Thank you very much for playing Dorfromantik and making this detailed and informative video! Your voice also fits just perfectly to the calm and relaxed mood in Dorfromantik :) You've definitely worked out a lot of good methods already and the 100k is just around the corner. We wish you good luck and look forward to more videos from you!! Also your German is pretty solid! Liebe Grüße zurück aus Berlin!

@gpa

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Toukana Interactive for your kind words and for making a great game! I have thoroughly enjoyed the challenge and look forward to further updates, and hopefully other games in the future! :D

I am thinking of putting together a Dorfromantic E Sports team.

@AbangYusuf

Жыл бұрын

And every competition will end in years

@sneakysquirrl708

Жыл бұрын

​@@AbangYusuf😂

That damn "x"/"end quest" piece always hurts me

@Kuuppon

3 жыл бұрын

Same but I've learned to give up a quest if it's not beneficial to me end game.

This is just such an relaxing game

Just got this game. Personally, from a creative standpoint, I would like to see the game give you the option of starting with a HUGE eff off stack of tiles. That way you could play for a satisfying amount of time, and lay things out in interesting and pleasing ways. As it is, the idea of having rivers and train tracks so far from my towns is kind of disappointing, insofar as it doesn't nearly match up with my vision of a functional, productive world.

@gpa

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Chris, there’s actually a separate creative mode you might want to try which gives you endless tiles and isn’t points based. I haven’t spent too much time in it tbh but it looks interesting.

@skeleluna04

8 ай бұрын

Also custom mode can be set to up to infinity tiles :)

Interesting, I didn't know about the flag quests wanting to be closed off. I've already been trying to do the quadrant concept but the train tracks are really screwing with me. Oh well. It's a lot of fun either way!

You covered a lot of GREAT tricks in this video, and it’s very useful as a basic method, however there is a mechanic that you haven’t stumbled across yet that is important to gameplay: Quest size manipulation. I’ve tested this myself, so I’m certain of it: if you enclose a group of a tile type, the next quest of that type will be smaller. I think that when a quest spawns it counts all EXPOSED tiles of it’s type when calculating it’s number, and if it is a limit quest (not + quest) it will try to be a little smaller than the largest open group. I have seen exceptions to that latter rule though, so I’m not 100% on what limit quests take into account when their number is generated. I’m almost certain that a + quest spawns with a certain % larger number than the largest open group, so that every quest requires you add more tiles to that group to complete it. For example: If you have a large group of 20 trees, the next tree quest might say 25. But if you have a large group of 200 trees, the next quest might say 250. So enlarging your groups will eventually lead to quests that demand larger and larger numbers on the ‘easy’ quests until they become really hard to accomplish. If a quest rewards 5 tiles but requires you spend 6 non-perfect tiles finishing it you’ll end up in deficit.

@gpa

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Stav, thanks again for the detailed comment! I appreciate the insights you are sharing. I will be giving this a go in my next game, to try and replicate what you are seeing and see how it works with the quest numbers. If that is the case, then a modification to my method would be warranted, or a compete rethink on the gameboard. One thing I will say on prioritising the forest as a big group, is that despite the quest numbers going up higher and higher, the combination tiles really help, as everything flows into the forest. Obviously, if this increase works on a % then this can't go on into infinity, so at some point the benefit would be cancelled out. I'll see what I can come up with :)

Thank you! Very useful - I didn't realise the importance of perfect tiles (they award more tiles!) and I'd been focusing too much on those "set number of tiles" quests.

Thanks for doing this! Watched some of the 70,000 high score and was absolutely enthralled. Cheers!

@gpa

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Braden! I'm glad you enjoy the videos :)

Great video. Thanks for sharing! Just picked up Dorfromantik yesterday and I need the best strat. 🤓

I really love your Dorfromantik series! Unfortunatly I can't play it by myself but I am very happy that I've found your channel! Thank u for ur content

@gpa

3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, Giulia. Thanks for your comment and feedback :)

Thanks for the video. Especially the way you handle forests and the tip to throw away bad quests seems worth a try.

@gpa

3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure. I hope it improves your game :)

@maroramos23

3 жыл бұрын

throwing away bad quests is the best advice!

Love your stuff mate, I can’t wait to see where your channel, and this game goes! Also I watched your 70k highscore Videos in one sitting

@gpa

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot for your comment and support! I'm also very impressed that you watched the 70k videos in one go! ...sorry for missing the 61-64k section :/ Regarding this game, I'm actually really excited to see what comes of it. If they can manage to get this on mobile one day, it should explode... and hopefully that will help to grow this channel too. Cheers for sticking around! :)

Loving that zoning strategy. Switched to using it and my high score jumped from around 20K to a 37,860 in one game. Good stuff!

@gpa

3 жыл бұрын

Nice! I'm glad it has helped :)

I just picked up the game and the way you explained it all makes total sense to me. Thank you for the lovely video. I'm looking forward to trying your tips!

@gpa

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback, Donna! I hope it helps your game :)

Thank you for the video I am hard stuck around a mere 11,000 and I have been trying to find ways I can build on this score. Great concise explanations which I look forward to trying, keep it up!

@gpa

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback, Chark! I hope the tips help :)

I’m definitely subscribing. This video is pure quality.

@gpa

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the support, Carl! Much appreciated.

This channel is just too underrated. Love the content and SoM gameplay! Always support for you!

@gpa

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Mr Quartet! I appreciate your support, and I'm glad you're a fellow SoM fan! :) Trials of Mana (Seiken Densetsu 3) might be the next old school RPG I play, so keep an eye out for that one if you're interested.

Thanks for making this video! I'm excited to try this method out :)

@gpa

3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad to hear it, Abby. I hope if helps! :)

Wow! You are so talent, and you have the ability not only to get a very respectable score, but also to create the most beautiful landscapes that I have ever seen. Thank you for posting. 🎉✨👍🏼

@gpa

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you :)

Thank you man, I appreciate your advice and I will use your technique the next time I play Dorfromantik.

Thank you, learnt a few new things today :D

Good stuff! I've wondered about the usefulness of the smaller fixed number tiles, and have mostly been trying to do them, until later game. But if it leads to more 'replacement' quest tiles coming up I'll definitely give a try to just abandoning them instantly.

@gpa

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Nate, good luck with your game!

Thanks for sharing your method for this great game. I look foreword to seeing more of your rolling landscapes, a tile at a time. :2)

@gpa

3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, Ethan! Hopefully the next one will be a 100k episode(s).

I'm currently hyperfixated on this game, and I'll watch your 1,000,000 point videos when I'm not playing it myself LOL I'm on my way to 20,000 even though I only bought it yesterday, and I'm hoping I can get even further using your tips! Thanks for the content, I hope we can see more in the future!

@gpa

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure, Misty Lam! I'm glad you enjoy it 😀

Thanks for the tips, and congrats on that great score!

@gpa

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Kellie, and my pleasure! :)

Such a useful infomation! Thank you very much for sharing it :)

@gpa

3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure, Agustina!

Very helpful video for a new player! Would really like to see an updated Hints & Tips video for the full game release. Thanks

@gpa

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Jeff, I don’t plan on making an updated hints and tips video as in large part not much has changed, but I will mention this for yourself and others: - once you hit around 150k you have a lot more tile placement options so it makes it a bit easier - eventually your groups will get so big and have so many flags that it will start to make sense closing them off - the undo button has minimised the chances of getting stuck with a few crappy tiles and killing your game - the more you play, the more used to the common tile types you become - and lastly, have fun playing it otherwise it’s not worth your trouble 😄

Thanks for these tips. Helped me a lot to find mistakes i make. PS.: Love the Outro:D

@gpa

3 жыл бұрын

Haha, I hope I didn't stuff it up too bad! :D

@gpa

3 жыл бұрын

...and you're welcome. Thanks for your comment, Joshua!

LSC, glad to see a method to the madness, can't wait to try the big group method for myself.

@gpa

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment. I hope the method helps :)

rly nice content, well made video and tips! looking forward to more content :)

@gpa

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Shavi! I appreciate the feedback.

Thank you, This game is addictive and you've helped to make it more competitive for me.

thank you so much for this video!!!! this helped me a lot!!

The ‘Big Group Method’ is very helpful! Thank you. Got a high-score immediately upon implementing this technique.

@gpa

Жыл бұрын

Nice one! Thanks for the feedback 😄

very helpful! working my way up to finally reaching 2000, thank you for this video!!!! :))

@gpa

3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure! I'm glad it helps.

thank you for this video :) I was having a tough time placing water and railroad tiles in the same area and I think your method will help.

@gpa

3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure, Marilia :)

awesome video! i'm still hoping that one day the game will be released as an app on the google play store so i can use these tips, until then i'll just continue to watch you get new high scores :) p.s. dankeschön for creating content :D

@gpa

3 жыл бұрын

Haha, you're welcome. I'm glad you enjoyed the video :) They would really expand their game base if this came out on the phone, so hopefully the developers get on to it soon. Thanks for the support!

awesome dude! you have the perfect voice for video making! :D

@gpa

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Halidrid! I’m glad it was easy to listen to :)

Tack! Thank you for great tips. I'm addicted to this game but can't seem to reach that kind of highscore, yet. But still it is alot of fun.

This was great help. Thanks!

Thanks for your explanations, I really improved because of you. Now the starts of a game is much less random and you don't need to reload a game 10 times before having a good shot. Now that the game as left early access, maybe you could update with new hints you discovered using new mechanics such as the undo button and how it affect your strategy ? Thanks again for what you shared with us!

@gpa

Жыл бұрын

Hi Scotsmanship, thanks for your comment and I'm glad it has helped out. There's not too much more to the hints and tips so I won't be planning another video, but definitely the undo button extends the game and helps to avoid dodgy placements.

Today I found this game and have been looking for an explainer video. Yours was nailed it.

thx for the content. i realy didn't realise the "perfect" trick.

@gpa

3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! I'm glad it helped :)

Thank you, I'm a big noob at this game but I enjoy it, so I'll try your tips!

just got this today and played for 6 hours straight, found thi video super helpful after wards and cant wait to give this a go tommorow!

@gpa

2 жыл бұрын

Let me know if it helps 🙂 good luck!

I just bought this game yesterday, was lost until I watched this video. Thanks!

@gpa

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure. Good luck!

I m your new sub !! Its just amazing 🔥🔥

@gpa

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for subscribing, Raynox! I appreciate it 😀

The most informative video i found with tactics on this great game. I am not after high scores. I just want to continue on my maps. :=) This will help. Thanks for the guide!

@gpa

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure, and thanks for your comment. I'm glad it helps :)

Thanks so much this game is so addictive but my high score was only 11000. I'll deffo try your way. Keep up the good work 😊

@gpa

3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure. Thanks for the support!

@louiscrasher

3 жыл бұрын

its already pretty good mate, it took me like 50h of gameplay to hit that score

@gdworac4219

3 жыл бұрын

@@louiscrasher 126 hours in total for me.

Very helpful video. Thank you.

@gpa

3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure. Glad it helped!

Thanks a lot for your tips!

@gpa

3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure! Thanks for watching :)

I'm having my best save right now nearing 35,000 points (yeah, not that impressive overall, but it is to me). What I found particularly useful is semi-ignoring the flag quests until they become 3 or more in a group. Then, whenever I'm really low on tiles I can close them, even with a shitty placement, and get 15+ tiles to save me.

@gpa

3 жыл бұрын

That’s a great score, I hope you can continue your run!

@MrFriimi

3 жыл бұрын

@@gpadied before 40,000 but with your tips next game should be 50,000 at least!

Very helpful, thanks!

@gpa

3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad it helped. Thanks for your comment, Dina!

nice man! I love this game, and especially this type of game. Streamlined indie strategy games which have a simple set of rules and mechanics but are difficult to master. Other titles that fit in this category and have completely mesmerised me for weeks on end are Harvest Massive Encounter, Bad North and Empires Of The Undergrowth. They both have a combat aspect to them which makes them slightly less relaxing but still highly addictive. Other suggestions without combat would be Snowtopia or Parkitect. You might wanne give those a try once you've had your Dorfromantik fill! Anyone who finds this comment useful, know that I am always on the look for beautiful, simple and mesmerising indie games that offer lots of hidden depth. My favourite genres would be strategy, basebuilding, tycoon, management or tower defense type games. Suggestions are always welcome ;). good luck and much fun with your Doorfromantik plays, I've only just scratched 15000 on my highscore. Time to implement these tips!

@TheBendzos

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the tip. Bad north was 10/10 for me. If you have not tried it yet try Islanders.

@zoltanszaszi2264

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the recommendations dude! The only game I could recommend is Townscaper. It's very sandbox, no scores, nothing, all you do is put down cube blocks, and all you can do is change their color. But it's a really relaxing game. Personally, I play this while watching Critical Role. Maybe you'll like it.

@gpa

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Rutger... I'll need to try out some of your suggestions!

@tracygunning

4 ай бұрын

I love these type of games too have you tried Factory Town?

Thanks for the tips! I have a question for a perfect combination. I haven’t figured out what other tiles make a lake tile and a station tile perfect. For sure, a lake makes it perfect with a water and a station tile. But I feel like a grass tile also makes it perfect as well. What do you think ?

@gpa

2 жыл бұрын

I think you're right. I seemed to have noticed that recently, although I'm not sure it works the other way around and makes the grass tile perfect... still working that one out to be honest.

Thank you!

Very helpful and informative.

@gpa

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Kunjan!

Thanks for the video!

@gpa

3 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

Thank you for the tips! I'm on 17k now but can't seem to surpass it. I'm going to try this and hopefully get a higher score!

@gpa

2 жыл бұрын

Good luck, you've got this! 😄

Thanks a lot!

Great tips, helped me a lot.

@gpa

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure, Eddie. I'm glad it helped.

Great helpful tips! Do you know if is there any website with list of possible tiles? I usually leave holes, but later realize that combination I need never comes... It will be cool to know in advance which combinations are not possible to plan accordingly.

@gpa

Жыл бұрын

Not that I know of, MetalStarver... I've always tried to keep the combinations as simple as possible.

Such a polished video.

@gpa

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Thanks!

Thank you.

Genuinely useful!

@gpa

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Ben. I’m glad it helped.

After watching your video reminding me that getting a perfect placement gives you an extra tile (which I think is also covered in the tutorial, but I'd completely forgotten about it), I went on to outright crush my old high score of 15k and went all the way up to almost 53k score, in a session that lasted almost 8 hours 🤣

@gpa

Жыл бұрын

Nice one 👍🏼

Thank you so much 💕

@gpa

3 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

2 yrs late for this but I will definitely apply your methods thank you!

Great video! Would love more Dorfromantik content. There's something oddly satisfying about seeing someone else play the game.

@gpa

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Creepy Banana! Hopefully my next videos will be for a 100k run, whether under this method or a variation.

Great vid!

@gpa

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Aran!

i thought the lakes merged with plains, but your video did show the plains didnt perfect. thank you for the tips, my high score was 10k only, still enjoying the game. have a nice day.

Great video!

@gpa

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

I'll try these tips

Thank you

Bedankt

informative mate!

@gpa

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

cool thanks!

@gpa

3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome, Jedidja! Thanks for the comment.

I just bought the game and absolutely love it

cheers, found this very useful. Although you did not mention the challenges and would this method help with them.

@gpa

3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad it helped! Regarding the challenges, my thinking is that they are more for unlocking new tile skins, rather than for providing a significant bonus to your score, so they should be treated like any other quest. I'm happy to be corrected on this though, as I haven't spent too much chasing these quests.

@streetramblergaming1140

3 жыл бұрын

@@gpa like the challenges as it give me a goal to work towards and getting the new title skins as the art style was the main reason I got Dorfromantik, but as you say in your disclaimer there are a few different ways of playing the game

Happy I’m not the only one to restart games if I don’t like the first few tiles 😂

to my understanding, sea tiles act interchangeably as water AND grass tiles regarding the "perfect".

Thank you !! translate into chinese 【板塊放置】 每拼出一個與鄰片相符切邊，分數+10 因為板塊是六角形的，如果六個邊都是與鄰片相符，則稱為完美拼接，完成一個完美拼接，分數+60、板塊+1 【板塊任務】 板塊任務分為兩種，一種是圖形附帶數字以及「+」、另一種是未附帶「+」 「圖形附帶數字及+符號」的任務是指拼接好的板塊上指定圖形數目要超過指定的數目，這類型的任務比較簡單，指定的圖形可能會是房屋、樹木、麥田、水道、鐵軌。 「圖形附帶數字」的任務是指拼接好的板塊上指定圖形數目要剛好符合指定的數目，這類型的任務則需要計算，而且任務完成後，還會附帶新的任務。 此時會在完成的圖案上插上旗幟，新的任務為「封閉區域」，要將剛剛完成的圖案拼成封閉的區域 完成板塊上的任務、封閉區域的任務，分數+100、板塊+4 【心得】 追求高分的過程，增加板塊是一定要的，完成板塊任務很重要，但完美拼接更重要。 再來是布局，建議的布局如下： 畫面正中央為森林綠帶，綠帶的左上為房屋建築群、右上為農地田野群，綠帶左下則為鐵道地帶、右下為藍色河流帶，在鐵軌與河道中間則是用以結合兩者的過渡車站帶。 森林綠帶是最重要的核心區域，大部分的森林任務都是未指定數量的大型任務，而且多數的板塊都會附加一點森林，在拼接的過程中，可以在不同的區域群加入一些小的森林帶，以確保盡量完成完美拼接，還記得嗎？完美拼接可以額外獲得一個板塊。 【其他小技巧】 *有事沒事就玩一下自由模式，可以訓練你的敏感度、拼接圖的經驗。 *如果開局很爛的話，大約10片左右，你覺得布不了局，那就直接重來開一局新的。 *指定數目的任務，如果當下不好完成，建議直接放棄，畢竟為了那個小任務，可能會浪費更多的板塊 *全水路板塊(整塊六面都是水的)有點有趣，不管你怎麼放，每個接面都會分數+10，不過有一個例外，那就是河流火車站，因為有軌道的關係，所以河流火車站與全水路板塊的接邊是不相符合的。 以上是大致的高分方法，也許這不是最佳的方法，但值得你一試。

❤🔥

Didn't even realize you changed your name, thought KZread unsubbed me lmao. Try a game called Islanders. I believe its on steam

@gpa

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I’ve made a few changes to the channel of late, trying to figure out the best format. Thanks for the recommendation! I’ll look into it.

Any chance of an update to this video? I'd love to know how you've managed those incredible scores (but without having to sit through each video hoping to come across some advice).

@gpa

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Erica, no plans for an update as yet. Since the last high score I’ve been trying with different play styles and the one I’ve described in this video seems to be giving me the best results. No luck as yet in getting a better score but hopefully some time soon, and then I may look at making a short hints and tips video for the late game. Thanks for your comment.

It’s weird that I’m just seeing this because I love this game! I will say though the best advice is just perfects. Always go for perfects! Always! My scores used to be around the 30k range with my highest being like 45k. Now that I’m going for perfects 100% I’m sitting at 75k with over 100tiles left and they keep going up!

Re: Open game methodology, can you give examples of common patterns Or make a video about it?

@gpa

2 жыл бұрын

Not too much to it really, it's just trying not to box yourself in. It is a lot easier to match 3-4 sides than 5 or 6, so if you build out from the centre then you will be able to keep your game open. I know it's easier said than done but after a while you get a feel for it and you know what works and what doesn't. Hope that helps :)

@AJJ_Bros

2 жыл бұрын

@@gpa ya that does make sense. Thank you!

Do you think you could make an updated tips video now that you've achieved a much higher score and the game has received some updates?

@gpa

Жыл бұрын

Hi Emissary of Wind, I have moved on from this game so won't be uploading any more videos on it (except maybe creative maps at some point). If you are after some more hints and tips have a look through the comments of this video. You should be able to find some more helpful info there.

If you build like the "Big group method" and you end up with a big map and opens up a hidden quest tile on the "wrong" side of your map, then what is best to do with it? Like if you find a quest for houses in you water area. Do you close it or build a new house area next to the water area?

@gpa

Жыл бұрын

It’s been a while since I’ve played it, though I’m assuming the mechanics are still the same… if my big group type isn’t near the revealed tile, I will either work my way towards it or close that quest off. It doesn’t make sense to close off your group and then start another one there because the quest number will be really high and will take forever to close it off. Hope that makes sense.

What do you think of that 500k high score video?

@gpa

2 жыл бұрын

I saw it a little while ago. I think they did a great job on it… would have taken a long time.

This is probably one of the most aggravating games I've ever played. It's not a city builder at all. It's a puzzle - that's it, rotate a piece until it fits, except the computer decides to give you pieces that don't fit anywhere constantly. Not fun.

@gpa

3 жыл бұрын

Haha, it's definitely not for everyone :) It's a nice, chill game to relax to though, when you're not aiming for the high score.

@gps9715

3 жыл бұрын

@@gpa I'll give you that, but who plays without going for a high score? :D

I'm going to try your 'Big Group Method' Update to come...

@gpa

Жыл бұрын

Good luck! At the very least it should provide some structure for your game...

The trick you missed was how/when to cave and fill a hole w an imperfect piece. Other than that great vid.

wow 2 years ago, damn i just found this dude, look at you on the shit when its hot :P

do you consider anything else like for example how common some tiles are compared to others?

@gpa

3 жыл бұрын

I do. That’s always on the back of my mind when I start to enclose an open hex. Keeping the play open definitely helps.

@rigdigwus

3 жыл бұрын

@@gpa thats definitely one of my main problems. i get to 20-30k quite easy but then i just end up with tons of mixed tiles and i cant fill the gaps anymore :(

are the unlocked tiles necessary for a highscore?

@gpa

2 жыл бұрын

Not really... they are a nice little extra if you happen to extend in that direction and have the right tile group to complete the request.

Do you not close out any flag requests then? I’m confused on how each section is continuous.

@gpa

Жыл бұрын

Initially I didn't, but in my 1 mil run I ended up closing plenty... only when it became worth doing though (to give 30+ tiles).

Big Group Method > Pythagoras Theorem :|

@gpa

3 жыл бұрын

Haha, thank you!

It's more like a jigsaw puzzle.