MichaelHendriks

First Blood! (but whose...) // FACTORIO but start with 100% Biter Evolution... (#3)

Part 3 of the side project... First Blood... But will it also be Last Blood?

Enjoy!

Michael

PS1: If you're fast, the video may still be processing... max quality should be 1080p30 like always

PS2: Ep 29 of the main series coming tomorrow here on patreon (16 hours from the moment of this post (keep in mind that Ep28 is published on youtube also 16 hours from now, and ep28 early access will end just a few hours from the moment of this post due to youtube scheduling turni...

Saving the Climate for a Green Green World! // The Ultimate DeathWorld Challenge #28 (early access)

Man, I have completely lost sense of time... I both can't believe it was ALREADY and ONLY 10 days ago when I lost my account. Meanwhile I think I'm almost fully back up to speed, re-installed an updated version of my video editor which actually fixes a fair few annoyances in the previous version I used... and while ultimately this very episode was delayed by a week, I didn't even miss a week of publishing on youtube thanks to the fortunately timed side project. Now, I don't really want to kee...

Preview ep28, and wtf happened!?

First of all, thank you all for your support and actions during the last week. It's been quite hectic, but it is starting to look like both myself and my channel made it through with relatively minor damage. The scammers seemed purely focussed on doing the minimal possible to get as much scammy-crypto-streaming-time in as they could, destroying whatever was in their way for their cause, but not going out of their way to cause me unneccesary personal harm. No files were deleted, no money was s...

I was hacked (now almost recovered)

I'm too out of energy to type anything comprehensable, but I quickly wante to share that I have regained access to my youtube account, and all videos seem fully intact. The best outcome possible, which I couldn't dare to hope for

It's not fully over yet, it's unclear if my editing laptop is still infected or not, so i'll keep it disconnected from internet for now (I copied my video files, editing projects, save games and such to an external USB harddisk, then did a full clean re-install...

Climate Activists GOT what they WANTED // The Ultimate DeathWorld Challenge #27 (early access)

Here's the fully completed episode #27 (the first part of this episode was in early access since last week, so if you don't want to rewatch that, you can skip to 12:11 (recap) or 14:38 (no recap).

I guess it was a little too optimistic of me to expect rebuilding a whole endgame size based in one episode, especially including explaining some rarely-to-never-before-seen concepts... Oh well. Meanwhile, I've scripted and vocie recorded until beyond the completion of this climate-improving p...

100% Very Normal Settings Part 2 (100% achievements on 100% biter evolution start)

I thought today was November 31, and I planned to upload this BEFORE the new month started, so anyone who intends to stop supprting would have one final early access video...

Well, obviously 31 november does not exist, so I made this post public instead. Hardly any non-patron will see this post anyway, so I guess not much harm in doing so.

Also, as I'm publicly releasing part 1 of this side project on youtube friday (december 2), this post will be a nice surprise for anyone decidi...

A Fully GREEN Base! // The Ultimate DeathWorld Challenge #27

Hi all :)

Although there is no recap in this episode, I still wished for this episode to be longer, and contain the full base conversion, but it may grow too long for that. I planned another full day of editing on thursday, but that got taken away by an unexpected trip to the capital for some bureaucracy business :/

So, I'm not sure yet if this will be a full episode in itself. especially the first 4-5 minutes took a long time to edit, as those explain concepts not really covered ...

Climate Activists GLUED themselves to My Video! // The Ultimate DeathWorld Challenge #26

The main difference is, in THIS universe, their protests seems to be working, and we are making major changes to save the planet!

Enjoy!

Michael

PS What do you think of the thumbnail idea? It still needs some refining, but is the idea "acceptable"?

EPISODE 1 COMPLETED!! - Is it possible to beat Factorio with absolutely very normal settings? (and 1 teeny tiny mod...)

Woohoo! With proud I present to you the full opening episode of this series!

I'm thinking about releasing it this saturday (if I can come up with a thumbnail idea today), because it synergizes well wit last weeks explanation of chunk generation mechanics in ep24, which is important for THIS series as well... So possibly only ONE day of early access for this one, grab it first while you can (and comment if you like to be in the "comment spotlight", the first episode of any new series usu...

a Shrouded Epiphany // The Ultimate DeathWorld Challenge #25 (early access)

O boy, we're not done just quite yet are we...

Yesterday I voice recorded a small part of the script for #26 live in the discord voice chat. It turned out to be more talking about background stuff and chatting than actual recording, but still, it was nice. This was kinda an it of the blue decision, but next time I'll try to schedule it in advance in case more of you are interested in hearing me struggle to say "blueplint" fifteen times lol.

Anyway, enjoy this episode :)

Mich...

Biters EXPOSED (Secrets Revealed) // UDWC #24 (early access)

Hello everyone :)

After last week's raw artillery carnage, get ready for the remainder of the satisfying slaughterfest in a more polished and "informative" way, as we simultaneously start to crack the secrets behind the Only True Way to achieve World Peace...

Technical: the sound quality is a bit strange in this one, as a function of having to film from factorio's map view for some parts. This both alters the sound and lowers it volume, which then needs to be cranked up in editing...

Is it possible to beat Factorio with absolutely very normal settings? (side project preview)

Absolutely normal playthrough here nothing to see please move along

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After a bunch of false starts, here's a sneak peek of my new side-project!

The first episode will be a pretty high effort one, close to my usual series. It didn't mean it to be though, it was supposed to be a lightly edited let's play, so there'd be an optional extra series to enjoy next to the weekly main series uploads. Anyway, after a few attempts, it turned out the first 90 minu...

ARTILLERY CARNAGE // The Ultimate DeathWorld Challenge #23

Yes... It is finally happening...

The episode was originally supposed to end with a smirky "Next Time" at the patreon screen around 17:40... But then I decided that I really don't want to start a (justified) riot over such a mean cliffhanger lol, as people have been prematurely anticipating "probably the next episode is the artillery one" since ep12or so...

So I put on my tryhard trousers yesterday, and I managed to satisfactionarily(?) include the first piece of the action...

Factorio UDWC ep22 - GreenSteel Enterprise (early access)

I don't think this enterprise understands the concept of being "green" though... though at SOME point we may be FORCED to...

Enjoy!

Michael

PS: I have started to record a more let's play-y side-project. It's quite a different beast to record than my usual series, and I have restarted a few times as it's not really turning out as I want it to be. Anyway, even if it doesn't make it to youtube, I'll be sure to upload the (perhaps  failed) project to patreon for ...

Launched to Infinity // The Ultimate DeathWorld Challenge #21 (early access)

Let the engineering begin! I'm on semi-holiday, hiking and such in the alps, but I still had some time to edit together this new episode on the rest days from my van (which I converted into sort of a campervan). I did take a full holiday from my day job for this trip, I feel now I can start justifying prioritzing the way more satisfying job of making videos for you all, over mindlessly translating loads of products for the consumer industry (for "people who buy stuff they don't need with mone...

Ultimate DeathWorld Expansion Finale! // The Ultimate DeathWorld Challenge #20

Beep boop, here it is, the complete finale episode of the 2nd epoch!

Enjoy!

Michael

Note: you already saw the first 15 minutes in last week's partial preview, so skip ahead to 15:00 if you like

Ultimate DeathWorld #20 (early access) and a LOT of NEWS!

Hi all :)

I've got a lot of things to talk about!

1) the Finale of the 2nd Epoch!

This week's early access will most likely not be released as a stand-alone episode on youtube, it's too short and doesn't have a "wholesome" theme just by itself, instead I'd like to combine it with the next 15-25 minute of video into sort of an epoch finale, as that complete video will be the last part of the 2nd Lord of the Biters movie (the two expansions), after which ...

An Unfortunate Turn of Events // The Ultimate DeathWorld Challenge #19

The thumbnail says it all...

Some Very Good and Interesting Title! // The Ultimate DeathWorld Challenge #18 (early access)

After 2 episodes of Raw Spider Onslaught, it's time for a nice builder episode again! Well, mostly ;) Death and Destruction shall resume promptly!

By the way, I haven't come up with a good title for this episode... Any suggestions are appreciated!

Enjoy!

Michael

Ben the Fish vs BEHEMOTHS // The Ultimate DeathWorld Challenge #17 (early access)

The fireworks continues... But unlike last episplosion, THIS time the battlefield is a bit more... balanced...

Enjoy!

Michael

PS I just wanted to say I haven't forgotten about Rampant... I just can't decide the format. I don't really want to wait until this series ends, what about starting it as a side-project, as a largely unedited full-ish playthrough or as a series of (unplanned) streams?

PSPS As for streaming, inside I want to wait until I have reliably enough time...

Finally... // The Ultimate Revenge Challenge #16 (early access)

It is time...

Astounding Alternative Bus Base (Compact Concept Done Decently) // Factorio Ultimate DeathWorld #15 (early access)

Well, after much thinking and tinkering, hobbing and bobbing, naying and saying, I decided to split the 35 min episode into 2 parts anyway for da youtoobz... While I think it's better as a single episode, in the end I think publishing every week I possibly can beats that advantage.

Enjoy!

Michael

PS, if you're really bored, I did 2 test streams on twitch. Just testing it out and learning to set it all up right, nothing too interesting (I'll announce it when I will do a "real...

Michael vs Rampant attempt 1 (got defeated by sound quality)

After 7 short recording tests messing with all the different settings, thinking I finally got it right, well I didn't. The sound balance is awful, I should still play with music off even if the editing process mostly consists of cutting out parts, and my microphone settings sometimes don't catch the first syllable due to background noise cancelling, so that needs some work too.

But still, I didn't want to withold from you my first steps in rampant, so for the absolute diehard fans who c...

[INFINITE OIL] vs [COAL LIQUEFACTION] DeathMatch // ep14 (Early Access)

Hi all,

First an important message:

I have some trouble with my VPN/geolocation (likely for a couple more weeks) and am therefore often unable to reach the patreon website at all. I DO still post a video every friday. If there's no new post here on any Friday, look in Discord (https://discord.gg/RDfeFwutcC), or through the comments on THIS video/the latest post (I'll ask someone on Discord to post the link in ...

ep12 postponed - LotB movie premiere

I decided to postpone episode 12's release to next week. I may want to make some changes (among thinking about cutting out at least the dry, post-explosion part of the reactor, (mb will start 2nd channel to post extra non-main-series stuff to not mess with algorithm stuff). Second, I want/need to get back to being a full week ahead, to ease off the pressure and tendency to rush things instead of doing them properly.

and third, I want to release the Lord of the Biters movie, a...

the End of an Era // Factorio: The Ultimate DeathWorld Challenge (early access)

Hi all :)

I managed to finish (the 2nd half of) the episode... Probably one of the most complicated explanations (and hardest to edit videos) I've ever done!

Let me know what you think about it... Do you like it if I include some of these in-depth topics every once and a while, or is this just a little too much?

If you watched last week's preview and don't want to rewatch it, the new part starts at 19 min or so.

Enjoy!

Michael

PS this full version will be a...

ep12 preview // the end of an era

Well... I was planning to split THIS episode into 2, of which the above would be the first half... Turns out also this episode is not really dividable, as it's all about wrapping up business in the old base to prepare for building the NEW base...

What's still missing? Well, the major part is building a 480MW, 100% fuel efficient, 4-core nuclear reactor! to replace the ol' 36MW steam engine setup! From personal experience (my several failed attempts over the years), it's not the easiest ...

ep12 prologue // [Public post]

Hey you! How kind that you're checking out my Patreon page!

If you're thinking about supporting today, please note that Patreon will charge you today for (the remainder of) the current month (29-31 july), and then again every 1st of the month for the upcoming month (1-31 august). I've emailed Patreon to ask for a setting to grant automatic access for the upcoming month for people joining late in the current month, but according to the non-answer I got back, it looks like they won't chan...

Lord of the Biters: the Fellowship of the Iron // (early access)

Hi all :)

I'm not sure yet when I'm going to release this on YouTube, but here's the supercut of overcoming the first big struggle, and to stay in the theme of the "the hobbit"-trilogy, I saved the battle with smaug (ep11) for the start of the next movie ;) . So IF you wish to rewatch the whole series in neatly-edited-together format without all the repeats, you can now do it ad-free again! I exported and uploaded it together with episode 11 last week, so apologies Clif Harness, that me...

E X P A N D I N G • i n • F A C T O R I O : The Ultimate DeathWorld Challenge!! (early access)

And here is the FULL ep11... It covers almost HALF the ingame time of the first 10 episodes combined! A trend which will continue as we move forward! 

The next 2 episodes will be mainly builder episodes.

Short prediction:

Ep12: transitioning away from the old base, and make the neccesary preparations for a FULLY NEW base, including my own 100% nuclear fuel efficient nuclear power setup!

Ep13: building the new base to basically completion, getting all non-inf scien...