Eventually you'll replace the solar panels with geothermal plants which are easier to maintain and your greenhouses with farms which have better potential for food production. As you build more buildings and you gain more colonists more buildings will be unlocked. to take care of your colonists' basic needs. In order to reach that goal you need to build water extractors, greenhouses, oxygen generators, solar panels, habitats etc. Your end goal is to terraform Mars and to declare independence from Earth which will then cut off all rocket launches from Earth and your colony's population growth will be handled via natural means. Methane will become important when you want to clear up areas by launching away the landers you have laying around after a couple of supply trips and ores can eventually be refined into building materials necessary for colony expansions. Ice is naturally the most important resource as it allows you to fill up your water reserves with water extractors. Before you even send anyone on Mars you might want to send in at least one exploration rover to scan the Martian soil for things like ice, methane and ores. The key to survival is harnessing local resources. Every now and then you can send in more rockets to bring in more colonists, supplies and building materials but you can only send rockets at certain intervals, which forces you to survive at least until the next rocket comes around.

You need enough water, food, oxygen and electricity to keep your colonists happy and, well, alive. A good portion of the game is managing your supplies. You need to bring equipment and supplies to Mars via rockets, set up a colony and utilize the local resources in addition to what you might have brought with you in order to keep your colony up and running and over time grow you colony. The basic concept of Sol 0 is quite simple. Due to the cheap price and the fairly promising screenshots I decided to pick it up and take it for a spin on the livestream. The game released on 15th of January which happened to be Friday and I happened to spot the game while scanning through the new releases page on Steam. I am going to be completely honest, I came into this game with quite low expectations. YouTube videos require cookies, you must accept their cookies to view.

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