Random-generated H******* Enzymes formula

matrixdll

There's a vast selection of decorative plants in this game - why not make the formula random-generated for each playthrough, so that the experienced players won't be able to stockpile required ingredients beforehand when playing the game second time. Maybe keep that rarest one in the formula, but the rest should be random generated.
Reasons:
1) It increases the replay value of a second playthrough;
2) Adds an incentive for the players to memorize exactly where each plant can be gathered.

Thank you and, once again, thanks for a great game.

SnailsAttack

After realizing that I myself am doing this on my current play through, I think this'd be a good idea. There should maybe even be several randomly generated aspects of the game besides this.

Maalteromm

matrixdll wrote: »

There's a vast selection of decorative plants in this game - why not make the formula random-generated for each playthrough, so that the experienced players won't be able to stockpile required ingredients beforehand when playing the game second time. Maybe keep that rarest one in the formula, but the rest should be random generated.
Reasons:
1) It increases the replay value of a second playthrough;
2) Adds an incentive for the players to memorize exactly where each plant can be gathered.

Thank you and, once again, thanks for a great game.

It is a nice idea, but in the end you'll just start gathering a piece of every plant in the game if you now about it. But I do enjoy random stuff.

matrixdll

That's still less predictable than rather just gathering the set of plants, mentioned on a wiki-page.
I mean, there's a designer's struggle, mentioned by Cory on the game's launch interview (or was it the Rockpapershotgun one?), to add more purpose for decorative stuff, and this seems like a perfect opportunity to implement one.

Maalteromm

Maybe it could use other cues instead of just plants. Make it a random recipe crafted using any naturally occurring plant, animal and mineral. So you might need not just plants, but maybe an egg, a small fish or even a mineral ore.
It could weigh more toward the flora, but the possibility of requiring anything would really spice things up.

ZynnHavik

I have dozens of each plant species around my base. So I'm okay with this. Growing deepshrooms, BloodKelp, and gel sacks nearby is sooopar useful

Caiobrz

Maalteromm wrote: »

It is a nice idea, but in the end you'll just start gathering a piece of every plant in the game if you now about it. But I do enjoy random stuff.

I agree, I like to have one of each plant in my garden anyway.