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I can see it being very fun for a certain kind of person, but I don’t think most people will get a ton of pleasure from just making your base bigger without any

I can see it being very fun for a certain kind of person, but I don’t think most people will get a ton of pleasure from just making your base bigger without any end goal

austhrow743 6y ago
I'm an "aiming to win in a fixed round" type gamer myself but I think lack of an end goal is less of an issue for more players than you think. Minecraft is huge. Animal Valley is currently all the rage. The Sims was once upon a time the shit. Farmville once (still?) dominated facebook. People love base or society building for the sake of base and society building. If anything, playing to win/end is the minority in gaming.
- andrewzah 6y ago
  > Animal Valley Do you mean Animal Crossing? Stardew Valley drew inspiration from Animal Crossing and Harvest Moon.
  - genocidicbunny 6y ago
    Sounds like Animal Crossing and Stardew Valley wires got crossed.
    - austhrow743 6y ago
      Yep. Was meaning to reference Animal Crossing specifically here.
andrewzah 6y ago
The fun comes from logistical planning as you get more dwarves and they do more sophisticated things. The !!FUN!! comes from events/creatures that can kill your dwarves and cause issues.
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opportune 6y ago
There is an endgame area you can either accidentally or intentionally enter and some players have managed to 'beat' that. It's an interesting simulation game for sure, if you enjoy sim city but want to try something a LOT deeper and more complex I think you would like it. There is also a lot of time that can be spent actually growing up to that size and managing all the various things that can happen (spoilers: raiders, kidnappers, war, were-things, vampires, forgotten beast attacks, very strong creature attacks, tantrum spirals)
Kiro 6y ago
Sandbox games, especially base-building, survival and colony sims, are immensely popular nowadays and most are open-ended with either an optional ending or no end goal at all.

I can see it being very fun for a certain kind of person, but I don’t think most people will get a ton of pleasure from just making your base bigger without any end goal

austhrow743 6y ago

I'm an "aiming to win in a fixed round" type gamer myself but I think lack of an end goal is less of an issue for more players than you think. Minecraft is huge. Animal Valley is currently all the rage. The Sims was once upon a time the shit. Farmville once (still?) dominated facebook. People love base or society building for the sake of base and society building. If anything, playing to win/end is the minority in gaming.

andrewzah 6y ago
> Animal Valley Do you mean Animal Crossing? Stardew Valley drew inspiration from Animal Crossing and Harvest Moon.
- genocidicbunny 6y ago
  Sounds like Animal Crossing and Stardew Valley wires got crossed.
  - austhrow743 6y ago
    Yep. Was meaning to reference Animal Crossing specifically here.

andrewzah 6y ago

The fun comes from logistical planning as you get more dwarves and they do more sophisticated things. The !!FUN!! comes from events/creatures that can kill your dwarves and cause issues.

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opportune 6y ago

There is an endgame area you can either accidentally or intentionally enter and some players have managed to 'beat' that. It's an interesting simulation game for sure, if you enjoy sim city but want to try something a LOT deeper and more complex I think you would like it. There is also a lot of time that can be spent actually growing up to that size and managing all the various things that can happen (spoilers: raiders, kidnappers, war, were-things, vampires, forgotten beast attacks, very strong creature attacks, tantrum spirals)

Kiro 6y ago

Sandbox games, especially base-building, survival and colony sims, are immensely popular nowadays and most are open-ended with either an optional ending or no end goal at all.