Algae is something that will quickly come to your attention mid-way through the game. You find yourself needing to create something like fertilizer and with this, you will need three units of Algae and more than likely have not come...

For those who love games like No Mans Sky or Astroneer, the release of Planet Crafter is surely going to be one that gets you excited. Although similar, the end goal is considerably different. You are dumped on a hostile...

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During the game's main tutorial, you will be shown how to use a blade to cut crops in order to harvest straw and grain seeds. Since wheat is going to be the primary source of gold for quite some time....

Sand will have been on the doorstep of your settlement since you started the game and it will be quite some time before you find yourself needing it. You are more than likely looking to start making mortar to upgrade...

Creating bots is going to be a regular requirement from the beginning to the end of the game. You are always going to need new bots. Be it for automating resource gathering or for creating soldiers to fight the pirates....

Weeds are not something you would ever really pay attention to, even in resource-driven games like this. It isn't until you get to the point where you need to start crafting bows for archers that you will hit this issue....

As you begin to expand your war against the pirates across the map, you will eventually find yourself at an outpost where you have a pirate barracks. These structures will keep producing new pirates to attack you. Unless you destroy...

Stone pieces that you get from using a pickaxe on a patch of stone will be the requirement for a huge amount of blueprints in Autonauts. It is most definitely an item worth setting up a builder for when it...

If you have followed the game's tutorial by using a combat dummy to teach your soldier bots how to attack, you will find that these soldiers do nothing against buildings. They are designed to attack pirate bots and will completely...

Having progressed far enough to build up a small army of grunts, it might be time to finally take on some pirates to earn 8-bit. For those who have spent time playing games like Age of Empires, you may find...

Clay is eventually going to come under your radar when you find yourself needing a lot more gold to maintain your army. Clay is used in creating clay pots which are a key ingredient in creating porridge. Before you can...

Commanding a large community of automated robots has one distinct difference from humans. You won't find yourself needing water all that much but that doesn't mean you won't need it. Chances are, you started out near the ocean and never...

When planning out your settlement, it is nice to put related activities into the same location to maximize speed. One thing that is going to get in your way at some point are bushes and plants. The purple berry bushes...

It doesn't matter how well you design your scripts, when you start to get into the realm of complex scripts, either because there is a need for it, or you have made the mistake of creating multi-tasking robots, you will...