Timberborn extend district full#

As there's no starting warehouse now, we’ve made adjustments to some other buildings such as Lumberjack Flag or Gatherer Flag that now have some storage capacity.Įach additional district starts empty so it’s a good idea to send some of your beavers and goods there. Your initial District Center comes prefilled with starting resources and all District Centers also employ a few builders. Then, you put a new (also free) District Center somewhere behind that gate. To set up a new district, you put a (free) micro building called Gate anywhere on a path, effectively setting up a district’s border. If a building is not connected to a Center, the game will remind you about that. In other words, you’ve expanded far enough to consider setting up another district. Lines turning red and disappearing are a sign that the area is too far from the Center. After you select a building, coloured lines appear, making it easy to identify. The district expands as you add paths.Įach District Center has a limited range (measured in the length of outgoing paths). Builders construct buildings within the district. Beavers who enjoy fieldwork such as cutting trees or working in ruins continue to do that within range of their workplaces. Under the new system, beavers diligently follow the paths you’ve built, moving between their homes, workplaces, attractions etc. Because of that, placing paths is now instant and no longer needs workers. That also means that you now need paths on roofs, dams, or platforms. All future buildings that have entrances need to be connected to a Center via paths – or just won’t work. It replaces the batch of starting buildings you know from the demo. In Early Access, you begin with a single, new building: District Center.

Timberborn extend district full#

These issues made the beavers less productive in the long run, and the districts fix that.Īdd in some awkward situations where beavers starve with a full warehouse nearby or work in areas too far from their favourite carousel, and you get a picture. Also, some beavers would remain unemployed even though there were jobs available, as they lived too far away.

For example, if you wanted to build something with logs, the construction site needed to be in the range of both Builder's Hut and Log Pile. The old system was quite simple but often left players confused. There are multiple reasons for that, but here’s a sample from Jon Biegalski, one of our game designers: With districts, the previous range system is going away. What is this sorcery, you ask? Keep on reading because there's a lot to unpack. Oh, and they give your beavers a chance to swim. They also improve the game’s performance. Districts make growing your settlements easier to understand at the beginning and more fun later. Time to announce the next big thing coming with the early access launch of Timberborn: the district system. Wait, you haven’t heard about beaver districts? Let’s see how they affect where your beavers live, work, walk… and swim.