MichaelHendriks

Small updates to the Patreon Tiers

I made some (long overdue) slight changes to the Patreon Tiers to better reflect the current situation. (In the Netherlands we have some proverb for getting your act together when it's too late, but I don't know it in English):

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1) Removed the factorio server line, as it's been offline for...uhm... a long while now... If we'll start a new server, I will re-add this perk.

Meanwhile, 3 savefiles are available in my save-folder (unplayed map, pre-artillery train, final save wi...

E X P A N D I N G // ep11 early access

First of all, wow... The increase in pledges has been unreal, especially in the last weeks! I don't even know what to say! Except thank you for the "productivity modules" :)

We're suddenly out of the coffee tips jar territory now, this is a substantial amount of money, and I'll find a suitable way to invest it. Things that are in the cards are, saving up for a better hardware setup (est $3k), a dedicated home office setup with a real gaming chair (can you believe I'm beating this challe...

the Art of War // ep10 (early access)

Here it is! The sole purpose of this entire base has been to prepare for THIS episode...

Enjoy!

Michael

Try The Ultimate DeathWorld Challenge settings on a real OP map seed:

For those who want to play on the same insane settings like in my current series, here's quite an OP map seed: 291621789

Or use the link below to download the savegame directly:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/fh904w1m6clq7dd/AADf9SczQWFAra-KKZpby3Dla?dl=0

It's much better than the one I'm playing on, wi...

Link to Savegame folder - Updated with WARPTORIO savefiles!

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4utxy3wuswfymvd/AACxCSBLteCvn9Gk1aGX-Gf4a?dl=0

Feel free to request a savepoint, and I'll find the closest one I have.

Added a bunch of Warptorio savefiles, including the unplayed original home planet spawn, and a pre- or postwarp save of every warpzone, as well as a bunch of different points in the different warpzones so far.

Iron Man // Factorio: The Ultimate DeathWorld Challenge #9 (early access)

"I brew some tea, get some snacks and enjoy it for the next 20-30 minutes. Having something for just 10-ish is too short, the tea would not even get cold enough for it to drink!" 

Igor's comment first sounded like just a casual point to me, but it has kept "brewing" in the back of my mind, and it actually does make a lot of sense, as these videos are not meant as "background videos" but something you'd want so settle in and get comfortable for. So, as with the most popular consensu...

Ep9 intro / iron problem recap

Just a short precourse to the next episode, where we'll prepare for the attack!

I find that sometimes the story which needs to be told, and the current game footage do not really match up well, so I record seperate sections outside of the current game to better illustrate the points made. In the video above it's specifically the last 1m40s, but I'm not sure yet if the end result warrants the time invested and the extra video playtime, during which the actual game doesn't make progress.....

Bots or Die... Literally! // Factorio: The Ultimate DeathWorld Challenge #8 (early access)

I just can't believe how quickly the Patreon supporter count has grown since I started this series! Thank you all! In case some of you only intended to support for one month, I decided to post the next video one day early, as it's the last day of Patreon's month.

Both this episode and the next are looking to be 20-25 minutes (recorded the voice script for ep9 yesterday and the total voice clip length is comparable to ep8). Youtube viewers are screaming for longer episodes, but I'm not s...

What's He Building In There?? // Factorio: The Ultimate DeathWorld Challenge #7 (early access)

Sometimes I actually build some stuff instead of dealing with biters... I didn't say THIS time, but hey, perhaps we can get something done inbetween the carnage!

Walls Walls No Balls // Milestone celebration ideas!

Surprise! Since both ep4 and ep5 are fairly short, and I'm already working on ep7 atm, I decided to go ahead and do a double release this weekend. So, here's next week's video, ep6!

Enjoy :)

Michael

PS I can't believe there are already near 100 of you who believe in me enough to throw me a couple bucks every month! As some of you are now starting to believe we can make it through this playthrough, I'm now starting to believe I may be able to make this a bigger part of my lif...

The Shell // Factorio: The Ultimate DeathWorld Challenge #5 (early access)

While ep 4, 5 and to a lesser degree 6 are a bit on the shorter side, they thematically just fit better in 3 seperate episodes than 2 half awkwardly mixed ones, so I decided to keep them apart. The good news is having the safety cushion of reducing the risk of having to skip a week later, should an unexpectedly busy period come up... So if nothing major happens, I shouldn't miss a week soon due to busy work or smt.

To all new guys, don't worry if the progress of ingame time seems slow i...

The Ultimate DeathWorld Challenge - ep4: The Claims (early access)

Thanks for all the conspiracy-comments on the last video (the end)... As I have a busy day tomorrow, I'm writing this post the evening before, but I'm sure we tricked a lot of people, as I did a poll on Youtube claiming I would likely die in the next episode... As of it stands 51% of people think I'll die, 49% says fake news... Thanks for the laugh :)

The Ultimate DeathWorld Challenge - ep3: the end (early access)

Perhaps a surprising one, perhaps not... Any ideas for the next challenge?

Full uncut recording of what will be episodes 2 & 3 (SPOILER ALERT)

Episode 2 ends at th 59 minute mark, the rest of the footage will be episode 3, so don't watch past 59 minutes if you want to remain spoiler-free!

Episode 3 is nearing completion. It is fully edited and the first half is voiced, I was planning to finish it today, but then I got sick yesterday eve... trhoat, head, flu-like symptoms. Well, as it turns out, a sore throat means you can forget about recording loud and clean voice-overs... Oh well. I'll finish it up as soon as I can, and I'm ...

Ultimate DeathWorld episode 2: MAYHEM!!! (early access)

It begins...

Next week, together with what will be episode 3, I will upload an additional video with the whole uncut playthrough at 1x speed (no voice, no text, but with factorio music). 

Enjoy!

Michael

Long Time No Siege! - 3 new videos!

Well, it took long enough, but since a week or 2 I'm fully at it again! Here's the FIRST video in the new series: Factorio - the Ultimate DeathWorld Challenge! (link below is same video as above)

https://youtu.be/Ny-FvEYFf8k

I'm simultaneously working on another video: a deathworld map where the biter nests are literally indestructible. I plan to edit down that playthrough in one single video of betwee...

What is happening??? Projects, side-projects & experiments

Hi everyone :)

I must admit I'm having a hard time editing the first episode of the ultimate deathworld challenge. It doesn't turn out to be suitable for my normal editing style with text-overs. I've switched over to Talking Mike, but since I'm pretty noobish with voice-overing, I've started over a couple times until I had something I only mildly despise... Still, it feels like it will be boring to continue a detailed playthrough in this way. 

2022-01-30 22:02:19 +0000 UTC View Post

The ULTIMATE DeathWorld Challenge Trailer

I'm not sure this is a good idea. Perhaps I'm looking to fail. I was also contemplating a megabase series (as my series usually end at the first rocket launch). If this turns out to be doable, perhaps this can become that megabase series too. It would be nice to show real dominance on a map (especially one like this), instead of cowardly turtling up and producing exactly enough stuff to leave the planet. But indeed, that'd take a whole other approach to the endgame!

I'm not sure how wel...

The Final Finale Preview!

Here's the Final Preview of the conclusion of Factorio Tunnel Vision! Basically the Full Finale consists of 2 parts: finishing up the gameplay/challenge aspect, and the "cinematic" conclusion of the game. This preview is the Full First of the above. Are you still Fully Following me? Fine then! It includes the Previous Preview so you can skip the first 5 minutes if you've seen that one. 

The Full Final Finale will premiere on Youtube 31 december 10:00 CET

All the best wishes f...

Finale preview (first 5 minutes)

I gotta stop trying to sync everything to the music, it just takes too long lol. Also doing only short editing sessions is kind of hindering. But next week I have not a lot of normie work ('flexible hours' job), so I'll probably be able to do some good old longer sessions which are more productive. I did manage to plan the complete video out though, looking forward to finishing it!

Never Eat Yellow Snow - ep12 Factorio Tunnel Vision (early access)

Hi everyone :)

Thanks for your patience with the new episodes. Tomorrow ep11 is released on Youtube, and today I finished ep12 (this video)! Today I worked on the last part of the video almost all day, and I'm happy to say it seems my hand/arm problems are slowly diminishing. I'll try to be careful though to not overreach... Anyway, I hope to release the finale on Xmas eve (fri 24), or if not on old year's day (fri 31)... Both good days for a finale to a series!

Enjoy,

Micha...

NEVER eat Black Snow - ep11 Factorio Tunnel Vision (early access)

After "Walking BLUEs" and "PURPLE rain", the titel was supposed to become "Never eat YELLOW Snow" as to indicate yellow science, but we didn't get that far... It seems they made late-game science more complicated than early game science, who would've thought!

Anyway, I'm still far from being back up to full speed yet with the carpal tunnel thing, and I'm trying to avoid using the computer as much as possible, which is hard as both my main job and youtube are computer jobs. So it seems l...

ep11 preview

hi all,

i wont be able to finish a full video this week. my carpal tunnel problem from earlier this year came back with a vengeance. i'll have to take at least a few days off. I'm also ordering an ergonomic left handed mouse and learn to mouse with my off hand. in the futue that should allow me to share the workload / stress between both arms. it doesnt help that my main job of translating webshop products also is a computer job. 

the playthrough is finished, i just need to e...

Purple Rain, Purple Brain - ep10 Factorio Tunnel Vision (early access)

It's done! Nothing changed in the first 12 minutes, so if you've watched last friday's partial upload, you can skip ahead.

Enjoy!

Michael

Preview of the finale / next episode

Hi :)

Originally I wanted to combine the rest of the playthrough in one big finale, but it looks like just the purple science part is going to be 20 minutes or so already! So I'll probably cut it in three more episodes: purple science, yellow science, and the finale with surprise epic conclusion ;)

The above video is the first 2/3 of the purple science episode. I'm swamped in work and travel at the moment, so I decided to upload what I have, and hopefully I'll be able to upload th...

Walking Blues - ep9 Factorio Tunnel Vision (early access)

Whoop die doo, another episode done! It was planned to be the penultimate episode and to edit the rest together in the big finale, but that may be a little TOO ambitious... I may do another seperate episode for purple and/or yellow science before that... If I DO combine it into one big finale, it will take one or two weeks longer to edit together, in that case I'll upload a sneek preview of the section which is completed once or twice...

Anyway, it finally feels like we're getting somew...

Oilers - ep8 Factorio Tunnel Vision (early access)

Finally we're gettin' greasy!

After this episode, there will probably be one more regular episode before the grand finale. I have some ideas for new series (my personal way to achieve a 10k spm megabase, default settings but 600%/600% enemies and no starting area (this one maybe better for another livestream), or a modded playthrough (K2/SE, a blind SpaceBlock playthrough (probably voiced because I won't really know what I'm doing))))))) <-- just making sure I have enough closing bra...

Breaking The CURSE - ep7 Factorio Tunnel Vision (early access)

Developing a method to the madness!

Focus, Commitment and Sheer Will - ep6 Factorio Tunnel Vision (Insane Beeline to Rocket Silo) (early access)

Overcoming The Curse, and Getting Things Done!

The CURSE! - Factorio Tunnel Vision ep5 (Insane Beeline to Rocket Silo) (early access)

Hi all :)

Normally I post after the video has finished processing, but I'm in a bit of a hurry. The video is still uploading, so if it's not viewable or in crappy quality, come back a bit later. Gotta run!

Michael