Today’s game is Oxygen not Included. I hate a long day today and wanted something simplish to relax. That’s this.
I usually don’t get to get very far in this because the after mentioned simpleness can sometimes backfire and actually make it fairly hard. But despite that this I usually have a great time in this game.
One of the first things I set out to do on this save was make a water pump. Easy enough. I hit a roadblock though where I need to dig for it due to the nearest thing of water being underground.
This resulted in the second issue: There’s no oxygen down there. That means my workers will have to make repeat trips down there to dig, build the ladder, and climb up.
Once I got that out of the way, I started on the second part of my go to plan for this game: Tunneling to the top of the map for Solar Panels.
Admittedly this is probably where all my playthroughs fall apart. As all my little guys end up dying before I get there. And I’m not sure how to make enough oxygen and food to keep them alive. I’ll get there soon one day. I’m determined.
Anyways. I just wanted to make a brief detour and break that I thought would be a nice break. I would have actually done Jedi Survivor but I was about to crash and fall asleep for the first time in a long while, so this is a much appreciated break.
Picked this game up a couple of days ago.
Here’s some tips I’ve been using myself:
P.S. Read unless you want to make your own mistakes
Only pick duplicants when you actually need them. The best ones have a single stat. At first, you’ll need a digger, scientist, and constructor. You’ll basically want one for each job, depending on your priorities.
Use priority tab. Have only one dedicated cook, the rest is based on skills.
Use scheduling tab. Duplicate existing schedule and shift it a bit. Make it so only half of your duplicates sleep or use the bathroom at a time.
Connect a wheel to 2 batteries, connect them to a single diffuser. This will be enough oxygen for a long while.
To deal with CO2, just dig down. It will sink to the bottom
Want food? Go digging. Want more food? Plant Mealwood on dedicated farming tiles. It doesn’t require much at all to grow.
Make a dedicated bathroom. 4 toilets, 4 sinks. Make sure it fits one of the dedicated room sinks change the arrow so that duplicant only wash hands on their way out.
Separate everything into dedicated rooms for bonuses, btw.
Make 2 reservoirs. One for clean water, one for polluted in an enclosed environment. Clean polluted water with Water Sieve and polluted air from the reservoir with Deodoriser.
There’s also more advanced stuff like making chlorine rooms or liquid airlocks, but I haven’t gotten there myself yet.
I’ll save this for next time I play. It’ll definitely be helpful