no. no, no, no, no
fuck no
I brought up the fact that the game is too easy on a number of occasions, and I stand by it
it needs challenge. badly
but this thread is, for the lack of a less offensive word, retarded
and by "this thread", I mean most of the recent threads
you are confusing challenge and.. I'm not even sure how to call this
let me put it this way:
this thread is about a house-building game
specifically, about stopping it from deteriorating into playing itself, with no input from the player
as it is, the game lets you build a house
not a very elaborate house, but a house nonetheless
it has its flaws, but if you use some imagination, it is a very fun little game
now, some people aren't satisfied with the game's limitations
they want to build "anything", and they want to build it "realistically"
to cut the story shorter, by the end of the thread, we have a game that is about building a house
sort of
it is now more focused on the things that make the house
wood, brick, nails, that sort of thing
now, to build your house, you need a wooden framework, first
and, depending on the angle at which two wooden beams join, you need different kinds of nails (that you, of course, must acquire)
now, different nails need different hammers, but the hardware store lady won't sell you different hammers unless she likes you or fears you enough
so, you need to :
a) bring her gifts
b)torture her
or
c)rape her kitten
now that you have your hammer, you need extra work force
but slaves can't build houses, because they don't like you all that much
no, sir, you need to pay people that may or may not build your god damn house
well, now you have your shit together, and..well, fuck
it seems that owls shit on your material at night, and that threatens the structural integrity of your would-be house
well, we can't have that happening, so you hire a squad of rangers to guard against the owls
but, as it turns out, the are more suited to squirrel-trapping, so you need to have them retrained
in the meantime, three of your workers do not appreciate the design of your house, and refuse to build it, as it goes against their aesthetic principles
this lowers the morale of your other workers, who, seeing the 3 get paid despite not working, start slacking off
to remedy this, you need to redesign (10/(the number of workers))^(average skill - their pay), in order to get the 3 working again
or bring them gifts
