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Runescape124
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This is a crafting game I've been throwing around for a while now, but I think I should try and post it now or it'll keep bugging me, lol. Dark Constructs is based off an old RPG I used to have, Crafters Legacy, in which you find yourself on a shattered planet and must build stuff to survive. This is simply that, plus whole bunch more.
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You wake up on a small planetoid somewhere. You can remember some things about yourself, but how you got on that planetoid is confusing you, until the memories hit you hard...Large comet...impact...planet shatters...and then blank. You look around at your new home, and notice off in the distance that there are a few other planetoids like yours. The sun seems to have disappeared, so you going to have to build in a darkness. Better start on your dark constucts sooner, rather than later...

Name:
Age:
Gender:
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Equipment: (backpacks, armor, etc, it's simply what you wear)
Tools: Axe, Pick Axe, Hammer, Chisel
Inventory: [Anything that you collect/make that doesn't go anywhere else goes here] (0/10)
Supplies: [anything you have that is craftable] (0/10)
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Skills:
WoodCraft: 1
StoneCraft: 1
MetalCraft: 1
MachineCraft: 1

You will gain more types of crafts when they arise

You stand up and look around your planetoid some more. You see a bunch of trees over to one side, and what's left of a mountain behind you. You hear a couple strange noises from nearby. If your going to build, you better do it quickly...

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kase70
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Peasant

Name: Ylliasviel
Age: 25
Gender: F
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Equipment:
Tools: Axe, Pick Axe, Hammer, Chisel
Health: 20/20
Hunger: 14/20
Inventory: (5/10) Sticks(5x)
Supplies: (1/10) Spear Handle(1x)
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Skills:
WoodCraft: 1 (2/10)
StoneCraft: 1
MetalCraft: 1
MachineCraft: 1

(Yes it will, 3 wall stones give a good protection, And I only have to manage the fourth wall with wood probably. What I call the stone wall is the mountain. If there is a cave it should be on a kind of cliff isn't it ?)
Ok, then I drop the sticks in my cave and go back to the forest. First, I travel in the forest quietly untill I find some fruits or wild animal to hunt with my spear.
When this is done, and if I still have enough space in my bag, I cut some tress, branches and trunk, and carry them to my cave.
The idea is to make a kind of barricade ant the entrance as a wood wall, letting only a very thin entrance at one side.

Runescape124
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Nomad

Name: Vekel
Age: 19
Gender: Male
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Equipment:
Tools: Axe, Pick Axe, Hammer, Chisel, Wood Shovel, Wood Spike(temporary)
Health: 20/20
Hunger: 14/20
Inventory: (1/10) Berries (4/10:1x)
Supplies: (1/10) Wood Handle(1x)
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Skills:
WoodCraft: 2 (19/20)
StoneCraft: 1 (1/10)
MetalCraft: 1
MachineCraft: 1
EarthCraft: 1 (5/10)
DefenseCraft: 1 (8/10)
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Constructs:
House (Stone-Reinforced Dirt and Wood Planks, Connected Woodshed; [1/20] Log[1x])
Path to Apple Tree (branches, nothing inside)
Path to Berry Bush (trench, nothing inside)
Small Cow Pasture (wood fence, nothing inside)

You'll need another wood handle, a wheel, some struts, an axle, and a container. If you plan on moving water with it, you'll have to make it water-tight whcih means some sort of lining. Leather, thankfully for your sake, will not hold water very well, so I'd suggest finding a rubber tree and make some rubber lining.

Name: Ylliasviel
Age: 25
Gender: F
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Equipment:
Tools: Axe, Pick Axe, Hammer, Chisel
Health: 20/20
Hunger: 14/20
Inventory: (0/10)
Supplies: (1/10) Spear Handle(1x)
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Skills:
WoodCraft: 1 (2/10)
StoneCraft: 1
MetalCraft: 1
MachineCraft: 1
DefenseCraft: 1 (1/10)
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Constructs:
Cave-House (cave in mountain, Sticks[5x] {5/15})

You do so. Since you have made your base, you have gained the DefenseCraft skill. The DefenseCraft skill is about constructing various protective structures such as houses, walls, automatic turrets (think TF2) and so on. You have yet to make your spear, remember? You only have a spear handle. You do notice what might be an apple tree. What now?

PwnajLeadah981
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Nomad

May I join?
Name: Mike
Age: 25
Gender: Male
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Equipment: Gloves, Green T-shirt, Denim Pants, Yellow Visor Cap, Leather Belt, White Sneakers
Tools: Axe, Pick Axe, Hammer, Chisel
Inventory: (0/10)
Supplies: [anything you have that is craftable] (0/10)
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Skills:
WoodCraft: 1
StoneCraft: 1
MetalCraft: 1
MachineCraft: 1

Runescape124
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Nomad

Name: Mike
Age: 25
Gender: Male
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Equipment: (Equipment is left blank until you make some)
Tools: Axe, Pick Axe, Hammer, Chisel
Health: 20/20
Hunger: 20/20
Inventory: (0/10)
Supplies: [anything you have that is craftable] (0/10)
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Skills:
WoodCraft: 1
StoneCraft: 1
MetalCraft: 1
MachineCraft: 1

Of course. What do you do first?

theEPICgameKING
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Farmer

Name: Vekel
Age: 19
Gender: Male
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Equipment:
Tools: Axe, Pick Axe, Hammer, Chisel, Wood Shovel, Wood Spike(temporary)
Health: 20/20
Hunger: 14/20
Inventory: (1/10) Berries (4/10:1x)
Supplies: (1/10) Wood Handle(1x)
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Skills:
WoodCraft: 2 (19/20)
StoneCraft: 1 (1/10)
MetalCraft: 1
MachineCraft: 1
EarthCraft: 1 (5/10)
DefenseCraft: 1 (8/10)
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Constructs:
House (Stone-Reinforced Dirt and Wood Planks, Connected Woodshed; [1/20] Log[1x])
Path to Apple Tree (branches, nothing inside)
Path to Berry Bush (trench, nothing inside)
Small Cow Pasture (wood fence, nothing inside)

Nah, I wont cart water with it. If I want to move water, I'll carve out a bucket from a log.
I go back to the forest near my house and chop down even MORE trees, then eat the rest of my berries to refill hunger. I'll make the wheelbarrow right here, so fist I try carving a wheel out of wood.

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Nomad

Name: Mike
Age: 25
Gender: Male
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Equipment: (Equipment is left blank until you make some)
Tools: Axe, Pick Axe, Hammer, Chisel
Health: 20/20
Hunger: 20/20
Inventory: (0/10)
Supplies: [anything you have that is craftable] (0/10)
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Skills:
WoodCraft: 1
StoneCraft: 1
MetalCraft: 1
MachineCraft: 1
I search for materials.

Runescape124
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Nomad

Name: Vekel
Age: 19
Gender: Male
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Equipment:
Tools: Axe, Pick Axe, Hammer, Chisel, Wood Shovel, Wood Spike(temporary)
Health: 20/20
Hunger: 14/20
Inventory: (8/10) Log(8/10)
Supplies: (1/10) Wood Handle(1x)
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Skills:
WoodCraft: 2 (19/20)
StoneCraft: 1 (1/10)
MetalCraft: 1
MachineCraft: 1
EarthCraft: 1 (5/10)
DefenseCraft: 1 (8/10)
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Constructs:
House (Stone-Reinforced Dirt and Wood Planks, Connected Woodshed; [1/20] Log[1x])
Path to Apple Tree (branches, nothing inside)
Path to Berry Bush (trench, nothing inside)
Small Cow Pasture (wood fence, nothing inside)

You do so. As you hack down the trees, you notice that your floating island is starting to look a little barren, thanks to your "Flying-Island-Wood Axe-Tree-Massacre." And you need a way to make the wheel round, or it might end up as an oval wheel instead of a round one. What now?

Name: Mike
Age: 25
Gender: Male
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Equipment:
Tools: Axe, Pick Axe, Hammer, Chisel
Health: 20/20
Hunger: 20/20
Inventory: (0/10)
Supplies: (0/10)
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Skills:
WoodCraft: 1
StoneCraft: 1
MetalCraft: 1
MachineCraft: 1

Uhh, you'll have to be a bit more specific on what material you go searching for.Like wood, stone, food, etc.

theEPICgameKING
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Farmer

Name: Vekel
Age: 19
Gender: Male
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Equipment:
Tools: Axe, Pick Axe, Hammer, Chisel, Wood Shovel, Wood Spike(temporary)
Health: 20/20
Hunger: 14/20
Inventory: (8/10) Log(8/10)
Supplies: (1/10) Wood Handle(1x)
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Skills:
WoodCraft: 2 (19/20)
StoneCraft: 1 (1/10)
MetalCraft: 1
MachineCraft: 1
EarthCraft: 1 (5/10)
DefenseCraft: 1 (8/10)
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Constructs:
House (Stone-Reinforced Dirt and Wood Planks, Connected Woodshed; [1/20] Log[1x])
Path to Apple Tree (branches, nothing inside)
Path to Berry Bush (trench, nothing inside)
Small Cow Pasture (wood fence, nothing inside)

*Pant* *Pant* *Pant* Wheeee! Such fun! Okay, I pick up any saplings I find and plant them on the original sites of the trees, removing the stumps first, obviously.

Runescape124
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Runescape124
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Nomad

Name: Vekel
Age: 19
Gender: Male
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Equipment:
Tools: Axe, Pick Axe, Hammer, Chisel, Wood Shovel, Wood Spike(temporary)
Health: 20/20
Hunger: 14/20
Inventory: (10/10) Log(8/10), Sapling(2x)
Supplies: (1/10) Wood Handle(1x)
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Skills:
WoodCraft: 2 (19/20)
StoneCraft: 1 (1/10)
MetalCraft: 1
MachineCraft: 1
EarthCraft: 1 (5/10)
DefenseCraft: 1 (8/10)
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Constructs:
House (Stone-Reinforced Dirt and Wood Planks, Connected Woodshed; [1/20] Log[1x])
Path to Apple Tree (branches, nothing inside)
Path to Berry Bush (trench, nothing inside)
Small Cow Pasture (wood fence, nothing inside)

...How do you go about removing the stumps, exactly?

theEPICgameKING
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Farmer

Name: Vekel
Age: 19
Gender: Male
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Equipment:
Tools: Axe, Pick Axe, Hammer, Chisel, Wood Shovel, Wood Spike(temporary)
Health: 20/20
Hunger: 14/20
Inventory: (10/10) Log(8/10), Sapling(2x)
Supplies: (1/10) Wood Handle(1x)
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Skills:
WoodCraft: 2 (19/20)
StoneCraft: 1 (1/10)
MetalCraft: 1
MachineCraft: 1
EarthCraft: 1 (5/10)
DefenseCraft: 1 (8/10)
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Constructs:
House (Stone-Reinforced Dirt and Wood Planks, Connected Woodshed; [1/20] Log[1x])
Path to Apple Tree (branches, nothing inside)
Path to Berry Bush (trench, nothing inside)
Small Cow Pasture (wood fence, nothing inside)

I chop them out of the ground with my Axe, after digging out the dirt around them with my Shovel. Once the stumps are out, I plant the Saplings and replace the dirt.
After that, I go back to my House, deposit the Logs in the woodshed, then look for some exposed stone to mine.

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Peasant

Name: Ylliasviel
Age: 25
Gender: F
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Equipment:
Tools: Axe, Pick Axe, Hammer, Chisel
Health: 20/20
Hunger: 14/20
Inventory: (0/10)
Supplies: (1/10) Spear Handle(1x)
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Skills:
WoodCraft: 1 (2/10)
StoneCraft: 1
MetalCraft: 1
MachineCraft: 1
DefenseCraft: 1 (1/10)
----------------
Constructs:
Cave-House (cave in mountain, Sticks[5x] {5/15})

You do so. Since you have made your base, you have gained the DefenseCraft skill. The DefenseCraft skill is about constructing various protective structures such as houses, walls, automatic turrets (think TF2) and so on. You have yet to make your spear, remember? You only have a spear handle. You do notice what might be an apple tree. What now?


Aww didn't look for the translation of handle sorry ^^'

I verify the maturity of fruits, or if there is any seeds on the ground. Is there are (fruits or seeds), I take them in order to build a farm later. I make a mark on the tree and mark out the way to the cave. Then I can find it easyer next.

So, I watch around my new house, in stone junks (the stone I removed from the cliff), to see if I can't find any sharpped stone. As it is friable stone, I may find some.
If I do, I take it and fix it to the spear handle (using some tiny bark strip).

If not, hmmm.. I carve it with wood ! Always better than nothing..
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Farmer

Bump?

Runescape124
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3,028 posts
Nomad

Name: Vekel
Age: 19
Gender: Male
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Equipment:
Tools: Axe, Pick Axe, Hammer, Chisel, Wood Shovel, Wood Spike(temporary)
Health: 20/20
Hunger: 14/20
Inventory: (0/10)
Supplies: (1/10) Wood Handle(1x)
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Skills:
WoodCraft: 2 (19/20)
StoneCraft: 1 (1/10)
MetalCraft: 1
MachineCraft: 1
EarthCraft: 1 (5/10)
DefenseCraft: 1 (8/10)
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Constructs:
House (Stone-Reinforced Dirt and Wood Planks, Connected Woodshed; [9/20] Log[9x])
Path to Apple Tree (branches, nothing inside)
Path to Berry Bush (trench, nothing inside)
Small Cow Pasture (wood fence, nothing inside)

Don't worry, buddy, I'm back. Finals are finished, you'll be seeing more of me You do so, and plant the saplings into the ground. Would you like this to be your Arbory? (Arbories are tree farms, that's why it's called Arbor Day) You look for exposed stone. The side of the mountain seems good. What now?

Name: Ylliasviel
Age: 25
Gender: F
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Equipment:
Tools: Axe, Pick Axe, Hammer, Chisel
Health: 20/20
Hunger: 14/20
Inventory: (4/10) Strange Seeds(2x), Apples(2x)
Supplies: (2/10) Spear Handle(1x), Sharp Rock(1x)
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Skills:
WoodCraft: 1 (2/10)
StoneCraft: 1
MetalCraft: 1
MachineCraft: 1
DefenseCraft: 1 (1/10)
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Constructs:
Cave-House (cave in mountain, Sticks[5x] {5/15})
Path to Apple Tree (nothing inside)

You do so. The fruit seems ripe, and you do see some seeds, although you do not recognize what kind of seed they are. How do you mark them, so I know what to put into your Constructs menu. To attach the sharp stone you found to your spear, you either need to use the bark of the birch tree (That's what Native American's used back before the settlers to attach stuff to other stuff) or a leather strap of some kind. What now?

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Farmer

Name: Vekel
Age: 19
Gender: Male
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Equipment:
Tools: Axe, Pick Axe, Hammer, Chisel, Wood Shovel, Wood Spike(temporary)
Health: 20/20
Hunger: 14/20
Inventory: (0/10)
Supplies: (1/10) Wood Handle(1x)
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Skills:
WoodCraft: 2 (19/20)
StoneCraft: 1 (1/10)
MetalCraft: 1
MachineCraft: 1
EarthCraft: 1 (5/10)
DefenseCraft: 1 (8/10)
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Constructs:
House (Stone-Reinforced Dirt and Wood Planks, Connected Woodshed; [9/20] Log[9x])
Path to Apple Tree (branches, nothing inside)
Path to Berry Bush (trench, nothing inside)
Small Cow Pasture (wood fence, nothing inside)

Finals? What finals? Whatever, yes, I'd like that to be my Arborary, and I start mining the mountain.

Runescape124
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Nomad

Name: Vekel
Age: 19
Gender: Male
----------------
Equipment:
Tools: Axe, Pick Axe, Hammer, Chisel, Wood Shovel, Wood Spike(temporary)
Health: 20/20
Hunger: 14/20
Inventory: (0/10)
Supplies: (1/10) Wood Handle(1x)
----------------
Skills:
WoodCraft: 2 (19/20)
StoneCraft: 1 (1/10)
MetalCraft: 1
MachineCraft: 1
EarthCraft: 1 (5/10)
DefenseCraft: 1 (8/10)
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Constructs:
House (Stone-Reinforced Dirt and Wood Planks, Connected Woodshed; [9/20] Log[9x])
Path to Apple Tree (branches, nothing inside)
Path to Berry Bush (trench, nothing inside)
Small Cow Pasture (wood fence, nothing inside)
Arborary (Saplings[5x]{0% grown})

(My final exams for my school. That's why they're called FINALS). You do so. You need a way to mark it in your Constructs menu, like path of pebbles or something, and the only time the grown percentage will change is when you've checked on them. You begin to mine the mountain, when come across some MORE rocks that are glowing green...

Wow, I just found some glowstone. And I'm not even in the Nether!

Mind if I add that they are glowing GREEN?

...On second thought, I dont mine the rocks. They're probably radioactive, and touching them would eventually kill me.

(Normally, radioactive material only glows green under a UV light, but because this is a fictional game, most science text books can go out the window, lol)


What now?
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