Devlog #28: Growing vegetables on Mars

While waiting for the prologue version, here’s a new devlog for you! ːsteamhappyː

Today we would like to talk about vegetable cultivation inside your Mars Base, which will be a crucial part of your mission. As a colonist, one of your main tasks will be to establish a reliable food source on Mars.



Inside the Main HQ, you can grow potatoes and beetroots, but before you start cultivating plants, you need to build devices, which will allow you to do it, e.g. hydroponic shelves and optionally plant incubator. At your disposal you’ll have a seed tool used for planting seeds. Besides, you have to make sure that your base has power and water connection because your plants need light and water.🌱



The next important step is planting seeds, but you have to choose if you want to plant seeds directly on hydroponic shelves or plant them in plant incubator first, which will speed up germination. The choice is yours!



If you would like to plant seeds in an incubator first, remember that once the crops have germinated, you have to replant them into hydroponic shelves. Growing potatoes and beetroots on hydroponic trays from the beginning won’t require replanting them later but it will take longer. In the full game there will also be additional steps where you can replant your crops into fields and greenhouses.

While cultivating, you have to monitor the parameters (like: temperature and water level) on an ongoing basis and manage resources wisely if you want to grow food successfully. 🥔



The prologue is close to launch. Stay tuned for upcoming updates. If you have any questions or just want to talk with devs and other future colonists, feel free to join our Discord server!

Best Regards,
Occupy Mars Team

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