Pawns stargazing together

[Noctis]

And for that matter, engaging in any joy activity together.  It'd be a very humanizing touch if pawns preferred to engage in joy activities together, especially if the pawns have a high opinion of each other.  This could lead to vignettes like a husband and wife lying side by side stargazing, or two friends playing chess or billiards.

The game is full of emergent humanizing moments, and a preference to play or relax together would be an easy way to produce a whole lot more of those moments.

[Serenity]

I had certainly expected more chess and billiards games between pawns. But mostly they play in their own.

The strangest thing is pawns sitting alone at a table and "relaxing socially"

[Noctis]

Yeah, the "forever alone" social relaxation gets me every time.  Surely there's an easy way to make joy-seeking pawns prioritize doing joy activities adjacent to each other, where they can talk and build rapport.  It'd make the colony seem even more alive, I think.

[eisenkrote]

I just started a game where one of my colonists is a "night owl." I thought it'd be cool to have someone "on-shift" the whole time, so I set his work hours to when the others were sleeping. I split his sleep time so he would engage in "joy" activities at the same time as the other colonists. Little did I know, it wouldn't matter either way.

[cultist]

Setting dedicated joy time does help a bit in making colonists socialize more, especially if you keep all your joy items in the same room.

But I agree with the OP, shared joy activites are one of those small things that could greatly humanize the pawns if implemented.

[Lightzy]

Also if two pawns are stargazing together they always do sex afterwards. Even if they're two hetero guys or whatever.

[Noctis]

It's not gay if two bros do it while stargazing - it's just expected.