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For years, Dwarf Fortress co-creator Tarn Adams has been planning a more mythical turn for the notoriously dense fantasy sim—which, by his own admission, has been a little lacking on the fantastical front. Today, thanks in large part to the efforts of programmer Putnam, who joined Bay 12 Games in 2022, Dwarf Fortress makes its…

This meeting could have been an email, or better yet, it could be an Abiotic Factor guide. We’ve poured countless hours into combating the Half-Life horrors found in developer Deep Field’s survival crafting parody, and documented plenty of Office Sector do’s and don’ts along the way. With the Abiotic Factor 1.0 update finally live and…

I think this sufficiently checks all the boxes for a complete disaster: 1047 Games has announced that it will revert portal FPS Splitgate 2 back to beta, lay off an unspecified number of employees, and will shut down the Splitgate 1 servers next month. The sequel launched not even two months ago on June 6,…

No scientist is a master chef out of the GATE, but studying up on some of the best Abiotic Factor soup recipes before throwing everything in the pot can spare you from hunger headaches early on. Batches of good soup provide handy bonuses, while the bad stuff is lethal. After nailing the basics on how…

You’ll need to craft a Keypad Hacker to bypass more sophisticated locks in Abiotic Factor. This is one of the survival-crafting game’s first big walls to bypass, as it places a GATE security keypad between you and its second zone. The materials aren’t hard to come by, but the early game to-do list is a…

You’d think an office would have tons of spare batteries lying around, but no, you’ll have to make your own Energy Brick in Abiotic Factor. The makeshift power source is among the first of ideas you’ll craft, and one of several obstacles standing between you and Silo 3. It’s not just a handy resource for…

You’ll remember the first time you encounter the coworker in Abiotic Factor, as a fully grown man crawls out of the darkness on all fours and starts begging for treats. My colleague was relieving herself when this entity first scurried into the bathroom and you can bet she jumped out of her skin. Despite his…

Speaking as someone who learned the hard way, working out how to open a GATE Security Crate in Abiotic Factor is a fool’s errand in the early game. The Half-Life-inspired survival adventure teases your scientist with loot drops out in plain sight, but you can’t open them for quite a while. I mean a mid-to-late…

After wrapping things up in the Office Sector, it’s time to head out to Manufacturing West and repair parts around the Synchrotron. You’ll need to get an Optic Lens to make it beyond Abiotic Factor’s second zone—it’s one of three pieces required to open the path to Cascade Laboratories. Fortunately, it’s not left up to…

Tracking down an anvil in Abiotic Factor is a task you’ll have to undertake if you want to construct a repair and salvage station for your worn-out gear. This is one of the first items in the game that actually gave me a little trouble; since they are quite rare early on, you’ll only find…