

This is the merchant who drives a very hard bargain, and initially offers a compass, scales, and teeth in exchange for furs. Upon building the trade post the nomads will set up a place to shop and a new item will become available on the main screen. This balance will be prevalent later in the game as well, as each job creates supplies that another profession consumes. If you notice that every tick the trapper uses -1 meat to create +1 bait, it is wise then that the hunters, who also create +1 meat apiece, bring in more meat than the trapper consumes. The main focus of this game is to create a good balance between these jobs. Basically what is happening is that the player is assigning people away from simply carrying wood in and instead having them do more specific jobs. These are fairly self-explanatory and are unlocked by creating the hunting post. The game picks up steam here as more buildings are quickly unlocked, but we will ignore them for now until the Lodge and Trade Post are built.Īfter building the lodge you will notice that under the lonely hut or tiny village tab there are plus/minus boxes listed next to hunter and trapper count. This will appear in the familiar white text within a black heading at the top of the screen. It is important to note that when the village box has an exclamation point after it, that means there is some narrative the game wants to tell you. Cost: 300 wood, 100 furĪs you collect resources for these two main buildings the game will flash brief thoughts from the player on the screen.

TRADE POST - Allows purchase of scales, teeth, and leather by means of fur. LODGE - Unlocks hunting that brings in more meat and furs.
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After building the hut, the builder will also learn how to build a lodge and trade post. Each hut holds 4 people and there can be up to 20 huts total. Once the builder builds the hut the Silent Forest will become a lonely hut, and you will see the population rise from 0 to (eventually) 4. The builder will also go out on her own and bring back 2 wood every 10 "ticks," in addition to any that the player gets with the cart. Provides fur, meat, teeth, and sometimes scales. Begin stocking up on furs and meat as they become useful later in the game.ĬART - Used to transport +18 wood quicker than the usual gathering of +10. The meat that is caught can initially only be used for bait to catch more animals. The builder can also construct traps that collect animals, which give meat, fur, teeth, and sometimes scales. Start off by building a cart, and then once enough wood has been gathered move on to your first hut. When the stranger awakens she will tell you that she's a carpenter, and with wood she can make you a cart or a hut for other strangers. The Supplies tab displays the amount of wood that is available, and each stoke will use up one wood. Do so and upon returning stoke the fire the game will save and the stranger will begin to awaken with the warmth.

You now gain access to the silent forest in which to collect wood. After lighting the fire you will notice that you are now in a firelit room and a ragged stranger stumbles through the door and collapses in the corner. Lighting or stoking the fire will save your game and reheat the room when it becomes cold. Get used to pressing this button because it's the one constant thing that you will be doing throughout the game.

When you first awaken in this dark room there is really nothing to do but light the fire. That's what I'll attempt to do here, starting of course with waking up in a dark room. Because of all that there really is a need for some guidance for those playing through the first time, or even those just looking for a more efficient route when booting the game up for the second or third time. Part of the magic of this game is that, because of the lack of any discernible tutorial, there is a very realistic sense that the character does not know what to do and is trying their best to keep their growing community going. A Dark Room certainly ranks as one of the more unique games that I have ever played.
