Set smaller goals you can start and actually finish to make progress in Satisfactory.

[@CraigPaschang]

13:36 that’s so helpful! I was really struggling to line up my beams, I haven’t used them before.

[@BEDplaysGAMES]

Awesome! I'm happy to help. I felt silly going so slow and talking through my thought process. But I'm happy it worked in the end.

[@marcbennett9232]

Very nice episode! The segments are a great idea! Went well. This would be great for sat plus too when you get back to it

[@BEDplaysGAMES]

Thank you! Seems like everybody liked me more focused. I think the first experiment went well and everyone liked it. I'll try to keep it going and find a great balance to organic growth, plans, and comedy. I loved it, too. By the way. I liked feeling focused and getting things done. It felt nice.

[@marcbennett9232]

@@BEDplaysGAMES yep I agree. it always feels nice to accomplish something

[@FullOfLethons]

Segments are good! It's all good as long as you're having fun, really, but breaking it into segments seems to help with that. I like the hexagons, it's a nice theme and looks sharp.

[@BEDplaysGAMES]

Thanks! I'm still tweaking the format. I'm not thinking segments either, but using the todo list to remember to go back to things, allowing myself to bounce around to keep my brain stimulated. It's been so much MORE fun.

[@tehNashty]

My wife said you made me blush! That was a feat on it's own! Love the new Ħ€%ÅĞØŇȘ ™makergaming2022 Blueprinting them was a great idea! This was my favorite episode, despite the call out! It had a great flow! You have the right idea, catch a small goal, film it, Bob's your uncle!

[@BEDplaysGAMES]

ha! I love it. Thank you for the feedback. I feel pretty good about this structure, so I'm glad it resonated with you.

[@benjaminburt4285]

I stumbled across your lets play from your shorts, and youve inspired me to mess around with blueprints for the first time! Im in the dune desert and i have some really pretty (saturated) white concrete covered conveyor buses bringing the ore across the dunes to my factory. It looks so much nicer than the sprawling conveyor belts i always did before.

[@BEDplaysGAMES]

Awesome! I love that! In the next episode or 2 I'm going to introduce something I've been super excited to work on, the gist is just a simple but (I think) AWESOME way to manage belts. I can't wait for next week. I'm super busy for the next few days with my real life. I can't wait to get back to dedicating brain power to Satisfactory. Thanks for taking the time to comment, you're the first to mention arriving at my Let's Play videos through the shorts, so I'm glad you're out there. SHORTS vs long form videos are completely different things. I'm glad I've expanded to SHORTS through, because they do really well for the tutorial videos I wanted to make. And they get so many views that I can make what I WANT to make (the let's play, slow, chill videos) and I don't care if they're slow and boring (but what I want to make) because I love it so much, so it balances out. I'm just so happy, and I appreciate you commenting. Have a wonderful weekend!

[@fromscratchgaming]

Wow thanks for the shout out dude!

[@BEDplaysGAMES]

Cheers! Thank you for your video. You put into media ideas I had but didn't know how to articulate.

[@fromscratchgaming]

@@BEDplaysGAMES thanks I try my best.

[@gamerdweebentertainment1616]

Finally someone who's inventory is also a mess :) Opens Container... yeah no space for harddrive.

[@BEDplaysGAMES]

I didn't even hesitate to take the 6 inv spots instead of steel screws. I'm ALWAYS battling full inv. I do think the DD will fix this as I get used to using it. Have you embraced it and used it well?

[@gamerdweebentertainment1616]

@@BEDplaysGAMES DD?... Dimensional Depot? Right I forgot about it :) I started in desert so SAM ore sort of hidden and haven't collected alien stuff cause no room or had no use of yet. Researched but still not using... probably cause I don't have resources to build em or forgot about it. Brain is like Upgrades People Upgrades even though I don't even have a foundation or proper automation in place. Currently even feeling bad for deforestation, the places looked pretty.... new game????.... just collecting reasons to start again lul.

[@gamerdweebentertainment1616]

@@BEDplaysGAMES currently even thinking if I can stop producing stuff automatically and then resources would go to other use case.

[@BrianJensen-ym5gk]

Thanks for the video. Wow, this segment trial went really well. The flow of the video seemed to work a lot better, than some of your "free-flow" videos of late. Goals were set and met, and it seems you still have the "chance" to let your imagination rip and make a lot of dang cool designs. I like it, a lot. How was the work process for you? Better, needs some getting used to, or cramping your style? Looking forward to the next video. Take care and have a great weekend.

[@tehNashty]

I completely concur! I like the idea of grabbing a hard drive on camera per episode! Maybe a sphere or sloop in addition, or in place of... Especially if there is danger involved!

[@BEDplaysGAMES]

It was great. I felt focused and was happy to want to accomplish a goal and then be done with it. I'm not sure it'll work for every episode...if I don't know what I want to build going into an episode I'll still be listless, but I think when it's clear what needs to be done it'll make the episodes flow better...So...kinda all three answers. It was better. I need to get used to it. And it cramped my style. That being said, I don't think the "style" it cramped was every what made it into videos. It felt intrusive, but I think it only interrupted parts that I'd have cut out of the final product anyway. So in that respect it was a real winner. I've committed to trying the next episode in the same format, and we'll see how it works when I have a large project (coal power, in this instance). I'm excited. I'm happy.

[@BEDplaysGAMES]

I love this! My only issue is not wanting to use the maps out there to find the stuff (like mercer spheres) organically. I do think breaking the hunts up per episode is way more doable than doing a huge hunt to finish it all in one go.

[@miragegaming984]

This. I don't know if I'll actually watch your video yet but this is finally how I finished phase 4 after my 3rd attempt. I made a MASSEIVE heavy modular frame factory in my 2nd playthrough using no alt recipes. it took ~20gw of power and was 3 full factories to make 10/minute and took me ~200 hours to build due to being paralyzed by having to much to do and not knowing what to do.

[@BEDplaysGAMES]

I've been playing this game for nearly 5 full years. I have thousands and thousands of hours played...and back before I used to try to make content for KZbin I would get so overwhelmed and like you said, paralyzed. So what did I do?! I restarted. I love the game, for sure, but once things get so complex...I didn't have the mental tools, resources and support to keep going. So...since I loved the game I wanted to keep playing, but once I got to the point I didn't know what to do...what do you do? If I restart I know how to play the early game. So that's what I did. I think that's why I love starting new saves and doing all the basic early stuff. Even collecting biomass and stuff, it's just sorta therapeutic. Calming. Comforting. I know what to do. I'm playing my favorite game and there's no anxiety. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy I've overcome that feeling that I MUST restart, through content creation and identifying my ADHD head on...when I started creating content I didn't KNOW I had ADHD, that's a recent discovery. And I have pressure and anxiety to keep going, but knowing what I know now, I'm eager to try to figure it out. It sounds like you've found something that works to keep you going and I love that for you. Conquer what you're working on and the come tell me about it. I'd love to hear the stories. Cheers! Bed

[@ConflictZv]

I'm currently struggling in my own 1.0 playthrough. I've unlocked everything through tier 6, but haven't built a single permanent factory. I now want to transition into later game tech but I need to build an actual base that's making components, and I can't really decide, logistically, the best way to go about this. I guess I'm stuck in "analysis paralysis". Do you mind if I joined your discord?

[@BEDplaysGAMES]

Join us! When you’re with us, you’re not alone!

[@deejeh9494]

​@stupich5868 check out the satisfactory calculator. There's a setting that switches between simple view (just processing machinery) and realistic view (mergers, splitters and numbers) It's daunting at first but spread out the connections into groups and work in sections.

[@delroyclarke1989]

Would love to join also

[@delroyclarke1989]

Love your episode, keep it up, if you need help building let me know 😊

[@BEDplaysGAMES]

Thank you! I will, I'll reach out.

[@makergaming2022]

I like the segments.

[@BEDplaysGAMES]

Thanks!

[@FeroSeele]

Long post, sorry for that, but I hope it helps. Personally, I'm someone who enjoys long format videos. So to me, the listlessness and ADHD brain running around everywhere is right up my alley to a degree. I understand how some can get quite frustrated when they see something get started and not finished or when the brain is zooming 1000mph and you end up overlooking something a dozen times. (You didn't actually do that, it's just an example.) I'd much rather the free form videos that show your brain working in it's unique way and lets me throw a video up in the background and just let it rip for 40min at a time. The thing I would say is to try and focus on learning to be happy with yourself first and foremost. This can be a mix of "let the chaos free" and also "Rules/lists help productivity". I don't think that you should be actively fighting your nature but at the same time, I understand how complete chaos can be quite destructive to the work flow and content quality. So I think there is a happy-medium to be struck but I think this vid might've been leaning just a bit too much into the edited side of things for me. I'm here to watch you play the game, not win the game, if that makes sense. I want to see your deductive reasonings, your successes, your failures, and everything in between. This feels like you're stressing about your ADHD and trying to compensate or fix it with editing. End of the day, be it long format ADHD brain vids or listed, edited, and cleaned up vids. What matters most is that you figure out what makes you happy as a person and not necessarily what appeases your fanbase. People will always come and subscribe. You have to cater to what makes this process bearable for you long term so that you enjoy the production process. Don't worry about what's boring or exciting. Focus on what you find enjoyable and rewarding. P.S. As a bit of advice someone who also has ADHD. Consider having your background music actually quietly playing while you're playing the game and talking, rather than editing it in post. Music can often help ADHD nuts, like us, focus on their goals. In a way, drowning out the chaos with something that has flow and structure but still allows creativity to groove away with it.

[@BEDplaysGAMES]

Thanks for taking the time to write out such a kind and thoughtful post. I really value the feedback and will take to heart everything you've said. And I'll keep trying to find the right balance between the chaos and productivity. That was nicely put. That's part of why I chose this mentality for playing 1.0 (I mean the forgiving myself and not being super rigid with any rules). Often times I get boxed in by my own rules I place to help me be productive, and then I get frustrated by them. So it's no problem to snap back to longer form, less edits, more natural play. Basically, I can do whatever I want, and whatever people request, and at the end of the day, that's ok! It may take a few (or a dozen) more videos to find the right balance, but I'm confident there's a happy medium out there. My goal is to show all the things you mentioned, the reasoning and rationale, successes, failures. I think that these parts are the heart and soul of a Let's Play series. I'll have to continue to cut out dead air and super repetitive tasks, but let me know if you think it's still too edited in the episodes to come. I DID like trying to be small goal oriented just so I focus enough to get things like modular frames automated. Maybe some general notes on the todo list will be enough to keep me on track but less...force everything to get done in a 3 minute segment. Another format I've considered and would like to try in the coming weeks would be to live stream me playing and filming the let's play style videos. So those that want the super longform stuff can have my entire unedited session, and those that want me to cut out running back and forth for missing items can get their videos, too. I don't have the answer, but I'll keep trying. And I AM having fun. Despite all the worrying and stressing over the ADHD and the...40 hours of gameplay with almost nothing done...those 40 hours have been a blast. Thanks again! I look forward to hearing from you again soon.

[@FeroSeele]

@@BEDplaysGAMES Definitely think I'd like to see the long format streams and then clipping them up in to smaller vids n such for the regular stuff. I'd say just keep a playlist of the livestreams or something so that nerds like myself can go binge hours of content xD. I mostly love having calm entertaining content like that running on the second screen while doing work from home, so those would work perfect. I do hope you find your balance on them though :p been learning a lot from your vids!

[@skibbydibby8346]

First! Love your vids bed! I also have ADHD and setting small goals helps me get lots of things done. Keep up the good work!

[@farty90]

Dear Lord, what a sad little life, @skibbydibby8346. You ruined my night, completely, so you could have the money, but I hope now you spend it on getting some lessons in grace and decorum because you have all the grace of a reversing dump truck without any tyres on.”

[@BEDplaysGAMES]

Thanks! It worked surprisingly well. Just thinking about what I wanted to do before turning the recording on kept my sorta on track. I kept saying camera but I meant screen capture! I think this game attracts ADHDers a lot, there are so many people that reach out to tell me they're battling it as well.

[@JourneyofOne971]

I also use the note section quite a bit to keep track of projects. Edit: blueprints are like a 3D printer in the game, but what if you had a LEGO 3D printer and could pop out your own pieces? Fun times

[@BEDplaysGAMES]

I do have a resin 3D printer, I should spend more time learning blender. I wonder if I could print the models from SF on my printer... Good idea about the notes section. I TRY to use it more, but I fail to do it.

[@aaavellone]

Taking notes is BIG

[@makeandbreakgames1791]

​@@BEDplaysGAMESyou can, just rioping the assets from the game files is a pain

[@Burningskull-xh1ir]

I find it crazy that you build structures like this and only on the second elevator part while I’ve finished the whole game and only got a couple of compacted but full working factory but only a quarter of the size of your cool base

[@BEDplaysGAMES]

It is crazy! I'm going weirdly slow, but that's by design. I've been playing this game religiously for 5 full years. This is my one chance to experience the whole final product for the first time again. And since I've been making videos on the game for years and years I know that with my ADHD I'll rush and hand craft things to unlock milestones and rush ahead, but then not have the infrastructure to maintain that. I want to go each step of the way putting out my best factory possible, so I don't finish the game with no completed builds. So yeah! It is crazy, but on purpose because otherwise I know I can ruin the whole play...because I've done that 25 times. Thanks for commenting!

[@CookingWithJackDaniels]

Does anyone know what causes the sound at 10:17? I have been playing in 1.0 for the last 2 weeks and have no clue what causes it.

[@BEDplaysGAMES]

I asked in the episode before this one. Commenters replied that it’s a known bug. Something like the geyser sounds being too loud and all over the place.

[@CookingWithJackDaniels]

@@BEDplaysGAMES I always get it next to this particular pillar near my base. I looked all around, up and down the thing to see what was going on. It’s super annoying and I always think it’s a spitter that glitched into my base haha

[@aaavellone]

I've been meaning to ask, what do you think of the dimensional depot vs the faxit system in SF+?

[@BEDplaysGAMES]

I love love love LOVE the dimensional depot (DD) compared to faxit. First off, hats off the KMods team to conceive of this idea that made it into the vanilla base game. Right? Like surely they spawned the idea in the devs? Do you think? I think so. And I talk about this a lot in my latest SF+ playthrough, but FAXIT removes the needs for tractors, trucks, trains, drones because of the way you can teleport the items to building machines. It made everything so easy I didn't love it at the end. I LOVED what it did for your inventory management. And...that's what the DD does, right? It gets rid of the tedium for managing a central storage for building factories, but you have to actually move all the goods. So the DD system takes all the BEST parts of faxit and removes the option for all the parts of faxit that make the game TOO easy. It's the best of all worlds all the time. So I love it a lot. I'm eager and excited to see what KMODS does with SF+ when incorporating DD. I fear the most basic answer is remove it for FAXIT, but the DD is so well implemented I think that'd be a mistake. I think they should embrace it and create something else new and amazing. I know they can do it.

[@aaavellone]

@@BEDplaysGAMES Agreed. KMods did an amazing job but I always thought that the tree was too demanding. I didn't really unlock most of it until tier 7 or so. The only real thing I used was the personal teleporter as I was jumping to mega factories on opposite corners of the map all the time at the end game. Saving 3-10 min to get there really added up. I didn't use the item transfers as much because I had trucks and trains already set up. The DD does a great job at giving you a lot of freedom but limiting it so it's not too OP. I was chatting with some other players the other day and they reminded me about Advanced Game Settings. Being able to get hundreds of Sloops and Spheres instantly (or any other item that isn't concrete) seems like dev approved cheating imo. I forgot that AGS was even there. I've been playing since update 4 and think I've only used it once. Got to tier4 in no time, lolz.

[@atimholt]

Is it an aesthetic choice to not use 4 meter half foundations in the blueprint for the hexagon?

[@BEDplaysGAMES]

I didn't even think about it, so it wasn't really a conscious choice. I just pulled it up and looked and do prefer the 1m compared to the 4m, though, so I think I would have made the same choice.

[@farty90]

❤

[@BEDplaysGAMES]

Thanks, Farty!

[@efficiencyvi8369]

Can you please put the episodes in the order they are published or at least give them numbers? I really like your videos but it's impossible to use your lets play playlist.

[@BEDplaysGAMES]

Done! I don't know why they keep getting unsorted. You're the second person to let me know, and I fixed it after the first person told me! I hope this time it keeps.

[@efficiencyvi8369]

@@BEDplaysGAMES Thank you