I know I sound stupid,but I never asked myself this question until now ( one of my colonist do a art where there is written " Landing on earth" )
No.
So why is there written on one of my colonist art : "This illustration show Roy landing on earth in his pod"
Because the pile of dirt he landed on is "earth". It is another term for the soil.
( Wath I said is not excacly wath it said,so no )
3 Colonists !?
Earth, dirt, Soil? 3 again?
Illuminati confirmed !?
"The Earth Landing" was a hoax !
( If somebody know how to know URL of one of our picture,I will send one )
Easy way to get your images visible for other is just uploading it on http://imgur.com/ (http://imgur.com/)
Also, take a look at these to get better feel of Rimworld setting:
Rimworld Universe Quick Primer (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pIZyKif0bFbBWten4drrm7kfSSfvBoJPgG9-ywfN8j8/pub)
Longsleep Revival Briefing (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fUO3KKbAbTxMP1lqphnnodY0NPoOVblCUkDw-54MDUc/pub)
I would assume either it meant "earth" as in dirt like others have said...
Another possibility would be the artist was making a sculptor of the day he returns to earth even though it may be impossible... I know if I was stranded on an alien world I would paint/sculpt my dreams of returning.
If it wasn't capitalized, it didn't mean the planet Earth. If it was capitalized... it was likely an error of one sort or another. Game is still in alpha, meaning there will be some of those kinds of errors.
Quote from: Lascer on May 18, 2016, 03:22:25 AM
If it wasn't capitalized, it didn't mean the planet Earth. If it was capitalized... it was likely an error of one sort or another. Game is still in alpha, meaning there will be some of those kinds of errors.
I agree with this. I assume if they are putting capitalized Earth there on purpose for now, they will eventually replace it with a variable that will have the actual planet name generated during world creation.
It certainly feels like Rimworld happens on Earth! All planets look alike. Only Earth plants. Animals very similar to Earth animals. One sun, very similar seasons. No diseases that feel alien.
Quote from: b0rsuk on May 18, 2016, 09:30:32 AM
It certainly feels like Rimworld happens on Earth! All planets look alike. Only Earth plants. Animals very similar to Earth animals. One sun, very similar seasons. No diseases that feel alien.
In the Rimworld universe there are no aliens, and likely all life originated on Earth. All the animals and plants are Earth life because the colonists brought them there.
Well think about it like this. On the main menu there is a picture of a broken up ship. In relation to the planet that ship is huge. I Came up with the idea that the ship is filled with thousands of people and animals that were supposed to come down in a process. This would be with ship getting to the planet successfuly, releasing the animals, getting attacked or destroyed in some matter causing the people on the ship to be sent down sporadically over hundreds of years.
In the Rimworld lore, Rimworlds are planets on the edges (rims) of inhabited space with earth being in the middle so to say. Given the planets you generate in game have varying names I am sure you're not in kanses anymore.
Though I haven't read the lore in a while, I believe it is very possible that the planet you land on is earth. In the RW universe, planets are inhabited, rise up in technology and advancements only to frequently be met with disaster and regress, possibly destroying the human population. I don't see why earth itself couldn't go through this same cycle and the name be forgotten. Also, looking at our position in the galaxy, we would very likely be a Rimworld.
According to the game's lore the Rim is a zone at the ends of the galaxy (the outer ring) where stars are few and far inbetween. Earth is somewhere 2/3 from the center, 1/3 from the edge of the galaxy in a calm zone but not the rim, from what I can remember from documentaries.
Quote from: EscapeZeppelin on May 18, 2016, 09:33:22 AM
In the Rimworld universe there are no aliens, and likely all life originated on Earth. All the animals and plants are Earth life because the colonists brought them there.
Charles Darvin. Evolution.
Even if all life originated from Earth, organisms would evolve and adapt differently. You can't charge gravity or the amount of sunlight a planet gets - not easily, anyway. It's year 5500, that should be enough time for animals and plants to diversify a bit. Different number of moons. Moons affect tidal waves if nothing else.
Think how varied life is on Earth - because environment is so different all over the planet. And we're talking about different planets. Let's say gravity is 20% lower - that would mean bigger bears, thrumbos, rhinos and elephants. Movement would be easier and faster.
Earth had significantly different eras, and different species thrived in each.
Probably an error.