Basically, title.

Looks like this could be a good fit, but curious to see what other people think.

  • Novamdomum
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    I played this when it first came out and loved it so much. Unfortunately, as it developed it just went in a bunch of directions that made it less and less fun to play. I still try and play it occasionally but there’s so much that gets in the way of enjoying it now. It feels like it got the “too many chefs” treatment and now it’s just not anything like as much fun as it was. I’m not joking when I say it kind of broke my heart to see it basically loose it’s way so much. It also still struggles with an issue they’ve never really resolved which is that when your town grows and your workers end up having to travel further and further away from their workplaces everything becomes inefficient. Every town I’ve made eventually spirals down into this issue and you can’t just delete all the houses and force people to build homes nearer their workplaces cos it’s insanely expensive and produces very unpredictable results. It’s just a shame. TL;DR Used to be great but is kind of not great now (in my opinion of course. Your mileage may vary).

  • @[email protected]
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    I have! It is very laid-back, but I also found it to be a bit lacking in content. That was like a year ago though, and it’s my understanding that they’ve added a lot more to the game since I played.

  • sunzu2
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    How many of these city builders are there lol

    Manor lords and ostriv vibes

  • @mortalic
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    I haven’t played it, but I just added it to my wish list. Another you might like, rimworld, but change it’s storyteller settings to peaceful.

      • @isthingoneventhis
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        You can also mod RimWorld a lot too! There is a really popular modpack for medieval playthrough

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        Yeah you can choose multiple different settings for your world. The insanity is fun to read about, but building peacefully is very addicting.

  • @ProfessorProteus
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    211 hours ago

    I haven’t played Foundation, but since you’re looking for laid-back and medieval, there’s a really cozy looking game I want to try called Tiny Glade that apparently has no objectives. It seems to be a pure sandbox game.

    Plus, if you like supporting devs who use smaller/less-well-known engines, this one runs on Bevy, a small Rust-based engine!

    • Blaze (he/him)OP
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      111 hours ago

      Zeus and Poseidon

      I played a lot of Caesar III growing up, I even played it recently with a HD mod, definitely still solid today

  • @Tolstoy
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    515 hours ago

    Played it about a year ago when it was still in EA. AFAIK, the full release will be in a couple of weeks and there is a demo, which you can test ATM.

    Imo this game is perfect for people who want to build a village/town and manage your economy without the hassle of attacks or else. There are some events like bad weather but almost every time it’s not that big of a deal. Last time I played, I had multiple bugs where the economy stopped working which started a spiral downwards. But this was a year ago. Oh and I forgot to mention, this game has already a pretty big mod library.

  • @[email protected]
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    $40 for an early access game? That’s pushing it, imo. To me that means it’s a $50/$60 game at release. And it’s these devs first game. Idk.

    Maybe I’m still privileged from the KSP model years ago though, and the rest of the inde scene.

    • murmelade
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      210 hours ago

      I pirate games that seem interesting to me when they come out of EA and if I vibe with it after 5-10 hours I make the purchase. It’s like playing a demo.

      • @[email protected]
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        19 hours ago

        Yeah i agree with that practice.
        It’s actually very bad for a game to be refunded. Id rather demo it than do that to a dev.