Suggestion for a book and knowledge rework: A library
I personally dont like, that books get "consumed" by beavers like its something to eat for knowledge. I know it can become stale reading the same book twice, but your neighbor can still read it. So my suggestion:
Create a library building, which has a capacity for around 100-200 books (depending on balance)
Beavers can visit the libary for knowledge and consume 0.1 books for it (simulates reading the same book, wear and tear, gone missing etc.)
For an optional functionality, children could also visit the libary for "fun" (picture books, adventure books etc.)
Comments: 25
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25 Sep, '21
Gin Fuyou Admin> by beavers like its something to eat for knowledge
But it is. Paper is made of wood, making it a popular snack among beavers -
27 Sep, '21
David C Bollingerthat's why they need a library, with several librarians reminding them not to nibble, and thus reducing the rate of consumption significantly.
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02 Oct, '21
Daniel Berends Mergedhow about adding a library? a place that requires books to be built, but the beavers don't consume the book after.
since books are a late game item, a large structure 3x5 or 4x4 that requires 100 logs, 50 planks, and 20 books, that can hold 8 beavers. -
05 Oct, '21
Gin Fuyou Admin"Library" (suggested by Daniel Berends on 2021-10-02), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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08 Oct, '21
Hawkeight MergedMaybe instead of having books clutter storage units, they could be put into a library for storage? maybe if you can't put them in storage units would add an extra interesting challenge for the research points.
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08 Oct, '21
SirMichael Admin"Add Libraries to store books and add Knowledge?" (suggested by Hawkeight on 2021-10-08), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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10 Oct, '21
StealthyBeaver MergedThe beavers need a library building to store books in. As it is now, it seems like the beavers use up the books, which is strange, as usually a book can be used by multiple people, are the beavers eating the books? it would be better if the Library was similar to the temple building, but is filled with books, with the percentage of its progress for the beavers proportional to the number of books in the building (eg: if the library can store 100 books, and service up to 10 beavers at a time, the "service" slots are unlocked by storing increments of 10 books.) A "University" building could also be implemented to provide a second type of research that can help unlock a second tier of more complex buildings and tools.
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11 Oct, '21
Gin Fuyou Admin"What are the beaver's doing with the books?!!? We need a library building similar to the temple!" (suggested by StealthyBeaver on 2021-10-10), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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20 Oct, '21
RevRunning 5 printing press full time with a population of only 200 and my knowledge was still stalled at 50% (otherwise lvl14 Iron Tooth map) we need a library!
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06 Nov, '21
ThagustaI like this idea! Library could also slightly boost Social Life stats perhaps...
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16 Dec, '21
SandroAlternatively, make it a little more obvious that the beavers are eating the book, and that it's the only way for them to consume knowledge. As in, a little bit of Lore kinda way.
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29 Jan, '22
Jexadoxthis. also... i want a lumberpunk style library xD
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16 Mar, '22
Altayr NetoAnd the library could also produce a small amount of science!
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17 Mar, '22
MKDIf books need to be consumed like food, then they should be consumed more slowly, provide nutrition, or be counted as food and eaten in a crisis (food shortage) to buy you more time to save your colony. Because beavers, at least these beavers, don't eat wood. They eat maple pastries, cattail crackers, carrots, etc. The printing press is expensive to build and takes a 150 HP to keep running. At the very least, the game should provide more reward to the player for maintaining the supply chain of literature.
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13 Dec, '22
Danior MergedI'd like to suggest a change to the knowledge stat and how it's acquired. Right now we have only printing press making consumable books, which is unintuitive and awkward (and yes, I've read the Admin responses saying it's a beaver snack - I don't think anyone buys that). It feels bad and un-immersive in gameplay. I propose a change to give books and the printing press an extra use and give them more purpose respecting the lore:
Printing press: give it recipes like the bakery. First one is for books, which will be a resource required for building; second one is for a newsletter, keeping beavers up to date on colony news. It'd be consumable like books are now, which makes sense in-game. It can boost whatever stat devs feel is appropriate (suggestion: social).
Library: popular suggestion; new building that would require an X amount of books to create in addition to regular resources. Once built, can be visited by beavers to gain the knowledge boost, or consume books to generate scie -
17 Dec, '22
Gin Fuyou Admin"Change to printing press and books" (suggested by Danior on 2022-12-13), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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29 Dec, '22
Nathaniel MergedAnd by fuel, I don't mean burning them. I mean, there could be a series of new buildings that use books as a resource in exchange for affecting the well-being of beavers that use those buildings. For instance, a library, courthouse and school. Each building fulfills a new need, but they all run on books. The library fulfills the need for knowledge, the courthouse can fulfil the beaver's need to resolve disputes among one another and the school could be just for adolescent beavers and by attending, they gain an additional permanent performance bonus, much like in banished.
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01 Jan, '23
Gin Fuyou Admin"Books could be used as a type of fuel for several new buildings, rather than just being consumed." (suggested by Nathaniel on 2022-12-29), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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09 Jan, '23
Mayor Bobro MergedAllows beavers to gain additional knowledge, which will increase their coefficient of skills in work.
And also a separate storage for books from the printing press -
09 Jan, '23
Gin Fuyou Admin"Library" (suggested by Mayor Bobro on 2023-01-09), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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22 May, '23
MelanieI'd love to have a library or café. Would be grate to "consume" books there and would perfectly go with the new coffee of the iron teeth. Maybe the other species could have these maple pastries (sorry, I play a german version and don't know the english word) instead.
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24 Sep, '23
Lion like MergedWhen I built my first printing press, I thought that it could use a library but there is no such building. I thought that if there was a library, its mechanics would be holding books as storage, and beavers can go inside to read them.
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27 Sep, '23
Gin Fuyou Admin"Library" (suggested by Lion like on 2023-09-24), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
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01 Oct, '23
Nicolas Merged-A bookshop in the wellness section to stock books
-Managing districts in relation to housing instead of the current system?
Manage work districts so that beavers don't have to run around like crazy. -
02 Oct, '23
Gin Fuyou Admin"Library and District" (suggested by Nicolas on 2023-10-01), including upvotes (1) and comments (0), was merged into this suggestion.
