Hello everyone and welcome to a somewhat lengthy development blog about our new, up and coming Faction mod.
I have divided this development blog into three sections, each outlining a separate element of the game.
Overview
Ancient Structures
Faction
Please note:
Information you can see below can be inaccurate as the most is still in dev...
2021-08-02 18:50:18 +0000 UTC View PostVote on what today's devblog should be about!
2021-08-02 12:10:15 +0000 UTC View PostHey hey hey What's up.
Before I sign out for the week, I'd like to show you something I spent my last two days on.
It's a cheeky unnanounced mod that wasn't on the roadmap, but this is the gist of Vanilla Expanded - do cool shit when we want to. Vanilla Furniture Expanded - Junk will add more junk to vanilla map generation.
Junk is a well received feature that adds a lot of...
2021-07-31 20:02:39 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone. I know I'm spoiling you with so many development blogs every day, but we've been busy!
The goal of Vanilla Ideology Expanded - Splits and Schisms is to add a new mechanic to make ideologies a bit more of a gameplay affecting challenge, as well as introduce a new form of threat that needs to be countered by the player once the colony is big enough.
If your colony is b...
2021-07-30 12:28:35 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone and welcome to another mod development diary, this time focused on the Hats and Rags module of Vanilla Ideology Expanded.
When Ideology first released, I was a little bummed out how little headgear customization there is for roles. Sure, headwraps, veils etc make each role and ideology feel somewhat unique, but after a while you start noticing repetitions and patterns.
<... 2021-07-29 16:32:45 +0000 UTC View Post
F*ck.
I never expected to be here. Not going to lie, I never expected to reach 50 patrons. When I set this place up I expected it to be something I'd just set up and leave, like Ko-fi that I had but no longer use.
I remember very well how we got to 100 patrons. The frienship made along the...
2021-07-28 11:50:34 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone and welcome to the next development blog, this time focusing on our new upcoming mod called Vanilla Ideology Expanded - Relics and Artifacts.
It's quite a simple mod that adds more inert relics, as in, more variants of the 'useless junk' items that you find for your ideology. You know the chalices, shards, cubes etc?
Well there is now more of that. 40 more. I know, t...
Hello everyone!
After carefully going through all our projects, I have assembled a list of the mods we will be working on going forwards. This is not a binding roadmap and things might move, but I don't think they will unless we reach actually painful to overcome obstacles.
As you can probably see, this Roadmap has no dates on it. It's not meant to show when certain mods will releas...
2021-07-26 12:18:53 +0000 UTC View Post
All mods updated. Thank you for your patience.
2021-07-24 21:02:07 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone!
We are on the verge of greatness. We are THIS close from updating all our mods to 1.3.
Our team finished working on Medieval mod so it's about time I present to you all the new content we're adding in it. Most of it includes very popular requests we received. I'm hopefull this will greatly enhance your experience in the medieval playthrough.
Without any...
2021-07-24 13:29:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Vanilla Ideology Expanded is a mini-series of mods aimed at expanding the content in ideology - be it memes, relics and symbols or icons alike.
Icons and Symbols module adds over 200 new icons for ideologies. Icons have been categorised based on their looks and utilise respective tags to make sure they only appear on specific ideologies - you should not encounter a Transhumanist dominati...
Yeah, you can check out the new RimWorld DLC I worked very hard on, creating all the visual assets for it.
And if it's out of your price range, remember about our competition. Win a free copy of the DLC, tomorrow!
Ok, new rules.
Want to win a copy of Ideology?
Take part in a short competition hosted by Vanilla Expanded.
Read and screenshot a random art description in your save, and then draw this work of art using any method you can. Send over both art description screenshot and the work of art drawing to vanillaexpanded@gmail.com
Oskar Potocki, Le...
2021-07-20 14:37:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Want to win a copy of Ideology?
Take part in a short competition hosted by Vanilla Expanded.
Read and screenshot a random art description in your save, and then draw this work of art using any method you can. Send over both art description screenshot and the work of art drawing to vanillaexpanded@gmail.com
Oskar Potocki, Lead dev of Vanilla Expanded, and Sarg Bjornson, master ...
2021-07-20 10:53:39 +0000 UTC View PostWhat's up folks!
So, as you know, or maybe you do not know in which case you will know that I know and everyone knows that 1.3 and Ideology releases tomorrow.
Your favourite modding team has been working hard to make sure to deliver some very interesting content for that DLC, in the form of one thing that we know how to do: Pizza. What? No. New mods. That's the one.
I cannot c...
2021-07-19 11:27:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Damn it, couldn't help myself. Updated some more.
2021-07-18 20:39:17 +0000 UTC View Post
It is time for you to vote!
Over the last few months I’ve been drafting a few unique faction mods to guide us into the next phase of Vanilla Expanded. They are all at similar level of completion, but I didn’t want to decide by myself which one should be worked on first.
This is your opportunity to vote. Only one vote per person, so make sure you cast it right. Don’t worry - al...
2021-07-18 19:54:15 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm not going to bore you with details, but here's the comprehensive infographic showing which mods are ready to be played in 1.3! Of course, there might still be some errors or bugs, so be sure to report them on the mod page, in the comments, with hugslib logs attached.
We are working hard on getting the rest of the mods up and running for you guys, so that we can start developing ...
2021-07-14 21:24:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks. You're getting an early access into our mega infographic outlining what we achieved during the reign of 1.1 and 1.2. I can assure you, 1.3 will be even more rich with content for you all to enjoy!
Open this image up in fullscreen, read it and let me know what you think!
Hello and welcome everyone to quite an important Typical Tuesday Suggestions thread.
I am looking for new content ideas to spice up our Medieval mod. Please remember I am NOT looking for big overhauls, we don't want to make a brand new mod or spend 2 months working on new conten...
Hello and welcome everybody, Oskar Potocki here, Project Lead on Vanilla Expanded mod series.
Before we begin I recommend you open up this large infographic in full screen mode and read it carefully. If you can't be bothered, I will outline what's written in it below.
As we know, RimWorld 1.3 and RimWorld: Ideology has been announced. This means that everyone is running around like ...
2021-07-05 10:58:36 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone and welcome to a large summary of the recent events and information of what's to come.
I know you're all probably running around with excitement mixed with the dread of waiting for all the mods to update, so this post has been written by yours truly to calm your nerves. Let me begin. There will be a Too Long/Didn't Read section at the bottom in case you're too busy running ...
2021-07-04 21:06:24 +0000 UTC View Post
ARACHNOPHOBIA WARNING.
Hello everyone and welcome to another mod development diary.
Aquiles, an old patron of our mods, and I have been working on a new Vanilla Animals Expanded mod. Since we have covered every single biome already, I think it's about time we go through the dark caves that rarely spawn on your mountain maps.
In vanilla rimworld, only insectoi...
2021-07-02 12:54:52 +0000 UTC View Post
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2021-06-20 21:38:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Vanilla Apparel Expanded - Accessories is a new installment in the Vanilla Expanded series. This time, our sight fell onto the accessories system, which is quite heavily limited in vanilla game. Smokepop belt, or Shield belt - these are your only choices. Are you rich enough to sport Royalty in your game? You MIGHT be able to build jet packs too! And Broadshield generators.
Again, limite...
Hello howdy!
How is everyone doing?
We are wrapping up work on a new module for Vanilla Apparel Expanded - this time adding stuff to the Accessory slot - no longer you will have to choose between smokepop belt and a shield belt! With new accessories spread through all technological eras of RimWorld, your archers will now shoot twice as fast with quivers, doctors will tend much bet...
Hey guys, just a quick showcase of one of the modules that make up a Reaper ship.
https://www.gifyourgame.com/PukkaTeenyDarkknight
2021-06-16 08:44:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello guys and welcome to a little bit different, but extremely important Typical Tuesday Suggestions thread.
I am bound by NDA so I have to carefully choose how to word what I'm about to type.
To those not aware of what NDA is: A non-disclosure agreement is a legally bin...
