Ahh got it. Kind of figured at had to be more complex than it looked at first glance, and another commenter pointed out that it’s a solo dev as well. Thanks for the extra context!
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Rinn@awful.systems 2 days agoIt’s more of a top-down Terraria than a pixel shooter, with procedurally generated world, village building (with npcs that can do jobs there), gear upgrades and boss fights. That comparison might make it a bit less ridiculous.
Throbbing_banjo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
It’s like a mix of Terraria and Rimworld. You get villagers of various types that join and can automate tasks. The work assignment view is straight out of Rimworld and I think the game is super fun. The end game has been redone a few times and it was kinda wacky and ultra hard. I am curious to see how different it is now in 1.0.
Throbbing_banjo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
Oh cool, that’s a pretty ambitious concept. The idea of an open sim world where you can do pretty much whatever you want sounds awesome. Rimworld was very much not for me, though, as much as I wanted to like it; playwise it never clicked for whatever reason. Probably why this one whooshed me.
zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
This doesn’t have the wacky openness or difficulty of Rimworld as much as the idea of having semi-random villagers that you can either recruit (in the wild) or that periodically come by and you can acquire. In the early game, it mostly feels like top down Terraria, but the village aspect with semi-autonomous members comes together pretty quick and there are raids that happen. It’s honestly pretty great. I have never managed to get anyone to play co-op and stick with it. To be fair, this feels like an issue I find with nearly all co-op games as my friends and family either aren’t nearly as into it as me or just never have their schedules line up.
massi1008@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Afaik this game was also made by a solo dev.