The Big Patch Notes Topic

[Ender]

ok it don't say in patchnotes but did he add a bunch of pawn names that are new?
and take out salt lol

It does actually say it, "April 8, Integrated new player creative content."

[Tynan]

Yep. Each month there is new content as more players buy and do the Name in Game and Backstory in Game tiers.

Salt is still there

[StorymasterQ]

Yep. Each month there is new content as more players buy and do the Name in Game and Backstory in Game tiers.

Salt is still there

I think, since there are more new content every month, Salt is still there, but diluted. *BA DUM TISH*

[Rex705]

I have never seen the name I entered in game

[FtDLulz]

I have never seen the name I entered in game

In the options menu, you can enter your character name and it will have a higher chance of appearing.

[dd0029]

Tuning: Healing is slower. More time between raids. Effective farming now takes more space (reduce turtling).

Specifically, the effective farming note. Please don't tell me my 11x11 field is no longer good forever.

[Tynan]

Your 11x11 field is no longer good forever.

[dd0029]

Are we going to have to crop rotate?

Are we going to reliably get more arable land?

Actually, could we get a map gen slider or something? Or maybe some checkboxes? Something along the lines of, moutain wall yes/no, desert yes/no, hills/valleys yes/no, etc.?

[porcupine]

Are we going to have to crop rotate?

Are we going to reliably get more arable land?

Actually, could we get a map gen slider or something? Or maybe some checkboxes? Something along the lines of, moutain wall yes/no, desert yes/no, hills/valleys yes/no, etc.?

Checkboxes rated well with our focus groups!

[Tynan]

No crop rotations.

Arable land amount will depend on the map gen algorithm.

My hope is: Mapgen will get more variation but it will be based on choosing a landing site on an overworld map, not moving sliders. But no major expansion is planned here soon. Mapgen is not hard to mod though.

[TimMartland]

Any estimates about what version the field guns / artillery are planned for? I think it would be awesome to have a line of 2-3 WW2 style flak guns or long ranged artillery to shoot down or shoot up raiders.

[renwold]

Mapgen will get more variation but it will be based on choosing a landing site on an overworld map, not moving sliders.

Kind of like a terrestrial version of the Spacebase DF-9 star chart? (I'm making an assumption that you've played every game in remotely the same genre lol)

[Architect]

Mapgen will get more variation but it will be based on choosing a landing site on an overworld map, not moving sliders.

Kind of like a terrestrial version of the Spacebase DF-9 star chart? (I'm making an assumption that you've played every game in remotely the same genre lol)

That's what I'm thinking when he says it...

[Tynan]

More like Dwarf Fortress I hope. But that's way off.

No idea about artillery specifics.

Really, in general, it's pointless to ask me about the future. I don't know until I've finished iterating on it.

[dd0029]

Tuning: Healing is slower. More time between raids. Effective farming now takes more space (reduce turtling).

Stupid game, stuck in my head. 

I was thinking a lot about this last night, specifically that the goal of the note is to reduce turtling. While I'm not averse to adding complexity to the farming game, it's pretty much "set it and forget it" at the moment and that's not terribly compelling, I don't know that this is the place to hang the turtling hat.

Current turtling behavior is a result of current game incentives. All of the events at the moment are actively trying to destroy your colony and colonists. The only available proactive response at the moment to those events is to turtle up. Doing anything else "risks" "losing".

I think if we had other options, turtling wouldn't necessarily be the default action. I was thinking, maybe offer the option to buy off raiders with money, resources or even, in a last ditch option, colonists/prisoners. That option might open up alternative game play choices. Early on you can decide, fort up or be the trading outpost.