Don't starve

dazftw

Has anyone picked up this up on steam?

Been playing it non stop the last few nights and its so addictive and way deeper than I thought.

I originally downloaded it illegally but picked it up tonight and steam cause I thought it was definitely worth the money.

aN.Droid

Played an hour or two of it and really enjoying it.

Gonna put some more time into it this weekend and see what the other characters bring to the game

grizzly

Played it last night after paying into the beta. Wonderful game, but can be quite unforgiving. Thankfully any research you unlock carries over to a new game so still get the satisfaction of progressing.

allanb49

what is it?

grizzly

allanb49 wrote: »

what is it?

Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic.

Play as Wilson, an intrepid Gentleman Scientist who has been trapped by a demon and transported to a mysterious wilderness world. Wilson must learn to exploit his environment and its inhabitants if he ever hopes to escape and find his way back home.

Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style. Play your way as you unravel the mysteries of this strange land.

Uncompromising Survival & World Exploration:
No instructions. No help. No hand holding. Start with nothing and craft, hunt, research, farm and fight to survive.

Constant Updates:
Join an active community that is helping to shape the game for release! Provide feedback and joint discussions with the community and developers.

Dark and Whimsical Visuals:
2D characters and odd creatures inhabiting a unique 3D world.

Randomly Generated New Worlds:
Want a new map? No problem! At any time you can generate a new living and breathing world that hates you and wants you to die.

donalg1

How much is it?

grizzly

donalg1 wrote: »

How much is it?

I paid $11, so it's roughly €8. It'll go up 20% at launch.

Not The Real Scarecrow

Think its around 11 euro on steam at the moment but you get 2 copies of it for that.If I haven't spent everything by friday might pick it up.

dazftw

I've got a copy if anyone wants it for a fiver or trade for something else on steam.

Ponster

After 30 minutes of playing it this evening I just know that if I don't uninstall it now I'll be divorced by the end of the week

Excellent game. I got killed on Day 7 by some weird dog-like creatures. Next time I'll have a sword ready for them.

Here's a good into video for those who are interested.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUJSGoVzq34

Wossack

..want!

Big Knox

dazftw wrote: »

I've got a copy if anyone wants it for a fiver or trade for something else on steam.

Anything you want on steam for €5 and I'll gift it to you??

Tar.Aldarion

dazftw wrote: »

I've got a copy if anyone wants it for a fiver or trade for something else on steam.

give you the ship complete pack for it? And 10 dota 2 invites :pac:

COYVB

Just picked this up on recommendation of this thread. Another Steam game I'll play twice and forget exists! Hurrah

Ponster

....try not to plant trees too close to your campfire

Day 8 and I just burned down everything I had lol

cherryghost

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KhVG3A_68hw

Ponster

2nd time round

Day 8

I discover to my horror what a werepig is....

Wossack

lol.. my entourage of pigmen had a bit of a revolt over night...

Wossack

Ponster wrote: »

2nd time round

Day 8

I discover to my horror what a werepig is....

lol ditto..

also swung my axe at the wrong type of tree :eek:

Ponster

Wossack wrote: »

also swung my axe at the wrong type of tree :eek:

I have no idea what that means but what's different to this than Minecraft is that I don't want to spoil anything by reading wikis and watching the Lets Play videos on Youtube.

Big Knox

Anyone want to trade their extra copy for something worth around €6 on steam?

Nollog

My world's on day 113 I think now.

protip:
buy from their own website and you get 2 steam keys and 2 chrome store keys for $12 which is about 2 euro less than the steam price.
http://www.dontstarvegame.com

COYVB

I didn't get an extra copy

Star Lord

/\/ollog wrote: »

My world's on day 113 I think now.

protip:
buy from their own website and you get 2 steam keys and 2 chrome store keys for $12 which is about 2 euro less than the steam price.
http://www.dontstarvegame.com

Done this, and only got the "Unique gift URL" mailed to me... O_o

SeantheMan

Ponster wrote: »

I have no idea what that means but what's different to this than Minecraft is that I don't want to spoil anything by reading wikis and watching the Lets Play videos on Youtube.

Graphically it's completely different.
It's not about "Building structures and fancy things for the laugh" - it's about making things to survive.
You could watch a simple WTF is , he doesn't give too much away - just watch the first 5 minutes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRFwuo88bDo

dazftw

COYVB wrote: »

I didn't get an extra copy

You sure? You bought it on steam?

I gave my copy away to a friend!

I haven't played in about a week I must check if they updated it again. My only gripe is it wont have an sort of multiplayer co-op.

COYVB

Just got the free copy when I logged in. Must've been a delay

BizzyC

I'm intrigued by this game now....

To buy or not to buy.
My limited schedule is already full with recent purchases of Tropico 4, I am Alive and Deus Ex...

Big Knox

COYVB wrote: »

Just got the free copy when I logged in. Must've been a delay

Let me know if you want to swap it for something on steam!!

ShooterSF

This is addictive though part of me wants to figure out how to get past barely being able to womp spiders another part wants to discover for myself. To google or not to google...

Ponster

ShooterSF wrote: »

To google or not to google...

I've decided to use the wiki when I come across something that I really can't figure out (like the amulet I found).

BizzyC

Damn you guys....

I downloaded this last night.
I don't seem to be having any trouble surviving, but the world I'm in is odd.

It's a series of islands, and each one has different resources on it, so I'm constantly moving as I can't find a lot of things.

grizzly

BizzyC wrote: »

Damn you guys....

I downloaded this last night.
I don't seem to be having any trouble surviving, but the world I'm in is odd.

It's a series of islands, and each one has different resources on it, so I'm constantly moving as I can't find a lot of things.

I've not played since the turf update – could you terraform with that?

If you get one like that (or one with long bridges between islands) it's probably best to respawn the world. Try it a few times and run about to find a good one.

BizzyC

I might have to do that.

It's really annoying to have wood on one island, stone on another, food sources on a third....

SeantheMan

Can I ask how you are all playing ? I got it on STEAM, says it's no released till March ?!
*edit , upon starting up - it works * Strange.

Tar.Aldarion

can you play multiplayer?

SeantheMan

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

can you play multiplayer?

No, Store page says Single Player. No CoOp or Multiplayer

Wossack

BizzyC wrote: »

I might have to do that.

It's really annoying to have wood on one island, stone on another, food sources on a third....

Havent played much, but have died a number of times - and each time, its been an island based world, with the biomes being seperated by bridges. My most recent world though, has quite short bridges, so it might be a runner..!

Diddy Kong

Damn you all to hell! So much for my early night last night, got the game and decided to have a few minutes play....4 hours later, crap I have to get up soon

But cheers for the recomend, should keep me busy for a while!

BizzyC

Ordering on steam gives you the Beta.

Ponster

Wossack wrote: »

also swung my axe at the wrong type of tree :eek:

I may have just done that also. I woke some sort of tree monster. Hit it 10 times with the spear but it didn't seem to have any effect. I ran back to camp and to make space for another spear I planted some pine cones and voila he stopped chasing me !

BizzyC

Got myself a decent game on my second world attempt.
Have been able to build a science machine and have access to some materials.

What do you do when you run out of stone?

It seems to be the only non-replenishing material...which I know makes sense, but does mean there's a finite amount you can build in one level.

Ponster

BizzyC wrote: »

What do you do when you run out of stone?

It seems to be the only non-replenishing material...which I know makes sense, but does mean there's a finite amount you can build in one level.

I'm on my 4th game. The first 3 had very, very little stone where I had set up camp. This one though is littered with it.
I don't think you have much of a choice but to travel further away from your base in search of it. You may find a biome which has almost nothing but stone.

dazftw

Has anyone found anything weird?

I've found

a monster called Chester, he follows me around and I can store items in him.

I've also found

an eye bone and a lying robot..

I don't have a clue what they do but I haven't looked up a single thing about this game so its going to be interesting finding out.

Zillah

Is anyone else finding it really hard to stay motivated to start again when they die? I just had a game where I decided to go exploring, fully geared out but forgot grass and couldn't find any in time so I got eaten in the dark with nothing I could do. I'm finding myself having very little motivation to start chopping down trees again.

PandyAndy

Zillah wrote: »

Is anyone else finding it really hard to stay motivated to start again when they die? I just had a game where I decided to go exploring, fully geared out but forgot grass and couldn't find any in time so I got eaten in the dark with nothing I could do. I'm finding myself having very little motivation to start chopping down trees again.

After a while you'll unlock the second character who

can start fires in the dark, she doesnt need any wood etc. Does it automatically.

So far I'm on day 49. I have way too much food. I have 1 ice box full of various dinners and second ice box thats starting to fill. I've got 12 speedy farms on the go and around 25 berry bushes that give me an endless supply too.

dazftw

For some reason I can't get passed 10 - 15 days. Something always happens and I get killed.

My record when I started playing was 40. I need to figure out a new approach to playing. I've just been doing a lot of exploring and not really setting up camp.

PandyAndy

Yea I built up the camp first before exploring. I try to have at least six farms before Day 10 and a Spear and Log Suit too, for when the wolves come. After that it's just build more farms and move the berry bushes to the camp. I don't think I started exploring until Day 25 or so.

dazftw

Game is so addictive.... I got killed this time by a Tree Guard

grizzly

Keep trying to build me one of these.



But find meat hard to source.

An easy way is to feed pigmen monster meat/morsals. First use them to help clear a forest to stock up wood. Then head to a swamp a let them battle tentacles. Take there meat from the resulting carnage. Trouble is, this is only good for about 3 drops.

Anyone found Otto Von Chesterfield? I'm guessing he's like the Luggage from Terry Pratchett books.

Zillah

PandyAndy wrote: »

See, I'd have the patience to do this once. If I died for some stupid reason after building all of that I'm pretty sure I'd just quit and never come back.