Astro Colony : If Raft and Satisfactory had a teenage kid together

While it lacks the depth of Satisfactory their is a fair bit of gameplay to sink your teeth into. Still early access with 6 months of improvements. Solid game but I can see the end game already. Will easily take up 20 hours of your time so it appears to be cost effective so far.
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[@mchelpa]

Episode 2 Preview: The biggest water tank the game has ever seen.

[@bearus126]

It had better be in the shape of a toilet

[@Maas_Grande]

😂

[@nico-ob6wj]

Official FJ playthrough certified

[@kadlocami]

Awesome. I got to watch Josh show me the wrong way to play the game, and now I get to watch Francis show me the right way.

[@JaRyCu]

My thoughts exactly... like, I didn't know the people were actually useful! I thought you were supposed to feed them into black holes to create singularities for science according to Josh.

[@mayorlagerbeer]

Francis said "i just got to make 4 or 5 of these ehh" and i already started laughing cos we all know it is about to get bonkers. Never change Francis never change.

[@Jamesmor999]

btw you can stack solar panels over each other, they literally don't care if there's light or not reaching then

[@kjhgdsaf1]

FJ “I don’t want to play something that will take a month” Also FJ (Third episode in) “Aaaaand we’re back with some more Astro Colony and I’m starting over ”

[@smithologist5272]

You can run transport belts across from the colony islands. There are gates with more belt capacity you can research. Would love to watch a playthrough of this!

[@kllrnohj]

I hope Francis figures out at some point that the splitter both can be a filter and also you can adjust the ratio of the split.

[@genehenson8851]

You had me with Raft and Satisfacory! Also, it's cute that you think this won't take up a month of your life 😁

[@bruh-ment-um]

My two favorite colony and base building game in one? This is wishlist worthy imo. Would actually want a series of this gameplay

[@bunstructors8591]

Francis: Now that I've learned how to make one of these, let's make 500 of them

[@hansdampf640]

melodramatic saluting makes much sense when you´re about to dump a man in pace 😆

[@AstroBioMan]

"Alright we've arrived, where's the gold?" Spain has entered the chat

[@ahmataevo]

That might require a supernova starcatcher complex.

[@2l0t0k8]

I tried the game, and so far I quite like what I see, but it's definitely very early access, to the point I don't think it's quite worth a complete playthrough currently. It's playable, but has quite a bit of 'jank' that needs to be ironed out (eg. character will happily die to suffocation even carrying a stack of O2 tanks, and there doesn't seem to be a way to use them other than building an O2 barrier; or that a quest asks to build foundations after unlocking floors, but that requires a material you'd almost certainly don't have access to, also it's not any floor, but a specific type of floor tile). Forcing isolated power grids between station and planet(oids) is definitely a weird design decision, because it makes going for planetoids almost pointless, since auto-catchers are simply better for iron/copper/coal/ice, so you end up only interested in planets with actual resources you can't get.

[@equitime77]

And that's ignoring all the problems with bots

[@Caribe1588]

Love that Francis is playing this game, I started it right after Josh did, however I try to perfect my setup, but Francis showed me that it doesn't have to be perfect to work. Love it.

[@Ambroditus]

Actually seems pretty fun! Would like to see a bit more of you building but looking forward to more of this when you're back

[@justneb1995]

FJ got so drunk, he forgot he wasn't going to post vids. YAY

[@lucag1175]

morning, was hopping for more x4.... looking forward to your best start video next!!!!!

[@blavena]

Will it ever feel normal hearing your voice in games other than ONI? LOL. It is weird but really great, another cool game that you're displaying here keep on gaming bro, love the content since the first ONI theory-crafting vids

[@johncundiss9098]

They dropped you off in the middle of nowhere with nothing and left. You built this thriving factory in space. Then you have people to come back and do research? I hope your charging them rent. lol. Good video.

[@Eumin]

yes i was hoping you'd play this. I played the demo a while ago and it was rough but had so much potential.

[@Genesis8934]

So uh. Your video had me buy the game for myself and a buddy... I already had it on my wishlist and was waiting to see how long it was in Early Access. We played and discovered you can put belts on the docking sections. However, you have to click on the dock and create the appropriate lane (either in or out -- in = to station; out = planet or asteroid). You can only seem to share power with the harpoon dock as well. So an asteroid seems to be a good idea if you want to offload your power production from your main station. Personally, I'm annoyed at the hoops you have to jump through to start going vertical with any kind of proper station aesthetic or just in general, scaling UP production. I wish walls and floors used the same material components. The building browser (the "k" menu) also seems a bit unintuitive in how it's organized. I found myself constantly going back and forth between menus trying to find something I needed to build. It took me a bit to realize right click told me what I needed to craft an item or what an item was. I'm slightly spoiled now by other titles adding in nested tool tips, so that may be at play... Digging seems to be quite tedious. I personally didn't do a lot of it, but my friend did and reported it was very tiring and slow. It may have been impacted by us snagging a huge ball of dirt. Related to digging though, mining drills are also tedious lol. The drills run out of things so fast you have to babysit them and move them to a new ore patch, which potentially involves flattening out an area. Oh and building floors extending off the station require a floor tile on top of the station. I noticed you could rip up the floor and get a giant piece of metal foundation and then just use those floor tiles to extend the platform... however, that doesn't seem to be the case. you have to have at least one floor tile on the edge to get the blueprint to show up at your targeting point.

[@titikma]

i've seen lets game it out played this game and i never feel the same after watching others playing it again

[@OniZai]

Oooo wasn't expecting this one EDIT: Looks like I will restart my game with the things I learn here. BTW Cosmic harpoon imo is better for small landmass as it also have power transfer in addition to conveyor belts

[@guillermotorres4240]

Flat earthers must love this game. "Look, look, flat in the game. It must be real."

[@ahmataevo]

Astro Colony - Hillbilly Handcrafting in Space. Seriously, it's a real achievement to smelt and refine iron ore and then turn it into usable ship components with your bare hands.

[@bl2575]

You can transmit power to the planet through the dock gate. You connect power to a specific spot on the dock gate on the side marked in yellow, and it is magically transported to the similar spot on the other dock gate. You can also configure the dock gate to make conveyor belt appears on the dock bridge, allowing to automatically transfer items between the planetoid and the station. Did you know you can also speed up/down the game using the +/- key (numeric pad)? Just make sure to setup the oxygen bubble thingy that uses oxygen tank so you don't have to manually take oxygen.

[@giin97]

Strange. At the very least, I would have expected the dock to be able to transfer power.

[@greywolf6443]

Jeah, in particular since both sides of the docking port have power conectors. So you expect that to work. Took me ages to figure out it doesn't...

[@AgingChris]

"20 to 30 hours max", I get the feeling these words will age like milk 😅

[@Genesis8934]

Kinda would like to see your learning curve/process on these new games instead of the abrupt jump cuts. :)

[@chabbbbb]

never played raft or satisfactory, but it looks like a first person verion of dyson sphere to me

[@LivingNihilism]

Played this a long while back. The game is good, but lacks some crucial things, which can meke gameplay tedious or frustrating. But the dev is patching fairly regularily and I will probably start over at some point in the future.

[@MooslyMoo]

Awesome video my man.

[@Yardiff]

Interesting to watch. Though I cannot see it taking the place of my Dyson Sphere Program playthrough.

[@pendantblade6361]

I miss RimWorld on this channel.

[@MathewSan_]

Great game👍and great video 🔝

[@Ncyphen]

I'll be honest, the game needs a lot of work. While it's so nice that one building can craft multiple items at once, it also takes away a lot of the strategy to the game. I got through much of the research and every asteroid felt samish with little reason to explore. It would have been far more interesting if the asteroids had abandoned structures.

[@Gr_ywind]

So basically this is a game where you roleplay as John Carpenter's "The Thing". 😁

[@lonelyPorterCH]

I do like raft and I do like satisfactory, lets see what this is^^ Edit: ah, thats the game josh played the other day (LetsGameItOut) Edit2: more factorio than satisfactory just because of the science stuff and tech tree

[@nuthinnew3881]

I think Satisfactory x Space Engineers is more accurate. Played this game all weekend, was so much fun.

[@Beregorn88]

you can definitely connect the power grids of different islands to your base: you have to use the harpoon docking, instead of the docking tube, on both sides. Then you connect the power grid of the island to the power socket on the harpoon docking and you are done kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipaxXpJpj6eYiLM

[@FrancisJohnYT]

They played the smart way and went for the mini islands straight away, using the resource influx to rocket up the tech tree.

[@krandeloy]

Oooh. Nice. Sure lets do this. I think I'll like to see more of this much much later if your get bored again. Edit: Nevermind, looks like you really did do everything lol

[@capitalplayground]

YESSSS

[@JejProchyJaPlace]

What happened to Oxygen Not Included? Looking forward to it!

[@Creeder4]

BORG REFERENCES! YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES

[@williamlai29]

2:30 according to space science it is not possible to hand pick an astroid bcoz it will just fly away the moment u hit on it.

[@josefrees]

I would watch you break this lmfao

[@frostbear6003]

Factorio with mods please especially space exploration and krastorio 2 combine to make your game hours long

[@frostbear6003]

and also to make your base more complex and

[@raphaelfakhri3874]

MISSTTTERRR FRENCIS RIMworkd?

[@FrancisJohnYT]

It has been a while but I think it will be another few months. Would need to come up with some sort of challenge.

[@River_of_Egypt]

Francis, do you ever have trouble with ~muscle memory on the intro when it's the first time playing a game and it's not "with some more " ? Just wondering.. :)

[@FrancisJohnYT]

Yes and yes, especially when I was moving from ONI to other games. One time I even missed it in editing.

[@mithral07]

Have a good holiday. Let us know about the whisky, chocolate, and potatoes you find.

[@Wourghk]

Looks like you've already beaten the game in just this first episode. There doesn't seem to be much to it.

[@yomanyo327]

How on god green earth haven't you played Timberborn?!

[@mofoq]

wait...how's it "burning" carbon to make power which then is used to make oxygen from ice? 🤔 just reminds me of ASTRONEER...but floating in space now if they could add TEGs....

[@vineheart01]

Wow this game is literally a skyblock minecraft game essentially.

[@sisu4u]

I see Stardeus as a game you might enjoy playing.

[@SjaduK]

This game reminds me of fortresscraft evolved.

[@Genesis8934]

80% sure the building without platforms is an exploit. Josh @ LGIO did "similar" and found you can just keep going infinitely lol hilarious though 😂

[@MSoave]

It's space satisfactory

[@shaxiao7207]

Damn, I was going to suggest this game to you 🤩

[@bolverk4355]

One developer game btw.

[@nuvi5480]

You should play space engineers

[@jmatya]

Be already tired it last year. Never did a second vid. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZLRpIaXdq6nZ7s

[@darrinferguson3052]

Space Engineers?

[@jmatya]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZLRpIaXdq6nZ7s

[@Metaz]

:D

[@amnavas1971]

So oxigen not included? XDDD

[@ecchikitty1395]

This video made me sick! Which is sad, because I was enjoying it. The first person perspective threw off my inner ear and I went from fine, to cold sweat and nausea, in about 30 seconds. So as much as I like colony construction type games, think will give this one a pass.

[@imoldovan]

Is this game made by flatearthers??? :)

[@diarahmadian8259]

why don't you try prison architect? it's so fun

[@nicol0l]

unfortunately, FP is a no go for me

[@enamis1]

hm. game feels lacking tbh. i think dyson sphere does factorio IN SPACE better

[@mr_pickle_yt]

Day two of asking for more bace lovin videos

[@taliesin5621]

First?

[@mattjones3217]

Sorry, but this game is indie shovelware that is not worth your time.