Minor inconvenience the game

[Googalabon]

It is not difficult, it is just annoying. You overcome one minor inconvenience after the next, and then eventually you loop back to the first minor inconvenience to start the entire cycle over again every 2 minutes.

Ship side nets were the only thing that didn't come with an extra minor inconvenience. Even the scarecrow breaks down, no auto sort in inventory but you have it in storage for what seems like a very purposeful minor inconvenience.

Does all of this eventually get better? The water bottle seemed like a sure upgrade, but comes with the side effect of having to have two of them, or carry the cup back and forth from water to your purifiers. None of these are a big deal by themselves but its just a giant mound of minor inconveniences that keep getting bigger.

[Clifford]

Yes you need to tech up. But you still need to eat an elephant a day and drink half a swimming pool.

When you finally have everything teched up and convenient, the game is over and there's nothing to do.

[Blind0ne]

Originally posted by Clifford:

Yes you need to tech up. But you still need to eat an elephant a day and drink half a swimming pool.

When you finally have everything teched up and convenient, the game is over and there's nothing to do.

haha that's so true, they even wait until the end of the game to give you a backpack upgrade, like wtf am I supposed to do with this? This game often feels like it was made by people who had no intention of playing it, just doing a job and then see ya later.

[Amanoob105]

Don't bother with scarecrows as there's another, far better, option.
Build a roof over your farm plots (not the trees, seagulls don't go after them) and put a pair of nests on the roof. Beyond being there as a way to hold up the roof, walls are optional.
The roof means that your crops are a step harder to go after so they will default to the far easier option of the nest. Works every time.
Just make sure not to build anything you can grow crops in (including trees) on that roof in turn.
When just stating out, put your first farm plot under the workbench. I find stairs also work.

For the purifiers, if you don't want to have to run back and forth between the water and the purifiers themselves, just make a hole next to the purifiers. Maybe put a half foundation in it, build railing or even place a box slightly over it to reduce the chance of falling in. That way you need but turn a bit to the left and a bit to the right to refill it.
All that's left is to build a cheep box in the same location to keep the cup in so you don't even have to go anywhere to get that.

Not a lot I can say to help with auto-sorters as I make a point to never use them.
I have everything in my chests and inventory set up as I like it in a way that is the most convenient and efficient for myself and auto sorters only ever just auto mess all that up.

Early game can feel a bit of a chore, but the longer it goes on the more the whole thing becomes a breeze.

[Hazuki-chan]

Originally posted by Googalabon:

You overcome one minor inconvenience after the next,

If each inconvenience comes after the next, then I have bad news for you: I'm afraid you're moving backwards through time, my friend.

Yes, I can deduce what you meant to say - but you didn't say it.

Actual applicable phrasing:
"One (...) after another."


Relatedly, say:
"Each one more (...) than the last.", NOT "Each one more (...) than the next."

In this context, "last" means "previous", not the actual last entry in a list. "Next" on the other hand means "things are getting less (...) with each one", which is essentially never what people mean when they say this mess of words.


In summary, don't use the word "next" in these contexts. Unless of course you are indeed moving backwards through time, or intent on describing a decline while still using words like "more" or "greater".

[Googalabon]

Originally posted by Hazuki-chan:

Yes, I can deduce what you meant to say

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