Survival Guide #3 | Understanding the Score Screen
[h3]When you complete a level in Homeseek, you’ll be presented with a score screen. Understanding the metrics there can aid you in improving your gameplay—and your colonists will thank you.[/h3]
Courtesy of clyall90 on Discord - Can you beat their score?
The time played and days survived metrics are self-explanatory. These don’t affect your score directly; they’re just informational. Feel free to challenge yourself: How quickly can you win and with how high of a score can you do it? Alternatively, how long can you last without running out of resources and bringing your colony to a bitter end?
Next, check out the three segments relating to your settlers. The yellow circle is the number of survivors at the end of your run. The middle shows you how many people perished under your rule. The final metric in the gray circle is how many people abandoned your settlement in favor of the deadly unknown. You want higher numbers in the first category to raise your score.
The next section shows how many locations you’ve explored during your expeditions, how many technologies you’ve researched and upgraded, and the number of laws found and voted on. The more explored locations, researched techs, and voted-on laws, the better your score. (The outpost is something you will encounter later in the game.)
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[h3]Now that you know what the metrics mean, you can adjust your strategies to improve them. [/h3]
Be sure you have medical centers to heal your populace and that you work quickly to provide settlers with less contaminated water as you’re able. Finally, be sure they have shelter and enough to eat—within reason. Strict limits can still be necessary to ensure your stores are not too quickly depleted. That’s where your laws come in.
Explore with intention. Plan out your route and be sure you pack enough supplies. Send out multiple expedition parties at once if you have the manpower.
Finally, make use of the things you discover. Each law and technology you encounter can be the difference between life and death for your settlement. Be sure to employ them as effectively as possible to have a better chance at survival and a better score at the end of your run.
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[h3]Show off your survival skills and win a game key![/h3]
Play the demo and join our Discord to share your score at the end of the first level. We’ll award the two highest scores with a game key. But since survival is based on a mixture of skill and luck, we’ve also decided to open the contest up to a third winner—A third key will be given out at random to one lucky player, and all who enter the Discord contest are eligible!
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[h3]Need more help?[/h3]
Check out our previous editions of the survival guide to help you get settled in to Homeseek’s harsh and unforgiving world.
Courtesy of clyall90 on Discord - Can you beat their score?The time played and days survived metrics are self-explanatory. These don’t affect your score directly; they’re just informational. Feel free to challenge yourself: How quickly can you win and with how high of a score can you do it? Alternatively, how long can you last without running out of resources and bringing your colony to a bitter end?
Next, check out the three segments relating to your settlers. The yellow circle is the number of survivors at the end of your run. The middle shows you how many people perished under your rule. The final metric in the gray circle is how many people abandoned your settlement in favor of the deadly unknown. You want higher numbers in the first category to raise your score.
The next section shows how many locations you’ve explored during your expeditions, how many technologies you’ve researched and upgraded, and the number of laws found and voted on. The more explored locations, researched techs, and voted-on laws, the better your score. (The outpost is something you will encounter later in the game.)
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[h3]Now that you know what the metrics mean, you can adjust your strategies to improve them. [/h3]
Be sure you have medical centers to heal your populace and that you work quickly to provide settlers with less contaminated water as you’re able. Finally, be sure they have shelter and enough to eat—within reason. Strict limits can still be necessary to ensure your stores are not too quickly depleted. That’s where your laws come in.
Explore with intention. Plan out your route and be sure you pack enough supplies. Send out multiple expedition parties at once if you have the manpower.
Finally, make use of the things you discover. Each law and technology you encounter can be the difference between life and death for your settlement. Be sure to employ them as effectively as possible to have a better chance at survival and a better score at the end of your run.
[h2]—[/h2]
[h3]Show off your survival skills and win a game key![/h3]
Play the demo and join our Discord to share your score at the end of the first level. We’ll award the two highest scores with a game key. But since survival is based on a mixture of skill and luck, we’ve also decided to open the contest up to a third winner—A third key will be given out at random to one lucky player, and all who enter the Discord contest are eligible!
[h2]—[/h2]
[h3]Need more help?[/h3]
Check out our previous editions of the survival guide to help you get settled in to Homeseek’s harsh and unforgiving world.