I loved the game. Like a lot!
It was my first time playing on this version of the game and I am happy that it was.
However, my biggest gripe with this pre-alpha is that the "end" achievement should appear earlier. Some late story based events could have closed this one off, but instead I felt dragged over uneventful days before getting the achievement.
Other thing is physics bugging out so much making us loose certain items, or have them become unusable. Those are necessary to fix.
Thirdly, and this is a bit nitpicky, the nature of some moonlogics of the game make exploring its secrets not that fun. The internet will always provide the necessary steps to explore the game 100%, but would be nice for many mysterious activatable elements to be 1st, worth it. And 2nd, be interacted with in more than 1 way. The game is pretty much an Immersive Sim, and would like to see you incorporate the mindset of an Immersive Sim game to some of these secrets and elements. It would make more players find more ways and discover more things in the game world without the use of the internet. An example is the locked Bunker. If that card gets shoved out of view, you hardcoded a solution where it teleports on top. Not good at all and is really a bad solution. Make it possible to enter the bunker in more ways.
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You can also call this the "Starter Cleaning Guide".
For anyone that stumbles upon this, this guide will make you feel like a Forest Ranger.
1- Start
Get to the base with the suitcase held. Explore the base, turn on lights etc.
What it is you really want to do is wait around for fixing 2 server issues. Fixing a server issue rewards you 5 points, you will want 10.
While waiting, find a signal and turn the knobs to start downloading it. With no upgrades, you will wait a long while for a signal to download and discover. While also waiting for a signal, you can start Cleaning.
2- Cleaning and Routine Start
Go south of the base outside along its wall. You will find some Green Trash bins. You can alternatively also use a square crate on the balcony. Use these items to store any Pickup trash. Trash that you pickup and then add into your inventory.
Take the green Trash Bin or the crate to wherever you are that has you collecting these pickup trash. For the Green trash bin, you can place items in it seemingly infinitely, and can pull the items out by 'use'ing it on the top hole.
While cleaning the base, occasionally look for servers that need to be fixed, either at base or sv.ping at the console for a satellite fix. Also check if the signal is done downloading/discovering, and load the info into a drive that goes into a drive box.
3- 10 point Get
After finally getting 2 server issues fixed and now have 10 points, use those 10 points to buy an Item box (under Essentials).
When you get the Item box, fill it to max with all the trash you are willing to part away with. Afterwards, place the item box on the target of the garage and call the drone.
4- First Point Reward
You will get more than 200 points. Use these points wisely. But also use them on Garbage Bag Rolls (under Misc > Sanitary).
Buy 1 item box, 1 Digital Map, Bunch of Garbage Bag Rolls.
Put away the map somewhere, you wont need it, it is a reward to make your gameplay easier for the future.
The Garbage Bag Rolls will be used to get rid of those non-pickup trash that are piled around everywhere.
To use a Garbage bag roll, hold it, and then Left click a trash pile. You will transform it into a filled Garbage Bag which can be Collected. It has no volume, and thus you can carry thousands on you and can place in the item box until you run out of Garbage Bag Rolls.
Sell anymore pickup trash, and non-pickup trash turned into garbage bags.
If it becomes Day-Time, use the map to get to your required satalites for fixing, or for finding Hash codes to put in a report paper.
5- Second Point Reward
When you get the next big Reward, it might be well off a big deal.
However you use these points is up to you, but I recommend you keep getting garbage bags, as well as 3 beacons (under Tools) if possible.
But continue to get Garbage Bag rolls and a new item box.
6- Daytime Ranger
So now you know the rewards for actually cleaning the base gives you and the means to routinely do Signals, Servers and Cleaning.
During the day, finish all daily tasks as ordered (Correct amount of drives + Hash report paper). Get the 50+75 extra points for doing exact daily tasks, and continue to clean and fix servers.
The 3 Beacons that I advise you to get, you can place at the 3 Transformer locations. Follow the "phone" wires to find them. And activate+place the beacons on each area. You can track where they are via the Radar, Digital map and the ATV motorbike without having to follow the wires again.
At the Transformer locations, you can choose to clean these areas as a bonus and I do advise this. Whenever you visit these locations, keep in mind what it is required for you to clean them and always bring back the trash to sell (or use).
Final- End Goal
Doing this cleaning routine will grant you a lot of points at the start real fast. This will grant you enough points to also upgrade, and get modules. I also highly advise to use the points on a Kerfur, as well as get a Hook and learn how to use that and a Drive Rack. There should also be a Bucket and a Sponge in the base for you to use to clean smudges and stains on floors/walls. This is just a side thing to make your base even more clean. (Use by filling bucket with water at the Emergency Shower, dip sponge in bucket water and Grab rub it over the desired surface).
In general the items you can get by Day 3 is:
1 Digital Map (Easy daytime exploration)
3 Beacons (Easy Transformer building finds)
1 Hook (Makes exploration easy, and some parts of base accessible early)
1 Kerfur (No longer need to fix servers yourself, so just sell any server fix disks, and are fun to control)
1 Drive Rack (Keep your drives in an orderly place)
I got myself a mini fridge since I bugged out my actual fridge. But I also advise a Coffee machine and coffee bag + Cup.
You can (should) sell the front door camera, it is terrible and should be sold for extra money.
Assuming that you didn't destroy the boxes, and that you got rid of the stains and smudges, the base should look REALLY clean and nice and the fegshui cleanliness of the base should inspire you to decorate it with whatever else you want using custom posters and stuff. As well as have fun continuing forward with Voices of the Void in a clean environment...
Until stuff happens
Day 48, I got the "Pre-alpha Completed" achievement.
There was no reason to drag me any further than the last big obvious event at around day 35-38 and then give me the achievement. I either got the same spooky signals or a single event per day that lasted for a second. The pacing of the story mode related events were great, but things really did start to die down and honestly, could have been given the achievement a while ago.
It was REALLY building up as well, so I was anticipating some kind of cliffhanger ending, sticking around for 10+ more days, and it just... trickles down and then gives me the "completed" achievement.
I know there is a lot more stuff to find, but by golly do I not feel like it. Will play again in a future update, will come to support the dev.
I was absolutely hooked into this game (ver7) and I was stoked to see what the game was offering me as the ending.
Things started to die down in terms of events and stuff after like day 35 or something, and I was getting bored. Same old signals and no real events happening. And suddenly, in day 44 I couldnt save or pause the game. I waited the entire day and nothing.
Day 45, nothing.
Its day 46 now.
Because, apparently theres an ending in Day 44? It seemed right.
I think my save is completely bugged due. There is a red blip right outside my base that is even closer than the golden/red beacon that arrived explosively. Almost looks like the closer red blip should be right outside the door, but there was nothing yet it stayed there for the entirety of my game ever since it arrived...
Im... awfully disappointed. I was loving this game so much, is the ending broken?