Odd Realm Dev Tracker

Sorry I haven't played that one

You can settle on peaceful tiles to avoid hostilities.

Also, try making an underground fort. It's easier to get up and running and defend.

Settle close to another Human settlement to increase the merchant visits. (Within two tiles.) They'll show up and you'll likely be able to buy some weapons and food.

I haven't played a ton of Rimworld so I can't accurately say how I want to stand out from them. I guess having more than the one Z level is the main thing off the top of my head. I know they go down the route of leaning into more of the psychologic aspects of settlers and, although I want settlers to feel unique, I don't want players to micro manage to that degree.

As for DF, when I started making Odd Realm, I had intended to make a DF-lite. Mainly I just wanted to make a game with the same 3D tile world they have in order to develop my programming skills further. I like survival games, so it was important to make something along that vein to keep me interested. I wasn't too serious about making a competitor with DF or Rimworld. However, after releasing the first version of Odd Realm, I got a lot of positive feedback and it motivated me to continue working on the game as a much more serious endeavor. Before, I just wanted to quickly put out a game and jump onto the next thi...

I love this! Great work!

Thank you very much for this feedback. I agree with many of these suggestions, and am working on adding/fixing most of them. :)

And, as for the game getting boring by the second year, that makes sense. I've avoided working on too much mid-late game stuff because I want to finish all the core systems. Which will be mostly done with this next update that's coming out soon. Otherwise, I end up breaking and/or having to remake a lot of content which really slows me down. That said, I'm hoping to focus more on the content and progression side of things in the following updates after this next one.

Thanks again!

Getting a farm up and running is key for long term survival, but foraging/hunting/fishing will help you out for the early game.

Glad to hear that worked for you!