I might want to hook up the Ocean Farm with minerals from the bottom world – but there’s something I want to prioritize first. Also, with the planets built, we’re reminded of their secondary needs – more on those later. Planning out a Core Loop – maybe not the optimal one, but it seems strong.Īll Established, no-one left Struggling! But we can do even better. It ended up working out extremely well – but I think this kind of start should be possible on most Reasonable maps. Here’s an example play-by-play from a completely random game I started up for illustrative purposes. Just make sure when planning out the loop that all of the connections of the constellation are possible, given that Slipways cannot cross each other.Īlso, you definitely do not need all of the above to get started, but each component helps. But in the end, it’s actually okay to leave one or two planets Struggling, especially as you’re learning the game. The specific planets and resource types will change depending on availability, but you should be able to plan out an initial constellation that is self-sustaining – meaning none of them remain Struggling by missing Needs. This is another requirement to reach Successful, and increases Happiness. Everything Else – Anything necessary to supply the above with its other needs, usually enabled by the People from the colony world, or by Robots made at a Forgeworld or scavenged from a Remnant by People.Įmployment for your Colonists, if they aren’t already occupied by one of the above.This will be a Forgeworld, or if you got the Aphorians’ Novelty Traders perk, a Remnant world. A Goods Factory – Colonies want Goods to be Successful.You can build farms on most of the above, as well as on Primordials. A Farm – A Food-producing world to feed the Colonists.These are, in rough order of desirability: Earthlikes, Oceans, Swamps, Jungles, Arctics, and Arids. The Core Loop – Now that we can see what we have to work with, get acquainted with the primary world types needed for Core Loop:.Keep It Steady – If you’re not into the dexterity minigame of the pulsating scan range, you can go into Settings and enable “Stable Probes”.You can ignore the hard-to-include pings on the very edge of visibility though, since one ping is usually not worth a whole probe, unless you’re really stuck. Try to optimize for number of pings scanned for each probe to save money and time.

Probe Everything – Information is key to enable planning.

To get a foothold on a new map, I usually plan out a Core Loop – a self-sustaining resource cycle – before building anything. This also pins potential connections like above, and then you can easily build the plans by clicking the pin. Pin Plans – Instead of buliding and undoing, you can plan by “pinning” options of what to build on a planet, by right clicking it.And yes, it would be nice if there were a mode to keep this view on without holding down a button. I often use this to confirm whether a certain colony can be satisfied by another planet in range, or vice versa. See In Slipvision – Hold Alt or the Middle Mouse Button while hovering over a planet to see all potential Slipway connections and their transferred resources for that planet.And when I’m testing out a new constellation, I “keep my hands to myself” and don’t probe any pings exposed by newly built planets there, until I’m ready to commit to a buildout. I will usually probe all available pings in a certain area before thinking about what to build there next. Probe or Plan – To help with the above, I’ve learned to play in two modes: Probing or Planning.However, taking any action that exposes new information, including Probing, connecting to Ruins, or looking at newly available Council Tasks will disable Undos. Understand Undo – Undo can be a powerful planning tool, since you can test out certain “constellations” (collections of linked planets), and reverse decisions if they don’t work out.You cannot remove anything you build, including Slipways, so it’s important to not make hasty decisions. Plan-etįirst off, if you are having any trouble, make sure you are planning ahead at least a little bit. Campaign missions and Endless mode have their own idiosyncrasies and specific strategies to keep in mind. Note: This only really addresses the Standard mode on Reasonable (and Forgiving, I assume) difficulty. Since I love this game and some folks seem to have some trouble getting started, I wanted to help out, since it’s always nice to have the same info presented in different ways.

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