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lemonSurvival

Check out lemonSurvival 2.0, an updated version of this gamemode, right here: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3065745406

lemonSurvival is a custom gamemode I made to change some of the design choices I personally didn't like in the original Survival Mode. This mod tries to revamp some of these issues all while trying to still feel like the vanilla game mode.

-Made the start of the game slightly faster (no more putting fire out)
-Removed Mechanic Station and Dispenser Bot (Replaced with smaller POI)
-New item: Mobile Craftbot
-Crude Oil can now be mined from rocks and gotten from traders
-Most Items stack to 64
-Blocks stack to 512
-Refine Bot now outputs 3x blocks
-Manual refining times reduced to 1.5 seconds
-Scrap wheels have been replaced with normal wheels
-Soil can now be removed quicker
-All Craftbot times have now been reduced to 5 seconds
-Alternative Glue Recipes (3 corn or 3 glowpoop)
-Cheaper Scrap items recipes
-Adjusted couple more crafting recipes
-Added wedges recipe
-Added warehouse lights recipe
-Water recipe now gives out x5 water
-Cheaper Beacons
-Loot drops adjusted
-Consistent Haybot drops
-Chest space increases
-Totebot head recycle recipe
-Wood/Metal1 recycle recipes
-Dev mode/Cheat Commands (Host only)
-You can now sleep in beds to skip the night

If you try out the gamemode please let me know what you think of it and if you had any issues with it.


Location of the mod: steam/steamapps/workshop/content/387990/2823686440


Here are the reasons for changes listed below (warning: contains personal opinions about survival mode):

From what I've seen and experienced, the Mechanic Station discourages the making of bases, especially in the early game. Due to it being a large cosy interior space and the space providing the Dispenser bot needed to progress the game every player always sets up and builds a base there.

The Dispenser bot located there also means you cannot progress the game without reaching it first. This makes players sprint to it as soon as they create a new game which makes starting new playthroughs boring and repetitive.

The POI was replaced with a much smaller gas station that still has a workbench and beds to sleep on to act as a checkpoint incase you die.

An early game item that allows you to craft items on the go. It is upgradable to include more recipes such as the recipe to craft a normal Craftbot.

This lets you explore much more easily in the early game as it lets you leave the crashed ship behind.

I don't feel like the water in this game is quite ready yet. Axolot is planning on a water update in the far future after Chapter 2 so until then I have made some changes to make you swim less.

Glue -
2 new alternative recipes
-1 glue = 3 corn
-1 glue = 3 glowpoop

Crude Oil -
-Crude Oil can now be gotten from mining rocks
-Crude Oil can now be found in ruins
-Crude Oil can be bought at the farmers hideout

Crafting times have been reduced to 5 seconds for all items.
This was changed because I think long crafting times add no challenge or anything interesting to the game other than to waste your time. This is also why manual refining time has been reduced.

The Refinery bot was upgraded to give out 3 times amount of blocks it gets given, this was added to try reduce the grind of the game a bit more as well as to balance it around the reduced manual refining time I have added.

Scrap wheels were replaced for normal wheels because those wheels just suck, it makes the car slower than sprinting. Normal wheels should allow you to make a functional vehicle to move around in early on.

Amount of slots in chests were increased.

Small Chest
20 slots -> 30 slots

Big Chest
30 slots -> 60 slots

This is to make the big chest be bigger than the inventory and to make the smaller chest more useful early on.



(things I have not added yet but I wanna add)

-Make getting the craftbot less confusing
-Spawn player in the middle of randomly generated tiles around the south west part of the map (no more generic starting area)
-Move Farmers Hideout further away (somewhere where the starting area is orginally)
-Mobile Craftbot rework, might make it so it has the full craftbot recipes but at the cost of only having one crafting slot (to make sure youre not tied down to one place on the map too early)
-Remove mechanic station entirely from the map
-Remove quest system entirely
-Late game Component Kit/Circuit boards at hideout (brocolli and pineapple)
-Component kits from either tape bots or warehouses
-Modded Craftbot recipe support (if i figure out how to actually implement it)
-Smaller beacons

Feel free to suggest your own ideas


TL_Potatoe: Made the 7th image for the faster refining times