RimWorld------ Updated August 2 2016
Game is now on Steam! And 14 alphas have been released.
Steam page:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/294100/DRM-free sales page:
http://rimworldgame.comNice to see this thread still going! I'm leaving the old text below because I find it to be of historical interest.
------ Updated October 2 2014
RimWorld is now on Kickstarter and Steam Greenlight!
Kickstarter:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tynansylvester/rimworldGreenlight:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=183032873Also, check out the much hotter newer sexier trailer here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJmYKKzC0uAOriginal thread continues below.
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I've been working on this a little while and just put out the first video, figured it was a good time to tell people it existed. Especially people who play the game that inspired it.
At the most basic level, this is Dwarf Fortress in space. There are a lot of differences in the details.
-"Random" events like weather and attacks aren't random; they're created by a configurable AI storyteller along the same lines as the Left 4 Dead AI Director
-Guns
-You can take people prisoner and recruit them. This is the main way you grow the colony
-Nobody is a professional settler; you're all crashlanding victims. So you get to build a colony with, like, an accountant, an airline pilot, and a housewife. I like to think this adds flavor
-There's a shallow research tree
-Fire is just as brokenly unstoppable as in DF! (currently)
Here's the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vV6wyeZ7458And the game's page: rimworldgame.com
Love to hear any thoughts or suggestions you have on it!