Vertical farming (Rooftop planting)
Would love some possibilities for vertical farming so we can build even more vertically!
A simple implementation would be a planting box to grow carrots/potatoes on a rooftop, with water being periodically supplied by beavers. Maybe more advanced connected hydroponics stuff (connected to pipes/water systems from other ideas on here).
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22 Sep, '21
Gin Fuyou SystemHighlighted comment
"More Farm Land" (suggested by MinkuSama on 2021-09-19), including upvotes (3) and comments (2), was merged into this suggestion. -
19 Sep, '21
MinkuSama MergedIt'd be nice if you could make excess land/platforms be able to be farmed on, via a new block, the "Mobile Farm Block 2000" (patent pending), it would function virtually the same as farm land, but you can place it on platforms, roofs, and levees.
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20 Sep, '21
Zam! MergedGardening pots. Sure, why not - maybe they could add some limited decor at the cost of lower yield? :)
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21 Sep, '21
moisesI think it would also make sense to have in-water vertical farming, hyper space-efficient crops would be a great incentive to create artificial lakes.
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21 Sep, '21
FrithgarOne of the big suggestions I see all over is aquaducts and pipes, this suggestion would tie in really well with that
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22 Sep, '21
StroamWould be neat. Would require water hauling. It changes the playstyle so much, I'd like to see it faction-specific. Maybe one that doesn't have farmhouses.
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24 Sep, '21
Vicky LangstrumpfA vertical green wall for lettuce or strawberries. Would look nice too!
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29 Sep, '21
IcicleFerretI agree! A hydroponics farm that takes scrap metal and maybe planks to build, employs 1-2 beavers, and requires water as a material, would be perfect for the Iron Teeth faction. They're supposed to be masters of metal and disregard the environment. It seems kind of counter to their nature to employ farmers and berry gatherers. Maybe the hydroponics farm can produce berries, so the Iron Teeth can finally bulldoze those pesky wild berry fields getting in the way of their industry.
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08 Oct, '21
BriantinRooftop gardens, hydroponics farms, etc. all seem like great ideas. I feel like new ways to both save space and do something productive are great, both IRL and in the game's modular sense.
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09 Oct, '21
RakazielIMO vertical farming would work best as an Iron Tooth only building - it fits with their greater focus on verticality and artifical solutions. Imagine a 3x3 stackable unit (like the Industrial Wood Storage), that is supplied with water (like the Breeding Tanks) and then either produces Berries, Carrots, Potatoes or Wheat (not sure on the last one) - they can be switched at any time but you lose all growth progress when doing so.
I would price it at 600 Research and similar Planks and Gears cost as the Big Water Tank -
19 Oct, '21
FRCTNLSSI think this would be better suited to a new race of beavers instead of adding onto Iron Tooth. Iron Tooth is industrial not agricultural. Plus having more races with distinct strategies would be fun.
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01 Dec, '21
Neffster Mergedi would like the ability to do roof top farming. it would add a great nature aesthetic. I imigine it would require a beaver to do constant watering
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04 Dec, '21
Gin Fuyou System"New Farming - Roof top garden" (suggested by Neffster on 2021-12-01), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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23 Jan, '22
Justin MergedFirst of all the game is amazing. Some optimization is needed to reduce frame rates, but I know it's still early access.
A suggestion would be to add a block that allows you to plot farm items on structures. Could even have it be a later game option after you start to mine. The mine could produce the scrap metal and dirt, dirt would be a component of 'Garden Block' It would be really cool to like create the hanging gardens.
Also it would be need to allow for Dams and Levees to be built upon the steal structure, or even allow the steel structure to be built on its on its support tile so you can create high rise structures. -
23 Jan, '22
Gin Fuyou System"Garden Blocks" (suggested by Justin on 2022-01-23), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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20 Feb, '22
Mark TaylorI thought of something very similar - one-square planters that can be placed anywhere solid. I picture them looking like a levee piece filled with dirt, so you have to 'farm' them on the level above where you place them.
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28 Nov, '22
magermhNow this is interesting. A complete tech savvy. Your able to do vertical farming for mushrooms. That if I was Iron Teeth mushroom mash everything together with water to make food and water much.
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29 Nov, '22
Ben MergedIn the interest of land management, squares of farmable soil are a serious issue. With the new dirt update (which is awesome) it would be cool to have a rooftop gardens, a greenhouse lean-to, or raised beds that are farmable with a small bonus. My thought would be a “half cube” of soil. There could even be a new job of florist that grows colorful strips of flowers that specifically benefit from this set-up. It could also be aesthetic bonus, something like that.
Mostly, I would like to see more options for decorating the tops of buildings. It could add a cavelike, in-ground home feature to the game that makes more of the map usable. -
03 Dec, '22
Gin Fuyou System"Rooftop gardens" (suggested by Ben on 2022-11-29), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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26 Apr, '23
Jaco3011Hydroponic gardens were added, but only new, unique crops can be farmed in these.
Maybe adding:
a) rooftop garden
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b) the ability to plant regular crops in hydroponic garden and/or rooftop garden
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11 Feb, '24
ZI like the iron teeth having hydroponics and the hydroponics having unique crops but I do feel like the folktails deserve an equivalent. If possible I feel like the most elegant option would be a "raised bed" built with planks and a small amount of soil, which have crops planted and harvested by farmers like normal ground tiles, and the plants watered by haulers, unemployed, and people in their downtime (like the breeding pods for the iron teeth). They'd still need sunlight obviously, so no building above them, but there could also be an overhang/side attached variant that works like the suspension bridges which would let you have them running on the outside of your residential buildings.
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29 Aug, '24
MorganI like the idea of having planter boxes.
Planter Boxes with food: grows 1 unit of food in twice the time a farm takes, but can be tended by anyone unemployed or with downtime (like Z said about the Iron Teeth breeding pods).
Planter Boxes with flowers: Adds a 3x3 AOE for decoration/beauty buff. Allow using F to switch between a few different colors of flowers before construction (red/blue/white/yellow?) -
19 Sep, '24
johnnyit should be availible for both factions its not fair to exclude one just because they are mkore industrial then the folktails
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14 Oct, '24
cjdawsonSlight modification to this idea, now that Update 6 is live.
How about being able to place dirt on the impermeable floor. How this would work is that the floor protects the dirt from whatever is underneath. So if it's water, it will not be counted as irrigated. Instead, the water would have to irrigate from any other face, using the current mechanics. This would then mean that rooftop farming is possible, but again it would need to be irrigated somehow. -
10 Nov, '24
LLove these ideas... especially the vertical strawberry gardens. Maybe vertical hops gardens for the brewery as well.
This maybe seperate but I wanted to throw this in this space. What about "astro turf" for areas where there is no grass for cosmetics. You cant grow anything on it. 1 tile of astro turf could cost a bottle of extract. I always find myself wanting to cover the dry dirt in some areas and Ive already used too many potted plants/benches/ect.