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space-exploration1 month ago•77 min saved

Moonbase Simulations: What Games Teach Us About NASA's Artemis Reality

The article analyzes how lunar-base design in games—from Starfield to Moonbase Alpha and Surviving Mars—maps to NASA's Artemis plans, noting that the strongest base-building sims emphasize life support, power management, resource logistics, and modular expansion. While games often prioritize playability over realism, Artemis aims for a sustained lunar presence with habitats, ISRU, pressurized rovers, and microgrids, suggesting future moon bases may resemble the most realistic simulations; Artemis II recently circled the Moon, setting the stage for Artemis V in 2028.

via Space|

#artemis #base-building #moon

gaming4 months ago•2 min saved

Top Gaming Releases and News for January 2026

This week in gaming features the major release Pathologic 3, a psychological horror game where you have 12 days to save a town from a plague, along with several other new titles including DuneCrawl, StarRupture, Past Fate, Ancient Farm, and Shadows of Soldiers, offering a variety of genres from survival horror to MMORPG and tactical shooter. The week also coincides with CES, which may limit gaming time.

via TechPowerUp|

#base-building #co-op #gaming

games7 months ago•3 min saved

Ball x Pit Achieves Rapid Success and Exciting Updates

Ball x Pit is a complex roguelike game blending elements from Breakout, Vampire Survivors, and city builders, featuring fast-paced combat, upgrade systems, and base-building mechanics, offering deep gameplay with multiple characters and strategies, available on multiple platforms including Nintendo Switch and PC.

via The Verge|

#action #ball-x-pit #base-building

games7 months ago•5 min saved

Ball x Pit: A Chaotic, Addictive Brick-Breaking Grind

Ball x Pit is an addictive, chaotic blend of gameplay elements like Breakout, Vampire Survivors, and puzzle mechanics, set in a narrative-driven world with base-building features, offering both fast-paced action and strategic depth on Nintendo Switch.

via Nintendo Life|

#action #ball-x-pit #base-building

gaming10 months ago•3 min saved

Dune: Awakening - An Immersive Survival MMO on Arrakis

Despite initial reluctance due to survival game mechanics, the author became obsessed with Dune: Awakening, appreciating its streamlined survival elements, base-building, exploration, and unique desert challenges like sandworm encounters, making it an accessible and enjoyable entry into the genre.

via Forbes|

#base-building #desert-environment #dune-awakening

games11 months ago•2 min saved

The Alters: A Kojima-Inspired Sci-Fi Survival Journey of Self-Discovery

The Alters, developed by 11 Bit Studios, is a sci-fi adventure game that combines base building and simulation management, featuring a compelling story about self-discovery through the creation of multiple Jan clones from different timelines. The game encourages multiple playthroughs to explore all character interactions and story outcomes, with an estimated total gameplay of 55-60 hours to experience all variants and storylines. It is available on PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S.

via Kotaku|

#base-building #games #multiple-playthroughs

gaming11 months ago•5 min saved

The Alters: A Kojima-esque, intense sci-fi survival game now available on Game Pass

The Alters is a surreal sci-fi survival game that combines base-building, exploration, and mind-bending narrative elements, featuring a protagonist who creates multiple versions of himself through a quantum process, exploring themes of corporate exploitation and dissociative identity disorder, with a visual style reminiscent of Bong Joon-ho and Kojima.

via The Verge|

#base-building #gaming #jan-dolski

gaming2 years ago•14 min saved

"The Alters: A Genre-Blending Survival Game Preview"

The Alters, a new game from 11 Bit Studios, combines survival mechanics on a hostile alien planet with a unique multiverse twist. Players control Jan Dolski, who must navigate a deadly environment, build a mobile base, and create alternate versions of himself to solve problems and escape an encroaching deadly sunrise. The game features resource gathering, base-building, and managing the mental states of different versions of Jan, each with unique skills and personalities. The Alters is set to release on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC later this year.

via Game Informer|

#11-bit-studios #base-building #gaming

gaming2 years ago•1 min saved

"Unconventional Base Building in Palworld: A Player's Unique Approach"

A Palworld player has impressively constructed a massive urban base called Palcity without using any mods, showcasing their ingenuity and creativity. The player, Commercial_Neck8986, spent two weeks building the city, utilizing in-game resources like stone and wood to create stone gates, multiple buildings, homes, and a surrounding wall. Despite the availability of mods for base building in Palworld, Commercial_Neck8986's achievement stands out for its lack of mod usage. This feat highlights the game's deep survival mechanics and player creativity, offering inspiration for others playing the open-world survival game.

via IGN|

#base-building #gaming #no-mods

gaming2 years ago•2 min saved

"Preventing Total Base Destruction in Palworld: Essential Strategies"

In the game Palworld, a player accidentally destroyed their entire base by firing a Rocket Launcher while attempting to build, leading to sympathy and amusement from other players. The mishap serves as a cautionary tale for players to be mindful of the items they carry while constructing their bases in the game.

via Dexerto|

#base-building #gaming #gaming-mishap

gaming2 years ago•1 min saved

"Palworld Player Builds Jaw-Dropping 'Pal City' Base, Shocks Community"

A Palworld player has amazed the community with a massive "Pal City" base they built over two weeks without using mods, sparking surprise and disbelief among fellow players. The impressive structure, shared on the Palworld subreddit, garnered praise and questions about base decay mechanics, with one user confirming that the base decay had been turned off to achieve the feat. The integrated base-building system in Palworld allows for creative freedom, and this player's creation has showcased the potential for ambitious and awe-inspiring projects within the game.

via CharlieINTEL.com|

#base-building #creativity #gaming

gaming2 years ago•11 min saved

"Unveiling Palworld: From Base Building to Endgame Grind"

Palworld, an early access game, offers a base building experience that hooks players with a long list of objectives and tasks involving Pal monsters. While it resembles Pokémon, the focus is on using Pals to service base needs rather than battling. However, the repetitive combat and unwieldy controls detract from the experience. The game's world lacks depth and fails to ignite curiosity, leaving the base building as its main draw. Despite its flaws, Palworld's checklist-driven gameplay can still be oddly compelling, but it ultimately feels like junk food with little else to offer beyond base building.

via Rock Paper Shotgun|

#base-building #early-access #gaming

gaming2 years ago•2 min saved

"Mastering Palworld: Base Building and Evolution Tips"

IGN provides 5 essential tips for setting up your first Palworld base, including choosing a flat, unobstructed area, including harvestable resources nearby, building a Vixy Ranch, placing feed boxes and chests near workstations, and upgrading to stone structures to protect against raids.

via IGN|

#base-building #gaming #ign

gaming2 years ago•2 min saved

"Maximizing Pal Evolution and Base Location in Palworld"

Veteran Palworld players advise newbies not to make the mistake of placing their first base too close to the spawning point, as it leads to unnecessary daily trekking. They recommend choosing a location near resources and good Pal spawns or, if it's too late, building a second base and transferring all belongings there. Additionally, they suggest checking out guides for tips on finding and catching specific Pals.

via Dexerto|

#base-building #gaming #new-players

gaming2 years ago•17 min saved

"Exploring Enshrouded: A Survival RPG Early Access Review"

Enshrouded, an action-RPG survival sim, draws inspiration from games like Valheim, Minecraft, The Elder Scrolls, and The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. The game offers a vast open world, intelligent crafting systems, and limitless base building, but is marred by bugs, lackluster story, and clunky combat. Players can explore the world of Embervale, build custom bases, and embark on quests while facing challenges within the mysterious fungal Shroud. The game's stunning art style and deep crafting ecosystem make it an engrossing experience, despite its flaws.

via IGN|

#action-rpg #base-building #crafting