I’m planning on releasing RimWorld into Steam Early Access this summer.Steam release will also be the release of Alpha 14, which will be very content-rich and have at least one major new system.

The current tentative release month is July (though this could be delayed if something unforeseen happens). I considered pushing it sooner, but I want to have time to make Alpha 14 really juicy for you, and to pump up a bit of hype. June is also a bit crowded.

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• Factions
• Social relationships
• Personality traits
• Raider sieges
• Various biomes
• Medical system (long-lasting wounds, blindness, doctors, medicine, surgery, organ harvesting)
• Prosthetics (wooden legs to bionic eyes)
• Diseases (flu, plague, malaria, etc.)
• Temperature and seasons (snowfall during winter, heatstroke, weather-appropriate clothing, etc.)
• Habits and interests (artists, sculpting, skygazing, mediation, chess, etc.)
• Aging (cataracts, gray hair, etc.)
• Animal taming
• Ancient artifacts, cryopods
• Storms and seasonal events (lightning storms, toxic fallout, volcanic eruptions, etc.)
• Psychic powers, weapons, armor, traps, defenses
• Dynamic ecosystem (predators, prey, spreading insect hives)
• Economy (space-traveling traders, ground caravans, etc.)
• Mining, farming, trading

The big feature is the scenario system. The classic RimWorld experience is to survive with three crash-landed passengers – but the game isn’t limited to this any more. Now you can customize, trade, and randomize different scenarios. In each one, the starting conditions, items, characters, research, and persistent game rules are different.

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ZombieSupaStar said:

this is becoming more and more space dwarf fortress, but with an actual ui.

yay!

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DouglasteR said:

Rimworld is what you need.

Deep, ultra fracking deep, complex and BRUUUUUTAL.

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More_Badass said:

Yup, easily shaping up to be the Dwarf Fortress for sci-fi fans

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saunderez said:

Yeah Rimworld is probably the closest thing to Dwarf Fortress I've seen. Definitely more accessible.

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r1chard said:

I've played every second release of this game until recently where I've played both the recent releases and this latest one improves the (already amazing) game so much it's well worth it. I've lost two whole days to it so far, with one colony that crashed and burned (well, got dragged off unconscious to be slaves for some pirates) and another that's doing a pretty amazing job of limping along, even with blights, alien ship crashes, various family members fleeing pirates for the safety (ha!) of my colony, and so on. The combination of all the factors in the game combine to some pretty amazing stories, and it still has that incredible "just one more day" pull.

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TissueBox said:

Wow, can't believe I've only just really heard of this. If it could really match Dwarf Fortress in scope and open-ended progression then count me in.

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Colonist family and social relationship system / Social relationships with friends, rivals, family, chats, arguments, and fights
Opinion system; pawns care about dozens of memories and situations to determine their opinions of each other
Family members out to cousins and beyond
Lovers, fiancees, marriages, ex-lovers, ex-spouses
Lovin’
People may get in social fights with those they dislike (even neutrals and enemies do this)
Animal bonding

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Aselith said:

Looks quite cool

Any idea on price yet?

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