00:00Hello, I'm Alex, the developer of Ethos, a story-driven, survival-crafting, base-building
00:05game.
00:06Today, we're going to deep dive into the base-building aspect of the game.
00:10I've got a nice mid-game outpost already set up here, but I'd like to expand it with
00:15a new greenhouse habitat and start doing some hydroponic farming to boost my food supply.
00:22I've cleared the area by my haves so that I can construct the greenhouse, so let's
00:26find the blueprint in our build menu and bring it into the world.
00:29As you can see, the building plan snaps to the door of the hab automatically.
00:34Almost everything you do in Ethos that requires resources, including building, automatically
00:39uses items that you have stored in crates.
00:42No need to carry resources around with you.
00:47I'm just setting up some grow beds for my crops.
00:49We'll go with the large variant for now, which allows for up to four different seeds at a
00:54time.
00:55I think we'll have a couple up here for swamp wheat, which we can process at the cooking
01:01station and turn into flour to make some bread.
01:06Let's move this one down a bit to separate it, and we'll plant some of these radiotrophic
01:14mushrooms, which will let me make anti-radiation injectors at the biology lab, sure to be useful
01:20in our expeditions.
01:22Now, how about one more for...
01:26Ah, I've managed to overload our power supply with too many beds.
01:31Facilities in your outpost require power to function properly, so let's add a new solar
01:35panel to bring us back online.
01:38Well, we have plenty of space here for further grow beds if needed, but I want to do a bit
01:43of decoration and make somewhere cosy to sleep the dark nights away and rest.
01:48You'll come across plans for specialised habitats with unique bonuses through exploration or
01:53on the market like this welfare hab.
01:57Sleeping in here will give us an extra bonus, so let's build one and make it comfy.
02:02We can connect our habs using connectors.
02:04There are a wide variety to choose from, but I want to be able to get out of my outpost here,
02:09so I'll build a four-way connector with a couple of airlocks, a door seal and a platform
02:14so that I can leave.
02:23Let's pop the welfare hab down here at the end.
02:26A bit sparse right now, let's do something about that.
02:32First off, a comfy carpet for the floor and, naturally, a bed to sleep in.
02:39Let's do a desk and chair, plus a workstation.
02:47We'll add some plants, much better.
02:52It's getting a bit dark, maybe some lighting will help.
02:56Let's add some atmospheric floor lighting.
02:59A desk lamp.
03:02Some wall lights.
03:08Much better.
03:14Now that we've decorated, let's customise a bit.
03:17We have numerous options for visual themes to choose from, which you can find through exploration
03:22or purchase on the market.
03:24We can customise everything individually down to the carpet on the floor, or, to save time,
03:30select a habitat and instantly theme everything inside in one go.
03:36Well, night has definitely fallen, so it's probably time to rest up before another expedition tomorrow.
03:43Catch you next time.
03:44Thanks for watching.
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