r/Dinkum

Soooooo after learning more about the game and getting everything but my farm going. I played a lot with my kids, so the map is kinda messy and crazy, so I started from scratch. This time, I’m getting into my teleporters which I hadn’t before. I’m thinking when i get my mines permit of placing it by one of those towers and maybe even with the airport. Anyone else use their map this way?

So its been months since i last played dinkum. I think I played it last in april.

Has there been any changes since then??

I’m doing a creative island and everyone’s getting a dog. Some feel obvious, like a poodle for Sally or a Blue Heeler for Irwin, John strikes me as German Shepard guy, and Franklyn seems like a standard dog kinda guy, German Shepard as well, if he were getting a rare doggo. I gave Rayne a jack Russel and Clover a Collie, but feel less confident in those choices. What do you guys think? If you had to assign an NPC a dog, what kind of dog would they get?

How does one build over water without shovelling dirt/sand to build a pilar of ground?

Me, my friend and my boyfriend were playing multiplayer. As we’ve gone back to our own islands and stopped multiplayer, my boyfriends save didnt work properly and he lost his helicopter, motorcycle and JetSki.

This has happened a few times now. Any tips or advice for being able to get a different save file back?

We are playing on switch

If you bought the game on the Switch that means no holiday event for you?? Am I missing something?

I like Dinkum! I love the gentle vibe. And the unique rendering, it's really nice to have a light 3d game instead of all the 16bit-wannabe pixel art games like this out there.

But I didn't like Dinkum. I played nearly 40 hours and just got bored. I think I got fairly far: fully clearing the first mines level, Franklin's built me a couple of fancy machines, I've got some animals and some farms and all the teletowers. I know there's a lot more in the game to unlock and enjoy but I just couldn't bother.

I feel like I was playing the game wrong, or had the wrong expectations. What am I missing?

I like cozy crafting games but I'm pretty hooked on progression systems. I love the Stardew Valley loop of upgrading and advancing the town story. More hardcore automation games like Factorio are absolute catnip for me. But I like more casual games too. Really I just like gameplay systems and building up my infrastructure.

Dinkum just felt so very slow to me. The grind is a little too repetitive, the rewards are too small. Is that just me?

Maybe the closest comparable is Animal Crossing. FWIW I had the same complaint about that game too, I got bored pretty quick.

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