Unfinished: RimWorld 08/03/2016

Insane how much of the art and sounds are ripped from Prison Architect.

Other than that, it looks super cool.

I was just about to write the exact same thing. I even checked if it's just the same dev. (It's not.)

Yeah dwarf fortress-like, but not sure what this is offering more than prison architect, which they have clearly lifted an art style from.

Other then fictional concept which is more appealing than a prison, I'd say meh.

@asmo917: I had a mad tortoise attack my town just yesterday. The first hostile encounter I ever had in the game, it was nerve racking.

Mad Tortoise.

@bill_mcneal: I would highly recommend (again) Chris Remo's streams from Idle Thumbs. I found another YouTuber first who had some good tips but was super...YouTube-ish and I had to tap out. Remo's streams are great, with the occasional design insight.

I love this game so much. The "see how far I can get before it all burns down" aspect is great. Randy Random/Challenging/Permadeath FOREVER

@murdoc_ said:

Oof, naturally everyone is all about "hey this looks like Prison Architect!" If that's you, STOP! This game is nothing like Prison Architect, it's actually fun to play and doesn't depress the shit out of you!

Yeah, it's crazy that he didn't know everything about the game after a few hours of play. Git good, Drew!

I also thought that this game was way thinner than DF, but that's not actually true. For the most part, the stuff that this game omits is in the name of fun (lower case 'f' fun). Managing ammo, seeds, etc. And, the rest of the world outside your map is largely non-existant. The only important thing it's missing are z-levels, which would change the nature of the game fundamentally, I think.

@asmo917: does he mention that the developer used to be a coworker of his? Seems a little " insider trading" if he didn't.

@murdoc_: Yeah, Chris mentioned it a few times on stream. The developer even popped into his chat once during a stream. Pretty great watch.

I picked the game up from quill18 on YT. He does amazingly well on extreme, not YouTubery, and explains his decisions pretty well as he plays.

@pkmnfrk: Aw, hey. I like Prison Architect a lot, I think it's plenty of fun. I like Rimworld too tho.

@pkmnfrk: Visually, it's completely lifted Prison Architect. I think that is a fair comparison.

@murdoc_: Sure, it looks like it. But I'm saying that is a superficial comparison and not representative of the game, which is maybe 5% like PA

This never really gets to the exciting parts, this game plays out a bit like FTL in terms of trying to manage things in combat and loosing characters. If you start playing this expect to spend at least half the time thinking "if only i started over I would do this so much better" as well, the game is a lot of trying to do your best, learning a lot and trying again.

Wow I remember this game from a looong while back. I see quite a lot has changed.