Playrust

I've been playing a game with some mates called Rust (www.playrust.com). It's one of the more addictive FPS games I've played to date and I just can't seem to stop playing it. It's taken my focus away from the DayZ Standalone alpha (dayzgame.com), which is possibly a good thing.

The concept of Rust is simple: Gather resources (wood, metal, food, etc), build shelter, craft weapons for protection and survive. You start with only a rock, and must craft more tools to use to gather stone, metal and sulfur in order to make the big stuff.

It has a great base-building engine that allows you to quickly convert harvested wood (which you can gather from trees, or random placements of wood piles) into wooden planks, which can then be used to build foundations, pillars for supporting walls and ceilings, as well as walls, windows and doorways.

It's the sort of game where you need to 'grind' to get more resources so you can make your base bigger and more well-protected. Using these simple resources you can also craft survival items like hatchets, bow+arrows and even guns (once you find the blueprint plans for how to make them). Once you get further into the game, and you've learnt how to make more complex items, you can build bases out of metal in the equivalent sense as you can with wood.

It's a complex game that's hard to sum up in a blog post, however I recommend checking it out if you're into first person shooters with a construction / base-building element. Just try and stay clear of people who decide not to wear pants.

Other than that, I recommend checking it out :)

For those people that have played before, and want more help, try these sites:

Map of Rust Island: https://rustmap.net/
Wiki with everything you need to know about the game: playrustwiki.com

Cheers!