Indie Games

Rust (2013)

What is it?

Rust is an open world survival game. The studio that designed this game is Facepunch Studios. Facepunch Studios was founded by Garry Newman. This studio is most known for designing Garry’s Mod. Rust is available for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. Rust has sold over three million copies at the end of 2015.

This game was originally created to mimic the DayZ mod for Arma 2. It also has certain elements from Minecraft. Rust was released on Steam for early access since December 11, 2013. It has been on Steam’s Early Access program since then. The objective of the game is to survive by gathering resources or stealing them from other players. Players will also need to learn how to craft certain items that are in the game. If a player has not learned an item they may also learn how to craft it by finding a blue print. The Player can also discover the item they wish to craft in order to learn how to make it.

When the game was first released it had zombies in the world. However, they have now been replaced by bears and wolves. There are also other animals such as deer, horses, and pigs. There are also air drops that players to get supplies from. If a player goes for an air drop they would have to fight other players to get the loot that is in the air drop. However, you may also get air drop signals so that you would be able to get an air drop at a certain location.

Technological Innovations

Players have characters that are of different races which has not been seen on other survival games.

Limitations

The game is still in early access. This means that there are still various bugs and glitches that need to be fixed. It is also being constantly updated to try to fix various bugs and glitches. These updates also add new elements to the game as well. However, with all the updates players would need to rebuild their bases and need to learn all their craftables again. 

Personal Experience

Some of my friends said I should get this game as it is a style of game that I enjoy playing. However, there were some people in the TeamSpeak at the time that tried to argue that I wouldn’t like this game. I mean I should be able to decide what games I like and what games I don’t. Well I ended up buying the game and I enjoyed it. 

When I got the game it was still on the legacy version and now I also run a server that runs on the newest version of the game which is experimental. It can be quite a pain to run a Rust server because of the updates. This is because of all the plugins that are on the server may or may not break with every update. So servers will need to be maintained on a daily basis. It is not like other games where servers pretty much run themselves. 

This game is a lot of fun with a group of friends. For example, in our group we have a builder, gatherers, and hunters. The builder’s job is to build the base. Gatherers will gather supplies such as building materials, ammunition, guns, medical supplies and food. Hunters will protect the group as well as gather food for the group. 

Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuGRgktyzU8 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rust_%28video_game%29

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