Clanfolk - Sandbox Medieval Colony Survival 

Fun fact: With Scottish kilts, "plaid" is the term for the material of the garment whilst "tartan" is the term for the pattern on it.

When you started talking about how the game tries to be factually accurate I've noticed that it's also accurate in how you advance technologically. In many games you have the entire tree visible and just choose what you want to research next, but in reality we (a lot of the time) don't exactly know what that next stage is, and instead what we do is use our creativity, come up with ideas, and experiment to develop something new and novel, or new ideas come in as a spark of inspiration. The new tech obviously builds on top of another (as does all knowledge) but it's never as simple "ok we have this, now let's do this, and then to this" and the new breakthroughs often come in unexpected moments and places.

Learned more about bog iron today than in the other 51 years of my life... Great content Splat!

Regarding storage, the game has a neat feature where crafting stations will automatically deposit their output in an appropriate storage unit if there is one within 2 tiles. So instead of a general storage building, it's most efficient to cluster each crafting station with its associated storage units. (The exception is food, where you probably want to separate the kitchen for cooking from the pantry for storage, so you can keep your food cold, since food spoilage is temperature dependent.)

I have over 200 hours in this game right now and I absolutely love it. I think I discovered it through your channel actually! I'm so glad you've come back to take another peek at it.

I own this game. It's so weirdly addictive. The music helps immensely, but that's not the only reason not by a long shot.

Eel is the Bacon of the fish world!

Been wanting to get some flax growing for a while now. Didn't think I'd get a tutorial for it here. Kudos.

As a Finn, you mentioning UnReal World really warmed my heart!

There are bagpipes in the game, but it's one of the four things at the very bottom of the tech tree.

You can build a roof one tile out from a wall, so you can 'umbrellas' to keep your storage areas protected from the rain. And, sparks from the fire don't reach the roof, but objects on fire do...

Hah, talking about eels, eel fishing over here in the Netherlands, at least in the north part, very much comes with a competition for the best smoked eel, which then leads the public being able to buy that.

Came to this channel for the games and stayed for the stories.

"takes RimWorld and dips it in a sauce of UnReal World" - The perfect description

When I moved to the Netherlands my Dutch wife introduced me to eel. You got to grab them by the end and pull the skin off and pick the meat off the bones.

Chemically, bloomeries work by smothering carbon over the iron oxide. Carbon has a stronger bond with oxygen so in order to oxidize the smothered charcoal the oxygen is pulled from the iron oxide. Thus you get iron left behind at the bottom of the pit, but the product is very spongey since the bloomery can't get the iron hot enough to melt. Then of course the carbon can also infuse into the iron alloy to make steel, but bloomery steel is very inconsistent, which is why using Japan as an example they'd separate the high and low carbon iron parts of the bloom then layer them so hard is on a sword's cutting edge, soft is the spine.

Splat, if you want a game where you need to rot flax to make tow, twine, canvas, or rope, check out A Tale In The Desert (ATITD). Set in Ancient Egypt, it's the kind of game where the hours pass you by as you go through all the stages of constructing everything you need to live by the Nile.

Yo! @Splattercategaming! I have been watching a LOT of you're videos over the last 3 weeks. I love your format. Our love of indie gaming is very similar. This game sounds right up my alley as I love Rimworld, but have hit my limit of it's goals and I also have red hair and am likely of Scottish heritage. Thank you for your efforts and existence. Keep up the great contribution to the true indie gaming culture!

Q: What makes this game different from Rimworld? A: Plaid.

Love the light of the furnaces at night. They look great.

'The howling of the Sawzalls' is my new favourite saying. Thank you.

Looks like one to keep a close eye on. Thanks for the extended gameplay minimising skips. Some games need the more xtra room to show their stuff and you wax lyrical well in the meantime.

"The smell of burning peat is.. very, very... we'll it's distinct" lol 😆 😂 🤣

YES! i was expecting your review after the updates. I got it because of you in the first place, so I'm exited about it

one reason i like ur channel so much is because of all the useful real life information and learning experiences you provide with the content.

Splat, it's actually safe to put a normal roof over buildings that throw sparks. Roofs cannot be lit on fire by sparks, though. they will be lit on fire if a spark lights anything ELSE on fire, but, that's what flammable blockers are for.

this was the most educational game preview ever

There's a lot of stabbing in Glasgow

That easy to use task use is mind blowing

Splat, I have to apologize; I live in Sonoma county. Grew up here too. Many moons ago you said that there were goat farms and mutton here as well, and I had never seen that. You are correct, and I was wrong. Learned something about this area I didn't know. The Sonoma aroma is unique (far as I've seen) to the area. The fields near Sebastopol get fertilized and sprayed same time every year, as you said, but I will say a huge part of the stench is the cow farms also. There are a lot of them here still, and if you drive up a certain road from the 101 Hwy towards Sebastopol, it's still *REALLY* obvious where the stench is coming from. It's a mix of both. Thank goodness it isn't all year round.

Thank you for bringing to our attention this game! Ευχαριστούμε! :)

So excited to see where this has gone, havent played since the demo

something tells me Splattercat likes colony survival games... cant quite put a finger on it

I've been hooked on this game, glad I gave it a chance. I saw the trailer a while back and I wasn't really interested but I was looking for a new game and tried out the demo. It's so fun and entertaining.

I'd love it if you did a series again!

Burning Pete does smell terrible. And Pete doesn't enjoy it much either.

Whoa I was grading chemistry tests while watching this. You mentioned Iron precipitates while I was reading answers about precipitates :)

Great content bro keep it coming

What I really like is that this game actually has the Clan tartans.... granted, that also includes "Clan" Campbell.... not even born over there and still hold that grudge. A MacGregor who moved over here from Scotland after WW2 talked to me once, they didn't realize that I was aware of why Campbells shouldn't be trusted; they were elated when I knew.

Happy you're playing this.

This guy is so funny how have i never found his videos before

Ha! Black douglas armor. Splatt is the GOAT

excellent banter!

love your real life stories Splatt. not just fun game vids, giving that lil bit extra. would love to see more of this game. keep up the good work. ez like. had to look up the Black Douglas armor, lol sure does look American.

I noticed you are over farming eals, if you hover of the lake it shows you the max and current eal levels. In this lake, 1 eal trap is enough. More will deplete it quickly and recover slow.

Awesome game and cool commentary.

that guy going ham with sponsorblock in your videos is mad

Life is feudal is the most complex and interesting game in case of processing.

I'm Scottish AF. Love anything Scottish. Great content!

Why does this man knows so much about the flax refining process? 😂

i've dumped over 400 hours in this since july. one of my favorite games of the year by far! the devs do an amazing job

For all the people saying "Rimworld is better": the atmosphere is totally different, as you fight against the nature and time, not mechanoids and cannibals. There are people who get irked by Rimworld's raid feature, so Clanfolk is perfect for them. Also, not every colony sim is Rimworld!

Tied with Rimworld because they're different yet the same on my list. Keeps getting better and better!

I like these slightly-longer vids, 30m felt kinda short, especially when it's a complex game

I like all research systems that do something different from a normal, predictable tech tree.

Medieval Rimworld looking good

Smoked eel is the best , its a real treat here in Sweden

Hey Splat :) I would love to see another update on this game in the future Edit: don't smoke eels kids

The game is onsale 40% off right now until the 5th of May if anyone wants to get it. It also had more massive updates. If you liked the environment visuals before. You need to check it out now! They have added so many new things! Do another video!! :)

Tearing up old pipes in your house? Sounds like something my friend did recently before they decided to have kids. RimWorld continues to show its influence in the gaming world.

NGL, the character 'Neill' looks to be rocking around in his tighty-whities.

Ayyyy, me and Splattercat, fellow Scots! Noice! Slainte mhath!

wooden tiles. split with a froe and if you were rich enough oiled for a year then installed. or thatch. they still use thatch rooves in the isles.

Abou the Flax stuff, this is also a mechanic in Medieval Dynasty

I wish I could like this video at least three times just for you discussing how flax fibers are processed. It super annoys me how some games go all in on the various stages of metallurgy but flax or wool (or worse, hide) just magically turns into a sewn garment without all the intensive processing (retting, weaving, fulling, etc).

Can confirm stabbing someone in Scotland is “Chibbing” them. It is usually said like “I’m gonnae chib ye” it sounds silly and funny, that’s a distraction. It’s more of a Glaswegian dialect (Western Scotland).

Amazing game

The only problem, eel don't live in ponds like that, part of their lifecycle is oceanic.

You spoke a lot about tile roofs being difficult because you need special tools to cut tiles. Wouldn't the tile maker just have two slightly different lengths of tiles, say 6 inches and 7 inches wide, and you just include as many as you need of each width so the total equals the size of your roof?

Where's the damn bagpipes! 😁

Primitive Technology did a video on roofing a hut in tile about 7 years ago. (Primitive Technology: Tiled Roof Hut) . Other than being massively time consuming, and cracking tiles during firing, it dosnt seem that difficult.

ThankYou SirSplatt

Speaking of "Aromas", the Tacoma Aroma from when I was young (the 90s) was god awful due to a paper mill... and thats from me growing up 15 miles from a large dairy farm in E. Washington. Hot days with the wrong wind were *NOT* pleasant...

If you like unagi, try anago. Ocean eel vs freshwater.

Just since you seem genuinely interested: The pronunciation is like [Skee-in Doo] for Skean Dhu

Surprised you did this game and not Ereyss since it just came into ea today.

You like eel, you need to come to New Zealand.

Alba gu bràth, man ! 😆

Your blowing my mind. How do you know so much about flax?

I've never seen the slang of a Scottish ned on RU-vid, or any Scottish dialects for that matter, which there are literally dozens from the different islands and the mainland cities.

On this episode of Story Time With Splat. XD

A rainy season in Scotland?

today, while playing clanfolk, i will be discussing roofing, bog iron, and peat moss. you're on your own about thoughts on the actual game.

You may not have seen games that have you ret and dry fibers, but several games have before this.

Splats, you do realize that those plumbers made a fortune off you. First with the labor costs and second with all the copper (I'm assuming) they took out of your house.

If its based on realism then the granery can 100% self combust... the old stule wood grain elevators could go up in flames very easily and all that was needed was slightly too damp grain being put into them. But yeah... not important for the game but I think having grain fires would be vwry realistic

Speaking of games with accurate crafting - one thats vastly more realistic than this one - did you never play vintage story Splat? Its like minecraft but with hyper realistic complicated survival/crafting systems- all the step RL woulda had back in the day - like 20 steps and weeks to make leather armor with lime in water and scraping and tannin etc- or using bees for beeswax to seal clay jars for winter storage.. Its totally the opposite of user friendly like this game tho- and you will need the wiki a lot. Its a great game for a certain sort of person.

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If anyone thinks their job or life sucks, be a roofer in the summertime in a particularly hot climate. You'll be grateful for many things...

Unreal World has flax and Reed retting (and threshing) too

from michigan, and bucks around here would not live very long if they behaved like that. a lot of avid hunters around here. would be like delivery to them.

The biggest difference this and the Rimworld is that there is NO combat.

Too bad the Douglas wasn't wearing it when the King decided to personally stab him to death

I live for flax derails.

But can ye gan aboot tae hunt the wee wild Haggis beasties that roam aboot the hills and glens of fair Alba?

Understand the logic of why but it still irks me as a Scotsman to see Fall used instead of Autumn :)

A year ago there was only one developer.

“My family was the Douglas clan” bro just doxxed himself. Better hope the English don’t see this video

scottish highlander

The Douglass clan? 👀