[Kickstart] Rimworld - Another building/survival sim (Dwarf Fortress meets Firefly?)

Mansen

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11 years ago

Oct 3, 2013, 9:11:00 PM

Spotted this project that is already as good as funded with a month left - Thought some of the other builders here on the forum would find it interesting

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tynansylvester/rimworld/

Basic premise is similar to Dwarf Fortress (From what I can tell). You start out with a few colonists that make an (emergency?) landing on an uninhabited planet - build up basic survival measures and expand into agricultural and longterm projects. The game also features an AI Director (Ala. Left for Dead) that will try to cook up random events that are relevant, interesting (and challenging? lol) to your current situation.

Edit: Here's a quick prototype demo video for those who want to see how it actually plays : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fM2Kn8aJlo

Edit: And here's another one that is similar - Terminus. Earth is doomed. Last ditch effort to evacuate a colony ship aimed at the best bet for humanity. (Less gameplay demonstration though)

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/976465455/terminus-2/comments

Tredecim

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Tredecim

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11 years ago

Oct 3, 2013, 10:05:44 PM

I was thinking of backing Rimworld - but as it seems, there are a lot of other people looking for this game too

Terminus seems nice, but a bit boring.

Mansen

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Mansen

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11 years ago

Oct 4, 2013, 8:03:05 AM

Neat - Already reached the kickstarter goal

Tredecim

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Tredecim

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11 years ago

Oct 4, 2013, 8:21:31 AM

Mansen wrote:
Neat - Already reached the kickstarter goal

Yes, last night the had it almost

Mansen

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Mansen

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11 years ago

Oct 4, 2013, 8:29:35 AM

Added a gameplay preview video to the OP.

Tredecim

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Tredecim

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11 years ago

Oct 4, 2013, 6:07:26 PM

Mansen wrote:
Added a gameplay preview video to the OP.

Thanks for the vid!

Mansen

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Mansen

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11 years ago

Oct 5, 2013, 12:32:50 AM

Found an even better one which actually shows a couple of days worth of gameplay.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fM2Kn8aJlo

DarkMeph

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11 years ago

Oct 5, 2013, 8:57:26 AM

This looks like really interesting

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11 years ago

Oct 5, 2013, 9:07:27 AM

That's Prison Architect in space.

The dude is talking about changing the art style. I can't see how that would be necessary.

Mansen

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Mansen

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11 years ago

Oct 5, 2013, 9:38:34 AM

Divine_Moments_of_Truth wrote:
That's Prison Architect in space.

The dude is talking about changing the art style. I can't see how that would be necessary.

Personally me either - I love the style and the guy is actually good friends with the PA artist. But hopefully he'll be able to strike a balance between "copy" and "heavily inspired". Like he said on his forum, It's hard to make them all that different when you're dealing with Top-Down sprites. Not a lot of wiggle room.

Tredecim

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Tredecim

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11 years ago

Oct 5, 2013, 9:57:54 AM

Well, that art is OK for me too..

Well, Mansen, the balance between "copy" and "heavily inspired" is hard to find. and many people might even misunderstand it.

Stealth_Hawk

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11 years ago

Oct 5, 2013, 1:58:59 PM

I always considered Prison Architect to have too narrow of a focus to be enjoyable. So its graphics+better game play means I am going to buy this as soon as it comes out

Mansen

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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fUO3KKbAbTxMP1lqphnnodY0NPoOVblCUkDw-54MDUc/pub

11 years ago

Oct 25, 2013, 10:55:12 AM

Final week - Game is almost funded 10 times over at this point. Tynan also released some background lore that he used to design the universe if anyone likes a read.

Stealth_Hawk

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11 years ago

Oct 25, 2013, 3:04:39 PM

10X funding is well deserved for Rimworld in my opinion. I can't even stop watching peoples' lets' plays of it lol

It almost like what the story of an ES colony ship would be like.

Mansen

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Mansen

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11 years ago

Nov 1, 2013, 11:07:25 PM

And it's over - Final pledge budget lands at 268,132CAD. So 10x the goal and then some

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Nov 1, 2013, 11:32:47 PM

That makes me happy. A 13x overkill on a game that isn't just another FPS.