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I think I need a better way to manage my chickens.

This is just a little thinking/brainstorming about incorporating some low-tech alterations/enhancements. Especially involving sand, glass, and clay.

Resources
Sand

Gathered From: Gather zones over sand, Pulverizing Rocks (Designation)
Used in: Glassmaking, Sandstone
Skill: Hauling (Lowest Priority)
Value: 0

Clay

Gathered From: Gather zones over water
Used in: Pottery, Brickmaking
Skill: Hauling (Lowest Priority)
Value: 0

New Workbenches

Kiln

Skill Used: Crafting
Research Required: None
Recipes: Make Glass (10 sand + 1 wood = 10 glass), Make Sandstone (150 sand + 1 wood = 15 sandstone blocks), Make Pottery Container (150 Clay + 1 wood = 1 Pot)

Upgrades to existing workbenches

Camp Fire

New Recipes: Make Glass (20 sand = 10 glass), Make Sandstone (140 Sand = 7 Blocks), Make Pottery Container (300 Clay)

Electric Smelter

New Recipes: Make Glass (10 sand = 10 glass), Make Sandstone (150 Sand = 15 Blocks), Make Pottery Container (150 Clay)

Skill Used

New Building Materials

Sandstone

Produced By: Camp Fires, Kilns, Electric Smelters
Used in: Construction
Value: Very low
Beauty: 0
Requires: Stonecutting
Health: High (As stone blocks)

Bricks

Produced By: Camp Fires, Kilns, Electric Smelters
Used in: Construction
Value: Moderate (As stone blocks)
Beauty: 3+
Requires: Stonecutting
Health: High (As stone blocks)

Glass

Produced by: Camp Fires, Kilns, Electric Smelters
Produced from: Sand
Used in: Solar Panels, Windows, Lights, Glass walls
Value: Low  (Less valuable than wood)
Beauty: Moderate/High (3-5)
Health: Extremely low (50)

New Objects

Pot
Produced From: Clay
Produced By: Kilns, Smelters
Beauty: High (15+?)
Value: Moderate influenced by quality
Function: Single-tile stockpile, drastically decreases item degradation, improves room value.

Barrels
Produced from: Wood
Produced by: Designation
Beauty: Low (0-5)
Value: Low, influence by quality
Function: As pots

Boxes
Produced from: Stone Blocks
Beauty: Very high(30?)
Produced by: Stonecutter Workbench
Value: High
Function: As Pots


(Material) Window
Produced From: Glass
Beauty: Average (0-3)
Health: Low (15-50)
Cost: 3glass, 2building materials
Function: Produces low levels of light during the day if adjacent to an outdoors area. Provides cover (low), Can be fired through, Seals rooms as a wall.

Other changes

Solar Panels
Cost: 25 glass, 75 steel

Lights
Cost: 5 glass, 30 steel

Comms console
Cost: 25 glass, 125 steel

Furniture can be constructed from Clay. Clay cost is equal to the material cost.

JUST where that star above
Shines with a cold, dispassionate smile --
If in the flesh I'd travel there,
How many, many a mile!

If this, my soul, should be
Unprisoned from its earthly bond,
Time could not count its markless flight
Beyond that star, beyond!

The stars shone brightly above the grassy knoll, a faint breeze causing the dainty stalks to sway between the smattering of Muffalo. The massive, hairy beasts grunted in content, their soft voices giving a base undercurrent to the soft chirping of the crickets and frogs that inhabited the foliage and trees. Occasionally underfoot, a squirrel would dart from brush to brush. Their nervous heads darting back and forth as they raced from plant to plant on their yearly errands of depositing nuts into caches under the soft soil.

Uwari sat still as a stone, watching this scene with a practiced patience. His people had lived in this place for as long as he remembered, and his parents remembered, and his grandparents remembered. He was one with the land, and the land was one with him. He knew the quarrelsome fear of the squirrel, the dogged stoic determination of the wild hogs and the patience of the old Muffalo. He sat, crouched, watching and waiting as the animals before him wandered back and forth. Watching... waiting as a hunter does.

One boar split from the heard: An old, fallow sow. Her belly was distended from many generations of children, and thick scars from fights with other boars crisscrossed her face and back. She was old, past her time. Perhaps she even knew it was her time, as she had lifted her head and stared right at Uwari's hiding place with a grunt. She was an ideal target, her loss would not harm the heard, and she would feed the tribe meat for many days. Uwari knew this; boar knew this. Uwari lifted his pila, moving for the first time in as many hours, ready to throw!

Above the grassy knoll, the sky broke. Light and sound flooded from the heavens, illuminating the evening-shrouded grass as the wind kicked it aside and away. The muffalo looked up as one and brayed, kicking and running in their panic. The industrious squirrels fled underground, nuts left out and unburied. The Sow, so close to Uwari, sprinted away with a terrified squeal, while the tribesman looked up at the shattering sky uncomprehending.

For a moment the night was cast away. The night-time horizon turning as bright as day as a fireball blossomed above, expanded, then died.

All went silent on the grassy knoll for a minute.

Just a minute.

Then the sky began to truly fall




Hello everyone.

I've only recently (within the last few weeks) stumbled upon rimworld and this community. However, coming from DF and other indie games of a similar style, I pretty much fell in love with this game right off the bat when I discovered it. I figured, having done a few of these in the past, I'd give it a go on the Ludeon forums now that I've gotten a few playthroughs done on Cassy and Randy extreme.

How this works:

It's very simple really, I'll be doing a playthrough of Rimworld using characters based on forum users. Anyone who wants to participate simply needs to post here to claim a colonist and what preferred jobs they would like to have. I will assign appropriate colonists to users on a first-come first-serve basis. Similarly, I will regularly ask people here on the forums for what design choices they would like to see in base construction, research, etc. I will also save and broadcast my playtime on my twitch account for anyone who wants to watch.

Each update will cover an in-game month, and a lengthy writeup with screenshots will be posted here. As per usual with LPs, I will be playing this Hardcore as well. (No restarts, no reverts, unless something breaks or my computer crashes.)

Anyway, on to the nitty-gritty!


Game Settings:
Difficulty - Extreme
Storyteller - Randy Random
Mods Installed - Crash Landing


Colonist Waiting List:
-Mr.Cross : Jordan 'Cross' Cross (Miner)
-Zork: Zork (Anything)

Claimed Colonists
Yongxiang 'Sierra' Poh
Childhood - Urbworld Urchin
Adulthood - Housemate
Age - 57
Incapable of - Nothing
Traits - Prosthetiphile, Teetotaler, Too Smart
Interests - Shooting (6), Melee (7), Social (2), Cooking (8)(Burning), Crafting (8), Research (4)
Health - Bad Back

Mayumi 'Shinzy' Shinzy
Childhood - Vatgrown Soldier
Adulthood - Glitterworld Empath
Age - 28
Incapable of - Violence, Caring, Social
Traits - Psychopath, Neurotic
Interests - Artistic(3)
Health - Nothing of Interest

David 'Friend' Reid
Childhood - Backjack Player
Adulthood - Hedge Fund Manager
Age - 35
Incapable of - Violence, Firefighting
Traits - Pessimist, Steadfast
Interests - Social (10), Artistic (Burning) (11), Crafting (2), Research (9)
Health - Bite Scar on Right Leg

Unclaimed Colonists:
Keisuke Shields
Childhood - Scout
Adulthood - Housemate
Age - 30
Incapable of - Intellectual, Artistic
Traits - Sanguine, Nervous
Interests - Shooting, Melee, Medicine, Construction, Crafting
Health - Missing Right Arm

Vitaly Montes
Childhood - Coma Child
Adulthood - Starship Janitor
Age - 46
Incapable of - Nothing
Traits - Neurotic, Abrasive
Interests - Melee, Social, Growing, Crafting
Health - No major Injuries

Gavril Castaneda
Childhood - Medieval Lordling
Adulthood - Medieval Farm Oaf
Age - 23
Incapable of - Intellectual
Traits - Cold Tolerant, Green Thumb
Interests - Social (7), Medicine (1), Growing (12)
Health - Right Ear Missing, Stab scar on left hand



Edit: For the record. I did not put this in the video subsection as a video LP is not the purpose of this game. The bulk of my updates will involve writing/storytelling and screenshots. There will be accompanying video but that is only a small part of this.