pain and punishment in the desert

[Puke87]

not sure how i feell about the survival aspect of the game. collecting water does not sound fun at all and im also worried that after a month, youl never want to see another desert again.

[Æsir]

Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.

[Vindred]

If it does not sound fun, you might not find it so. Not everyone enjoys this genre. Have you ever played a survival/crafting/base building game like this before? There's a -lot- of collecting things. Though in regard to water in particular, you can reach a point in Dune where collecting it is trivial.

As far as we know the whole game is variations of desert, but other biomes are planned for the future.

[Menzagitat]

Originally posted by Puke87:

not sure how i feell about the survival aspect of the game. collecting water does not sound fun at all and im also worried that after a month, youl never want to see another desert again.

What would be a fun survival game mechanic?

[Shintai]

Select survival game, then complain about survival...

[mss73055]

You don't have to drink water, just switch the tubes on your stillsuit.

[Æsir]

Originally posted by mss73055:

You don't have to drink water, just switch the tubes on your stillsuit.

🤣🤣🤢🤮

[Shintai]

100% reclamation!

[Yhtill]

Click 2 plants beginning the game. Harvesting blood throughout (basically looting a body with a tool.) Make moisture catchers mid-end game.

[Captain Worthy]

Originally posted by Puke87:

not sure how i feell about the survival aspect of the game. collecting water does not sound fun at all and im also worried that after a month, youl never want to see another desert again.

I wouldn't worry about water collection, devs have balanced it well and there are multiple gameplay loops for it with plenty of automation.

The desert landscape of the endgame also procedurally changes once every week, so that should extend the hours before boredom sets in quite a lot.

Being a fan of the setting helps a lot though, I'm of the type who can easily play this game for hundreds of hours but I'm a big fan. Without that, you could maybe have 50 hours before you feel like you've had enough, depending on your attention span. I've got ADHD myself so I know how it can be with video games.

But even just 50 hours costs you only 1 dollar/euro per hour. That's heck of a lot better than a movie ticket.