Apparently this
has been out for a few months, but I just discovered it yesterday just came out? Or at least, was recently updated? I'm confused, but anyway, it's out and I found it yesterday:
BlightfallI got sucked in immediately and spent the entire rest of the day on it (completely ignoring my adult responsibilities, of course). Basically, it's on a set map on an "alien planet" which is completely covered by Thaumcraft taint. You start out in a protected dome by a silverwood tree and have a quest book to guide you through surviving and taming the planet so colonists can get started here. The quests are quite well done, in a different way than I've seen in other games. The whole system is based around the higher-ups' opinion of you - complete quests and get points, requisition materials and lose them. The map is custom-made and DAMN is it hard. But FUN.
Has anyone else tried this? So far I've managed to do a bit of mining, make some metal armor, start a small farm (also, animals randomly spawn in your dome, which is very helpful since food is a serious issue). I ventured out into the blight once and died almost immediately, then I prepared better and completed a scouting quest - legging it across the terrain until I reached the next "safe" spot (an island in a swamp with a silverwood tree protecting part of it), then painstakingly clearing away the purple muck from the rest of the island to avoid taint sickness.
I'm finding the whole thing really well-made. It's super eerie standing inside a large glass dome with nothing but dark, purple evilness on the outside, watching the blighted pigs and chickens wander by and jumping whenever I hear a taint spider hiss from the top of my dome (they love to stand up there and watch me). Super creepy. I want to figure out how to create more silverwood trees or the little plants that clear away taint (can't remember their names), but I think I have a ways to go before I can do that. Probably going to do some more mining (after work), then give a shot at making it to the nearby abandoned village to see what's there... At least I finally figured out that taint won't spread across cobblestone or planks, so I can start building some things that won't get eaten, outside my little dome.