How do you play so fast?

[Quasarrgames]

a couple days after alpha 8 came out, i saw that people were already saying "yah im on year 2 now and everything is great!"

Seriously? it takes me about 6-10 hours to get through one year, on fast-forward. How are these people already on year 2? Do they just play non-stop, or is there some kind of super fast-forward that i don't know about, or is something else going on?

[ZestyLemons]

Yeah, it just takes time to get to those years. There's no special time-warping mechanics beyond the fast-forward button

[Arigas]

Probably can be placed at the feet of days off from work/school, and spending most of that time playing Rimworld lol

[Kinakin]

Also how much micro you need to put into lasting that long varies greatly depending on what difficulty setting they running at and what if any mods they are using.

Some mods lets you become self sufficient inside a mountain insanely fast and with a good turret mod you can survive even the most insane hordes.

[skullywag]

number 4 is the key...literally. (3x is not the fastest speed setting.)