World size too big, game could benefit size options

[Mycelium]

Title summarizes it well, but here goes:
I am severely ill in real life, and my energy is very limited. I love core keeper a lot, and have reached far past "the wall" in much older game versions when I was less sick. Loading up my old save, I realized that I couldn't find the new meadows anywhere, and started a new world save but kept my old character.

Having started over, the map just feels far too big for the time and energy I have to put in the game, especially as a solo player, and I could really use a shrunk-down version of the world or at least halved distance between biomes. It becomes especially apparent while digging to reach the wall again, I got tired before I dug halfway through the clay biome with a boosted iron pick...

Is there a mod for a smaller world, or are devs planning on adding map size options one day?
Thanks.

[Nakos]

Sorry to hear you're ill.

The game does have some methods of shortening the distances, but ... you do have to build those as you go along. You can build rail networks to carry you over long distances, you can also eventually build portals.

Overall though ... the scale and scope of the game are part of what I love about it. That said, I am an Explorer type gamer, and many games tend not to be aimed at Explorers.

What types of games to you tend to prefer?

[Mycelium]

Railroads are always the first thing I build in core keeper, before I even make a farm sometimes. The problem would remain the same though, the time spent on digging and building the railway outshines by far the time spent fighting bosses and exploring ruins. When I was healthier I really, really loved getting lost in the mines and dig out complex shapes to make pixel art. Now I can't really handle as much, but I'd still love to at least finish the next part of core keeper's story.

Terraria did that right a long time ago and I still stand by their method: offer a small, medium and large world sizes at generation.

[дима сигма гуччи]

wery good game.