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Citworker

Difficult request: Looking for a game where you design NPCs

Here is one for you amazing bunch:

Looking for a game where I design/train and/or build ships or crew that works for me. To give you an example, in Avorion you design a ship, promote a captain and it will automatically carry out your orders, be it mining, escort or salvaging.

This is what I'm looking for. Something where I can build a ship, and it will automatically carry out orders on their own. This also might be something like a crew member with specific instructions, but I like them having some sort of freedom as opposed to Kensi-like mine copper forever orders.

Specifically in Avorion, what I liked is the tweaking of ship design, turrets, making escorts for the mining ships and so on. Once all set, they let go and do their own thing as they see it best.

Again it does not have to be space-themed, happy with anything really.

So far games I tried, oh boy, just top of my head that comes near this would be:

Skyrim with follower mods

Kenshi with mods,

Rimworld with mods,

Any suggestion is welcome

Posted Jun 9, 2022, 4:37 PM UTC

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Doomsaki•

Would look into "From the Depths"

It basically a naval RTS that lets you customize your own units. You build a ship block by block designing turrets/shape, size, AI-subroutines, etc all through voxel blocks. You can then fight AI factions or other players in a grand campaign.

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CitworkerOP•

Cheers, will check it out.

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heriberi•

The only suggestion I'm pretty sure you haven't heard about is Reassembly. It kind of gives me that a little bit, but honestly I can't think of anything better suited than the ones you already mentioned. I also get that itch scratched a little bit with parties, companions and workshops in Bannerlord. To an even smaller extent with the Truck Simulator games when you finally buy a truck and hire a guy to do some jobs for you.

Judging by another post of yours I read, I feel like we look for very similar things in games. Maybe you should give Caves of Qud a try at some point, the game doesn't give a shit about you, also it's very open and complex. Would definetly scratch some of your itches if you put the effort to learn it. It's hard, but fun starts soon after you get the very basics.

The same kind of itches made me like Door Kickers 1 somehow lol, I'm the kind of guy who plays Supreme Commander 2 because I can build a base and watch the war among AI ensue while I oversee my defences stop enemy assaults.

Finally two games that may interest you are Cosmoteer (space rimworld) and Total War: Warhammer 2 and 3, but I haven't played them yet.

By the way, what have you been playing? Any recommendations? Really really curious about what games you might have liked that I don't know about, in any genre.

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