Yo!
New to the community here, figured Iād throw out a couple of the experiences Iāve had with the game after having 24 hours worth of play time as well as some suggestions Iāve been thinking of while playing. I suppose Iāll jump right into it.
I put off buying the game for awhile since I wasnāt too sure Iād like it, or play it.
I love the game, it tends to my creativeness (kind of, more on that in a second) as well as being a fun and interesting game to play. I love the voxel style and I cannot wait to see what else will be added. It reminds me of Age of Empires mixed with Cube World.
My Experiences Thus Far
My play style is usually: No cheating. OCD friendly. I love customization.
I have 24 hours worth of play time on the game so far, however, most of it has been mainly gathering resources and fighting off goblins. Referring back to when I said the game tends to my creativeness, Iāve not been able to build a complete custom building (usually the workers stop halfway). I understand the game is in alpha and bugs are to be expected, so as of now, no big deal. Iāve basically gone into making a cave sort of village, with most of the pathways being inside the mountain and houses being on the surface.
I jumped in with very high ambitions I think. I first attempted to construct an INN, which, without a building tutorial, was confusing. After watching a couple building videos, I figured I had it down, but something that plagues me even now happened. None of the buildings ever got finished, workers seemed to just forget about them. Iām actually very, very envious of pictures Iāve seen where buildings are fully finished. I can build the template buildings, but Iād like to make my own, more complex builds.
Suggestions
I have a few of them, some that may have already been mentioned.
Locks
Locks for beds, doors, maybe ladders. Being able to lock out certain villagers or vise versa from using them. Iād like my blacksmith to live in his smithy, be it in a basement or a loft area, but I donāt want a villager to decide that nap time is the blacksmithās bed.
Build Areas
This is more complicated to explain. I feel like a lot of the time when Iām building, sections actually get disconnected from the main build. 1 building ends with Building #5 being the floor, when I want it to just be 1 whole, big building. This might be just a lack of knowledge of building tools. However, I feel like designating a build area (sort of like stock piles or farms) would help so the building is sort of saved while you build and nothing gets sectioned off, anything built in that area would be a part of that build. After the build is finished, you can confirm the build is done and once itās confirmed, you can build above or around it.
Loot (Gather) Button
I think Iām just confused as to why itās under the fighting tab, or why it only pertains to āother players lootā. I start with a temporary stockpile most of the time, with plans of making a neat and orderly OCD stock house. This means I have to rely (or hope) that my workers will be smart enough to pick up resources after Iāve deleted a stock pile. More often than not, they arenāt. Iāve had a huge pile of wood left from deleting a stockpile, and my only solution of a nice green field is to destroy the items.
Roll Villagers Stats Only
Very minor, but Iād like to be able to scroll through the list of available villagers and lock the ones Iād like to use when rolling.
I like the random stats. They make for interesting and varying game play. I also like being able to name my villagers after my friends, or in recent events, my twitch viewers. However, rolling their physical traits is slightly annoying. I typically name my characters that match what my friends look like, but that means rolling multiple times in order to get a set that matches.
Mine Carts
Just thought of this, it would be really neat to be able to have mine carts in a mine shaft for quicker travel throughout the mine.
Iām still enjoying the game, albeit my current game is throwing out massive amounts of errors after I attempted to build a wall and I havenāt been able to finish a custom building. Iām still very excited to see what can be built and build massive villages. Thanks for reading!