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Game Journalism Day 4 - Upgrades

These are my five upgrades

   Old axe

 Item 1: Axe

-What does it do better?

durability is better 

-What's the difference?

lasts longer 

-How does this help?

saves resources, lets me get more wood

New axe

-Why did you do it?

tired of making lots of axes

-Was it worth it - why?

for me it was because i'm low on resources and having on that lasts longer is great

Small crop plot

  Item 2: crop plot

-What does it do better?

grow bigger plants like full-on trees

-What's the difference?

grows less plants, but bigger plants

-How does this help?

can now grow trees which can get you wood and other things depending on the tree

Large crop plot

-Why did you do it?

needed wood

-Was it worth it - why?

it was because its another source of

 wood

 small storage on the right         large on the left

    Item 3: storage

 -What does it do better?

 Holds more

-What's the difference?

 takes up more room

-How does this help?

Lets me store more resources for crafting

 -Why did you do it?

 to keep more resources

-Was it worth it - why?

absolutely, storing more things is essential 

Item 4: fishing rod

-What does it do better?

 Catches better fish

 

-What's the difference?

Lasts longer

 

-How does this help?

better food, bigger fish have lots

more food on them

-Why did you do it?

get better food 

-Was it worth it - why?

If I were to start over, the first 10 steps would be...

1.collect as much debris as possible ( barrels too )
2.make a cup for water
3.make a water purifier
4.make a grill
5.cook food that you hopefully got from barrels ( if not... )
6.make a fishing rod to get more food
7.make a spear to fend off the shark attacks
8.make a research table
9.expand your raft 
10.put things in your research table to make even more things


What is the best tool to make for survival?


anchor, i believe because if you cant stop at islands, you'll have a hard time advancing, and the anchor is the only reliable way of stopping

My current raft looks like this:

1. What NEW things did you build today? 

i built a medium dirt bed for growing newly found watermelons, and what we are calling siege weapons; they're wooden ramps that are about 6 stories tall for getting to the tops of islands
2. How will these NEW things help you play the game (TIPS&TRICKS)?

These new things will help for looting islands and growing what i found
3. What strategies are you going to try to focus on tomorrow?

Trying to get more wood, plastic, and palm leaves as i have a shortage of that
4. Add a picture of your raft. (include a caption) 
Explain why you built the raft the way you did.

I built the raft like this for attacking islands to get more loot, primarily

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Game Journalism Play 2

1. What specifically did you do today?

  my goal for today was make as much progress as possible specifically in being able to explore other rafts and islands. i built a sail to traverse faster, and my plan was to crash into another raft, and it push mine so they would stay together, DON'T DO THIS. My boat ended up glitching out and was pushed very far away, and i died with all my things on me because once you loot the other rafts, they sink

2. What did you learn about how to play the game?
  -Don't crash into other raft's
  -Use an ANCHOR unlike me to stop your boat in place, i theorize if you get in-front of a raft and stop via the anchor, it will stop both yours and the other raft, of course if its against the current
  -If your dying and are in a safe area that you can get back to, drop your items, so when you re-spawn, you will still have them

3. What strategies are you going to try to focus on tomorrow?

I will learn how to build more, as i've just experimented with vertical building. i will also try to find a better way to stop and loot islands and rafts. 



4. Add a picture of your raft. (include a caption) Explain what you have done to your raft and WHY.

I added the top floor for the sail, and a research table