• Transporter Room 3
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    228 months ago

    Taking a look at my installed games list, my dream is self-sustainable communities, building an off-grid homestead, and a world where everyone’s basic needs are provided for.

    It’s all building games and I like ones where you can build a small settlement with multiple people assisting in various aspects.

    My only gripe with city builders is they focus too heavily on forcing US views instead of real-world examples (walkable cities aren’t viable, lack of dedicating 90% of areas to cars is penalized, zoning bs, etc)

    • If my game preference determines how I want the world to be: I must want the world to be a fucked up, cursed wasteland where everything is in a state of constant suffering, and the best outcome is killing everyone so they at least stop suffering.

      I’ll let y’all figure out what kind of games I play.

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            28 months ago

            You know, I was thinking just that as I typed. “outside is kind of turning into dark souls but MORE depressing” but figured that might be pushing it. Glad to know I’m not alone.

            In modern society, EVERY day is like you’re in Blighttown.

    • @kemsat
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      38 months ago

      Farthest Frontier is my newest addition from that genre

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        28 months ago

        I like mucking about in Cities Skylines with mods, that’s basically my goto when I don’t feel like playing anything else.

        Right now since I got a new pc and it’s on sale, I’ve been playing fallout 4 with a bunch of settlement building mods installed. Probably not gonna be on this much longer.

        Next I think I’ll give Ixion a try.

        Here’s a few I spent some time on in no particular order, ranging from top-down style city management to first person settler type:

        Banished

        Factorio & Satisfactory

        Caesar 3/Pharoah

        Frostpunk

        Surviving Mars

        Subnautica

        Medieval Dynasty

        Against the storm (never could get into it, might have to give it another try)

        Timberborn (didn’t get to play much, it’s on my list)

        Dyson Sphere Program <— keep coming back to this one too especially now that my computer can go above 10fps

        I love fallout’s settlement system, and specifically the mod Sim Settlements. I also like the idea of making a homestead for many people to live in and work together. Not many games that allow both group survival and independent building. Most that I’ve tried are like State of Decay, which is fun, but I don’t like the buildings being on rails. I like getting creative even if that means things get sloppy and disorganized.

        My factory builders tend to utilize a lot of point-point logistics if available, otherwise it’s a spaghettified mess of conveyor belts and pipes. The kind that make experienced players cry and flee in terror. But they’re mine.

        I’m also looking forward to seeing how good Manor Lords will be. If it looks good after a few days it’ll make a nice birthday present to myself.