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[mosshadow]

The game is a bit harsh on loosing culture and science data. I preserved all of the colonists but they reverted to stone age tools because science hit zero. Surely there should be a science cap based on how many people are left alive?

Also I landed my ship on a world with a post singularity civilization but there was no option to dock with a satellite or communicate with the aliens before landing. And everyone died when we crashed.

[EnigmaticHat]

The sequel to Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy addresses that point.  A human character ends up in a low-tech world and plans to give them his advanced technology, only to realize that he doesn't personally know how to build any of it.

Anyway, my attempts.  I've found that the idea of the ship being constantly damaged over time makes me nervous, so I tend to jump on the first good bet that I see.  My first two runs ended up with somewhat opposite results.

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Garden's tall alien plants reach hundreds of metres into a blue sky. The colonists live in tall cities of steel and glass under airtight domes, beside rivers that flow into the planet's oceans. Poverty, exploitation and crime are rife, and the corrupt elected government does little to alleviate them. In the first city stand monuments to the 219 colonists who died building the first settlement and the seedship AI that guided humanity to its new home.

Score
Planet atmosphere:   500
Planet gravity:   250
Planet temperature:   0
Planet water:   500
Planet resources:   500
Survivors after landing:   1000
Survivors after settlement construction:   781
Final technology level (Information Age):   2000
Final culture (Corrupt Democracy):   1500
Surviving scientific database × 10:   1000
Surviving cultural database × 10:   1000
Total: 9031

The first was a technologically advanced but corrupt society on a hostile world where the temperatures are "lead melting" (oops).

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Arcadia's squat, thick-limbed alien plants stretch away beneath a blue sky. The colonists live in squat stone-walled cities beneath the planet's open sky, beside rivers that flow into the planet's oceans. They live lives of peace and spiritual fulfilment beyond the dreams of their ancestors on Earth, guided by a combination of human and alien philosophy. In the first city stand monuments to the 25 colonists who did not survive the journey and the seedship AI that guided humanity to its new home.

Score
Planet atmosphere:   500
Planet gravity:   250
Planet temperature:   500
Planet water:   500
Planet resources:   0
Survivors after landing:   975
Survivors after settlement construction:   975
Final technology level (Neolithic):   600
Final culture (Cosmic Enlightenment):   3000
Surviving scientific database × 10:   300
Surviving cultural database × 10:   1220
Total: 8820

The second was a perfect society on a perfect world.  The colonists combined the lessons of Earth and the lessons of the planet's former inhabitants to build a society that would avoid the mistakes of both.  Just one tiny problem... the planet lacked the mineral wealth needed to construct advanced technology.  Thus even tho the initial colonists possessed the knowhow, the couldn't build any of it and the knowledge was lost to time.  But hey, at least they're happy with their neolithic tech, right?  Bonus points for being able to moon jump everywhere.

[newsamsam]

Not bad...except the weather.

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Planet Bounty
Atmosphere:   Breathable
Gravity:   Moderate
Temperature:   Cold
Water:   Oceans
Resources:   Rich
 
Features:
Metal-rich moon
Outstanding beauty
Plant life
Animal life
Pre-Stone Age civilisation
Monumental ruins
High-tech ruins

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Bounty's alien forests stretch away beneath a blue sky. The colonists live in smog-filled Industrial cities with buildings sealed against the planet's harsh environment, beside rivers that flow into the planet's oceans. The cities are built around parliament buildings, where assemblies of citizens rule for the good of all. The colonists' culture mostly ignores the native inhabitants, who live in their own communities in other parts of the planet. In the first city stand monuments to the 43 colonists who did not survive the journey, the 13 more who died building the first settlement, and the seedship AI that guided humanity to its new home.

Score
Planet atmosphere:   500
Planet gravity:   500
Planet temperature:   250
Planet water:   500
Planet resources:   500
Survivors after landing:   957
Survivors after settlement construction:   944
Final technology level (Industrial):   1500
Native relations (Isolationism):   0
Final culture (Egalitarian Republic):   2000
Surviving scientific database × 10:   690
Surviving cultural database × 10:   1000
Total:   9341

[EuchreJack]

Lack of resources leads to drastic loss of science, lack of colonists leads to drastic loss of culture.  Not sure I agree with the overall theory, but this is a game and those are the rules.

[Akura]

I still don't understand how a 1,000 people can maintain genetic diversity. Do they do like Outpost 2 and use gene banks/cloning technology? Then again, looking at the backstory of Outpost 2, it's very similar to Seedship's story.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

If you reach almost-extinction the text explicitly mentions the colony employing their cloning equipment to make up the shortfall.

[a1s]

The sequel to Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy addresses that point.  A human character ends up in a low-tech world and plans to give them his advanced technology, only to realize that he doesn't personally know how to build any of it.

The text for the event where you read the technology library (and even less directly the description of hostile, but low tech endings) imply that the 1000 people you have with you are actually experts in all sorts of things, and the library is primarily meant as a backup (for when they die you kill them. you monster.)

[Aoi]

The sequel to Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy addresses that point.  A human character ends up in a low-tech world and plans to give them his advanced technology, only to realize that he doesn't personally know how to build any of it.

The text for the event where you read the technology library (and even less directly the description of hostile, but low tech endings) imply that the 1000 people you have with you are actually experts in all sorts of things, and the library is primarily meant as a backup (for when they die you kill them. you monster.)

What are they experts in, though? To pull from THGTTG again, the world's finest telephone sanitizer isn't going to be of much use in a low-tech society. But even among practical skillsets there can be enough points of specialization lost to cause a breakdown-- and I was about to expound on that in terms of establishing even a basic metals industry when I realized this is on a DF forum and people probably know exactly what I mean. (So who DID make the first anvil...?)

[EuchreJack]

The sequel to Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy addresses that point.  A human character ends up in a low-tech world and plans to give them his advanced technology, only to realize that he doesn't personally know how to build any of it.

The text for the event where you read the technology library (and even less directly the description of hostile, but low tech endings) imply that the 1000 people you have with you are actually experts in all sorts of things, and the library is primarily meant as a backup (for when they die you kill them. you monster.)

What are they experts in, though? To pull from THGTTG again, the world's finest telephone sanitizer isn't going to be of much use in a low-tech society. But even among practical skillsets there can be enough points of specialization lost to cause a breakdown-- and I was about to expound on that in terms of establishing even a basic metals industry when I realized this is on a DF forum and people probably know exactly what I mean. (So who DID make the first anvil...?)

At least in this game's case, we know they brought it with them on embark.

[kingawsume]

The sequel to Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy addresses that point.  A human character ends up in a low-tech world and plans to give them his advanced technology, only to realize that he doesn't personally know how to build any of it.

The text for the event where you read the technology library (and even less directly the description of hostile, but low tech endings) imply that the 1000 people you have with you are actually experts in all sorts of things, and the library is primarily meant as a backup (for when they die you kill them. you monster.)

What are they experts in, though? To pull from THGTTG again, the world's finest telephone sanitizer isn't going to be of much use in a low-tech society. But even among practical skillsets there can be enough points of specialization lost to cause a breakdown-- and I was about to expound on that in terms of establishing even a basic metals industry when I realized this is on a DF forum and people probably know exactly what I mean. (So who DID make the first anvil...?)

At least in this game's case, we know they brought it with them on embark.

Nah, the first anvil was created by the [BEAST_MACHINE_FRAMEWORK] because Armok told it to. He  then created the first mortal anvils from his god-anvil.

[h3lblad3]

Spoiler: First run here, 12,250 score. (click to show/hide)

Planet Bounty
  Atmosphere:   Marginal
  Gravity:   Low
  Temperature:   Hot
  Water:   Oceans
  Resources:   Rich
Features:
  Outstanding beauty
  Edible plants
  Useful animals
  Industrial civilisation
  High-tech ruins

  Bounty's tall alien plants reach hundreds of metres into a pale blue sky. The colonists live in tall high-tech cities with buildings sealed against the planet's harsh environment, beside rivers that flow into the planet's oceans. They spend their time pursuing art, leisure, and spiritual fulfilment, while automatic machines take care of their material needs. Traders and diplomats from the planet's native nations are occasionally seen in the colonists' communities. In the first city stand monuments to the 172 colonists who did not survive the journey, the 76 more who died building the first settlement, and the seedship AI that guided humanity to its new home.

Score
  Planet atmosphere:   250
  Planet gravity:   250
  Planet temperature:   250
  Planet water:   500
  Planet resources:   500
  Survivors after landing:   828
  Survivors after settlement construction:   752
  Final technology level (Post-Singularity):   3000
  Native relations (Friendly):   1000
  Final culture (Post-Scarcity Utopia):   2500
  Surviving scientific database × 10:   1240
  Surviving cultural database × 10:   1180
  Total:   12250

[LoSboccacc]

I still don't understand how a 1,000 people can maintain genetic diversity. Do they do like Outpost 2 and use gene banks/cloning technology? Then again, looking at the backstory of Outpost 2, it's very similar to Seedship's story.

https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/3/what-is-the-minimum-human-population-necessary-for-a-sustainable-colony

tldr: without genebanks and partner selection, about 4 thousand is the minimum. with genebanks and partner selection to minimize inbreeding, around 400 makes the population stable long term, 160 is stable short term, 80 in an emergency but not sustainable.