Friday 20 November 2015

Game Journalism Planet Base Wrap Up Day Play Through.

Today in my final play through, I was very successful. As I was able to establish and expand a viable colony. Although i was out of metal and food fairly often mostly metal, I was able to manage and survive 6 asteroid attacks with 3 nearly missing structures, and 2 sandstorms. And the occasional power outage. ( x3)

Personally i think that Planet Base is a great game which i really enjoyed. Although I found it very challenging. Mainly cause I am very bad at making good strategies. I really enjoy a game with challenges like Planet Base. As it makes it difficult to achieve the main goal.

Thursday 19 November 2015

Game Journalism Planet Base Play through day 2

So today on my 5th attempt to establish a colony, I was a bit more successful. However I forgot to build a very crucial piece of equipment, the meal maker. Which I'm assuming is what caused all of the colonists to die from starvation. My game plan did work for a while, but I wasn't successful. As the colonists died of starvation and injuries. The only thing I think I need to do to be successful, not to be as aggressive in the building of the structures. Tomorrow I'm gonna try to not be as aggressive. And see if that is my problem. Hopefully this is my problem.

Game Journalism Planet Base Game Plan.

Today my game plan is to survive longer than i have been. I'm gonna follow the tutorial building order. Yesterday I tried to establish a colony in my own way which didn't work. So I'm gonna build in the order that the tutorial builds in. I'm not sure if this is what my problem is, but I'm hoping it is.

Wednesday 18 November 2015

Planet Base Game Journalism play through.

Today I played survival mode in Planet Base. I was not very successful in my 4 attempts to establish a viable colony. So far I've not been able to keep everyone alive as they die from starvation, lack of oxygen, and dehydration. I think it's cause of the order i built things. But it could also be not building things that should be built first or forget to build. I at first tried to build in my own order. and was not successful as they all died of starvation. The second time i changed my own order, and was not successful as they all died of dehydration and starvation. The third time after re doing the tutorial followed the building order in the tutorial and was a bit more successful. However i think i was to aggressive in building everything and everyone died of lack of oxygen, starvation, dehydration. The fourth time was very similar, however i forgot to build a airlock and by night everyone died of lack of oxygen.

 

Tuesday 17 November 2015

Planet Base Tutorial Play Through.

Today I played the tutorial for planet base. The tutorial was a little different then the walk through. I don't think i'd do anything different. Luckily i don't think anything went wrong which is really good.

There are a few tips and tricks that i found with the help of others and on my own. One is the + button, which increases the game speed. Another is the Alt button, which shows the amount of resources the player has in the top-right corner. The Page Down button changes the background on the start menu. The tutorial shows a lot more useful key shortcuts as well. The tutorial also has the player build the basic structures required for the colonists to survive and colonize.

Monday 16 November 2015

Planet Base Game journalist assignment.

Planet Base is a strategy game created by Madruga Works, where the player guides a group of space colonists to try and establish a colony in a remote planet. The player also plays the role of base architect and manager.  Grow food, collect energy, mine resources, manufacture bots, and build a fully self-sufficient colony. like in Minecraft, the game has achievements, and " disasters" (sandstorms, asteroids, intruders, etc,).  The game has different types of characters to complete different tasks. Workers, Engineers, Biologists, Medics, and Guards. The also has Bots. Constructor Bot, Carrier Bot, and Driller Bot. The player also mechanizes the base by manufacturing their own bots to complete the more arduous tasks.  And grows the colony to become a vibrant planet base with hundreds of colonists. The player manages the immigration flow to ensure he or she has the people with the right skills to complete certain tasks.

Sources:

Game trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvJr0SN83Zk&feature=youtu.be

Planet base page on Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/403190/

Game Website: http://planetbase.madrugaworks.com/

Tuesday 10 November 2015

Remembrance Day Postcard Assignment.

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