First Pixel Farm Design

Hello guys,

Yesterday I had this crazy idea and I decided to test it. It turned out really good so I decided to make a tutorial on it and also show some numbers. The advantage of this system is that it's cheap and easy to make right at the beginning of the game on sector Alpha.

You guys probably know more about the game than I do, so if you have something to add, please be nice. Here's the video:


Since it's a work in progress, New ideas on how to improve it are welcome. Thanks

-- Cass

 

You should add background blocks behind your upper floor so you can rebuild it without starting at the edge of the breaks

 

Can you plant trees on the dirt to prevent it from breaking?

 

Probably, that's a good idea

 

It's way easier to just explore and you will make a lot more than this.

 

It's related to they way you play. You probably like to explore a lot, so it's better for you. I don't! I prefer building huge structures and not moving around that much, and that is better for me.

OMG! This idea is genious! I hope it works! I will test it as soon as I get back home.

 

I went ahead and tested the tree thing, they just break the trees and then the ground. I tried tougher materials like metal blocks but they just tear through them as well.

 

I thought they would break natural trees but not the ones planted by players...

 

It's a good idea, though not as effective as other methods like mining/refining or killing everything as you traverse the surface of a planet.

 

It's an interesting idea.

Could you use that to 'farm' bosses for drops and semi-afk it whilst Pixel farming? For example using 2-4 UFO's to nuke a robot or something?

I know it wouldn't be optimal (kiling it yourself would be faster) but could be interesting as somethingt o look into as the new sector bosses start to show up.

 

If you have access to higher level sectors it's worth walking around and killing monsters. But this is a first idea. If we find a way to either prevent spaceships from moving or something to create blocks (like cobblestone generators in minecraft) it could be even AFK-able.

 

I'm thinking of using spawn-able guards to improve it. Work in progress still.