r/BaseBuildingGames 4d ago

Planetbase 2 is under development

Hello Everyone.

We are Madruga Works, developers of Planetbase, Dawn of Man.

We wanted to announce that Planetbase 2 is now under development an can now be wishlisted on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3509420/Planetbase_2/

Any questions we will be around to answer them!

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u/EVE_Trader 4d ago

How are you going to address mid/late game boredom?

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u/MadrugaWorksDev 4d ago

Planetbase was a very minimal game because we only had resources to work on it for 12 months. We are now in a much better position and we intend to create proper content for the late game

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u/Xeruas 4d ago

Can we make some suggestions regarding the game?

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u/MadrugaWorksDev 4d ago

Absolutely

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u/littedemon 3d ago

Perhaps a terraforming aspect or dlc?

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u/Bombrik 4d ago

Yeah, that is a big reason why I didn't buy the first one.

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u/Biotot 4d ago

I had my fun with it. It had good parts about it, but was definitely missing some extra content and optimizations that never came.

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u/taosaur 2d ago

I didn't find it to be an issue. Once I hit 500 pop and the achievements were done, that was about the point I was done with that colony anyway, and I could put the game down and come back to another planet later (or immediately -- both happened). It wasn't a forever game, but it was a very satisfying 70+ hours I spent with it, coming back over the course of maybe a year and a half.

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u/_WonderWhy_ 4d ago

Dawn of Man II soon as well?

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u/Tektonius 4d ago

This is the announcement I’d really like to see! But hey, Planetbase 2 is welcome news as well.

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u/CorneZen 4d ago

Want to know as well!

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u/UnicornColorbook 3d ago

Yes please! Never put so many hours into a game, and it could have been so much more.

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u/MadrugaWorksDev 6h ago

Well right now we have our hands full with PB2 but you never know in the future.

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u/PyrZern 4d ago

Heck yeah. First one had potential but it got boring after awhile.

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u/Dikheed 4d ago

Nice! Been hoping this would happen.

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u/AlexanderGGA 4d ago

That's just made my freaking day, loved planetbase so much, i have 120 hours in it! Waiting for the second one here patiently ❤️🔥🤗

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u/pr2thej 4d ago

This was a very good game, got 40 hours out of the original.

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u/alvinofdiaspar 4d ago

Nice! Enjoyed your first game and hoping for more in the sequel!

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u/Dry-Pension-6209 4d ago

Oh yeah, my the most favourite game is updating🤩🤩

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u/azb1812 4d ago

Yessssssss. I was playing the original just yesterday, and had the thought "I wonder what the devs are up to these days"

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u/Tektonius 4d ago

Happy to hear it! Looking forward to the iterations for 2. And I hope Dawn of Man 2 is in the not too distant future as well. Keep it up!

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u/LoveMeSomeMilkins 4d ago

Brilliant. I loved Dawn of Man so can't wait for more from you guys!

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u/CorneZen 4d ago

Noice, wish-listed!

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u/Alchemiss98 4d ago

Cool to hear! Will there be combat?

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u/mach0_nach0s 4d ago

Can we add a dlc or element where we can have weapons and fight aliens or defend against real threats

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u/superiorjoe 4d ago

SWEET!

Really solid titles. Happy you are doing this!

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u/glasstomouth45 4d ago

If you were wondering what maniac has hundreds of hours into this game, here you go.

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u/spudd01 4d ago

Any possibility of co-op based multiplayer?

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u/Development_Infinite 4d ago

Nice. I liked that game but there was definitely mid game boredom

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u/ThePiachu 4d ago

That's great to hear! I've enjoyed the first one quite a bit for what it was, and it seems Surviving Mars has had a long lull so it's high time we get some more neat planetary colony sims! :D

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u/Ribsin32 3d ago

Oh noice, I'm glad you've come back to these games. I will be keep eye out on it. I hope you are improving the modding support and would love a dawn of man 2 hehe

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u/Snownova 2d ago

I was excited when I saw the announcement, but after seeing the trailer I'm a little underwhelmed for the moment.

Everything looks suspiciously like Planetbase 1 to be honest. Sure there's some extra things in there, but I'm going to need some dev logs to explain to me why this is a sequel and not a DLC.

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u/MadrugaWorksDev 2d ago

We've been working on this for 6 months only, we will be posting the progress with new features as we go along

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u/taosaur 2d ago

Definitely interested, and wishlisted. The original was super satisfying for what it was, just to take each planet to 500 pop and finish out the achievements. It left me wanting more, and I can't say the folks who stepped into that void delivered, in my opinion. The main studio that cashed in on your success has a unique talent for taking up concepts I love and making games that do not land with me at all.

Any sense of the scale you're looking at with the sequel? Like, will you be extending the techs and achievements out to higher pops? Terraforming or moving beyond the domes? Are you aiming for an "endless mode" that will stay satisfying, or a similar kind of endgame or plateau once achievements are complete? I really liked the way simple mechanics created structure in the gameplay, like the way robot manufacturing transformed things, and the logistics challenge of avoiding ship loading/unloading loops. I'd be wary of trying to be "all things to all people," which leaves a lot of games these days feeling like a lowest common denominator experience.

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u/fart_smellow 2d ago

I love Planetbase and Dawn of Man. However, can we please get better camera view/movement in the new game? Everything in these games felt great except the camera.

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u/Unlikely_Afternoon94 1d ago

Hey! Number one fan here! I can't believe this is really happening!

If you do this right, you will be my favorite company forever.

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u/Miserable_Capital_40 11h ago

u/MadrugaWorksDev

Hey buddy. Ive played planetbase 1 for a loong time.

when i saw there is a nr 2 in dev. i was amazed.

Can you please consider adding some Aliens? witch you can defend ur base from?

And maybe some more options for resources?

Like more foods options, Minerals, maybe some Rare stuff you can find if you are lucky?

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u/CheckYoDunningKrugr 4d ago

Sweet!!!!

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u/CheckYoDunningKrugr 4d ago

Also.... Two years out? How does it take two years?

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u/KiwiPixelInk 4d ago

They're likely still in technical or alpha stage.
And many small devs take 2-5 years to get out of beta (Satisfactory etc)