothermal generator, nutrient dispenser, and half the room go down in flames.
I'll play it out tomorrow but suffice to say a move to the mountains may be in order...
More_Badass
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New alpha update. No official changelog list yet, but this was posted last month
More_Badass
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Thanks. Missed that
"Why did it have to be Squirrels, a Rimworld tale" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEJ6QymV7-o
Some great storytelling by Dslyecxi
Some great storytelling by Dslyecxi
More_Badass
Member
New alpha!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu6nsUUzgy0
"Alpha 9 is out! This time weve added alcohol, drunkness, binges, hangovers, multiple sculpture types with generated art based on historical events, personal shields for melee fighters, and dozens of smaller improvements. A full change list is at the end of this post."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mu6nsUUzgy0
"Alpha 9 is out! This time weve added alcohol, drunkness, binges, hangovers, multiple sculpture types with generated art based on historical events, personal shields for melee fighters, and dozens of smaller improvements. A full change list is at the end of this post."
More_Badass
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More_Badass
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Wow, moving fast. All these system interacting is really cool, I especially love the super detailed health system.
It was a placeholder art style that the devs decided later was the final one. (Probably too expensive to remake everything in a new art style)
Iirc all of this has been discussed between the two devs and there is no issue.
I see. I thought maybe they licensed the engine from PA or something. I wasn't trying to accuse them of anything untoward, the two games just seem very similar from an art and game mechanics perspective.
It's not on Steam so it doesn't exist for some people.
Gangxxter
Member
This. I'll get it once it hits Steam. I've watched some LPs and the game looks super fun.
publicpwnerer
Member
That and the $30 price seems unjustifiable.
More_Badass
Member
yeah, from the addiction and hours ive got out of this it should be full price
More_Badass
Member
I haven't played since Alpha 9, so tempting to jump back in again. Guess now is the time since the developer is going on a break, though I'll wait until the inevitable hotfixes are released.
Seriously excited, Rimworld is close to my dream game and the changes since 9 (especially 12) look absolutely massive.
Seriously excited, Rimworld is close to my dream game and the changes since 9 (especially 12) look absolutely massive.
More_Badass
Member
It's not on Steam, Humble, GOG, or GMG, so many people probably don't know it exists
Rimworld is pretty much the only game I play these days, I love it. Been playing since A7 and it's improved a ton in that time.
Can't wait for my favorite mods to catch up with the new A12 update. Mods like Superior Crafting and Mechanical Defense are all but mandatory for me now.
Can't wait for my favorite mods to catch up with the new A12 update. Mods like Superior Crafting and Mechanical Defense are all but mandatory for me now.
BaronMonstro
Member
Purely anecdotal, but colony sim games like these don't usually seem to be very popular with the kind of people that post on general gaming enthusiast forums like gaf.
I usually love games like this, but I have a thing about not playing games in early access or beta or whatever, so I'm holding off for now, but I have been very tempted to get the game off of the official website several times.
Might be a unique case of people playing it instead of talking about it as well.
Yes, except the interface is actually semi-usable by a human being and all the features aren't in yet.
Wow, it already had 50,000 copies sold for at least $30 each back in November 2014.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=783309845075341&id=505203716219290
Good motivation for me to get off my butt and start building something.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=783309845075341&id=505203716219290
Good motivation for me to get off my butt and start building something.
Games fantastic.
I remember I had been playing for a few days and had a pretty large group, I think 11 people in all. I managed to "finish" the game with them but decided to keep going and see what would happen to the colony I'd left behind.
I set the time to fast forward and went and got some lunch and done a few chores around the house.
I came back to the base having been struck by lightning causing a huge fire that ravaged almost everything but then I was startled by the fact that a new colonist had recently moved in and was keeping things as tidy as he could so I started playing again and repaired as much as I could. A few hours later gaining one more colonist in the process and sadly, my new colony was completely and utterly destroyed by a gang of marauding bandits.
I remember I had been playing for a few days and had a pretty large group, I think 11 people in all. I managed to "finish" the game with them but decided to keep going and see what would happen to the colony I'd left behind.
I set the time to fast forward and went and got some lunch and done a few chores around the house.
I came back to the base having been struck by lightning causing a huge fire that ravaged almost everything but then I was startled by the fact that a new colonist had recently moved in and was keeping things as tidy as he could so I started playing again and repaired as much as I could. A few hours later gaining one more colonist in the process and sadly, my new colony was completely and utterly destroyed by a gang of marauding bandits.
This game 
The thing I've been struggling most with is keeping the colonists happy. Nearly all the colonists are content with mediocrity, but there are always some who need a little bit more. One of them hated that his room was just like the rest, and another had a higher mental break threshold in tandem with a tendency towards feeling depressed. Needless to say it was always these two that slipped into poor moods, usually breaking down into a daze.
One of my starting colonists was Ann. She couldn't wield a weapon or mine, but she was a kickass doctor with amazing social skills. She had a knack for growing as well, so when she wasn't tending to patients or trying to convince prisoners she was sowing and harvesting. And Ann never complained, she was always happy. Just an all-round useful colonist.
Anyway, midway through winter my colony started to run out of food. The growing season had been productive, but the population had almost tripled. A hydroponics system was under construction but between a lack of steel and power shortages it had a slow start. I shut down everything on the third night of no power to the system, including all heating and lighting. They would have to deal with it.
I was desperately waiting for a bulk goods trader to radio in, as I had a lot of cash to buy grain with. I upped the number of hunters and had them killing everything on the map, mostly squirrels. It wasn't enough. The rice in the hydroponics was only half grown. People started to starve, and many broke down. It was cold and dark, but they still trudged along.
The dreaded red envelope appeared. Someone had gone into a frenzy. It was Ann. She had broken down in the hydroponics room as she tended to the plants. Ann lashed out at the first thing she saw - her husky. It took a few hits but eventually it turned on her and took her down with a bite to the leg. She was taken to the hospital room, but no one was particularly skilled and even with medicine the treatments were poor. Ann's leg wound became infected.
A few days passed. No traders had appeared, but the first of the rice had finally come to seed. The cooks didn't even have a chance to make meals - it was eaten raw by desperate colonists. Ann was still in hospital. The infection had become worse, and without meals she likely wasn't receiving much food. The medicine had run out but they still did what they could to treat her.
The next day the message finally came in: a bulk goods trader was passing by! I went to find Ann - the person with the highest social skills - but the hospital bed was empty. She wasn't in bed, nor was she in the rec room or hydroponics room. I found her outside in the snow. She had died only a few hours before. I don't know whether it was the infection or the starvation, but it happened. My best colonist died.
tl;dr: Happy peaceful colonist who never goes bezerk goes bezerk during food shortage, injures self, dies in bed from starvation/infection shortly before food shortage is resolved.
The thing I've been struggling most with is keeping the colonists happy. Nearly all the colonists are content with mediocrity, but there are always some who need a little bit more. One of them hated that his room was just like the rest, and another had a higher mental break threshold in tandem with a tendency towards feeling depressed. Needless to say it was always these two that slipped into poor moods, usually breaking down into a daze.
One of my starting colonists was Ann. She couldn't wield a weapon or mine, but she was a kickass doctor with amazing social skills. She had a knack for growing as well, so when she wasn't tending to patients or trying to convince prisoners she was sowing and harvesting. And Ann never complained, she was always happy. Just an all-round useful colonist.
Anyway, midway through winter my colony started to run out of food. The growing season had been productive, but the population had almost tripled. A hydroponics system was under construction but between a lack of steel and power shortages it had a slow start. I shut down everything on the third night of no power to the system, including all heating and lighting. They would have to deal with it.
I was desperately waiting for a bulk goods trader to radio in, as I had a lot of cash to buy grain with. I upped the number of hunters and had them killing everything on the map, mostly squirrels. It wasn't enough. The rice in the hydroponics was only half grown. People started to starve, and many broke down. It was cold and dark, but they still trudged along.
The dreaded red envelope appeared. Someone had gone into a frenzy. It was Ann. She had broken down in the hydroponics room as she tended to the plants. Ann lashed out at the first thing she saw - her husky. It took a few hits but eventually it turned on her and took her down with a bite to the leg. She was taken to the hospital room, but no one was particularly skilled and even with medicine the treatments were poor. Ann's leg wound became infected.
A few days passed. No traders had appeared, but the first of the rice had finally come to seed. The cooks didn't even have a chance to make meals - it was eaten raw by desperate colonists. Ann was still in hospital. The infection had become worse, and without meals she likely wasn't receiving much food. The medicine had run out but they still did what they could to treat her.
The next day the message finally came in: a bulk goods trader was passing by! I went to find Ann - the person with the highest social skills - but the hospital bed was empty. She wasn't in bed, nor was she in the rec room or hydroponics room. I found her outside in the snow. She had died only a few hours before. I don't know whether it was the infection or the starvation, but it happened. My best colonist died.
tl;dr: Happy peaceful colonist who never goes bezerk goes bezerk during food shortage, injures self, dies in bed from starvation/infection shortly before food shortage is resolved.
More_Badass
Member
^^^
And that is why the game is awesome
And that is why the game is awesome
New colony. It's been an interesting 6 months.
The pet dog died from an infection and I think my colonists accidentally ate her.
My hunter shot a rabbit with a sniper rifle and all the rabbits in the area went bezerk and downed her before she could run away. Following this they charged towards my colony, destroyed a turret, and downed my poor old cleaner and another colonist. I had one guy treating 3 people and taking care of a prisoner, who later died after my doctor accidentally cut her torso open while installing a peg leg.
Here's what it looks like:
You can see the plans for a prison at the bottom, but for the moment I've got a prisoner in the luxury bedroom. I built the little passageway at the top when a herd of manhunter boomalopes entered my base, as no one was able to go outside and a colonist and a prisoner were stuck in the bedroom complex, slowly starving to death.
There's also the hospital on the left that's a bit at odds with the rest of the room. Had to make that attractive so a colonist (Time) stuck in bed with the flu wouldn't go insane because she wasn't able to play chess.
The pet dog died from an infection and I think my colonists accidentally ate her.
My hunter shot a rabbit with a sniper rifle and all the rabbits in the area went bezerk and downed her before she could run away. Following this they charged towards my colony, destroyed a turret, and downed my poor old cleaner and another colonist. I had one guy treating 3 people and taking care of a prisoner, who later died after my doctor accidentally cut her torso open while installing a peg leg.
Here's what it looks like:
You can see the plans for a prison at the bottom, but for the moment I've got a prisoner in the luxury bedroom. I built the little passageway at the top when a herd of manhunter boomalopes entered my base, as no one was able to go outside and a colonist and a prisoner were stuck in the bedroom complex, slowly starving to death.
There's also the hospital on the left that's a bit at odds with the rest of the room. Had to make that attractive so a colonist (Time) stuck in bed with the flu wouldn't go insane because she wasn't able to play chess.