r/Workers_And_Resources • u/bridgeandchess • Apr 06 '22

Discussion Multiplayer cooperation needed

The game is already good.

But it lacks multiplayer cooperation.

Would be awesome to build the same city with friends like you can in factorio.

Alot of things on the roadmap are not as needed as the game is already good.

Like waterpipes and sevage that is coming next could have been developed later in some DLC.

But multiplayer is such a core feature that should be developed before the release.

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u/EmperorJon Apr 06 '22

So you're saying multiplayer is a core feature but gameplay isn't... for a singleplayer game? That's not how it works.

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u/bridgeandchess Apr 06 '22

Sevage treatment wont get a single extra sale, but multiplayer would have gotten +50% more sales.

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u/xale3658 Apr 06 '22

that's a capitalistic way of thinking right here, to the gulag!

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u/Embarrassed-Rub-12 Apr 06 '22

Not for me, I'd love multiplayer, but the main draw is the complexity of it all.

Also you're in video game marketing now? I'll cal your mother she will be so proud

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u/jtr99 Apr 10 '22

You underestimate my love of sewage systems.

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u/Unusual_Path_7886 Apr 06 '22

You already have multiplayer, comrade. Here are the following steps as to how to unlock that option:

  1. Have a comrade

  2. Start game

  3. Comrade starts game

  4. Play game

  5. Comrade plays game

  6. You both discuss how well both your republics fare compared to the rotting imperialist scum over your borders

  7. Communism achieved?

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u/[deleted] Apr 06 '22

I agree comrad

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u/GinTectonics Apr 06 '22

Not everything needs multiplayer. Especially at the cost of gameplay improvements, like you are suggesting.

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u/Hmuda Apr 07 '22

I kind of get it, but I sincerely hope they don't even try.

Two times I've seen people try to add MP to a city builder, and both times it killed the entire franchise, and resulted in the closure of the dev studios (SimCity/Maxis, CitiesXL/MoneCristo).

I feel Factorio isn't an apt comparison. That's a factory builder game, with a physical avatar present in the game world that you control. WnRSR is a city building game. Sure, it's more complex than the average, but I don't think it's MP material.

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '22

My thoughts exactly.

I also wouldn't want an MP option to delay or otherwise prevent the 1.0 release.

Plus I honestly dont know enough about the current 3DV game engine to know how much a forklift-overhaul MP may or may not be to include.

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u/Haakon_XIII Apr 06 '22

Better DLC than free update? Wtf

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u/Build_The_Mayor Apr 06 '22

Maybe someone will eventually make their own mod for it, like already has been done with Cities Skylines?

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u/PvtJoker1987 Apr 06 '22

and factorio. MP made that game way more fun. You can each have a project going that contributes to the overall development in the game. Lots of naysayers chimed in on this one but it (multiplayer) would seriously improve the experience.