Please allow more Chess set pieces to be generated in the world

Mr.Oshiro · December 22, 2023

Chess set pieces are masterpiece by Charlie/Maxwell, providing players with precious marble and gears in the early stages of the game. But there are significant differences in the set pieces generated by different worlds. Perhaps in this world, you can easily discover many clockwork creatures, but in another world, you may explore for a long time without finding a set piece. This instability may make your gaming experience very poor.

There are a total of three types of this set pieces: Sculptures,Chessy and Maxwell.I will present them one by one below.

Sculptures set pieces

This kind of set pieces was added to the game during the ANR update, as mark left by Charlie in the world, and the content is all marble statues. Three types of chess statues are incomplete and require finding and repairing the remaining parts in order to completely destroy them.The fifth set piece is the most unique, only it will generate comedian and vase.

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Maxwell set pieces

This type of set pieces has been added in the early updates of DS. They are works from the reign of Maxwell, with a large layout area and symmetrical and regular patterns. They are usually composed of marble trees, marble pillars, devil flowers, harp statues, and a Maxwell statue, representing his authority. Not only that, he also invented three types of clockwork creatures to guard the chessboard.

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cheesy set pieces

This type of set pieces was added at the same time as Maxwell set pieces, with a smaller footprint, but each place were guarded by aclockwork creatures, and the first and second can even directly pick up gears.

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According to files, there are a total of 19 such set pieces, but only 6 of them will be selected, and the types are completely random. What is very puzzling is that three completely different Warzone set pieces are also placed here. Is this really appropriate? This means that if your luck is not good enough, there will be no naturally generated three types of clockwork creatures in your world, and even all of them will be sculptures, which will have a significant impact on the early progress of the game.

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In DS, due to the fact that wooden platform positioning balls are always generated and contain all the elements of Maxwell's works, combined with other positioning balls, the total amount of marble and gears that can be obtained may be even more than DST. Unfortunately, DST doesn't have such a complete set piece.

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Adjustment: Sculpture1, Sculpture 5, Maxwell1, Maxwell5, and Chess2 are five set pieces that must be generated to ensure that each world has a variety of statues and three types of clock creatures. Then randomly select a sculpture sp, a Maxwell sp, and two chessy sp as supplements. Even in different worlds, the difficulty for players to obtain resources should be roughly the same, and the most distinctive of these set pieces needs to be generated first, so that players can clearly feel them.

Remove the threeWarzone SP from this list. We do need to depict the war between pigs and merms, but they should not be placed here. They can be listed separately and modified accordingly. In DS, the health of both sides is the same, but DST adjusted the health of merm, causing pigs to never be able to defeat merms.

Another point is that last year,Klei added more Charlie's works to the game, which have lush carpets and mosaic flooring, but using materials identical to Carpeted Flooring and Checkerboard Flooring. I think this is to correspond with Maxwell's works and highlight Charlie's personality. It would be great if the sculpture set pieces could also be modified like this, just like the picture below. Rose vines can be added to sculptures to make them more harmonious.

Finally, please add ambient sound effects to mosaic flooring. Checkerboard Flooring has environmental sound effects and is played together, giving a sense of solemnity and seriousness, showcasing Maxwell's style. Mosaic flooring may require environmental sound effects that match the stage, giving players a more "performing" feeling.