[#15] Let’s Play RimWorld Alpha 16: Testing Our Defenses | RimWorld Alpha 16 Gameplay, Randy Random

Let’s Play RimWorld Alpha 16 Part 15: Testing Our Defenses Vanilla RimWorld Alpha 16 Gameplay with Randy Random Entire Series Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYlBkCxUn55hn2qcDGNHXuqn4YwSgQ3aE ==== The long-awaited RimWorld Alpha 16 is here! With trade caravans, raiding, launch pods, and EVEN MOAR NEW AWESOME FEATURES! Join Bjorn on a desolate RimWorld as he tries to build a colony and eke out some survival in this hostile world. ==== In this Let’s Play series I am to explore RimWorld Alpha 16 with an eye to really making the most of the new Alpha 16 features. Many of these features are mid-to-late-game ones, but we will be forming trade caravans, trading by launch pods, and raiding enemy bases! All while Randy Random smokes his cigarette and rolls his 373-sided die to see what kind of nastiness he can throw at us. Today was a pretty full one. As well as dealing with all the gutworms and the psychic drone — the combination which puts a number of our colonists on the brink of loosing it — we have a raid and get our first chance at trying out our new defenses. They do PRETTY good, but there’s still room for improvement. For instance, we gotta get those trees out of there! And, being made of wood, it doesn’t take too many missed shots for the walls to simply collapse. Plus, it’s time to get that front wall in, so that raiders with long-distance weapons are forced to come INSIDE the zone to shoot. But, despite these drawbacks, the defenses do reasonably well. (Zanat gets hurt, but that seems to be his lot in life.) An escape pod also crashes. The pawn inside — well, she doesn’t quite have the talents we’re looking for, so we just rescue her to let her release. But guess what? She decides to join us anyway! Um. . . yay? But she’ll be awesome anyway. Welcome to the colony, new colonist! ==== *** NAME MY COLONISTS! *** If you want to be part of my colony, leave your name (or the name you want for your character), along with the desired gender, in the comments. (Male, Female, or Don’t Care.) If there are more names than characters, I will select names for new colonists using a randomizer, with a bias towards people who haven’t been in one of my colonies before. ==== About Bjorn Strongndarm’s Let’s Play: Games are fun! They’re even more fun when shared with others. I record and upload what I play in order to share these experiences with others. I provide relaxed, family-friendly yet mature commentary while playing. Some people occasionally even find it entertaining! (Although I make no promises.) I don’t claim to be particularly good at gaming; often, the most fun comes from failing in the most spectacular of ways. Losing is Fun! (I’m looking at you, Dwarf Fortress.) But I do try to get better. I play a lot of RimWorld, a bit of Minecraft, and other indie games as and when I can. If you want to share these gaming experiences with me, then welcome! (Oh, and it’s pronounced “Bee-Yorn Strong-in-the-arm”, with thanks to Sir Terry Pratchett.) ==== ▷ RimWorld Daily Uploads! Subscribe, so you don't miss the next one: http://goo.gl/pqSzho Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bjorn_Strongarm ==== My Previous RimWorld Let’s Play Series: Series 1 (RimWorld Alpha 14): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYlBkCxUn55i-NJJWEQMkWgYNphq-sAN5 Series 2 (RimWorld Alpha 15): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYlBkCxUn55gN621vbhvRKisTkt_AyfXK Series 3 (RimWorld Alpha 15, Randy Random): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYlBkCxUn55jECtrQ07-KP_EaaU476DJp Series 4 (RimWorld Alpha 15, Randy Random, Jungle): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYlBkCxUn55g0280_d6_GoF7mEz3n3APH ==== RimWorld is a colony simulator game inspired by Dwarf Fortress and Firefly. It is currently in development, but available as a pre-release in open alpha. The current version (which we are playing) is RimWorld Alpha 16. You should buy it! You can do so here: RimWorld Alpha 16 from Ludeon Studios: http://RimWorldgame.com/ RimWorld Alpha 16 on Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/294100/ ==== Credits: “AT1”, by Synapsis http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Synapsis/Armageddon/AT1 All Licensed under Creative Commons 3.0