Messages

Hello all!

Just wanted to make a post to share my thanks to Tynan and ask a few questions.

First, thanks for making the game that finally convinced me to learn how to program. Truly. I've been trying to convince myself to start for years. Its great fun, and has caused me and my friends to have quite a few laughs. I don't expect to create my own Rimworld quite yet, but it's got me learning!

As for the questions, I'm sure these have been asked a billion times. Where did you guys start learning programming or game design? Where should I begin, what steps to take or to not take? I've been learning basic HTML, C#, playing with unity, and bits of python; pretty well soaking up whatever I can from the web and taking notes for each different language. As far as starting goes, what do you recommend I stay away from?

(More for Tynan here, if he even reads this) As far as Rimworld goes, what languages were used in its development? What were the more difficult aspects of its creation? If you could redo it, what would you do differently, or not at all? I saw on an older post that for the objects in the game, you chose to create an "engine inside an engine" with unity. What was that like? Why take that route instead of just using what unity natively includes?

For the community and Tynan, thanks for any advice you can offer!

Hey guys, new forum member but been playing for a while.

I had a suggestion for letting colonists customize their rooms or living space somehow.

See, being someone that travels a lot, being able to customize your living space means something to you. Its your own little slice of home, if you will; being that they crash landed in an (almost certainly) new world, it would mean something to have their little slice of the area.

That being said, I had the idea that colonists somehow be able to customize their living spaces. You could have a buff for sleeping or spending time in your own room, and a debuff if you cant. Pictures, posters, items, what have you. Obviously, the game uses a top down camera feature, so perhaps posters or pictures aren't the best ideas. I'm just thinking of some kind of personalization, be it items, rugs, maybe a picture on a dresser, whatever. It would make for a reason to designate beds as well, to really give the colonist a reason to want to stay in their own space. Hell, over time it could even be passed on to barracks, they customize their little corner of the world.

Granted, this would be more important to those of us who role play a bit. Put yourself in the inhabitants shoes; you just crash landed, got a community built, but no real way to claim your little slice of the pie.

Im curious as to what the community or dev's think?