Flotsam (2021) - Open World Post Apocalyptic Colony Builder

[@gekkobear2]

♪ When you swim in the sea. And an eel bites your knee? That's a Moray. ♫

[@vivdlyvague6627]

Immediately sang this

[@LordZoth6292]

>uses almost all of the energy to move to a new spot for plastic. >two heaps of plastic already in your zone of influence. Classic SplatterCat.

[@seankane9508]

I was also wondering why he didn't check the upgrade ability on the wood drying racks. He said "well, I guess there's nothing I can do about it" and I went "maybe the upgrade adds racks". I do enjoy watching his vids though.

[@button9]

so you missed the part where he said "I need to find a spot to fish and get plastic"

[@DuoMaxwellDS]

I had high hope for the game but upon buying I realize there is hardly any content in the game. You can pretty much got everything in less than 4 hours of playing. I'd recommend wait until the game has more substance update.

[@RichardPhillips1066]

I can backup what your saying I've been through the reviews

[@irkanorphyn]

That was my experience also

[@Jaymiecain1]

It's been over 2 years. I have my doubts that this will ever have much depth.

[@nex7886]

I've gone through this, too. I was never more disappointed of a game that was not made by blizzard.

[@belldrop7365]

That's one of the things you can get from the Early Access Lootbox, yes. Better luck next time.

[@nightbirdgames]

I'd love to see a weather system implemented. Like storms and rain. It would create lots of waves and maybe wash away supplies. Would make the ocean darker for cool thematic looks. Fog could recover the area and make it harder to look for supplies. Also, some threats like pirates and mutated sharks that could eat your workers who are swimming for supplies. Would give us a noise cue to show us that the shark is coming, so you get a little of time. The workers on the ship could have a scream and point animation when the shark shows up lol.

[@david2869]

You could also have storms move new resources on the map and provide fresh water.

[@nightbirdgames]

@@david2869 yeah, that'd be awesome. Don't know why it wasn't already an idea for them on the get go.

[@ezzz6021]

​@@nightbirdgames i guess the coding will be hard or they don't have enough people.

[@idontwantahandlethough]

I really don't think they're going to do anything of the sort. They've made minimal progress in the past 2 years, and honestly water physics can be a huge pain in the ass, I just can't see that happening but I hope it does, that's a really neat idea!

[@hittman782]

I came here for the games, learned about wood curing... Thanks Cat that splatters :)

[@timh.7169]

The artstyle really reminds me of Deponia

[@Deathven1482]

The demand for wood has been insane the past year and it’s finally coming down cause the supply is finally coming back online. I wouldn’t be surprised if the wood delivered to the Home Depot was like that when it got there cause of demand. It’s kinda sad cause we’ve been having all sorts of problems with all our suppliers recently…

[@Dosbomber]

So you're saying it's no longer $8 for an 8 foot 2x4? :P

[@waldronhohman5127]

As soon as lumber suppliers saw a spike in demand with people being in lockdown and needing wood for at home projects they created a false scarcity and slowed their shipments so they could jack the prices up over 500% or higher in many places. It is insane.

[@J.B.1982]

Looks great. Style, concept, animations, sounds (when you click on that wire pole!). Still needs more but heck, look at End Zone. This is what it’s all about. A dedicated team that slowly builds.

[@CatFish107]

6:30 To see a whale clip straight through the base of the first island. Nice

[@R3V1ZION]

What a great idea for a game! I've wanted to see something like this for a while

[@gymbagger]

Frostpunk since 2018

[@calebcarpenter9490]

Splattercat is the Indiana Jones of indie games ❤️

[@winniebishh7465]

Indi of Indie?

[@brigandboy1425]

26:18 Sad Carebear Face Alert. That downright startled me.

[@ryleyboyce3498]

From like 9:00 or something the random tangent to like real world wood prices and how your dad complains about it and then the casual "alrighty back to the game" had me dying😂😂 like normally you dont just randomly get a glimpse of like a youtubers life, it felt personal and I actually enjoyed it😂 it was like listen to a story of someone you just met, the casual transition back killed me though☠️ snapped me right back to the reality of the video im watching

[@ryleyboyce3498]

And listening to it again, like the length of you basically saying he complains alot about timber prices😂😂😂 im subscribing

[@gandalf2447]

6:20 I love how he just soldiers past the demonic hell whale

[@fikrierdogan8525]

Splatter if you press the saw icon in the lower right you can set production limits for all the thing you can currently produce. you can set all production limits on one page rather than in every recipe like rimworld

[@Valientes4life]

Great thing about these games is the nerds now know how to lead the way in the event of a apocalyptic character

[@MrWillipea]

Random interesting fact. A car alternator would not work well for a power generator unless you already have a supply of some voltage. As they have no fixed magnet and use a coil to generate an opposing field, without any starting current it is just metal coils effortlessly sliding past eachother, generating almost zero volts. So while not impossible to use, they require a complex wiring setup and most likely a bypass of the onboard PCB that most modern ones come with, plus some existing power to get started.

[@zordor0]

you can set the limits produced items by clicking the saw icon on the lower right side and you cans stop the raw fish from going to the storage first by selecting the storage and removing those from the filter list

[@DamsdelDrennon]

It's good to see the path this game has taken, I agree with what you said on how it is more relaxed and manageable now than it was before. I think it suits it better, even if I'm not against more difficulty and managerial challenges, later on.

[@stevenjones22]

14:42 I really needed that in my life right now.

[@sonofabippi]

I ended up watching this by accident, but I swore I was listening to someone talk into their CB in the night ala Jack Burton in Big Trouble in Little China. Subscribed.

[@Bums001]

Looks like a really good game! Been playing a lot of your recommendations lately. Thanks!

[@thehearingaid]

always thought waterworld would make a great premise for a game :D glad to see flotsam progressing nicely.

[@JackDiederich]

You can limit the number of resources in the inventory screen. Auto tasks will stop when you hit the limit number in your storages.

[@bonthebum]

It's that saw icon on the bottom right.

[@HidForHG]

@@bonthebum It really needs to be tied INTO the production screens, or at least jumps you over to the screen with it.

[@adkinskendall90]

I'm still waiting for this game to add threats other than just survival. I enjoyed it for a bit but definitely hit a point where I had a surplus of everything and was never going to 'die'

[@paulschumacher4308]

The old videos scared me away from this game due to the difficulty but now it looks a lot more fun!

[@ydarkage]

Come on man, don't say ramshackle! My entire country is build like this!! hahaha

[@Zzinged]

Considerate Splat: ill build your beds away from industry so it's quiet! Tyrant Splat: But you gotta deal with drying fish stink instead!!

[@mattihol726]

I adore the title of that game xD

[@bustal2]

Busted teeth and ramshackle really got me here 😁

[@invntiv]

Wow the UI and visual style are really fantastic!

[@jlaw131985]

Wood has to have time to adjust to the environment it is in. It could be that the store was in a dry area, and it was much more humid and/or hot where the fence was put up.

[@tannerbrunk8901]

Splat you are the only KZbinr i can watch on a bad day and you still make me slip out a laugh

[@taylormunson3605]

I enjoyed the discussion about wood.

[@MrDeothor]

I remember trying this game out after watching your vid. It was rough and tough. I heavily disliked being under timer all the time, or how water processing required almost all of your starting time, because if you started destilling water bit later, you lost. NPCs also ignored crucial tasks over anything else, which was driving me mad. One even decided drinking water is overrated and just died of dehydration. Overall the game had quite narrow way of playing, which was limited to "do exactly those steps in that order to win". It didn't feel sandboxy at all, but rather a narrow canyon of freedom of choice in the sandbox. If that makes any sense. edit: i also made a thread about this, but got pretty much bashed away with 'git gut. gaem purrfect xd'

[@samwell9261]

Anybody else notice the whale going STRAIGHT THROUGH THE ISLAND

[@Dave.A.Hill.]

lol as soon as you said "Catwalk" my mind started playing Right Said Fred. And then a minute later, you caught up. ;)

[@Dosbomber]

Great, now it's in my head too... damn you. (kidding... sorta)

[@miodragradosavljevic1009]

6:30 whale goes through the island

[@BlackPhantom08]

Wood prices was all my dad could talk about this summer as well.

[@trhsummers]

Also Home Dumpster is definitely not a place to buy lumber if you know what you're doing. It's for the DIY'er and not for commercial folks.

[@LordAikido]

Thanks for the review, looks like a great early access game.

[@mikey2time484]

So true about the wood rant bro..so true

[@msolomonii9825]

A whole year ago?, damn deeply depressing how time passes... I luv graphics style of this game. Good to see it progressing nicely.

[@KaleidosXXI]

"Progressing" isn't a very accurate phrase to describe this game's development, it's largely been the same thing for about 2 years. Rather than adding mechanical depth or content they just add taxes to everything, be it by splitting basic functions across multiple actions or by making actions require additional steps, everything is geared towards just making the game less streamlined to artificially inflate the gameplay loop without actually adding anything to it. There's been a few legitimate improvements, but a lot more filler.

[@BristolMatt]

Hearing your irl stories was very interesting.

[@theshadynorwegian6036]

its a very nice and colorful apocalypse

[@FlatThumb]

wow, very cool style. Love the colours!

[@awsomelady111]

Completely not game related.... but I HOWLED with laughter when you started "let me see that booty work, booty work"!!!

[@improg]

It looks like they've added quite a lot since the last time I played this. They had just added pelicans or whatever as collection workers. I'm going to have to give this one another look.

[@lasthopelost9090]

I really like the art style in this game

[@briwanderz]

this looks like it certainly could be a good game eventually.. needs to have something more added, mainly for me i'd say finding other people, some you can rescue and add to your crew, and maybe some others you can trade with or maybe (optionally) fight. being able to build your own flouting towns, but still leave the town with your boat to do other things could be great. i'm tempted to buy it just to support the development. good video, nice noticing the little details a lot of us probably would not have noticed.

[@shortstack1757]

this has been on my list for a yr now. looks great. how do you get more people? what goals are there?

[@garricksantos]

I think the reason why people feel there's a lack of content is because the developer was focused on making sure the basic game mechanics worked. And the game mechanics has evolved drastically since it was first released in alpha. As Splatty mentioned, it moved from a roguelite to an actual city builder (which is my preference). I have revisited this game at least once a year to see how much it has progressed. And it being in alpha, I believe I am getting my money's worth because the developer is always passionately working on it. As far as the lack of content, this game is still in alpha. Don't buy into an alpha if you can't curb your expectations until full release.

[@DoomedPaladin]

I'm really looking forward to the completed version of this game. Makes me wish I could wishlist it twice. I'd like to see some event elements in it too, something to break up the stress of resource management. Storms that damage or knock off parts of your "town," merchants to trade with, pirates that rob you of resources, merfolk that either help or fight you depending on your development, a red tide or jellyfish bloom that makes it dangerous to swim, "talking" dolphins and whales, etc.

[@MattWyndham]

They should add the option to remove the freaky giant whales that can swim through islands

[@AuthenticallyAlbertan]

this reminds me of the anime gargatia the concept of a floating city and water world at least

[@scottjackson8771]

Totally agree with the whole water tank, battery ui thing

[@elbonnybar]

Looks way better than before.

[@risingwolf2112]

Good gameplay, thanks for the vid.

[@SirFloofy001]

6:15 look at that whale!

[@dantles]

I like the art of this game

[@idunwantafreakinchan]

wacthing this reminds me of josh's lets game it out play of this game along long ago that was hilariarus.

[@benallan1752]

Right Said Fred reference is noted... :D

[@kkkeeeiiinnnooo]

There is a massive wood shortage. Its mostly all a result of COVID but its a huge issue effecting Canada too and I'm pretty sure wood is one of its biggest exports

[@bigred762]

he just completely ignored the whale with teeth

[@yadagunther]

they do have a system to make your guys stop working on something when you have so much of it on the bottom right the Saw icon (if I remember correctly) allows you to set limits to how much they produce of things

[@youngkhalifa664]

Yo I know this is an old game but do you know how to open the control room in the long dark?

[@darksorcerer3236]

this game reminds me of the anime Suisei no Gargantia

[@Xammblu_Games]

I really wanted a second season! 😕

[@DarrylCross]

I thought so too; kinda makes me want to go back and re-watch it.

[@darksorcerer3236]

@@Xammblu_Games so do I, the story ain't over, it would be awesome if they made a season 2

[@Fyrebrand18]

“You never had a chance to say We are safe now.” Me seeing the fuckhuge sea monster swimming close by: “No shit.”

[@Arsenov92]

Now, all we need is Kevin Costner and wr have "Waterworld".

[@mogytamas2]

Rimworld meets Kevin Costner XD I'm still laughing :D

[@norochmusic]

i just picked it up need to learn the best way to play still but love the game so far!

[@branded72.]

YOU CANN TOUCH IT YOU CAN SMELL IT< IT"S PAAAPER!

[@Zagoreni02A]

Floaqting beds, imagine sleeping and then turn to one side and splash right into water :):):)

[@stonr2keh769]

would putting storage bins near the fishing spots help with the pathing?

[@omerZauber]

It reminds me of that flying city game,but on water

[@yahuligansyahuditekings9469]

Looks better zoomed in lol looks nice 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

[@russelldavis1875]

Played this at PAX several years ago. Definitely looks a lot prettier than then.

[@Luca_Natoli]

So basically it is a game version of the movie Waterworld.

[@serdaraytemiz9978]

3 dimensonal Oxygen Not included :) Love it

[@michaelray7493]

@splat there is gating, theres a menu in the bottom right that allows you to control the item amount.

[@ozkilla7353]

Welcome back

[@thegrizzlygentleman9443]

Anyone else distracted by a big ass whale swimming right through an island at 6:20 ?

[@fredmercury1314]

Did you just casually drop in a Right Said Fred reference..?

[@haynerbass]

What are those white streaks that fly by non-stop?

[@edevans5991]

I think I'd rather sleep next to the wood driers rather than the fish racks.

[@nuruddinshah684]

I was wondering where was this game

[@AudiblePhysicsProductions]

Not bad updates, but this game still needs some work. Extremely relaxing game.

[@masonlololol]

Anyone else notice the whale creature swim through the island at like 6 mins in XD

[@RichardPhillips1066]

It's still not long enough for the price ?

[@RyanLabombaTV]

I look the color of fhe game.. Auto wishlist😍

[@YiotisTheGnome]

I like how this game is progressing a lot. Much passion id shown here. However, I have to mention, I was more a fun of the previous FTL-like over-map rather than this current one...

[@CherrieHibayainternetjunkie]

Will this be available on switch?

[@QuestioningYourSanity]

I love the look and the mechanics. How much content is there?

[@Luca_Natoli]

Not much.

[@samnayif]

6:31 Anyone else see the whale just swimming through the island

[@kristianhawk]

Wood prices have been ridiculous since last year. I feel your dad's pain.

[@rizkikurniawan3031]

cool concept

[@michaelgrassmyer736]

10:32 Funny that a streamer is saying how bad sleeping in the same place you work is... :P

[@gearandalthefirst7027]

It'd be cool if you had to balance your ship(?), or if you could add more engines to balance out the differing force from having all your weight on one side of the main engine. Bc irl I'm not sure your early base could even move because the rudder would have to be diverting the flow so far to push it through the center of mass

[@skle2300]

What's the difference between this and Raft?

[@Rantandreason]

Lumber is expensive, because the middle men in the lumber industry have been hoarding it all and artificially inflating the prices You can see videos of MASSIVE stockpiles of lumber at these lumber yards

[@winniebishh7465]

Yes, and they claim that they're just holding it because they can't sell because nobody's buying lumber. But nobody's buying because it's too expensive in the first place.

[@Rantandreason]

@@winniebishh7465 I hope they go bankrupt :)

[@ColinTimmins]

@@Rantandreason A fire would do that quite nicely... Just saying... =P