The fall of Terminus

[ParagonTerminus]

Okay, so my first game with Chill Callie was with a colony named Terminus. Everything chuffy for a little while, just a tiny bit of unhappiness about small rooms.

And, then, suddenly, a Tribal raid. Maybe 7 people; easy to handle. I dispatch them easily with just one idjit getting incapacitated.

As it turns out, though, the tribesmen were to have their revenge from the grave! EVERY SINGLE COLONIST I had went insane from the combined pressure of seeing dead people, being in darkness (my geothermal had been destroyed a little while before by a fire I didn't quite notice and I hadn't gotten around to repairing it), and having tiny rooms. So everyone went berserk and started either running off or stabbing each other, so eventually I just got annoyed.

Cue the opening of the debug console. Found the explosion tool.

About 30 seconds later, I was happy to be finally rid of the crapsack that dared think it deserved as cool a name as Terminus.

Moral of the story?

SMALL ROOMS KILL INNOCENT PEOPLE

[DarkMyau]

Is this a Phantasy Star 3 reference??

And I like to have 6 by 5 bedrooms

[ParagonTerminus]

Is this a Phantasy Star 3 reference??

And I like to have 6 by 5 bedrooms

Jesus

I think 3x5 is excessive, but clearly that's what the damn picky bastards need.

I would be content with 3x4

[De1ta]

Is this a Phantasy Star 3 reference??

And I like to have 6 by 5 bedrooms

Jesus

I think 3x5 is excessive, but clearly that's what the damn picky bastards need.

I would be content with 3x4

IIRC, a 5x6 room will give colonists the "Spacious Environment" buff.

[StorymasterQ]

There may be, someday, traits such as Claustrophobia, which would probably double that enclosed space debuff. And, as for every phobia there is a philia, so I'd go for Claustrophilia (which could arguably be Agoraphobia instead, but not really) which actually likes having a wall at touch range on all sides.

[Ednac]

Personally, if I really enjoyed and liked the colony I would check the no mental breakdown box and wait until everything is happy, yea the emotions need to get nerfed.

[ParagonTerminus]

Is this a Phantasy Star 3 reference??

And I like to have 6 by 5 bedrooms

Jesus

I think 3x5 is excessive, but clearly that's what the damn picky bastards need.

I would be content with 3x4

IIRC, a 5x6 room will give colonists the "Spacious Environment" buff.

If you like to build into the mountain, it also uses up a shitton of space and takes forever to get mined and built, and the resource cost isn't fun.

[vagineer1]

I always use 5x5 rooms. It is a waste of space but if it will stop those nagging colonists then I'm all for it.

[Bog]

6x5 is the "optimum" size. Going bigger doesn't give you a better bonus. Smaller lowers morale.

My brother insists on making his 4x4, because he thinks 6x5 looks too big. I agree, but I prefer to keep my colony around for a while, so stick with the 6x5. 

To fill up the empty space I've taken to building royal beds and putting a table and chair in every room. The royal beds aren't any more special than a normal one, so far as I know, but the table and chair mean that if I need extra prisoner space they don't have to eat off the floor.

I'd like to see a wardrobe put into the game, where you can store up to 10 apparel items in it. That'd make the big rooms a little more "cozy" feeling.