Raft Game Journalism Day 2- Thrive

Raft Play Day 2

I spent my time gathering wood for a research table, and eventually built one. I was also attacked by a shark twice, and I looted two abandoned rafts. After researching what I could and gathering the resources for another grill, I built a planting box and started planting beets. I was coming close to starvation though, due to my fishing rod breaking as well as my hook. This forced me to grab whatever resources were nearby in order to rebuild my hook and fishing rod. I also built a sail so I could travel faster and in whatever direction I wanted, granted the wind was blowing that way. I built a bed as well so I didn't have to wait all night in the dark, but unfortunately sleeping drains some of your thirst and hunger bar. About five minutes after building the sail and expanding the raft, a huge storm blew threw and I almost lost the raft after being knocked off it.

I learned that you really have to manage your resources in order to successfully survive. i was caught in the heat of the moment and built a research table as soon as I could, but this used up all my wood and shortly after my hook broke as well as my fishing rod. A tip for players who build a planting box is two also build another water purifier, otherwise you'll be juggling your water between yourself and the plants. Another tip for the planting box is to water the plants when the box is full otherwise it requires more water, and also when you harvest the plants make sure to replant the crops instead of eating the two collected.

Tomorrow I'm going to focus on acquiring and building more advanced items; Unfortunately, this requires exploring islands so I'm going to have to build an anchor. I'm also going to invest in some collectors so I can have another means of gathering resources in case my hook breaks again.

   I extended the raft to a 4x4, added a sail, bed, research table, another grill, storage container, planter, cat, shoe, and a torch.

Raft Game Journalism Day 1

   Raft is a survival game where you are stranded on a raft in the middle of the ocean with nothing but a hook attached to a rope. You are surrounded by debris that you collect to survive, but since the shark infested waters aren't too friendly, you use the hook to grab resources from the water. The obvious main focus is to survive, not explore, and hope to be rescued by building a radio. Of course building a radio from garbage you find floating in the ocean isn't going to be easy.

Sharks attack your raft from time to time, and makes swimming dangerous

Hook (hold left click to charge throw)

Picking up debris manually by pressing E

   You collect debris by throwing this hook out into the ocean or using your hands to grab nearby items floating by. The items consist of a barrel, plank of wood, plastic tube, plastic jug, plastic crate, and palm leaves. Barrels supply random items, but most importantly they supply scrap metal and food occasionally. Planks of wood are used for most crafting and building. All of the plastic in the ocean is used for replacing your hook when it's broken and for making cups to hold water. Palm leaves are the second most used resource next to wood, and especially since you can make rope out of them.

Barrel

Plank of wood

Plastic tube

Plastic Jug

Plastic crate

Palm leaves

Raft Play Day 1

    As soon as I started I set my sights on collecting wood, palm leaves, and barrels for scrap metal. I knew that I wouldn't last long without water so my plan was to make a water purifier right off the bat.  Unfortunately it didn't go as plan and I accidentally made a grill instead of a water purifier so now I had to race the clock in order to avoid dehydration. After wasting more time trying to get the materials for the purifier a shark attacked and now my raft was getting smaller. Now I had a steady supply of fresh water, but now I was facing another problem, starvation. I was surviving mainly on vegetables collected from barrels, but it was not enough to survive. I noticed I could craft a fishing so now I had to gather resources for that. Now with a steady supply of water, I had to divide my time to fishing and resource gathering in order to survive.

   I learned that water should be your main focus, and food second. Only then can you focus on the other aspects like expanding and exploring. Sure the sharks attack your dwindling raft, and now you have only so much room on it ;however, if you waste those resources on rebuilding the raft instead of focusing on those resources you will die. Things always start out rough, and I learned not to trust land or other rafts. The first time I tried to explore another raft I made a paddle to travel close enough to climb it because I thought I could use it as a raft instead, but the raft began sinking and I was forced to return to my raft.

   Tomorrow I'm going to focus more on gathering food, and try to expand either the raft or my ability to collect resources. I was thinking about doubling up on the purifiers and grills so I can have more food and water readily available. If I am going to expand the raft I was thinking about expanding the sides more for resource collecting or making planters so I can grow food.

My Raft 3x3 with a purifier and grill

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