a multiplayer game of parenting and civilization building
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Was born a boy in a pretty well-developed town, but noone was farming or baking pies and there was too many babies. Directly south of the farm was a patch of cactus that had been harvested a few times, so when the carrots almost died out, I was able to survive on fruit long enough to watch the last carrot patch seed and the farm recover. I soon noticed a little girl trying to water the carrot sprouts and told her to only water the dry planted carrots. She admitted to being very new, and I took the time to explain the rules and showed her the difference between a 1-bloop pond and a 2-bloop pond. We farmed for a bit as she grew up.
Around twenty, she asked me when she would get children. I looked around and found a girlchild being cared for by another man. I led the girl to the child and told her how to feed her and what "F" means. It worked, and they seemed happy together. However, shortly after the child grew hair, the girl suddenly said goodbye and disappeared. Looking around, I realized it was me (old male), one other guy, and a very young girl from Argentina who didnt speak much english. The guy seemed determined to declare that we had enough food and spend his time smithing. I asked him if he spoke Spanish. He did, and I asked him to relay to the girl that we still needed wheat, berrys, sheep, soil, etc. hoping that she would give these jobs to her children after we were gone. He did commence speaking to her, but I died before he could finish.
I hope she and the town survived and continued to grow.
I've looked thru this forum a bit, and I never see anyone asking questions, so I'm starting this thread for those of us who have been around long enough to have a few old age deaths but not long enough to be in on all the subtext.
Am I the only one without a map or coordinate system? You all talk like you know where you are when you spawn. I never even know what server I'm on, let alone where I am or where the closest town is. I would love to have some kind of map, even if it is a small one in a corner that shows colors for nearby biomes I've already explored.
What is Discord? How do I join? Or even just lurk their forum/chat/whatever? It is constantly referred to, but I have never seen a link.
Is there a quicker way to talk? Typing while trying to get a harvest in or smith or pretty much anything is a real pain.
What is the best way to deal with the pesky kid who wont shut up and wont go away? If I tell him/her to shut up and go be useful, they usually come back later and kill me. If I take the time to respond to their constant interruptions, I can't get anything done. (I'm not talking about the ignorant-but-curious kids who just need information. I mean the "I like your penis. I hope mine is that big. Mom, when do I get a penis?", "You're a girl", later-"Mom, look at my Vagina! I have hair now!" or "Mom, Mom, Mom, Mom, Mom", "What?!", "Am I a bad person for killing all my babies?")
How do you tell your descendants to STOP FEEDING ALL THE KIDS! but still convey that they have to keep some of them to keep the town going. I dont like killing kids with weapons. This just leads to murder all around. But if each female only raised 1-2 girls and a few boys, resource depletion wouldn't be such a problem. Especially if you could encourage several of the extras to go off together and start a new town a few screens away.
Before responding with negative comments about idiot noobs, please note that I said this thread was for relatively new players. If you cant say something helpful, please go away.
If you have questions about the game or have the answers to questions, I would appreciate your post.
kubassa wrote:It's NOT a real life sim dood. SMH.
I didn't say it was. I was tempering stickyflipper's comment with another point to consider.
Maybe Jason should turn the birth cost back on at a low setting, and turn the bad mother back on as well, so that if people really don't want children, they can just let them die. Also, I think it should not be possible to have a baby within 30 seconds of breastfeeding a baby.
Breastfeeding as contraception. Best idea I've read yet. And I think it would be fairly easy to implement.