I Don't Know ANYTHING About Fixing Rockets! - Uncle Chop's Rocket Shop

[@3limin4t0r]

When playing without the time limit you would almost forget this is a rogue-lite. I feel like the relaxed mode is added as an after thought. The day with the meteor shower just keeps dragging on without a time limit, not really getting you anywhere. In frantic mode you die learn and go again, like a rogue-lite should work. I would probably be back at the meteor shower within 45 minutes. During the progress back you earn more tokens which might be enough to let you unlock the meteor shield once you've paid rent on day 3. Don't get me wrong, I did enjoy the vod/gameplay.

[@CrypticFoxGaming]

Yeah that kind of event really can clobber you when there's no time limit.

[@siahmanjoe]

played nearly 15 hours of this game over the weekend on frantic mode. I didn’t even know there was a no-time limit option, so that’s cool! Here are some tips for anyone wanting to play frantic mode: 1. Don’t skip a run just because you know you can’t make rent. Play it out. The beautiful part is that when there’s no pressure on time because you can’t make rent, you’ll spend more time focusing on things you don’t know. Take a module that you’ve been struggling with and use that extra time to learn it. When you have a good run and are pressed for time, you won’t be stuck reading and studying your manual. 2. Get familiar with what you can do before you clock in for work. You absolutely should read your study material to learn how to do things you failed to do in previous runs. I can't count how many times I’ve read the security portion, but it’s a lot. 3. Buy some items from the shop that you know you’ll use. Get a canister of oil (fill it halfway), a battery (leave it uncharged), and a motor. These items might start you off at -10, but they can help you get an extra job done for the day. If you get really good at refueling (I’ve gotten it down to about 30 to 45 seconds), you can pump those out pretty quickly. 4. Speaking of fuel jobs, I personally do not take the perk to remove them from the list early in the game. They might not be the most engaging tasks, but they're important for earning cash to get past your first rent. That’s probably one of the biggest hurdles in frantic mode. I probably died about 10 times before I actually got past my first rent. 5. My last tip is to buy the encoder machine on the second day before your first rent, even if it sets you back financially. The money you’ll make from completing it will help you move forward and make rent. I hope these tips help someone. Don’t forget, it's a roguelike at its core. Losing a run isn’t losing; you’re just spending time learning more mechanics. Oh, and one last tip: pray to the RNG gods that you don’t get a ship with a bunch of bombs on it because that really puts the “f” in frantic, let me tell you! 😂

[@CrypticFoxGaming]

lol I haven't encountered bombs yet. Good times!

[@pmangano]

Ok the dev needs to chill out a bit with the catching fire thing. Modules catching fire every ten seconds while you try to read complicated things is a bit too much

[@CrypticFoxGaming]

lol yeah that could use some tuning. There's a shield you can buy that protects the ship, but in the absence of that it's brutal :)

[@siahmanjoe]

It's supposed to encourage you to go buy the barrier for the workshop (you can use grim tokens to buy a shield from it)

[@CrypticFoxGaming]

@ yeah but it seems you need to buy it as soon a possible as the first purchase or face doom haha

[@siahmanjoe]

@@CrypticFoxGaming I mean I play on frantic and I still haven't bought it.

[@CrypticFoxGaming]

@@siahmanjoe really? have you had the meteor shower? Keeping up with the fires while also learning new puzzles to solve is a challenge haha

[@ladylu2229]

Good game but the ship catching on fire in the middle of the repair puzzles was insane to deal with.

[@CrypticFoxGaming]

yeah that was just nuts lol. There's a shield you can buy to protect the ship from that happening, but until you run into it I don't think you realize how important it is haha

[@jero37]

Not to mention trying to learn the most complex puzzle and not reading the pages because feeling rushed. Benefit of the doubt on that being why he didn't carefully read through. It would be nice if the VR one was clear that yes you're done if the status light is NOT red.

[@CrypticFoxGaming]

@@jero37 Yeah I figured the VR out offline, and got the AI thing sorted out in the most recent stream haha. I worry on stream about spending too long just reading a lot of text. Not the most engaging content :)

[@CylerH]

Picked this game up yesterday morning, when I finally put it down, the sun was also down. Loving every second of it. Fired up in frantic mode right off the get-go. I’ll switch to the relaxed mode to explore the endings once I can finally complete a run… maybe. Even the surprise challenges are fun, if a bit stressful. “Oh, hi there. My ship is gonna explode. Good luck!” (Then doesn’t tip because they showed up grumpy; bloody cheapskate)

[@CrypticFoxGaming]

lol yeah I really like it. The twisted sense of humor is great too :)

[@CylerH]

@ If this was a show I’d watch it for sure. Until then, guess I’ll watch someone else play it when I’m chilling lol.

[@CrypticFoxGaming]

@@CylerH

[@Niinansen]

I played this for the first time in the „time“ gamemode and I got destroyed so bad. Got killed 3x before I could pay the first rent 😂

[@CrypticFoxGaming]

I totally believe it lmao. That's why I started with the other mode until I learn the game haha

[@Old_School_293]

Are you going to play this again, Fox? I’m thinking about buying it.

[@CrypticFoxGaming]

I'm inclined to. Fun game, even if that AI thing frustrated me haha.

[@MageSkeleton]

1:43:08 i was enjoying this up to this point. This is a really cool game, i don't know why the developer thought it needed a "game" inside the game.

[@CrypticFoxGaming]

Beats me. Once I figured it out it wasn't too bad, but trying to figure out hte first time was definitely awkward lol

[@pandaphil]

Starts out fun but they ramp the difficulty up way too fast.

[@CrypticFoxGaming]

@@pandaphil roguelite challenge for sure haha

[@RedGreenLeft]

First glance it reminds me of Donut Country

[@CrypticFoxGaming]

Oh I never tried Donut Country. Similar kind of wacky humor?

[@RedGreenLeft]

@ pretty much, you’re a raccoon in charge of remote controlled hole trying to make everything fall in

[@The_Mongoose]

The AI and VR were painful to witness

[@CrypticFoxGaming]

lol I know how they work now, but going in blind and trying to puzzle it out under pressure were a bit of a challenge

[@The_Mongoose]

@@CrypticFoxGaming You are a calmer man than me. I would have had to take a break if I struggled that much.