Roody:2d (itch)

Roody:2d 0.1.1 alpha

A "low level" automation game created by redinator2000.

Basic crafting is tedious, but automating basic tasks is challenging.

Do not redistribute.

Controls

You need a keyboard and a 2-3 button mouse to play this game.

The main menu can be navigated with the mouse or the arrow keys and [Enter].

[Escape] Go to a "higher level" screen, either the main start menu, main pause menu, or main game. [Escape] toggles between the pause menu and the pause game.

[F10] Reload resources

Navigate to the "Options" menu and scroll down to see the rest of the controls.

Clarifications

and change behavior with the buttons

can delete your entire hand if the stack count reaches 0

Help my settings are all messed up!

Delete config.config

Gameplay Basics Blocks

The world in Roody:2d is made of blocks. There are no items, only blocks.

Many blocks have unique abilities and uses. Double-tap (default: [X]) over a block to read a short description, or simply browse the guide book (default:[G]) and see how to make different blocks.

Inventory

The player can hold stacks of identical blocks in 3 ways: the backpack, the hotbar, and the hand.

The player can hold stacks of identical block structures (multiple blocks welded together) in 2 ways: the backpack and the hand.

The hand can move items between the world, the backpack, and the hotbar. If the hand is only holding a stack of single blocks, it will likely dump them into the hotbar.

Building

If a block or a block structure is smaller than 20x20, you can pick it up instantly with (default: [mouse right]) and place it with (default: [mouse left]).

To connect blocks, go into welding mode by either holding (default: [Shift]) or toggling (default: [C]). Hold (default: [mouse left]) with your mouse over a block seam in the welding radius of the player.

To disconnect blocks, go into welding mode, then hold (default: [mouse right]) with your mouse over two connected blocks in the welding radius of the player.

Crafting

Construct the arrangement seen in the guidebook(default: [G]).

Most recipes consist of the material, the machine block that acts on the material, and a block activating the machine block (often an {inductor} or activated {toggler} welded to the machine block).

The {combiner} is the most complex machine block, taking in a structure of multiple blocks welded together in a particular arrangement, and turning them into 1 or more of the product.

Containers

Some blocks can hold other blocks.

If a block is holding another block, it cannot be picked up. If you wish to pick up a container, you need to empty it first by holding with welding mode off.

The {collector} and {extruder} can automatically put other blocks into and out of other containers, especially the {crate}, the main storage solution in the game.

Machine blocks such as the {extractor} and {combiner} are also containers, holding the products of their process.

Wires

Wires connect to each other and other blocks by being welded to each other.

General Strategies Mining

• Dig deep by removing all the welds from a block, then picking it up.
• Find ore veins.
• Hold <remove> to collect ore from the ore veins.
• Use an arc smelter to turn the ore into metal bars.
• When the ore vein is depleted, it will become a core vein, the rare raw material used for manufacturing advanced blocks.

Other resources

• Find a desert and pick up {sand}, be careful not cause a collapse on yourself.
• Find a forest and carry a tree back to your base. Place a {leaf} on top of a {log} on top of {dirt} and connect the blocks together to let them grow.

Automation

• Find some way to automate placing and removing ores from arc smelters.(HINT: use a {block detector} on machining mode)
• Create an automatic tree farm.
• Make a mining vehicle, key components being a {destroyer} and {pilot chair}.
• Use {actuator}s, {mantler}s, wiring components, and anything else you find useful to automatically turn raw materials into the blocks you find yourself often crafting manually.
• Automatically build small arrangements of blocks you find yourself using and store stacks of these structures in your backpack.
• ???
• Grey goo the infinite world.

Commands

Use (default: [tilde])

position - show current position in tile coordinates pos - shorthand for position ping - pong say <string> - announce something to yourself cheats - toggle cheats noclip - toggle noclip give <integer> <block> - if your hand is empty, you will receive <integer> <block>s clear - clear inventory Alpha

This is an in development alpha version. Expect and report bugs. Discord: https://discord.gg/gbEkBNt

Do not expect your saved worlds to carry over to later versions.

Encouraged feedback

• Reproducible crashes and bugs
• Obvious texture or spelling mistakes
• Changes to crafting recipes, with a good argument
• Changes to block behavior, with a good argument
• Specific tweaks to visuals
• Specific tweaks to player interactions
• Changes to this README
• Additional features that are in line with the rest of the game, ideally you should be an experienced player with this specific game and the rest of the automation genre.

This is not a comprehensive list.