Steam News9 November 20205y ago

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Hello All, A progress report. I've been mostly working on integrating some mid game products and resources: Iron Iron ore patches can only be found in the sandstone biome, which is a biome consisting of arches and hills

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changedIronIron ore patches can only be found in the sandstone biome, which is a biome consisting of arches and hills, every island has one.

changedLithium electrolyzerAnother advanced resource is lithium, which will primarily be used to build batteries. I wanted a bit more variety in extraction mechanisms. In the real world, lithium is often extracted from seawater. Seeing in game we are on an island, I decided to create the first structure that requires a salt water placement to operate, the lithium electrolyzer. When building, you'll only be allowed to build this structure in shallow salt water. As a mid game structure, it does consume quite a lot of power.

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changedIron ore patches can only be found in the sandstone biome, which is a biome consisting of arches and hills, every island has one.

changedAnother advanced resource is lithium, which will primarily be used to build batteries. I wanted a bit more variety in extraction mechanisms. In the real world, lithium is often extracted from seawater. Seeing in game we are on an island, I decided to create the first structure that requires a salt water placement to operate, the lithium electrolyzer. When building, you'll only be allowed to build this structure in shallow salt water. As a mid game structure, it does consume quite a lot of power.

A progress report. I've been mostly working on integrating some mid game products and resources:

Iron

Iron ore patches can only be found in the sandstone biome, which is a biome consisting of arches and hills, every island has one.

Once unlocked, iron ore can be processed into iron rods iron frames. And later in the game, also steel beams.

Silica

Silica shards are created by smelting sand in a furnace. They will be used to create lamp posts and, later in the game, electronic circuits. Large products such as these lamp posts are transported as crates. It would be very impractical to try and transport them on belts when they are fully assembled.

Lithium electrolyzer

Another advanced resource is lithium, which will primarily be used to build batteries. I wanted a bit more variety in extraction mechanisms. In the real world, lithium is often extracted from seawater. Seeing in game we are on an island, I decided to create the first structure that requires a salt water placement to operate, the lithium electrolyzer. When building, you'll only be allowed to build this structure in shallow salt water. As a mid game structure, it does consume quite a lot of power.

Thanks for reading!

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