Firefox is better at everything, just might take 1 whole minute longer to learn how to use it. Plus firefox wasn't caught offering predatory loans on the appstore, or dealing with NFTs and crypto, nor is it owned by a Chinese corporation (although frankly I'd be more scared of google), speaking of google firefox is also not chromium based, and it- you get my point. Opera is hella sketchy and seems to have no morals. As a small creator, get that bag tho! Good on you for getting a sponsor, Angyl, but I still want to just this out there for anyone thinking about installing it.
My favorite part about the examination quotes from the characters is listening to Maxwell's quotes. He was basically the god of the constant before you kicked him off of the throne so he is always giving little tidbits of lore when examining certain things, like how when you kill the special hounds they drop gems, so when Maxwell examines a fire hound he says "I put fire gems in them as a joke". By far my favorite is when you examine a crow he says "I have no idea how those got here" like they're just anomalies
A couple fun bits of trivia: The characters names all starting with W wasn't intentional at first. If I recall they came out with Wilson, Willow, Wendy and Wolfgang in development. Realized they started with W, so they decided to keep the running joke. Charlie is the Darkness. Kinda. It's complicated. This all sprung from a joke from the devs though! Originally the files in the game for the thing that bites you in the dark were labeled as Charlie. Not because they had a character planned, but as a reference to the internet classic "Charlie bit my finger". And when the game's story started getting fleshed out, they kept the name!
The lore is actually important to understand for a core mechanic of the game. Without it, you wouldn't know that Maxwell's name actually starts with a W, thus allowing him to be playable.
In the files of the original game the player character Maxwell is referred to in the files as Waxwell to differentiate him from the NPC antagonist Maxwell
"The gameplay comes to you" is actually something very intentional in the early days of Don't starve people would just set up a farm for food and sit at base all day so they started introducing things like food spoiling and hound waves to force you to leave your base and go do something
I think it’s funny how Maxwell doesn’t t know how some plants grow so you get potato plants with the potatoes hanging off of it like fruits and much more weird crops.
It's a weird mixture of Maxwell being bored, Maxwell being ignorant, or later on, Charlie being a colossal jerk. And probably some influence from Them as well, like I would buy that Totally Normal Trees and anything related to the Ruins and Nightmare Fuel isn't really under Maxwell's control.
I personally think that Don't Starve is the best *exploration survival* game out there. The constant is an incredibly harsh and hostile place, but it has rules. You'll die over and over again to being blindsided by a new thing but every time you come back you'll be a little more ready. You'll find one more crock pot recipe, one more weapon, one more thing you can interact with that works to your advantage and eventually given time you can become a master of the Constant to the point where you're cranking out the same kinds of megabases you'd see in something like Minecraft or Terraria. You're encouraged to explore the *mechanics* of the game as well as the world, and it's all the more rewarding because of it.
Well said. It’s also impressive that even the smallest rules you ignore regarding surviving the constant will get you killed no matter how good you are at the game. Sometimes a player gets so cocky they forget they don’t have the resources to build a torch and when night falls right when you are being chased by wolves and you realize you don’t have enough grass on hand, you die because you were a fool for not being prepared for the inevitable darkness
So the story of don’t Starve is actually really underrated even by other fans, the animated trailers give alot of backstory and characterization and certain events and bosses clearly allude too a bigger picture while each individual character has their own intricate backstory and personality to suit their design and gameplay. Honestly the story is hard to work out from the gameplay alone but still somehow makes me more invested in the gameplay, I would definitely recommend watching all the animations. Even that’s just the tip of the iceberg to actually see the story for yourself you don’t just need to survive you need to be skilled enough to explore and analyze inspection diolog from important characters, although admittedly most of the proven story happens before the game. Also the original is much more scary and has an actual campaign you could play. Also my username is a very abscure pun on don’t Starve
Eating the mandrake to heal from the feastclops was the cherry on top for me ngl. Your love of don't starve will only grow if you like this much there is an absolute MOUNTAIN of gameplay you haven't even scratched!
Hey just a quick tip, you don't need both a science machine and an alchemy engine. The alchemy engine can do everything the science machine can do and more.
don't worry we all suck balls at it. and yes the 1 free copy was genius. great way to get everyone into it and massively expand the playerbase. give one to your friend who has no money, and they'll convince their friends to buy it, who will gift to to their siblings or poorer friend, the process repeats itself endlessly.
You MUST look for the Don't starve animations in CZcams, especially the character ones, they are great conveying their characteristics/backstory. And are very well made! Glad to see people acknowledging one of my favorite games.
Dont Starve is like the only Survival Game I can actually survive and beat lol. The lore of how Maxwell bringing Wilson into the constant was one heck of an ride. We gotta agree that Wally, Wendy, And Webber stories broke us.
Every DST character history is depressing, the ones that I think that were the most depressing for me was Wes, the robot one (I keep forgetting it's name) and the cooking guy (there's quite some time I don't play don't starve so don't mind me forgetting the names)
No matter how many millions of times i hear dst footsteps, crackling fires, chopping trees, chomps and chews, whirring of the portal, tip-taps of spiders, dings of items becoming craftable, and hands flying left and right crafting an item, It will never cease to please me
I really wasn't expecting a title like this to be from a player that hardly knows the game. But that kind of just shows how much character it has. Legit, it's a fantastic game.
I’ve been playing DST since it launched, and with hundreds of hours across systems, I still get excited watching people try the game for the first time, as well as introducing new players to the game. I hope you enjoy getting to play with this weird little goth campfire insanity simulator.
It's nice seeing someone discover the greatness that is Don't Starve. I started playing in 2012, during beta, and have always loved it. I don't play it much anymore, but whenever I play it again annually, it's always a very fun time. I liken the experience you had to the joy that is experiencing Minecraft again, just getting thrown into a world you know nothing about and having fun learning about it.
Gotta say I'm super glad you are enjoying don't starve sp far, it's definitely one of the best survival games out there... and the fact that there's so much story and personality baked into it is a plus too. When it comes to both gameplay, story, and stressful situations... You guys have only just scratched the *surface* . Literally. I hope you like spelunking... and double spelunking.
Maxwell used to be the ruler of the constant (Dont starve single player) In the second game Charlie (the darkness) becomes the ruler. Thats why everyones name starts with a W and Maxwell is a M (upsidedown W) because he used to rule that place. Other fun fact: Wiona is Charlies sister so she gets one free hit from the darkness without taking damage Charlie was Maxwells assistant which is how she got trapped into the constant with him Wendy is Maxwells niece (neat) There is an INSANE amount of lore of the game. Most of which can be found from watching the shorts on Kleis youtube channel
I'm sorry, but seeing you being new to the game is slightly funny for me because I play as "Wes" for fun and I put the game difficulty settings up as well sometimes XD. I do however know full well what you feel like not knowing anything about the game. By the way. The "Unknown darkness" that you mentioned is called "Charlie". Charlie = the thing that kills you when there's no light. It's a female character with an entire backstory that you can find out about in the animation videos that Klei posts. You can learn a little bit of every character. Edit: There are many mods like "Geometric placement", "Zoom+", "combined status" (it helps show you what seasons you are in and how far the next one is), "craft pot", "simple health bar DST", "show me (origin)" and many more that can help make your life a little bit easier. I personally use the ones that I have mentioned and they help in all kinds of ways. You can also get the "gesture wheel" if you like the little emotes that your characters are able to do. I hope that these will help you with your experience in some way.
i love this game so much, i've been playing it since late 2014 but every couple years ill revisit and get super invested and obsessed with it all over again. i have nearly 200 hours on ds and dst combined, which i'm sure to some people isn't a lot but my most played game on steam is like 250
yeah... this game is extremely ruthless. its why I love it though. everything tries to kill you (literally), but when you start getting the hang of things, learning what to do and mainly what not to do, it's a great experience!
I don't personally enjoy this game but I will say that WATCHING other people play it is definitely entertaining. I just personally don't like survival games but this is definitely very entertaining to watch. Good video!
I'm still on the fence despite having played it a lot. It's so stressful, unforgiving and you don't really get around to building things which I would love. But it's a fun game to work together with other people and the world is so carefully crafted with all of its mechanics and charm. I just get annoyed when I die too often tbh
when u hear him like growl just run away from ur base as far as you can and then when he spawns kill him by doing 4attacks before running away from this range and let him hit and miss then go back for another 4 hits you could do 3 to play it safe@@ethernetgirl2001
I can't get over terraria being equated to a survival game. It's a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge stretch. It takes about 8 blocks of dirt to be effectively invincible and never die the moment you spawn in the world.
As a dont starve veteran, i always love seeing people discover this game for the first time and see how unique and beautiful it is. Also, if you are interested in the *l o r e* this game has, id definitely recommend giving the solo game a try, and more specifically its adventure mode. And of course definitely watch the animated shorts klei has put out over the years
@angyl You mentioned questioning the darkness. To guide you towards a tiny snippet of the lore: The darkness in Don't Starve has a name. And the darkness is linked to Maxwell. He was very important, and in Don't Starve Together, he's still important, but not as important as the darkness. If you play him, and follow the breadcrumbs, you'll learn what I mean. Happy hunting! P.S. If you like Webber, you should know that he can upgrade spider nests and make them his friends. Webber's friends also will be friends to everyone, instead of attacking you guys at random. They'll help keep you safe. P.S.S. Somewhere on every don't starve map is a location nicknamed Queen's Rock. You'll know if you find it because there'll be a whole bunch of spider dens covering a real big area. That area is Webber's safe space. He can chill there if bad things happen to the main base.
don’t starve is one of my favorite games ever interesting lore really challenging a small community that is mostly peaceful skill most other games don’t require such as time management and heavy planning and a survival game that actually feels like you’re trying to survive dst requires you to be focused especially during boss fights
4:40 this is what I want when getting new games. I want to be able to discover new things on my own, and only artificially find out thinks I never would have.
This game is a master class in game design. And I've been playing it off an on- since 2014. My main save file is 2257 days right now. I lost many before getting a stable one....Oh the tears...oh... Not just one of my favorite survival games, one of my favorite games...period. They keep adding more- so I'm still not done. Despite all of that time- I'd say most of it was spent hording and amassing an army of bunnies to kill stuff.
Found out about this game about a year ago, when the "From Beyond" update started on Together. Now i play it nearly every day, whether it's after school or weekend. Countless hours put into it and i have no regrets
Don't starve is my all time favorite game and honestly it makes me really happy to see a video on it. The game is packed with lore & a lot of it can be seen in Klei's youtube channel, they make lore packed animations for every major update/character update that comes out and i really recommend giving them a watch if you haven't yet!
Deerclops is a rite of passage for all new players 😂. My advice for how to beat him at a new player (ignore if you don’t wanna know) Get armor (log suits, helmets, or marble armor) and make 2 fire pits a decent distance away but close enough to get the heat from boat, lure deerclops between the 2 and Hold F (Make sure to have a Ham Bar or Atleast 3 people)
really like how the boss of this season essentially helps you negates the hardship of the next, like bearger's drop for surviving cold of the winter, dearclop's drop for surviving the rain of the spring, moose's drop for surviving the heat of the summer, dragonfly's drop(technically year round) for further ease of survival for winter
Absolutely loved this video. I am a veteran Don't Starve player (A mild 3k hours under my belt) and this right here. 8:20 is precisely why I love it. I have been saying this since 2014! I am glad you rediscovered this wonder of a game.
Yeah, I've been saying for years how DS intentionally makes it so you have no safe location, no base or walls to hide behind. In this video he summed it up perfectly by saying "you are never safe because the gameplay comes to you" at 9:44.
@@junova7503It's less about walls and more about death being permanent. You can get invaded or visited by a boss in terraria, but you don't lose anything from it(aside from maybe npcs)
@@easytiger6570 There are several ways to revive after death in DS and even an endless mode. Further, many other games have permadeath. What makes DS unique is not permadeath, it's the lack of safety.
@@easytiger6570 I did not say "survival makes DS unique" nor have I claimed the lack of a safe location is the only thing which makes the game unique. I began by pointing out the game gives you no safe locations. You argued against this claiming this to not be an important point, claiming instead permadeath was more important to how DS functions. I refuted by stating permadeath is not a unique mechanic to DS and isn't even core to the gameplay, focusing again on my original claim. Your last statement isn't wrong but neither does it go against my claim nor support yours, it's just backpedaling and trying to straw-man my claim.
I do really love don't starve but honestly the newer content hasn't been doing it for me, something about it just isn't fun for me but I'm very glad a lot of people are still falling In love with this game.
*says a game is an outlier to others in the genre *describes that game in a way that doesn't separate it from any of the other games in the genre at all
Yeah, Minecraft and Terraria aren't survival games, they're sandbox/adventure games with a few survival mechanics that are immediately forgettable. The problem with the survival genre is that most game developers only make them for budgetary reasons, and the more of a budget they get, the more they develop into something else because hardcore survival games don't really appeal to a general audience. A great example of this is We Happy Few, another procedurally generated survival game which was crowd funded for a while, the developers even said they made it a survival game because it would be cheaper, then they started working with the publisher Gearbox and had the money and resources to expand the games narrative at which point the focus shifted away from hardcore survival. Klei Entertainment is different because they always intended to make a survival game, even though DST is more forgiving with death it still isn't free to revive.
Great video, as someone with over 1000 hours in this game this was quite funny to watch. The constant (that's what the Don't Starve world is called) makes it very clear it hates the player by the amount of danger at every corner. Watching this video reminded me of the huge difference in how beginners vs. experienced players handle everything the game can throw at one. One of the best parts about this has to be the fact that the skill gap doesn't stem from very precise inputs but rather knowledge and good planning.
As someone wwho has played quite a bit, you could just learn anything by trial and error and if you do I'll just leave a couple of tips: Learn how to kill butterflyes (and what ctrl+f does) Play less feard of the night (try playing like a nomad for some time) Explore everything and learn how to kite and kill everything
I stopped playing this out of sheer frustration about a year ago, and I've just begun playing it again and diving into the lore and OH MY GOURD this game has more focus and love poured into it than any other that I've found, and I'm just barely scratching the surface. Welcome to the club dear sir, things are about to get nuts
12:12 Maxwell's not his real name. His real name is William. Wigfrid is the only one that might have a name that doesn't start with W, as Wigfrid is a stage name.
Had a server up for a few months years ago that the caves had half of the exists leading to another cave and half of the other caves exits went to a different over world map. Most players that stayed on my server got lost for days near the beginning. They would come out in the wrong over world and struggle their way back to the Florid Postern, but the starter base wasn't there. It was in the server description that the server had two of each map. One would think that exiting into a cave from a cave and the new cave having an ocean would have gotten some people to read the server description, they did have to pass the server description to get the discord info.
I've been a fan of this game since 2013, and I still remember how insanely hard and scary it was at first. It feels nostalgic to see someone experience it for the first (ish) time, so thanks for sharing! And it warms my heart to see new people pick up this hidden gem and discover what makes it so unique. ^^
I remember when the devs added the scrap book and the points of interest system, some players were fearing it would make the game "hand holding the players" I'll admit I also feared it would tone down the whole "throwing new players out of the nest" but I'm glad that it seems those systems didn't have that big impact on new player's experience
The best part of dst videos such as this is that all this discussion, beholding, and praise of the game and everything it does… is for like 30% of the entire game. There is SOOO MUCH CONTENT and the effort and fun goes up and up and up, difficulty never truly slowing down (until its day 9999)
you are supposed to learn as you play, like die,repeat,die,repeat learning every few things everytime, everything feels very intuitive is one of the best games i played, the less you wiki about the game the better you experience is, the more you wiki the more you ruin the learning process.
I used to be obsessed with this game. There used to be this grandpa youtuber who specialized in don't starve and don't starve together and he was a legend
My favourite bit of the video was just getting to see you learn the game as someone with about 1k hours in dst and 100s on ds I forgot how wild the experiance can be for newer players. Keep up the good content bud!
Ok, now we wait a year and a half for this man to figure out that the rabbit hole is actually a full 15 kilometer deep spiraling network of caves, with full boss progression and endgame content, and see what video he makes about it :)
i've always felt like minecraft (even survival mode) is more of a sandbox game than a survival game and after playing dst that feeling has cemented itself in my brain
knowing that i started playing the game around the same time after seeing it rot in my library for a couple years and wanting to play it but not knowing what the hell to do, and now watching a bunch of goofballs confused on every little thing in the game makes this video great at showing how everyone felt and what we did during our first hours of playing the game
DST lore is very obscure, in the old days you wold need do things like photoshop singular frames from trailers or posters to get a link. sadly a loot if this is lost and as far as i know there ins't a complete source. -the character names stating with W was originally a coincidence turned in a internal joke btw maxwell in the game code is "waxuell" and in the lore is just his stage name, his real name is William. as starting point i strongly recommend the character introduction (and reworks) even to people not interested in lore. some tips: -read the character specific crafts they hint the mechanics and play style. -as fun it is mess around with new character i strongly recommend stick to one until you get the hang of dst core mechanics and loop. -I also recommend avoid certain characters as their mechanics deeply trnaform their play (wes, wanda, wormwood, warly) if you wish i can elaborate more on each character spoiler free or not
please continue playing this game, it has so much more to it! It has a ton of bosses, each character is a different experience and the lore is amazing. It is my favorite game of all time.
As someone with over 1k hours who was following and playing the game before RoG dlc - i'm really happy to see you guys find joy in this game and even how harsh it is. Many new people i try to get into the game quite quickly get discouraged or try to get to the 'cool stuff' while ignoring survival aspect (therefore they barely play the game) This game is difficult and tedious, but at the same time i think that's why it can bring so much satisfaction. Everything goes against you, so when you do survive and even dominate, you know it's because of your work, skill and cleverness.
You should try "One Hour One Life" Its also a survival game, but you only have 1 hour/life. You start as a Baby, other player will be your mom and take care of you until you can take care of yourself. You'll grow up, work as whatever you want to be, until you become old and die.
BTW, I don't know if its common knowledge anymore, but the characters' voices being instruments is in reference to how in silent films they would replace peoples' voices with instruments! I don't know the logistics of how they did it, but they did. Its fitting because the characters in the game are from around 1910-1920 - around the time of silent films.
I survived the first winter once and to discover something new again and instantly die for the XX time. Not very far I know... but still it is something I guess!?
The very first time i created a boat in dst and going sailing with my friend is that true joy i remembered back when i first load into minecraft that feeling is soo good i just want to feel that furst time boat sailing in dst with my friend
"everyone's name starts with 'W' except maxwell for some reason." well, i dont know much about the game, but i do know the villain of 1 is maxwell, and now i am making comparisons to mario and wario. If a name starting with "w" is a "good guy" then flipping that "w" into an "m" indicates "bad guy"? makes sense. Not sure i would have noticed that on my own. XD
My favorite part about this game is that once you do learn the game, you’re still going to get FUCKED, like for example, you’re halfway through winter, at this point you’ve got a good base, good food economy, and have fought a few enemies now and then, but halfway through the night, a raspy groan is heard from the darkness, and a GIANT CYCLOPS DEER DESTROYS EVERYTHING YOU’VE WORKED FOR AND KILLS YOU IN TWO SHOTS! And Deerclops is the *EASIEST* boss in the game (well that’s up for discussion)
![Don't Starve: Character Stereotypes [ALL DS GAMES]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/hl7XoeFnHo4/mqdefault.jpg)
![Which Survivors Are Friends? [Don't Starve Together Lore]](/img/n.gif)
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I will politly decline, but thanks anyway
ever since I switched away from opera because of everything, I scream at every opera sponsorship.
Firefox is better at everything, just might take 1 whole minute longer to learn how to use it. Plus firefox wasn't caught offering predatory loans on the appstore, or dealing with NFTs and crypto, nor is it owned by a Chinese corporation (although frankly I'd be more scared of google), speaking of google firefox is also not chromium based, and it- you get my point. Opera is hella sketchy and seems to have no morals. As a small creator, get that bag tho! Good on you for getting a sponsor, Angyl, but I still want to just this out there for anyone thinking about installing it.
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@@Celtorian EXACTLY, made me click off of the video.
"it's clear there's some lore behind this game."
Yeah... s o m e
some guy named orangE made a nearly 2 hour video on dont starve lore lmao
how deep is webber lore i need to know
Pretty deep : 3
@@Angylhe got digested by a spider when he was young
@@Angyl watch the charecter trailers and 0rangE lore videos they will help out a lot :)
the thing is, maxwell's name DOES start with a W, his real name is william (maxwell is his stage name)
M is a W upside down
@@ViniciusSilva-sy4uo waxwell
William Carter
and the idea is that hes the villan in don't starve, so thats why he's the outlier
Erm.. actually he changed his name cause he was hated by everyone.
My favorite part about the examination quotes from the characters is listening to Maxwell's quotes. He was basically the god of the constant before you kicked him off of the throne so he is always giving little tidbits of lore when examining certain things, like how when you kill the special hounds they drop gems, so when Maxwell examines a fire hound he says "I put fire gems in them as a joke". By far my favorite is when you examine a crow he says "I have no idea how those got here" like they're just anomalies
in the wes animation u can see 2 crows get sucked into the constant with him
HES not god
@@pineapple995 All crows are inbred canon
@@Andrew-ch3xjhe was in the past, but in DST time he's not
SUBNAUTICA BEST GAME
“I don’t know who Charlie is” immidietly switches to a frame with Charlie in it
i still don't know who that is
nvm i looked it up that makes sense now
Watch klais Animations and try figur it out.@@Angyl Would love to hear your theory on the game.
kleis
@@Angyl lol
A couple fun bits of trivia:
The characters names all starting with W wasn't intentional at first. If I recall they came out with Wilson, Willow, Wendy and Wolfgang in development. Realized they started with W, so they decided to keep the running joke.
Charlie is the Darkness. Kinda. It's complicated. This all sprung from a joke from the devs though! Originally the files in the game for the thing that bites you in the dark were labeled as Charlie. Not because they had a character planned, but as a reference to the internet classic "Charlie bit my finger". And when the game's story started getting fleshed out, they kept the name!
Maxwell real name is also William so he fits
Yes, but that detail was actually added late in development. A way to keep the joke going.
fhe fact that charlie stemmed from the charlie bit me joke is so funny oh my god
@@yoyo777also upside down w since he is different from the rest
I think you mean the Grue.
12:30 "This is where our first playthrough ended"
*looks at day counter* Hmm, one can only wonder what's about to transpire :P
Deerklops wants you're location
There are few greater fears in that game than hearing that fucking growl/roar for the first time in the dead of night
DEERCLOPS
The lore is actually important to understand for a core mechanic of the game. Without it, you wouldn't know that Maxwell's name actually starts with a W, thus allowing him to be playable.
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What core mechanic about you telling? That charlie is shadow queen and hits you in dark its so obvious
@@rat2316 ..Maxwell
How the fricking heck did I never notice all of there names start with a W I’m so really dumb
Maxwell is playable because wilson freed him from the darkness throne, and then wilson was freed by charlie on her last moments of sanity.
Maxwell (who's true name is William) was the antagonist of the original game, and M is W upwards
Or W is M backwards (Vsauce sound)
Oh if m is w his name is waxwell
In the files of the original game the player character Maxwell is referred to in the files as Waxwell to differentiate him from the NPC antagonist Maxwell
"The gameplay comes to you" is actually something very intentional in the early days of Don't starve people would just set up a farm for food and sit at base all day so they started introducing things like food spoiling and hound waves to force you to leave your base and go do something
I think it’s funny how Maxwell doesn’t t know how some plants grow so you get potato plants with the potatoes hanging off of it like fruits and much more weird crops.
It's a weird mixture of Maxwell being bored, Maxwell being ignorant, or later on, Charlie being a colossal jerk. And probably some influence from Them as well, like I would buy that Totally Normal Trees and anything related to the Ruins and Nightmare Fuel isn't really under Maxwell's control.
I personally think that Don't Starve is the best *exploration survival* game out there. The constant is an incredibly harsh and hostile place, but it has rules. You'll die over and over again to being blindsided by a new thing but every time you come back you'll be a little more ready. You'll find one more crock pot recipe, one more weapon, one more thing you can interact with that works to your advantage and eventually given time you can become a master of the Constant to the point where you're cranking out the same kinds of megabases you'd see in something like Minecraft or Terraria. You're encouraged to explore the *mechanics* of the game as well as the world, and it's all the more rewarding because of it.
Kinda like a rouge like-survival mix
Well said. It’s also impressive that even the smallest rules you ignore regarding surviving the constant will get you killed no matter how good you are at the game. Sometimes a player gets so cocky they forget they don’t have the resources to build a torch and when night falls right when you are being chased by wolves and you realize you don’t have enough grass on hand, you die because you were a fool for not being prepared for the inevitable darkness
So the story of don’t Starve is actually really underrated even by other fans, the animated trailers give alot of backstory and characterization and certain events and bosses clearly allude too a bigger picture while each individual character has their own intricate backstory and personality to suit their design and gameplay. Honestly the story is hard to work out from the gameplay alone but still somehow makes me more invested in the gameplay, I would definitely recommend watching all the animations. Even that’s just the tip of the iceberg to actually see the story for yourself you don’t just need to survive you need to be skilled enough to explore and analyze inspection diolog from important characters, although admittedly most of the proven story happens before the game. Also the original is much more scary and has an actual campaign you could play. Also my username is a very abscure pun on don’t Starve
Wes? Survives? That's actually funny
Okay nerd
The lore was good until after return of them, after that it's just the same 'charlie or wagstaff being cliche' slop.
@@antynomity you're actually right, it feels completely diluted from the original vibe of the game, too many colors, the drab ambience is gone
It's probably my favorite aspect tbh
Eating the mandrake to heal from the feastclops was the cherry on top for me ngl. Your love of don't starve will only grow if you like this much there is an absolute MOUNTAIN of gameplay you haven't even scratched!
Like when *spoilers for progression if u don't wanna find it out here*
He figures out that mandrake has other and better utility than being eaten
I have over 300 hours and there's still stuff I haven't tried, this game is dense fr
@@anandat.2644i have 800 hours total with combined single player ds and never got ki kill Dragonfly 😅
i have over 390 hrs and the only things i havent done were (spoilers)
fuelweaver and everything on the celestial champion side (including bee queen)
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But opera gx is actually superior. Have been using it for a long time, don't plan to switch.
even toh it sells your data do the ccp @@JesterLegend4life
@@JesterLegend4lifeit's a joke
@@JesterLegend4lifebloated chinese spyware
Opera gx is such a sketchy browser, do some research
Hey just a quick tip, you don't need both a science machine and an alchemy engine. The alchemy engine can do everything the science machine can do and more.
GIRL I doubt they even know what a hammer is
@@202cardline what does that mean? Also I’m a guy.
@@xyrkzes As in, they doubt they know how to remove structures with a hammer. Or even know that a hammer exists in the game.
I was wondering why my friend just broke the science station and never made a replacement
One of my friends randomly gifted me the game without explanation, and it may have become on of my new favorites (even if I suck balls at it)
Probably because when you buy it you can gift it to someone else for free
@@wsurviver8376 Oh, that'd make sense seeing as how its a more multiplayer focused version of the game
Just bc u suck balls doesn't mean u can't enjoy it, keep at it brother
@@Myxer09 yeah klei knows what theyre doing. everyone i know and their grandmother has a copy of this game lol
don't worry we all suck balls at it.
and yes the 1 free copy was genius. great way to get everyone into it and massively expand the playerbase. give one to your friend who has no money, and they'll convince their friends to buy it, who will gift to to their siblings or poorer friend, the process repeats itself endlessly.
You MUST look for the Don't starve animations in CZcams, especially the character ones, they are great conveying their characteristics/backstory. And are very well made!
Glad to see people acknowledging one of my favorite games.
Dont Starve is like the only Survival Game I can actually survive and beat lol.
The lore of how Maxwell bringing Wilson into the constant was one heck of an ride. We gotta agree that Wally, Wendy, And Webber stories broke us.
Every DST character history is depressing, the ones that I think that were the most depressing for me was Wes, the robot one (I keep forgetting it's name) and the cooking guy (there's quite some time I don't play don't starve so don't mind me forgetting the names)
@@viktorhugo1715 Your right about that, Each one has their own depressing story. Makes sense why Maxwell picked them all!
@@viktorhugo1715 Not EVERY character.
Walter's backstory is not depressing, Wurt's backstory is not depressing.
Warly is such a heartbreak, my guy has separation anxiety too ༼;´༎ຶ ༎ຶ༽
No matter how many millions of times i hear dst footsteps, crackling fires, chopping trees, chomps and chews, whirring of the portal, tip-taps of spiders, dings of items becoming craftable, and hands flying left and right crafting an item, It will never cease to please me
Don't Starve is just like life. We are all dogs in Maxwell's hot car.
Dont Starve To Get Her
Lore is everywhere my friend
I would give so much to play this game again not knowing anything :/
I really wasn't expecting a title like this to be from a player that hardly knows the game. But that kind of just shows how much character it has. Legit, it's a fantastic game.
I’ve been playing DST since it launched, and with hundreds of hours across systems, I still get excited watching people try the game for the first time, as well as introducing new players to the game. I hope you enjoy getting to play with this weird little goth campfire insanity simulator.
It's nice seeing someone discover the greatness that is Don't Starve. I started playing in 2012, during beta, and have always loved it. I don't play it much anymore, but whenever I play it again annually, it's always a very fun time. I liken the experience you had to the joy that is experiencing Minecraft again, just getting thrown into a world you know nothing about and having fun learning about it.
Gotta say I'm super glad you are enjoying don't starve sp far, it's definitely one of the best survival games out there... and the fact that there's so much story and personality baked into it is a plus too.
When it comes to both gameplay, story, and stressful situations... You guys have only just scratched the *surface* . Literally.
I hope you like spelunking... and double spelunking.
Maxwell used to be the ruler of the constant (Dont starve single player)
In the second game Charlie (the darkness) becomes the ruler.
Thats why everyones name starts with a W and Maxwell is a M (upsidedown W) because he used to rule that place.
Other fun fact:
Wiona is Charlies sister so she gets one free hit from the darkness without taking damage
Charlie was Maxwells assistant which is how she got trapped into the constant with him
Wendy is Maxwells niece (neat)
There is an INSANE amount of lore of the game. Most of which can be found from watching the shorts on Kleis youtube channel
The parachute gif caught me there to give a chuckle. Need that as a gif for memes XD
already on it
I'm sorry, but seeing you being new to the game is slightly funny for me because I play as "Wes" for fun and I put the game difficulty settings up as well sometimes XD. I do however know full well what you feel like not knowing anything about the game.
By the way. The "Unknown darkness" that you mentioned is called "Charlie". Charlie = the thing that kills you when there's no light. It's a female character with an entire backstory that you can find out about in the animation videos that Klei posts. You can learn a little bit of every character.
Edit: There are many mods like "Geometric placement", "Zoom+", "combined status" (it helps show you what seasons you are in and how far the next one is), "craft pot", "simple health bar DST", "show me (origin)" and many more that can help make your life a little bit easier. I personally use the ones that I have mentioned and they help in all kinds of ways. You can also get the "gesture wheel" if you like the little emotes that your characters are able to do. I hope that these will help you with your experience in some way.
i love this game so much, i've been playing it since late 2014 but every couple years ill revisit and get super invested and obsessed with it all over again. i have nearly 200 hours on ds and dst combined, which i'm sure to some people isn't a lot but my most played game on steam is like 250
yeah... this game is extremely ruthless. its why I love it though. everything tries to kill you (literally), but when you start getting the hang of things, learning what to do and mainly what not to do, it's a great experience!
I don't personally enjoy this game but I will say that WATCHING other people play it is definitely entertaining. I just personally don't like survival games but this is definitely very entertaining to watch. Good video!
I'm still on the fence despite having played it a lot. It's so stressful, unforgiving and you don't really get around to building things which I would love. But it's a fun game to work together with other people and the world is so carefully crafted with all of its mechanics and charm. I just get annoyed when I die too often tbh
@@LibraryofAcousticMagic3240no point building when deerclops is just gonna fuck it all up lol
when u hear him like growl just run away from ur base as far as you can and then when he spawns kill him by doing 4attacks before running away from this range and let him hit and miss then go back for another 4 hits you could do 3 to play it safe@@ethernetgirl2001
I can't get over terraria being equated to a survival game.
It's a huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge stretch.
It takes about 8 blocks of dirt to be effectively invincible and never die the moment you spawn in the world.
Terraria is very much more along the lines of a boss slaying adventure game. Going out of your comfort zone to explore the unknown.
As a dont starve veteran, i always love seeing people discover this game for the first time and see how unique and beautiful it is.
Also, if you are interested in the *l o r e* this game has, id definitely recommend giving the solo game a try, and more specifically its adventure mode. And of course definitely watch the animated shorts klei has put out over the years
@angyl You mentioned questioning the darkness. To guide you towards a tiny snippet of the lore: The darkness in Don't Starve has a name. And the darkness is linked to Maxwell.
He was very important, and in Don't Starve Together, he's still important, but not as important as the darkness. If you play him, and follow the breadcrumbs, you'll learn what I mean.
Happy hunting!
P.S. If you like Webber, you should know that he can upgrade spider nests and make them his friends. Webber's friends also will be friends to everyone, instead of attacking you guys at random. They'll help keep you safe.
P.S.S. Somewhere on every don't starve map is a location nicknamed Queen's Rock. You'll know if you find it because there'll be a whole bunch of spider dens covering a real big area. That area is Webber's safe space. He can chill there if bad things happen to the main base.
don’t starve is one of my favorite games ever
interesting lore
really challenging
a small community that is mostly peaceful
skill most other games don’t require such as time management and heavy planning
and a survival game that actually feels like you’re trying to survive dst requires you to be focused especially during boss fights
4:40 this is what I want when getting new games. I want to be able to discover new things on my own, and only artificially find out thinks I never would have.
Wickerbottom feet tab is downright diabolical
Charlie is the name of the night monster that kills you when you don't have a light source.
This game is a master class in game design. And I've been playing it off an on- since 2014.
My main save file is 2257 days right now.
I lost many before getting a stable one....Oh the tears...oh...
Not just one of my favorite survival games, one of my favorite games...period.
They keep adding more- so I'm still not done. Despite all of that time- I'd say
most of it was spent hording and amassing an army of bunnies to kill stuff.
Found out about this game about a year ago, when the "From Beyond" update started on Together. Now i play it nearly every day, whether it's after school or weekend. Countless hours put into it and i have no regrets
The first time you meet deerclops really leaves a mark
the IMPECCABLE timing of the ad at 7:20
Don't starve is my all time favorite game and honestly it makes me really happy to see a video on it. The game is packed with lore & a lot of it can be seen in Klei's youtube channel, they make lore packed animations for every major update/character update that comes out and i really recommend giving them a watch if you haven't yet!
as a dst player i love watching when fresh bloods are suffering in the game
Deerclops is a rite of passage for all new players 😂. My advice for how to beat him at a new player (ignore if you don’t wanna know)
Get armor (log suits, helmets, or marble armor) and make 2 fire pits a decent distance away but close enough to get the heat from boat, lure deerclops between the 2 and Hold F (Make sure to have a Ham Bar or Atleast 3 people)
really like how the boss of this season essentially helps you negates the hardship of the next, like bearger's drop for surviving cold of the winter, dearclop's drop for surviving the rain of the spring, moose's drop for surviving the heat of the summer, dragonfly's drop(technically year round) for further ease of survival for winter
Nice videos man! I'm sure you will create videos for a living if you keep up :)
imagine trying to explain the celestial champion questline to this guy
INCLUDING all the lore implications
Absolutely loved this video. I am a veteran Don't Starve player (A mild 3k hours under my belt) and this right here. 8:20 is precisely why I love it. I have been saying this since 2014! I am glad you rediscovered this wonder of a game.
Yeah, I've been saying for years how DS intentionally makes it so you have no safe location, no base or walls to hide behind. In this video he summed it up perfectly by saying "you are never safe because the gameplay comes to you" at 9:44.
@@junova7503It's less about walls and more about death being permanent. You can get invaded or visited by a boss in terraria, but you don't lose anything from it(aside from maybe npcs)
@@easytiger6570 There are several ways to revive after death in DS and even an endless mode. Further, many other games have permadeath. What makes DS unique is not permadeath, it's the lack of safety.
@@junova7503 Just as there are many games with focus on survival, what makes don't starve unique is the vibe
@@easytiger6570 I did not say "survival makes DS unique" nor have I claimed the lack of a safe location is the only thing which makes the game unique.
I began by pointing out the game gives you no safe locations. You argued against this claiming this to not be an important point, claiming instead permadeath was more important to how DS functions.
I refuted by stating permadeath is not a unique mechanic to DS and isn't even core to the gameplay, focusing again on my original claim.
Your last statement isn't wrong but neither does it go against my claim nor support yours, it's just backpedaling and trying to straw-man my claim.
As someone who knows what there doing in dst it’s really great to see new people enjoying the game, the community welcomes you.
after opera: 2:15
It was a good ad
I do really love don't starve but honestly the newer content hasn't been doing it for me, something about it just isn't fun for me but I'm very glad a lot of people are still falling In love with this game.
Waiting for the video on Rain World, it is literally perfect for you if you. Just go in blind and you'll love it
This guy would LOVE rainworld
@@raziphaz2219 that's what I'm saying! The controls might be a little jarring at first, but i think he'll get the hang of it
0:54 guess my browser is just built different.
*says a game is an outlier to others in the genre
*describes that game in a way that doesn't separate it from any of the other games in the genre at all
its separated from the other games in the thumbnail because it feels awful to play
Ahh yes the noobtrap of gravitating on the spider kid
Bro really called terraria a survival game
pretty much every game were you chop trees is a survival game
Zomboid is the closest one to this that I can think of.
why is terraria in the thumbnail. its not a survival game.
Yeah, Minecraft and Terraria aren't survival games, they're sandbox/adventure games with a few survival mechanics that are immediately forgettable.
The problem with the survival genre is that most game developers only make them for budgetary reasons, and the more of a budget they get, the more they develop into something else because hardcore survival games don't really appeal to a general audience. A great example of this is We Happy Few, another procedurally generated survival game which was crowd funded for a while, the developers even said they made it a survival game because it would be cheaper, then they started working with the publisher Gearbox and had the money and resources to expand the games narrative at which point the focus shifted away from hardcore survival.
Klei Entertainment is different because they always intended to make a survival game, even though DST is more forgiving with death it still isn't free to revive.
@@TheBasedTyrant🤓
9:16 "...Now you aren't prepared..." *has the best armour and weaponry in the game*
Great video, as someone with over 1000 hours in this game this was quite funny to watch. The constant (that's what the Don't Starve world is called) makes it very clear it hates the player by the amount of danger at every corner. Watching this video reminded me of the huge difference in how beginners vs. experienced players handle everything the game can throw at one. One of the best parts about this has to be the fact that the skill gap doesn't stem from very precise inputs but rather knowledge and good planning.
As someone wwho has played quite a bit, you could just learn anything by trial and error and if you do I'll just leave a couple of tips:
Learn how to kill butterflyes (and what ctrl+f does)
Play less feard of the night (try playing like a nomad for some time)
Explore everything and learn how to kite and kill everything
I stopped playing this out of sheer frustration about a year ago, and I've just begun playing it again and diving into the lore and OH MY GOURD this game has more focus and love poured into it than any other that I've found, and I'm just barely scratching the surface. Welcome to the club dear sir, things are about to get nuts
12:12
Maxwell's not his real name. His real name is William. Wigfrid is the only one that might have a name that doesn't start with W, as Wigfrid is a stage name.
Had a server up for a few months years ago that the caves had half of the exists leading to another cave and half of the other caves exits went to a different over world map. Most players that stayed on my server got lost for days near the beginning. They would come out in the wrong over world and struggle their way back to the Florid Postern, but the starter base wasn't there. It was in the server description that the server had two of each map. One would think that exiting into a cave from a cave and the new cave having an ocean would have gotten some people to read the server description, they did have to pass the server description to get the discord info.
Ive around 1k hours in this game and still didnt experience all content, its truly a magical experience having to learn everything yourself
12:09 Maxwell is just his nickname, his name is William Carter
I've been a fan of this game since 2013, and I still remember how insanely hard and scary it was at first. It feels nostalgic to see someone experience it for the first (ish) time, so thanks for sharing! And it warms my heart to see new people pick up this hidden gem and discover what makes it so unique. ^^
I remember when the devs added the scrap book and the points of interest system, some players were fearing it would make the game "hand holding the players"
I'll admit I also feared it would tone down the whole "throwing new players out of the nest" but I'm glad that it seems those systems didn't have that big impact on new player's experience
The best part of dst videos such as this is that all this discussion, beholding, and praise of the game and everything it does… is for like 30% of the entire game. There is SOOO MUCH CONTENT and the effort and fun goes up and up and up, difficulty never truly slowing down (until its day 9999)
you are supposed to learn as you play, like die,repeat,die,repeat learning every few things everytime, everything feels very intuitive is one of the best games i played, the less you wiki about the game the better you experience is, the more you wiki the more you ruin the learning process.
I used to be obsessed with this game. There used to be this grandpa youtuber who specialized in don't starve and don't starve together and he was a legend
My favourite bit of the video was just getting to see you learn the game as someone with about 1k hours in dst and 100s on ds I forgot how wild the experiance can be for newer players. Keep up the good content bud!
Ok, now we wait a year and a half for this man to figure out that the rabbit hole is actually a full 15 kilometer deep spiraling network of caves, with full boss progression and endgame content, and see what video he makes about it :)
Chests of Terraria and Minecraft: Dont worry bro we have many slots!
Chests of Dont Starve: 9 slots take it or leave it
9 years I've been playing this game, never too late to learn that every character name start with W
i've always felt like minecraft (even survival mode) is more of a sandbox game than a survival game and after playing dst that feeling has cemented itself in my brain
knowing that i started playing the game around the same time after seeing it rot in my library for a couple years and wanting to play it but not knowing what the hell to do, and now watching a bunch of goofballs confused on every little thing in the game makes this video great at showing how everyone felt and what we did during our first hours of playing the game
DST lore is very obscure, in the old days you wold need do things like photoshop singular frames from trailers or posters to get a link. sadly a loot if this is lost and as far as i know there ins't a complete source.
-the character names stating with W was originally a coincidence turned in a internal joke btw maxwell in the game code is "waxuell" and in the lore is just his stage name, his real name is William.
as starting point i strongly recommend the character introduction (and reworks) even to people not interested in lore.
some tips:
-read the character specific crafts they hint the mechanics and play style.
-as fun it is mess around with new character i strongly recommend stick to one until you get the hang of dst core mechanics and loop.
-I also recommend avoid certain characters as their mechanics deeply trnaform their play (wes, wanda, wormwood, warly) if you wish i can elaborate more on each character spoiler free or not
please continue playing this game, it has so much more to it! It has a ton of bosses, each character is a different experience and the lore is amazing. It is my favorite game of all time.
Easiest way to learn this game is to either play while looking at wiki or with a very experienced player on your team who will guide you through stuff
Theres a good chance Charlie's second or middle name also starts with W. Because there is in one shot a letter from her signed as "Charlie W."
As someone with over 1k hours who was following and playing the game before RoG dlc - i'm really happy to see you guys find joy in this game and even how harsh it is. Many new people i try to get into the game quite quickly get discouraged or try to get to the 'cool stuff' while ignoring survival aspect (therefore they barely play the game)
This game is difficult and tedious, but at the same time i think that's why it can bring so much satisfaction. Everything goes against you, so when you do survive and even dominate, you know it's because of your work, skill and cleverness.
You should try "One Hour One Life"
Its also a survival game, but you only have 1 hour/life. You start as a Baby, other player will be your mom and take care of you until you can take care of yourself. You'll grow up, work as whatever you want to be, until you become old and die.
Two hour one life is better
I love how two of them are literally fighting characters and don't know how to fight 😂
BTW, I don't know if its common knowledge anymore, but the characters' voices being instruments is in reference to how in silent films they would replace peoples' voices with instruments! I don't know the logistics of how they did it, but they did. Its fitting because the characters in the game are from around 1910-1920 - around the time of silent films.
I survived the first winter once and to discover something new again and instantly die for the XX time. Not very far I know... but still it is something I guess!?
seeing new people is nice, welcome to the community enjoy your stay and soon you'll make silly builds to occupy yourself like in minecraft
Charlie IS the darkness she is the shadow queen
Also its name is a pun as dont starve To Get Her (Charlie)
Maxwell's real name is William Carter so every character's name starts with w and Charlie is the monster that kills you in dark.
The very first time i created a boat in dst and going sailing with my friend is that true joy i remembered back when i first load into minecraft that feeling is soo good i just want to feel that furst time boat sailing in dst with my friend
I love CZcams’s recent push for small high quality channels like this please upload more
you should totally try the long dark
that game is also a true survival game
but more of a slow atmospheric one
The monster that kills you in the dark is called “The Gru”. And it itself has an illustrious history in very old… let’s say “ancient” gaming. 😁
"This game is a cluster of never-ending panic and anxiety." - 9:40
Have you ever played Rain World? You'd very much enjoy it if you like dying a lot!
"everyone's name starts with 'W' except maxwell for some reason."
well, i dont know much about the game, but i do know the villain of 1 is maxwell, and now i am making comparisons to mario and wario. If a name starting with "w" is a "good guy" then flipping that "w" into an "m" indicates "bad guy"? makes sense. Not sure i would have noticed that on my own. XD
I think youd enjoy a Minecraft mod called "Better than wolves" its the most intense survival experience Ive ever encountered.
My favorite part about this game is that once you do learn the game, you’re still going to get FUCKED, like for example, you’re halfway through winter, at this point you’ve got a good base, good food economy, and have fought a few enemies now and then, but halfway through the night, a raspy groan is heard from the darkness, and a GIANT CYCLOPS DEER DESTROYS EVERYTHING YOU’VE WORKED FOR AND KILLS YOU IN TWO SHOTS! And Deerclops is the *EASIEST* boss in the game (well that’s up for discussion)
To this day, Don't Starve has been my all-time favorite. Nothing comes close to it. My own kids loves the games.