Wow I just started playing this again and I must say, it's about 25 times more fun than it was when this thread started. They've done so much with it.
I have a few questions. Does anybody know how much further the developer(s) is/are planning to take this game? How often do they release content updates, and are there any major additions coming any time soon? Finally, is there a blog or something where I can find the answers to these questions myself?
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I just started an indev game last night and I haven't stopped playing. The first thing I did was establish myself in my wooden hut. I added wooden battlements at the top to prevent myself from falling off/enemies jumping onto the walls from cliffs, and I added a staircase leading up to it from the inside.
Then I added a small extension to my cabin and used it's space to create a staircase leading down into my soon-to-be mine. I started digging around for a while and barricaded off all of the "unsafe zones", or the natural caverns that I had accidentally opened. I found a small underground river and promptly made it look fancy, then I dug some more and soon had a fairly good amount of resources.
At this point all of my gear was iron. I had forested my surrounding area and was even experimenting with wheat, however I found that craft to be unrewarding. Bread is nice but pork is faster, yeah? At night I would either barricade my home and work in the mines, or I would go out monster hunting with my iron sword. Fun!
Eventually I carved out an underground waystation complete with a chest, craft table, and furnace. I opened up the dangerous areas of the mine and unearthed a few lava pits, a few gold clusters, and even some gems; enough gems to create a sword and a pick axe with. I just recently dug a moat around my cabin for some reason and now I'm looking for other things to do.
Hope they add more. This was pretty fun.