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Some thread favorites are on sale in the Steam Survival Fest. Patron or Oxygen Not Included for  , Northgard for $7.50, Stacklands for 25% off (yeah, from $4.99 to a mighty $3.74, why haven't you already bought it?), Going Medieval for $5 off, whee.Has anybody played Craftopia? EA.
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Arsenic Lupin posted:Some thread favorites are on sale in the Steam Survival Fest. Patron or Oxygen Not Included for craftopia is less of a management game and more like Minecraft with a bunch of janky mod packs. it has a lot of stuff to do but it's all very shallow. maybe good for loving around with friends but I'd give it a pass for now.
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Aug 4, 2022 21:39
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Craftopia is on Game Pass, so it's "free" if you have that service. Can't weigh in on how it is - I installed it to gently caress around with friends, but summer has (sadly) been focused on house projects and touching grass.
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skooma512 posted:Anybody play Sweet Transit during the genre derail? How is it? I really want to like it, but I can’t for the life of me create a functioning terminus station despite being a train game seasoned pro AND the fact you make a functioning one as part of the tutorial and I am recreating it exactly. Even the route path shows a functional route, but once a train pulls into the station, it can’t find a path because it is trying to leave through the wrong exit of the exchange. It is infuriating.
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Aug 5, 2022 01:18
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This Dinkum game seems to be getting a lot of hype, is it good enough to play now or is it worth waiting to see how it shakes out in early access? Does it feel early access?
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Aug 5, 2022 19:24
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Does anyone know how to get transport companies in Cartel Tycoon to only deliver hidden drugs? If I have opium hidden in vegetables then it'll only deliver either opium or vegetables when selected in the menu.
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Aug 6, 2022 00:21
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CuddleCryptid posted:Does anyone know how to get transport companies in Cartel Tycoon to only deliver hidden drugs? If I have opium hidden in vegetables then it'll only deliver either opium or vegetables when selected in the menu. Logistics firm: Our drivers were arrested, why did you have us transport opium? You: You're supposed to hide it you know....
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Aug 6, 2022 00:30
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CuddleCryptid posted:Does anyone know how to get transport companies in Cartel Tycoon to only deliver hidden drugs? If I have opium hidden in vegetables then it'll only deliver either opium or vegetables when selected in the menu. There's more options, you want the one that specifies goods being used as smuggling containers.
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Aug 6, 2022 01:05
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toasterwarrior posted:There's more options, you want the one that specifies goods being used as smuggling containers. I didn't see the scroll bar  Thanks e. I found the option and highlighted that I wanted weed and opium in vegetables but the trasport companies are still delivering without it, am I doing it wrong? 
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Aug 6, 2022 01:12
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CuddleCryptid posted:I didn't see the scroll bar I think that means still ship them normally, the hidden inside a vegetable option is the one with the box around it. Down at the bottom under storage, the one that says 1/150.
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Aug 6, 2022 01:32
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CitizenKain posted:I think that means still ship them normally, the hidden inside a vegetable option is the one with the box around it. Down at the bottom under storage, the one that says 1/150. Correct, I only want to be shipping the hidden ones so I have the opium, weed, and vegetable containers selected in the menu, but I want to stop them from shipping any of the un-hidden ones. Do I have to micromanage the shipping companies to have "ship only hidden" exclusive buildings sending to the port?
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Aug 6, 2022 01:36
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Arsenic Lupin posted:Has anybody played Craftopia? EA. It's worth loving around with on gamepass for a weekend, but I wouldn't recommend buying it unless it was like $5. And there are better $5 games. metasynthetic fucked around with this message at 02:07 on Aug 6, 2022 |
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Aug 6, 2022 02:03
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CuddleCryptid posted:Correct, I only want to be shipping the hidden ones so I have the opium, weed, and vegetable containers selected in the menu, but I want to stop them from shipping any of the un-hidden ones. Do I have to micromanage the shipping companies to have "ship only hidden" exclusive buildings sending to the port? I think you can disable the export point from shipping out exposed drugs; using that screenshot, toggle off joints and opium and make sure that the smuggling goods are toggled on. If that doesn't work then yeah, change the transport settings from the transport company and make sure they're only shipping out smuggling containers.
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Aug 6, 2022 02:24
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I ended up picking up Autonauts on console. The controls are manageable but I'm so used to using the d-pad for menus that it's hard to relearn. You need to use the d pad to open the menu in that direction on the screen then use the stick to move around the menu and then dpad back if you want to switch to your avatar. So it's like, d pad left to open the bot menu and hit record, d pad right to control your guy and make him do something, d pad left to open the bot menu and manipulate commands. It works but it feels like it would be quite difficult to learn if I didn't have pre-existing knowledge so I could think "How do I do [this]?" and search the controls. Even then, I cannot figure out how to add a single bot to a group. Only 2+. No charging is great, should have been like that from the start. 300 bot limit is interesting. I'm assuming that means I will need to replace all old bots and rip out old infrastructure for new (like replacing the OG tree farm with the sustainable ones you eventually unlock). That might make for a better challenge but it's going to add plenty of labor to an already tedious game. We'll see.
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Aug 6, 2022 02:43
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toasterwarrior posted:I think you can disable the export point from shipping out exposed drugs; using that screenshot, toggle off joints and opium and make sure that the smuggling goods are toggled on. If that doesn't work then yeah, change the transport settings from the transport company and make sure they're only shipping out smuggling containers. I figured it out, the "specified containers" is not "ship the drugs above hidden in these containers", it's "import any drug that is hidden inside this container". if you select vegetables only then it will send you every drug that can be sent that is wrapped in a vegetable.
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explosivo posted:This Dinkum game seems to be getting a lot of hype, is it good enough to play now or is it worth waiting to see how it shakes out in early access? Does it feel early access? A heap of it feels straight cribbed from animal crossing (especially the dialogue and museum) and Stardew Valley/harvest moon but it's a good game so far for a single dev. I think the game has no real events or specific dates so it's just 4 seasons of 28 days with not much different (other than crop and fish/insect availability). Yet. There's MP but I believe at the moment you can't get any progress as a visitor - you can't build a house or do your quests etc (I think). But it's also cheap, so if you like being able to terraform right from the start (just need a shovel) and building a town and farming, you'll probably enjoy it. Also, you can get some QoL mods already, like giving you the sell price of items and pausing when you are in the menu (not sure how/if that works in MP).
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It's demo time again on Steam! This demo fest is survival themed, but this game is more of a life sim so I think this is maybe the best thread for it. I'll check in with some other thread-relevant games but just finished with this one and thought I'd write it up while it's fresh. I think it's pretty good. Nobody: The Turnaround This happened as soon as the prologue finished:  note: this car was not parked  I knew I was in for a treat. The second time I died, it was from being too sad because I didn't know how to wash my clothes. That's because game has a literal suicide meter. More than one, in fact!  Not pictured: the 4th suicide meter, which appears to be the one most likely to actually kill you. A life sim / survival game set in a nameless modern Chinese city. This game reminds me of Persona (the life sim part) and Disco Elysium (themes of urban squalor and mental health.) You play as the titular random nobody, having just moved to the big city to get a job so you can pay down family debt. Gameplay consists of various activities you pursue to make money, manage your physical and mental needs, develop social relationships, and more. There is a skill tree for unlocking jobs and improving performance, and a few stats you can develop for various bonuses. The game notes that you get 'exploration experience' in different domains as you try new things, although what that actually does isn't clear in the demo. The in-game clock counts down in realtime as you wander around doing things (1 second irl = 1 minute ingame), sometimes pausing the timer while you play a minigame related to the activity you're doing, then timewarping to when you're done. Notable things include: Petting dogs to feel less depressed:  Taking exams:  Earning the respect of THE AUNTIES the only way possible:  And, presumably, much more. Thematically and artistically, the game is bleak, owing partly to the starting scenario. Your father skipped town and left your family with a gambling debt, so now the loan sharks are now after you. And, as the game says in no uncertain terms, if you fail to meet your obligations, your sister is next. Litter and homelessness is everywhere (including yourself if you aren't careful), and the world has a dingy, faded look to it. The debt collectors are far from the only ugly people you'll deal with. Still, these elements work for the game, to make the occasional kind act of a stranger or street music performance feel a little warmer. Worth noting is that, while only one scenario is unlocked in the demo, there are 2 more listed plus a sandbox mode. The scenario ends after about 2 weeks, and judging from things listed but not usable in the demo, your long term goal (after paying off the debt) is presumably to just generally be a happy and successful person - get an actual apartment, nice clothes, maybe a girlfriend? There's what looks like a framework for Stardew style dating. Worth noting is that you are locked to a male character for the specific scenario in the demo, and lol at the thought of gay dating in a Chinese game. Overall I enjoyed it quite a bit. It's worth noting that the localization is excellent (just text, still Chinese VA which seems fine to a non-speaker), no weird phrasing and even some alright jokes. I really like the life sim aspect of Persona games, which this demo did pretty well, but with a vibe of dejected Chinese everyman instead of psychic anime highschooler. So, to my tastes at least, even better. After playing the demo, I'd say I'm very likely to pick this up at 1.0. metasynthetic fucked around with this message at 11:45 on Aug 6, 2022 |
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Two Point Campus has been getting good reviews https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3jV1vmdFw4
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PancakeTransmission posted:I've played a few hours of it - it feels like the kind of early access where it's definitely playable and you can see that it'll be great if it's finished. Like it has plenty to do right now but some of it feels grindy (like the cost of stuff vs how much you earn outside of the mine Wow, thanks for the writeup! I've been watching sips play it and it looks way more like animal crossing on PC than I was expecting. I want to wait because my backlog has a backlog but it is cheap and is getting amazing reviews so I'll probably pick it up soon in a moment of weakness.
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NoNotTheMindProbe posted:Two Point Campus has been getting good reviews Jess from Giantbomb has been playing it too and she loves it. I really like the concept of the different campuses having their own focuses. I wasn't quite sure what to expect with this one but I can't wait to play it. Being a day one gamepass game makes it even sweeter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T91lNfqLDjs
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metasynthetic posted:It's demo time again on Steam! This demo fest is survival themed, but this game is more of a life sim so I think this is maybe the best thread for it. I'll check in with some other thread-relevant games but just finished with this one and thought I'd write it up while it's fresh. I think it's pretty good. Thanks for posting this! I’m going to try out the demo today. Seems neat. Would have never had bothered to look into this otherwise.
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metasynthetic posted:It's worth loving around with on gamepass for a weekend, but I wouldn't recommend buying it unless it was like $5. And there are better $5 games. The two best $5 games I know are Stacklands (relevant to this thread) and a package deal of Vampire Survivors and Find All.
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https://store.steampowered.com/app/2018130/Desktopia_A_Desktop_Village_Simulator/ Anyone played this? Thoughts? Looks kinda cool
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explosivo posted:Jess from Giantbomb has been playing it too and she loves it. I really like the concept of the different campuses having their own focuses. I wasn't quite sure what to expect with this one but I can't wait to play it. Being a day one gamepass game makes it even sweeter. its weird to see random goons popping up in Actual Website Games Journalism lol I'm glad to see they're going for the general use rooms rather than one-on-one, and the flow of pawns looks pretty fluid. Looking forward to tuesday.
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Are there any good write ups out there on how to play Rogue State Revolution? I feel like I should be doing more to make people happy but my budget only goes so far and no one wants to buy my bauxite.
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Kvlt! posted:https://store.steampowered.com/app/2018130/Desktopia_A_Desktop_Village_Simulator/ Man, this seems neat
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Electric_Mud posted:Are there any good write ups out there on how to play Rogue State Revolution? I feel like I should be doing more to make people happy but my budget only goes so far and no one wants to buy my bauxite. I haven't played it in a long time, but your starting situation can be pretty RNG with regards to what resources will pop up when you prospect and which neighbours you get. If you end up in a situation where the basic resources you prospect are unwanted by your neighbours, you're going to have a much harder time getting your economy going. If they don't want Bauxite there's still a decent chance they'll want the goods you can make with it (aluminum or stuff using aluminum), but you might not be able to get your country to the point where you can live off of that. I'm not very good at the game so I usually restart if it looks hopeless 
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Stacklands is a ton of fun. I wish they'd expand it into an endless mode or just a longer game. What other sockpop games are good?
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Kvlt! posted:Stacklands is a ton of fun. I wish they'd expand it into an endless mode or just a longer game. What other sockpop games are good? I don't know if you noticed, but a couple of weeks ago they dropped a new part of the game, "Island", which you have to sail to and build out, with different components than the main game.
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I missed it, thank you!
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Anyone else really looking forward to Farthest Frontier? It comes out Tuesday and I'm super hyped for it. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1044720/Farthest_Frontier/ Looks like a nice successor to Banished.
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It's going to be tough deciding between Two Point Campus and Farthest Frontier. Excited for both
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Farthest Frontier looks really promising. Mix of Banished and ANNO with RimWorld style raiders to worry about.
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AG3 posted:I haven't played it in a long time, but your starting situation can be pretty RNG with regards to what resources will pop up when you prospect and which neighbours you get. If you end up in a situation where the basic resources you prospect are unwanted by your neighbours, you're going to have a much harder time getting your economy going. If they don't want Bauxite there's still a decent chance they'll want the goods you can make with it (aluminum or stuff using aluminum), but you might not be able to get your country to the point where you can live off of that. Boo, I was worried the RNG was loving with me, I'll try and sink more time into it I ended up losing my free time this weekend to the Zero Sievert demo.
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Farthest Frontier looks very good but it's yet another EA release so I'm tempering my expectations a bit.
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explosivo posted:Farthest Frontier looks very good but it's yet another EA release so I'm tempering my expectations a bit. If they maintain it like they did Grim Dawn, it doesn't really matter. It's gonna be a complete game and they're going to balance and add content for 5+ years. Not that we have any guarantee of that, but I have a pretty good opinion of Crate after years of playing their previous title. EA is a pretty meaningless label these days, I wish Valve would police it better.
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I’m getting Farthest Frontier for the curved roads😀
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xzzy posted:If they maintain it like they did Grim Dawn, it doesn't really matter. It's gonna be a complete game and they're going to balance and add content for 5+ years. Not that we have any guarantee of that, but I have a pretty good opinion of Crate after years of playing their previous title. God I totally forgot this is the Grim Dawn devs, that rules. I played the hell out of GD. Mayveena posted:I’m getting Farthest Frontier for the curved roads😀
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They’re pretty curvy, but still ultimately grid based. They look pretty good. As does the whole game, even though it’s definitely Very Brown. Kind of like they put Anno graphics into Banished.
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xzzy posted:If they maintain it like they did Grim Dawn, it doesn't really matter. It's gonna be a complete game and they're going to balance and add content for 5+ years. Not that we have any guarantee of that, but I have a pretty good opinion of Crate after years of playing their previous title. I've watched a preview from a german site yesterday and they said it looks really good but definitely EA in terms of feature completeness.
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