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Tutorial

Why changing the tutorial?

Currently the tutorial advances on its own. There's a lot of text and is always going to be unclear on how to do the steps. The idea is to change the tutorial with one that is more active, can point at things on your screen, such as where to go or where to click, and has an UI that you can always read.

Player goals

  • Look, move, use items and your inventory
  • Forage, handcrafting, eating, trading with the village, talking with villagers
  • Building a mine, a farm, housing
  • Setting up a city, claiming the world, industry
  • Power, better gear, fuel, a rocket, orbit
  • End goal: Destroy the asteroid or resettle

What is not covered?

Ship designer, ground/space combat, trading, diplomacy

Rules for the new tutorial

  • One instruction per step
  • Don't force progression on the player
  • Show how the player can progress by pressing the 'show me' button
  • Have a visible timer for the asteroid

How can you show the player how to progress?

  • 3D marker for specific deposits or commodities
  • Where you can find specific NPCs
  • Where you can find buildings
  • How to find specific UI windows

Steps

Chapter 1

  • "Walk around. (keys) to move around, hold (key) to run"
  • "Free your hand with (key). Press it again to look around."
  • "Pick up the torch on the ground."
  • "Hold the torch by selecting it with the mouse wheel."
  • "Light it by pressing (key)."
  • "Look at something and desribe it with (key)."
  • "Switch to your knife in weapon mode with the mouse wheel."
  • "Switch to your knife in carving mode with the mouse wheel."

Chapter 2

  • "Forage rocks, shrubs and trees with (key)"
  • "Make a fire. Wildlife stays away from fire."
  • "Eat something."
  • "Make a backpack to carry more."
  • "Say hello to a villager on the Voice channel."
  • "Ask what they sell, then buy or swap something."
  • "Visit the healer by the fire for a check-up."
  • "Ask the Stargazer what they see in the sky."
  • "The Stargazer is right; an asteroid is coming. The countdown is on this panel now."

Chapter 3

  • "Switch to top-down view with (key)."
  • "Find a place with ore and oil near you."
  • "Place a mine with (blueprint)."
  • "Forage 4 stone and drop it by the mine."
  • "Now build the mine."
  • "Place a farm near the mine with (blueprint)"
  • "Make sure the farm is connected to the mine. If not, build a road between them."
  • "Build the farm."
  • "Wait for your first resident. Explore in the meantime."

Chapter 4

  • "Handcraft a flag."
  • "Build a capitol. Its dotted circle is your city limits."
  • "Read the city report at the capitol."
  • "Build a police station to extend and enforce the city limits."
  • "Use the flag to claim the world for your empire."
  • "Build a Military Headquarters with (blueprint), or anyone can steal your claim."
  • -Information about how worlds are conquered and how they fall-.

Chapter 5

  • "Build a Carpenter and set it to make Hammers from Stone."
  • "Build a Mine on top of the Ore."
  • "Build a Smelter and make Metal."
  • "Build a Bank, it can be used to mint money from Gold Ore."
  • "Build an University and set it to research the Coal Power Patent."
  • "Wait for the Patent to be researched."
  • -Explain why power is important-.
  • "Power the city by building (blueprint)."

Chapter 6

  • "Build an Armorer and set it to build EV Suits and EV Helmets."
  • "Build a Refinery and set it to make Hydrogen."
  • "Build an Aircraft Factory and set it to build a Space Rocket."
  • "Get yourself an EV Suit and helmet and suit up."
  • "Make your way over to the Space Rocket and get in with (key)."
  • "Lights on with (key)."
  • -Explain the controls, guide the player into orbit and back onto the city.

Chapter 7

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