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Had multiple complaints from players that trees are hard to find. The possiblity of needing some exploration is reasonable, and we don't want the world to be too uniform for aesthetic reasons, but there shouldn't be much harm in making trees less frustrating to find.
======================================================================== CORE DESIGN PRINCIPLES ------------------------------------------------------------------------ - Do as much in node-space in the world as possible. - Minimize use of off-grid entities. - Avoid encapsulating things in inventories, machines, GUIs. - Crafting and transforming in-world. - Minimal set of primitive composable functions. - Each node should do one job (or one part of a job). - Only include the most primitive, fungible components. - Avoid redundant functionality, include fewest possible different elements. - Complex emergent gameplay by combining simple nodes. - Challenging and constrained gameplay. - Limited inventories, very restricted item storage, e.g. one stack per node. - Large, complex machines to design and build for resource transformations. - Subtle environmental hazards, like deadfalls and pestilence. - Rich, subtle interactions. - Digging, placing, punching and battering. - Different effects from different tools (including empty hand). - Different faces of node may have different effects. - Focus on puzzle-oriented single-player/cooperative gameplay. - Avoid dependence on action, combat, PvP. - Slow-moving hazards, players have a chance to think and plan. - Acessible for slow reflexes, slow networks, mobile devices. ........................................................................ ========================================================================