Swamp RimWorld Challenge 2017 - The Final Countdown

Post by **brian** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 1:12 pm

Johnny Carwash wrote:Holy shit, you guys. That third poll option was supposed to be a joke.

Yeah, I'm a little disturbed.

ETA: At all of you. I voted to try and release them into the wild.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 2:36 pm

Pretty sure the best way to honor your warpet is to eat it on Rimworld.

That was my logic, at least.

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 2:42 pm

No point in selling them to someone who's just going to eat them anyway.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Wed Mar 08, 2017 2:49 pm

I just want a valuable sculpture of the feast. Covered in vomit.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Thu Mar 09, 2017 8:11 am

Alright, the final stretch...

We continue to scrap together resources to complete the final components of our ship. Just a couple days away now.

Uh-oh, a complication. An alien vessel lands and begins emanating a psychic drone that will slowly grow stronger over time, driving our colonists insane. We can try to destroy it, but it will release several of the huge mechanoids in a battle that would likely kill at least a few colonists. We'll see if we can tough it out and hope our ship is ready soon, so we don't have to risk the fight before we go nuts.

After being rejected the first time, brian again proposes marriage to his girlfriend Gull and she accepts! The wedding will have to take place following the launch, though.

Our ship nears completion but the psychic drone begins to take a minor toll. Several colonists take mood hits and one, Violet, DSafe's sister who had joined the colony, has a mental break and wanders in a daze before passing out. Keeping her in the colony would require imprisoning and re-recruiting her, costing days we can't afford, so we haul her to a prison bed and allow her to release herself at her own recognizance. Bye Violet, good luck!

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Thu Mar 09, 2017 8:12 am

"Democracy is 13 Swampers and a bear voting on what to have for dinner. Liberty is a well-armed bear contesting the vote." --Benjamin Franklin

"Democracy, fuck yeah!" --The Swamp

Abiding by the results of the poll, the colony sends itself off by slaughtering its faithful pets, Blimp the bear and Satsuki the wolf, for a final meal. Chedda takes it upon himself to do the honors on Blimp, taking a mood hit. Here is chedda re-enacting a scene from The Revenant.

There. Happy?

bfj manages to churn out a few final sculptures before departure. Unfortunately, these will have to be left behind for lucky future explorers to discover:
-two separate sculptures of squirrels on fire
-multiple memorial depictions of Shirley
-chedda vomiting on the ground

Bellies full of bear and wolf, the colonists assemble at the launch site, take a final look around, and climb into the crude but (hopefully) functional ship. The launch sequence is initiated, and...it works!

VICTORY!

Swampville V listed 210 days, or 3.5 years in RimWorld time, before successfully launching off to their next adventure. Congratulations!

rass · Post by **rass** » Thu Mar 09, 2017 8:55 am

https://youtu.be/LFFlEbZSxEY

Post by **Shirley** » Thu Mar 09, 2017 9:01 am

Johnny Carwash wrote:bfj manages to churn out a few final sculptures before departure. Unfortunately, these will have to be left behind for lucky future explorers to discover:
-two separate sculptures of squirrels on fire
-multiple memorial depictions of Shirley
-chedda vomiting on the ground

I love you, man.

Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!

duff · Post by **duff** » Thu Mar 09, 2017 9:51 am

rass wrote:https://youtu.be/LFFlEbZSxEY

I laughed, I cried.

bapo! · Post by **bapo!** » Thu Mar 09, 2017 10:59 am

Oh. My. G-d. I played rass's video, and I thought, 'Oh, The Antlers. I haven't heard this song in years.' And then I got to that line, and I thought, 'rass, you clever son of a bitch, you've done it again.'

So, I guess the guys won, but I still feel a little sad. I mean, they're asleep and hurtling thru space with an unknown fate. Is chedda really any better off than, say, Ted Williams now?

Mr. Carwash, thank you again for this thread. It's been a joy to read.

Brontoburglar · Post by **Brontoburglar** » Thu Mar 09, 2017 11:04 am

WOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Thu Mar 09, 2017 11:07 am

So based on the last picture you post it makes it seem like the game will randomly restart in a new environment with the same cast of characters coming out of deep sleep.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 10:21 am

rass's video is awesome, btw.

Thanks everyone for your participation and feedback on this, it really made it worthwhile for me to put together as I hope it was for you to follow. I think I'm going to put RimWorld aside for a while, as we've basically exhausted the range of things that could happen over the course of these five sessions, and my capacity for creative narrative is pretty frayed at this point. I might come back to it some point down the line, when future updates add more features and more crazy shit that can happen.

I've been kicking around another idea involving another game, which I might see about putting up here pretty soon.

Post by **Shirley** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 10:29 am

Thanks, Johnny, for this whole thread. It's been fantastic and your commentary was stellar.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 11:44 am

Great stuff, Wash. The fact that I was fully engaged whether I was in the World or not is a pretty strong testament to the quality of the exercise.

Looking forward to whatever you throw out next.

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 11:48 am

I also give thanks for this thread. It was great.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 11:48 am

Slow clap, Johnny. This was great. Fantastic video, Rads.

P.D.X. · Post by **P.D.X.** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 12:00 pm

I think there's one big flaw here. If you have the technology to create a spaceship, why not just use your smarts instead to create a civilization on the planet rather than blast off back into the galactic roulette wheel? Is random Planet X really going to be better (+ the risk of space travel)?

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 12:08 pm

This was a much appreciated interlude over the time it lasted, Carwash, thanks so much.

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 3:26 pm

tennbengal wrote:This was a much appreciated interlude over the time it lasted, Carwash, thanks so much.

It also may help us all prepare for the next few years.

bfj · Post by **bfj** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 3:33 pm

Just echoing the gratitude. Great reads all the way through.

TT2.0 · Post by **TT2.0** » Fri Mar 10, 2017 5:56 pm

thank you for the effort for our collective entertainment, ans thank you for letting me have a walkon role in the fifth season. as space weed binges go, it was excellent. i wish i had gotten to kill a couple of mecha demon roaches before they filled me with bullets but, such is death

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Fri Nov 09, 2018 7:54 am

bump?

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Fri Nov 09, 2018 8:08 am

Yes please.

Post by **Sabo** » Fri Nov 09, 2018 11:14 am

I just re-read this whole thread and haven't laughed this hard in months. This thread is definitely Swamp HOF material.

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Nov 09, 2018 11:17 am

giddyup

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Fri Nov 09, 2018 12:43 pm

Game has been updated quite a bit since we last did this, with a number of new features. A bunch of mods too that can add some interesting things to mix it up...

Will put some things together this weekend and maybe post a few "teasers" next week.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Fri Nov 09, 2018 1:27 pm

So a question: Do you want to keep your same personas from last time, or do you want to "re-roll" and get new attributes?

Guessing that BFJ is a hard "yes" on being the pot-smoking Rodin of vomit again, but other input is appreciated...

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Nov 09, 2018 1:28 pm

I'd re roll. I'm moved on from my feudal lord days. I seen some shit, man.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Fri Nov 09, 2018 1:30 pm

Whatever you decide, works for me.

duff · Post by **duff** » Fri Nov 09, 2018 1:30 pm

I would say re-roll.

Bridges are a nice function now. I say we do a jungle start though. See how many of us get sleeping sickness and die before getting medicine crafted.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Fri Nov 09, 2018 2:30 pm

Sabo wrote: ↑Fri Nov 09, 2018 11:14 am I just re-read this whole thread and haven't laughed this hard in months. This thread is definitely Swamp HOF material.

Slow afternoon? Looks around.

Why, yes, this seems like a valuable use of my time.

*click*

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Fri Nov 09, 2018 2:43 pm

I'm down for a re-roll, but whatever, just looking forward to another run of this.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Fri Nov 09, 2018 3:04 pm

Re-roll, but just so happy it is coming back.

Post by **brian** » Fri Nov 09, 2018 3:05 pm

Yeah, I say whatevs. Re-roll works for me.

BSF21 · Post by **BSF21** » Fri Nov 09, 2018 3:08 pm

Goddamn this was fucking funny.

wlu_lax6 · Post by **wlu_lax6** » Fri Nov 09, 2018 3:23 pm

whatever works best for the game..I am in again

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri Nov 09, 2018 4:14 pm

In. Whatever works.

Nonlinear FC · Post by **Nonlinear FC** » Fri Nov 09, 2018 5:09 pm

And, yeah, that was a nice stroll down a pretty funny, fucked up lane.

Can't wait for this to re-boot!

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Fri Nov 09, 2018 7:47 pm

It's the most macho I have ever felt.

Best moment of Swampvilles I-V