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Founders' Fortune FF General Discussion
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Hey!

First of all: my name is Finn, I’m 17 and I live in the nothern part of Hesse, in Germany. I’m currently doing my A-Level in the subject area of information- and communication technology.

  • How did you find out about Founders’ Fortune?

I did actually found out about this game on YouTube at the channel of a Let’s Player where I originally watched Cities: Skylines at. After some time where I didn’t game at all, because I ain’t got time for it, I just saw Founders Fortune and I really liked the concept.

  • Have you played other colony simulators before? Base building games? What do you like about them?

YES. I have started at age 7-8 playing ANNO 1701 with my dad (we are both Anno-Lovers). I also played Cities: Skylines as I said previously. About both games I like the huge world, especially the islands in Anno (in Anno you also can decide how many islands you want and how big they should bee in average).

  • What’s your favorite other game? Why?

I can’t decide between Anno 1404 Venice, because this is an hella’ sick game I’ve played for many hundrets of hours, especially because of the amazing Storyline, or GTA V which is also insane and which has one of the best open-world.

  • What’s your opinion on Indie games vs big budget blockbusters?

Well to be honest I don’t really have an opinion on that. I don’t like games because they are a BBB, but as much as I’ve experienced this these games are nearly always worth the price and they also have a big community at the beginning. But what I have to say is also that many indie-games are way underrated.

Have an amazing day!
Finn

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Welcome @Marakus and @finnxwz, glad you’re enjoying the game!

Which Youtuber are you talking about @finnxwz? I’d love to know :smiley:

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Hi, I’m Astatroth (not my real name of course :wink:), I’m a Web Developer from Tashkent.

  • How did you find out about Founders’ Fortune?

I accidentally saw it on Youtube and was like “Waaat? Must try it!”

  • Have you played other colony simulators before? Base building games? What do you like about them?

I play Minecraft ocattionally, played Stronghold, Stronghold Crusader. Actually I’m a gamer with experience, despite those games are mostly vintage. :sweat_smile:

  • What’s your favorite other game? Why?

Borderlands! :wink: Because it’s a masterpiece, statring from graphics ending with a music.

  • What’s your opinion on Indie games vs big budget blockbusters?

I dont follow blockbusters. I like games wit a soul, if you know what I mean. Besides today’s big budget games lack of something, I dont know. Just a fancy picture with enormous system requirements. I liked some titles from th past 10 years though - XCOM: Enemy Within (but it’s getting very boring in the late game), Civilization: Rising Tide. And I definitely want to buy Age of Wonders: Planetfall.

Guys, your game takes a separate place in my heart already :grinning: Such planning, micromanagement. Will buy it as soon as I will be able to. Just a little clarification for me: is the Steam version up-to-date? Does it receive new update as you publish them? Or should I buy the game from your website?

Live long and prosper! ./

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Greetings and hello :slightly_smiling_face:, finally I answer too.

How did you find out about Founder’s Fortune?

In April I watched a presentation video at the Youtuber Cigar0 and simply got hooked :smiley:.

Have you played other colony simulators before? Base building games? What do you like about them?

Indeed I have. In earlier times the city builders of Sierra Entertainment (Pharao, Caesar, Zeus, Emperor - Rise of the Middle Kingdom :hugs:). Since 2015 I played Rimworld, my very first Early-Access-Game. And last but not least I also played Tropico, Banished, Cliff Empire and Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulator.
While playing Rimworld, I found that I particularly like when I have to look after a maximum of 15 people. That’s manageable.
In Judgment I also liked the hand-drawn graphics and mysterious background in the game.
In Cliff Empire the puzzle with buildings (the drones causes activity and business) and later I recognized I could build on the cliff’s sides and the ground too, if I research further and overcome disasters.
Emperor is my favourite of Sierra’s city building games, because it has the quite nice graphics of Caesar 3 with the stopper and the better interactions with other cities in Zeus and in particular, it is extremely detailed in the presentation of houses, goods and game mechanics.

What’s your favourite other game? Why?

Here I have to mention Civilization until number 5. A long time favourite of mine :slightly_smiling_face:, but the hype is over in my mind. Number 6 doesn’t excite me anymore :man_shrugging: (except the music).
Civilization was the perfect game for me, because already in my childhood days (and before I got a computer) I drew maps of fantasy continents with imaginary realms, got them to fight each other, ally themselves, and changed their borders again and again, until great empires arose, which were again dissolved by separatists. In Civilization I got this easier and with better graphics :grin:.

What’s your opinion on Indie games vs big budget blockbusters?

I do not think that these two aspects are really opposite, but that they complement each other from the perspective of a player. Both have their advantages and disadvantages, which you have to weigh for yourself.
Indie games can better serve special niche interests for instance and big budget blockbuster can serve a big blasting orchestra (with sometimes an enormously impressive story like Mass Effect).

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Welcome all new comers :slight_smile:

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I love the idea of the “Age of Empires” style game. Looks Awesome too!

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Hi Daniel

  1. How did you find out about Founders’ Fortune?
    I found out about Founder’s Fortune through Colonel Failure’s YT channel … after watching his first go at the game, I thought that looks interesting and went to Steam and bought it.
    My first computer was a Sinclair Spectrum 48K (1983) … can you imagine playing on a computer with 48Kb ram and 4.7 Mhz CPU … I then advanced to an Amiga 500 (7.4 Mhz) then Amiga 1200 (20 Mhz which I still have in the celler) … after Amiga (Commadore) went broke I turned to PC’s (1995 200 Mhz) and now PC with 3,0 Ghz 4 core

  2. Have you played other colony simulators before? Base building games? What do you like about them?
    Well as you can imagine from the above I’ve played quite a few games over the last 36 years … at first mostly text adventures (Spectrum 48K) … on the Amiga I then became a fan of simulation/city building games as in Railroad Tycoon,The Settlers, from which I’ve played all versions, I also liked the early RTS games such as Earth 2160 … nowadays its mostly Railway games Transport Fever, Railway Empire … and Indie Mashinky, Railroad Corporation and city build Cliff Empire, Mercury Fallen, Depraved, Space Colony to name a few and now Founders Fortune … I like it when these games have a Sandbox Mode so you can take your time and experiment, instead of having to rush things … but Sandbox should have starting options to set it up, as in more/less/endless money and random maps

  3. What’s your favorite other game? Why?
    This is hard to answer … all Railway games and City building as the above list shows, my favorit though is Railway Empire

  4. What’s your opinion on Indie games vs big budget blockbusters?
    I like watching the way the Indie games develop … two good examples are Cliff Empire and Depraved … the Dev’s from these games are always putting out updates, whereas with AAA games the updates come every couple of months or longer although there are known bugs in the game
    So that’s it from me … as you can see from the above I’m one of the older generation (67) … wish you the best of luck with this project and I will be following you on your journey

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Oh wow, that’s quite a history. Welcome to the community @Knightwish !

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Hi Knightwish,

Welcome to the FF community :smiley:

Think you will find a number of us have similar backgrounds and age brackets, so no probs there.

Hope you enjoy the game as much as I do

roo :upside_down_face:

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Hi! I’m Natalie! I really like your game. Well done guys!

How did you know about Fortune ’ Fortune?
Looked at the review on YT.
You’ve played other simulation of a colony before? Base building games? What do you like about them?
Played in Cities Skylines, Anno 1800( and earlier versions), Life is Feudal: Forest Village Ostriv`. Sims 4 (and early versions) I like all city building simulators. I like to build :crazy_face:
What’s your favorite other game? Why?
Sims 4 (and early versions) Like to build beautiful houses, to think through the interior, to do landscaping.
What do you think about indie games versus big budget blockbusters?
I think that when a person is engaged in a favorite pastime that’s good.
And if this activity brings benefit and joy to others, it’s just great! :+1:

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Hi Natalie,

Welcome to the forum again :smiley:

roo

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Hi, I’m Graham from the UK.

  • How did you find out about Founders’ Fortune?
    The excellent Colonel Failure on Youtube is currently featuring it on his channel. It seemed like something I would enjoy so I bought it at the weekend.

  • Have you played other colony simulators before? Base building games? What do you like about them?
    I’m fairly new to the genre but have quite a few hours in Workers and Resources: Soviet Republic and a few less in Transport Fever. Not sure if either are classed as a colony simulator or base builder. I guess I like to see things coming together and working, I’ve just entered my first winter but I should have plenty of food so my little guys seem fairly organised at the moment.

  • What’s your favorite other game? Why?
    Farming Simulator! Between FS 17 and FS 19 I have close to a thousand hours in the game, which is ruddy frightening when you convert that in to days and months! I find the game to be an almost zen-like experience, very calming after a hard day’s work.

  • What’s your opinion on Indie games vs big budget blockbusters?
    Not sure anything I’ve played over the last twenty years would be described as a big budget game. At any time I will be playing Farming Simulator and one other title, usually inspired by the aforementioned Colonel.

So far I’m thoroughly enjoying the game generally (there are a couple of irritants which I’ll feedback in the appropriate thread) and look forward to seeing how it progresses.

Cheers,

BT.

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Hi BoxTunnel,

Welcome mate :slight_smile:

Its always good to read other players comments and suggestions, so hope to hear your thoughts in the future.

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Welcome BoxTunnel! Now that is a colorful and fitting profile picture then :smiley:

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Hello Gameworld,

My name is Sanshark and I love playing games. I find them relaxing. My all time favorite games to play are rpgs, and colony type building/ defending games. Throw some farming into it and you have me for endless hours.

I started playing games with my 3 sons when they were little and soon grew to love playing them even when they out grew them. Now I play them with my grandsons keeping the tradition going.

With some luck maybe I will be playing them with great grandsons one day until then thank you for proving countless hours of relaxation for me.

Sanshark,

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Hello!

My name is Juliet and I’ve found this game just two days ago! I’m already in LOVE :heart_eyes: with it!
I’ve found it randomly on Reddit.

I’ve been playing other colony based games for many years now, the first one that really got me into this type of games was Banished.

My other favorite game is Crusader Kings 2, because I like “empire” building games that not only focus on politics and war, but also on dynasties and bloodlines.

Even though big blockbuster games are the ones that shape video games in general, indie games are also very important for the development of new ideas, promotion of gaming and the lives and careers of the creators and developers.

Nice to meet you all :slight_smile:

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Welcome @4Yulik, glad you’re enjoying it!
Did you find it on /r/basebuildinggames or elsewhere?

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Hi!

Yes, I think it was that subreddit! I’ve found there other cool games, but I don’t have enough time to play all of them :joy:

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Hi, I picked an original name, lol, I saw a video of this game on youtube while looking for other game videos. I am 63 years old and have been playing computer games since 1995 or 96. I usually play rpgs but I have been a Sims fan since it came out and have played them all. I love this game! I love all of the different personalities and know them well. The building is fun and I can see this game developing into a modder’s heaven like the Sims did. What is great in FF is we don’t have to send them to the bathroom, etc. They know what to do for the most part and I give them space to chat, relax and spout off. I could go on and on but I won’t. lol Thank you for creating this game. :heart:

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Hello All. Greetings from the far off land of New Zealand. Just a bit about myself. 35 years old and my day job
is a Manufacturing Systems Engineer, which is a fancy way of saying I do everything, Embedded software. Control systems software, CAD, Electronics design combined with a bit of project management and planning.

How did I find out about Founder’s Fortune?
Well Youtube. But in one of the stranger ways. After watching some youtube and having a not insignificant number of beers I fell asleep with youtube playing away happily. When I awoke youtube was still playing the way it just keeps loading new videos… and it was playing a playthrough video of Founder’s Fortune. It was one of those playthrough videos where the streamer deliberately tries to play the game the wrong way. Mudering colinists left and right for profit… I was soon laughing away. I liked the simple art style… Reminded me a lot of a awesome little indie game I got into years ago when it to was very much in alpha… Y’all may have heard of it… Kerbal Space Program.

Have you played other colony simulators before? Base building games? What do you like about them?
Heaps, heaps and heaps. My first was Sim City on my Atari ST… just go forwards from there, Sim City 2k, all the Civilisation series… Some games I’m playing right now. Automation Engineer, KSP always lots of KSP and pretty much whatever game I’m in the mood for Somedays it’s running around in KOTOR or KOTOR II, somedays I want fast paced action so Doom (2016) or one of the older Unreal Tournaments… or childhood classics like the C&C series (C&C 4 doesn’t exist as far as I’m concerned).

What’s your favorite other game? Why?
I’ve been computer gaming for 30 years. Single player is definitely my groove. I’m not adverse to multiplayer games I love gaming with friends… but the online communitys are hopelessly toxic and there is no incentive for the companies to go on banning sprees because “Oh we’d loose lootbox income”
But if Steam can be believed… I play more KSP then anything else by at least a factor of 5, next game in the list being Skyrim with Inigo of course (I am such furry trash).

What’s your opinion on Indie games vs big budget blockbusters?
I love both. There are some great games out there big and small!

Now if you asked my opinion on Indie Studios vs The big evil 3 I ask just one thing.
What would KSP look like if it was developed by EA? (assuming you could even convince the bean counters that a game where you build rockets and have to learn orbital mechanics and quite some fancy maths would work)… You’d get a buggy on launch Highly polished, particle shader filled pile of dog turd. You can polish a dog turd as much as you like, but it’s still a turd.

I Think I’m going to try my hand at some modding… Never written code for an actual computer before… mostly embedded stuff. Have a local friend who runs a small Studio making his first Unity game now may be handy to know a bit of Unity stuff, maybe I could even do my own KSP mods… :smiley:

Keep up the good work. Hopefully this community can grow and more modders will turn up the way it happened with KSP… The development of KSP was very dependent on the modders and the greater KSP community.

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