Colonies

I don't think they do that inside the greenhouse though

 

THAT's the question though.

 

@The Squid
It's exactly a month now since you've posted ONE pic of your colony.
How is it going? Any expansion, modifications so far? Even a new one started from scratch?

See, I am losing interest in posting here being the only one showing the progress of his "colony".

 

Well, it did expand, but it didn't look that great. And all all of my characters were wiped with the stable update, so I guess you could say my colony died. But I did build another one.

I'm still working on it, and this time, I will post more than just two pictures.

 

Sounds good. We all started somewhere. Getting the hang of room width and height to make sure the rooms don't look too crammed after placing furniture and decorating, etc.

Then comes the different width and height of doors: verticals taking 1 or 2 blocks horizontal, horizontals taking 1 or 2 vertical, all that jazz.

With building comes experience.

 

I started a colony on a barren planet. It's nothing grandiose, I'm mostly using it as a building sketchpad and to get a feel for colonization. Here's a few pics of what I have so far:

 

Don't forget coconut milk and coffee.

 

1. To find "your" style or to test out a new style is never a bad idea.
2. You obviously love the paint tool.
3. I like the one I quoted the most. Especially the idea with the outhouse has a lot going for it.
...and yes, fiddling around with the "colony-system" can be a real pain. And this not just sometimes. That the "RNG" (Chucklefish's responsible template) obviously prefers totally ugly skin colors for random tenants most of the time doesn't make it funnier.

I already started to hate that I have to place a deed over a dozen times nearly everytime to get someone acceptable looking. And I am not talking about race. For example Humans or Apex with purple colored skin are not acceptable for me. Hylotl and Florans also have a very ugly color-palette to chose from.

But enough of the ranting. You're doing good with trying out different styles.

 

Wow, that looks awesome My colony is tiny compared to it xD

Coffee as a liquid was removed from the game : P

 

Wait, WHAT? I didn't even know that happened.. Now all of my coffee farming was for nothing..

 

Yeah I'm on stable/vanilla and no mods (except zooms) and I haven't come across any coconut milk or coffee. But maybe they would belong in the "luxury" section on my planet anyway, you know? Like, maybe I would keep them in an ice-themed room, instead of out in the open under the bridge there, tee hee.

 

You can get coconut milk by throwing coconuts! I usually build a little container with background walls and throw the coconuts in there to get it xD

 

Yeah it kinda sucks. I had a big coffee vat under one of my character's houses.. I'd swim in it when bored.

 

I never put on any very low-tier planet, mid- and high-tier planets only.

 

Human house/cottage with several residents

Also would like to note entirely made in survival, all items are legit

 

What do you have to make sure of to have more then one tenant in a building?

 

The rooms have to be seperated by blocks and doors

 

You can have 1 tenant per room. Rooms are any area completely enclosed by blocks/doors (they need atleast 1 door)

 

Ah! Thanks guys.

 

My base, going from top left to top right, down then bottom right then to bottom left. The last pic is of what I consider to be the center of my colony, Epsilon. I'm sorry if this post is big, and I might post some updates. Also if you want me to I'll post the entire giant eyeball fleshy tower.