So a while back i read a post here on the discourse about the game Rimworld. I had seen it on steam, but never really paid it to much attention, until it was brought up here. I decided to buy it and give it a go, so i understood better what it was the developers was leaning up against for inspirati…

Rimworld, like Dwarf Fortress, is a procedural storytelling machine. The core of stories are problems, obstacles, and the character’s journey of overcoming them or to fail, the more spectacularly the better. It’s what makes Game of Thrones interesting or any other drama. It’s a whole different slew …

[image] SachielMF: The core of stories are problems, obstacles, and the character’s journey of overcoming them or to fail, the more spectacularly the better. It’s what makes Game of Thrones interesting or any other drama. Funny, as I just wrote my own post about this.

If i came across as stating that stories cant be told without constant obstacles, i better clarify… I see the reality like this: A wide path runs through the dense forest, with a ditch on each side of the path/road. In the ditch on the left there is the extreme of a subject and in the ditch on the …

I think I get what you mean and I agree that it’s possible to have interesting stories without relying too much on overly negative themes. Stardew Valley or, say, Kiki’s Delivery Service both are captivating without the protagonists struggling between life and death constantly. If everything is abou…

Well at the lowest level, i guess a positive obstacle can be described as this: If you overcome it, you gain something, if you give up on the challenge, you are left with what you had before. Meaning, that an obstacle do not have to have the element of taking something from you if you loose the chal…

Usually, “positive obstacles” can be rephrased as “difficult but very rewarding challenges”, usually on a strict time limit or with some other strict rules. They give the player something to work towards and a sense of urgency with every decision, but don’t have the dispiriting sense that it’s you v…

Yeah, I think theme’s one of the biggest differences between these games. I noticed this a while back with the mood system: Rimworld: You’re trying to keep your survivors from having a mental breakdown and going on a violent rampage. Dwarf Fortress: While dwarves can take a lot, they can throw vio…

Good discussion! One of the things we (and especially @Brackhar ) has spent a lot of time doing this year is understanding all the games in this space, what makes them awesome, what we’d like to do differently, and most importantly, why. So some thoughts! 1.) What SH, Rimworld and DF share is the f…

To me, what’s being described here is a all reward, no risk system…that’s optional. And what would the point of that be? In any other game, and I mean ANY, you either have a risk vs rewards system, or all reward, no risk system that forces you in a linear direction. Legend of Zelda isn’t optional, b…

Stonehearth inspiration from Rimworld. My feedback on that

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Funny, as I just wrote my own post about this.

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Stonehearth inspiration from Rimworld. My feedback on that

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