Comment on RimWorld switches engine from Unity to the devs' own, faster Waylith Engine, all apparently without breaking mods somehow

TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Kyrias@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Probably because there’s no details and it probably won’t be out for years.

  I was hoping for a new DLC announcement at least.

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  • deadcream@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    There are rumors it’s based on the engine that Kitten Space Agency’s (spiritual successor to Kerbal Space Program) devs develop.

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    • skibidi@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Dean confirmed on the KSA discord that they licensed BRUTAL (the framework that KSA’s engine is built upon) to Ludeon for Waylith.

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    • ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Those are two games with extremely different needs…

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      • deadcream@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        From what I understand, BRUTAL (the thing that KSA devs made) is not a typical game engine. It’s very low level and more of a set of tools and libraries to make a game and its engine with. It doesn’t restrict game devs in any way and aims to give them maximum freedom (e.g. it doesn’t even have a concept of a “scene” that all engines like Unity or Unreal have). Obviously this also makes it very complicated to use compared to Unity.

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      • it_wasnt_arson@awful.systems ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        They’re both projects moving away from Unity and to something more tailorable to their needs at a lower level, so it’s not all that strange, really.

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    • Kyrias@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Don’t do that to me. Don’t give me hope.

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  • Creat@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Not a single of their dlc has spoken to me or my play style. So a new game sounds great to me.

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    • Kyrias@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’ve dodged a couple (Royalty and Anomaly) but all appreciate they put the effort in.

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    • Godric@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Playing without Ideology is crazy, you’re missing out on so much RP

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      • Ricaz@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It’s so funny to be that Rimworld is basically copied straight from Dwarf Fortress all the way up to Ideology. Then they start coming up with their own content and everyone hates it.

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      • Creat@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I have it. I didn’t finish a single playthrough since.

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    • goatbeard@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Ideology is my favorite, I couldn’t imagine playing without it

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• Ricaz@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I wonder which games they will blatantly rip off this time

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  • Meatwagon@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Every colony manager game is just a rip off of the Sims if you think about it.

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    • zoltanshields@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s all Dwarf Fortress in the end

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  • DdCno1@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You must be new to the games industry. Ideas are cheap, implementing them properly and in novel ways is what makes or breaks a game. Developers have always been iterating on the ideas of others before them. Nobody in their right mind would call a game as accomplished as Rimworld a mere ripoff.

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