Learn how to start your civilization in The Universim with this comprehensive walkthrough. Covers tutorial, epicenter placement, and essential early-game construction like water, food, and maintenance.
This article serves as a short guide on how to start playing The Universim and outlines the best initial steps for creating a thriving civilization. It is important to note that there is no single correct way to play the game.
Introduction
The Tutorial
At the very beginning, the game offers a tutorial covering camera navigation, basic controls, and your primary goal.
The Mother Planet
The Mother Planet is your starting world, randomly generated for each new game. It features characteristics similar to Earth, including water, greenery, seasons, clouds, and blue skies. This is where you will build your civilization.
The Epicenter
The Epicenter is the first building you place. It is the most important structure on the planet and will create four initial Nuggets (two adults, two children). It is strongly suggested to place the Epicenter near water, a forest, and loose rocks for essential starting resources. To place it, left-click on your desired location and confirm.
Construction
Water
With your first four Nuggets, command them to build a Well from the 'Epicenter' category in the Buildings menu (hammer icon, bottom left). Place it near a good water source (indicated by numbers above your mouse). While the well is building, plan for additional water usage with Water Pumps or Fisher Piers. Most buildings require a Water Pump to operate.
Food
After the Water Pump is complete, focus on food. You can choose between fishing or building Farms. Farms may require an additional water pump for crops. Different crops have varying water needs, growth times, and yields, and some are biome or temperature-specific. It's suggested to use the crop requiring the least water.
Maintenance
As your adult population grows, build an Engineer's Hut to enable repairs for buildings, preventing collapse and resource loss. Consider building a Hospital or Cemetery to manage injured and deceased Nuggets, preventing mass illness and rapid population decline.
Accessories
You can now build an Eatery to convert raw food into prepared meals or a Forecast Tower for better insight into future temperatures and seasonal changes.
Repeat
As your population increases, add more of the same essential buildings (water pumps, farms, hospitals, etc.) to meet growing demands. The game currently has a capped nugget population, which is planned to be removed in future development.
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