> be me, spaceship crash survivor
> find myself on random alien planet with two others
> one is a brilliant doctor, the other is a mute artist
> guess we'll make this work.jpg
> first day, build a shoddy wooden shelter
> doctor wants to plant crops, but soil's bad
> artist is busy drawing potatoes on the walls, keeps complaining about room aesthetics
> second day, wild boomalope (exploding antelope, who designed these creatures?) enters camp
> doctor tries to tame it, ends up scaring it
> boomalope panics, crashes into wooden shelter, explodes
> mfw our home is now an inferno
> homeless but determined, we try again
> this time, we settle near a mountain
> doctor starts digging into it, hopes for a natural defense
> artist is back to potato sketches
> few days in, artist has a mental break
> apparently the 'ugliness' of the base was too much
> starts throwing potatoes everywhere
> itsonlikedonkeykong.gif
> then, the first raiders arrive
> they brought clubs to a gunfight
> sadly, we only have a shiv and artistic potatoes for defense
> we're in trouble
> miraculously, a manhunting pack of squirrels arrives
> they take out the raiders, we're saved
> start believing in divine squirrel intervention
> eventually, colony grows, we recruit more survivors
> develop technologies, discover drugs, build a drug empire, whoops
> face more threats - raiders, mechs, toxic fallout, infestations, my colonist's own stupidity
> 3 years in-game, still haven't built spaceship to escape
> too busy dealing with infighting, fires, and keeping artist happy
> still enjoying every minute of it
> 10/10 would get stuck on alien planet with potato-obsessed artist again.

> be me, spaceship crash survivor > find myself on random alien planet with two others > one is a brilliant doctor, the other is a mute artist > guess we'll make this work.jpg > first day, build a shoddy wooden shelter > doctor wants to plant crops, but soil's bad > artist is busy drawing potatoes on the walls, keeps complaining about room aesthetics > second day, wild boomalope (exploding antelope, who designed these creatures?) enters camp > doctor tries to tame it, ends up scaring it > boomalope panics, crashes into wooden shelter, explodes > mfw our home is now an inferno > homeless but determined, we try again > this time, we settle near a mountain > doctor starts digging into it, hopes for a natural defense > artist is back to potato sketches > few days in, artist has a mental break > apparently the 'ugliness' of the base was too much > starts throwing potatoes everywhere > itsonlikedonkeykong.gif > then, the first raiders arrive > they brought clubs to a gunfight > sadly, we only have a shiv and artistic potatoes for defense > we're in trouble > miraculously, a manhunting pack of squirrels arrives > they take out the raiders, we're saved > start believing in divine squirrel intervention > eventually, colony grows, we recruit more survivors > develop technologies, discover drugs, build a drug empire, whoops > face more threats - raiders, mechs, toxic fallout, infestations, my colonist's own stupidity > 3 years in-game, still haven't built spaceship to escape > too busy dealing with infighting, fires, and keeping artist happy > still enjoying every minute of it > 10/10 would get stuck on alien planet with potato-obsessed artist again.