Oxygen Not Included | Episode 3 | Guide for Complete Beginners
22Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive. In this guide for complete beginners to 7 Oxygen Not Included, I will start a brand new game and walk you through the basics of the controls, the UI, how to build, dig, prioritize your dupes, and tips and tricks to help you thrive in the beginning of the game and learn how to grow and evolve your colony on your own terms. This is a completely non-spoiler guide, meant only to help you learn the fundamentals so you can explore and enjoy the surprises Oxygen Not Included offers on your own. This guide is meant for you to play along or watch to hear my thought process and see how everything is done within the flow and context of an actual game.
Chapters / Timestamps:
00:00:00 base's status
00:00:50 Reviewing the colony summary
00:01:41 red notification
00:05:35 avoid digging near hazardous areas
00:08:04 CO2
00:09:20 Using a mop command
00:09:41 how to assign new skills to duplicants
00:10:16 Using hats as a cosmetic
00:11:17 Building storage bins
00:12:43 Raising the priority of jobs
00:13:12 build a farm
00:13:28 Harvesting wild plants
00:15:41 Using a "bottle emptyer"
00:26:11 mess hall
00:29:02 the importance of not expanding the colony too quickly
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