Are the DLCs just workshop inspired mods?

[BoxingBud]

Most things except Ideology I sort of get already through workshop, and then more so, unless I'm mistaken.

[Astasia]

Nope. The DLC is all brand new gameplay and there really aren't any similar mods mechanically. Thematically you could RP something similar with mods in some cases, but it's not the same.

[Puddles seeker]

Many mods are based on RimWorld lore

[Avnger]

Originally posted by BoxingBud:

Most things except Ideology I sort of get already through workshop, and then more so, unless I'm mistaken.

Due to the sheer variety of mods available for the game, coming up with a (fun & relevant) completely original content idea is almost impossible. There will always be at least one mod people could point at as Ludeon "stealing" from.

[BoxingBud]

Cool I appreciate the feedback. It's a concern, but also I don't want to sound bad about it.

[Prydzen ᛋᛟ]

its literally a copy and paste of some popular mods.

[BoxingBud]

Also while the vanilla game is amazing on its own the modding community really made it, I'll be grabbing DLC eventually after thousands of hours. Probably my most played game.

[BoxingBud]

Originally posted by ᛋ King-elect ᛋ Prydzen ᛋ:

its literally a copy and paste of some popular mods.

Cool cool, any feedback is still appreciated, let me know what you think.

[The Former]

If I'm not mistaken, Ludeon works with modders from time to time (compensating them, of course). I know some popular mods have been packaged in as vanilla features, for example, and the modders responsible usually seem pretty pleased about it.

[Aranador]

Think of it like this - if you can dream up an idea, so can other people. And there are scores of modders but only one developer. So mods will naturally cover every possible idea well before the developer can. If the developer is simply not allowed to produce anything that isn't already a mod, then this game's development cycle died a long time ago.

What the developer can do however, is produce content that becomes 'baseline' for compatibility, and incorporate new engine based features and capabilities, that make the ideas they use integrate far more effectively into the game. Ideas are something everyone has in bucketloads. Only one person can develop the baseline game.

[The Former]

Originally posted by Aranador:

Think of it like this - if you can dream up an idea, so can other people. And there are scores of modders but only one developer. So mods will naturally cover every possible idea well before the developer can. If the developer is simply not allowed to produce anything that isn't already a mod, then this game's development cycle died a long time ago.

What the developer can do however, is produce content that becomes 'baseline' for compatibility, and incorporate new engine based features and capabilities, that make the ideas they use integrate far more effectively into the game. Ideas are something everyone has in bucketloads. Only one person can develop the baseline game.

Precisely this. I don't think OP is guilty of this, but I have seen people with a similar argument seem to suggest that Tynan has no real right to call the game his when modders really made it what it is. Without Tynan's work, there'd be no place for modders to put all those ideas. None of this happens without the base game.