GrunfWorks

19/03/2023

https://youtu.be/w7Jd3kxp_8k

We are comparing Kerbal Space Program with Kerbal Space Program 2 (patch 0.1.1.0) and Juno: New Origins (former Simple Rockets 2) in the context of building ...

01/02/2023

Sneek peek of a screenie from a video coming later tonight on youtube channel :-)

26/01/2023

New video available

Launching new experiments into Kerbin Orbit - Materials Bay and Mystery Goo, as well as taking 2 Kerbonauts: 1 Pilot and 1 Scientist although we encounter a ...

30/12/2022

Mark your calendars for next week because on January 5th, 2023 Kerbal Space Program will be free on Epic Game Store! Add it to your wishlist now on your Epic Game Store account and claim it next week.

06/06/2022

Making a perfect video, one that you can really be proud of…. Then you see the 3rd picture.

28/04/2022

Pop quiz: for which game am i trying to record a video?

23/03/2022

Weekly schedule March 23rdth, 2022

As always lots of things going on, but next few weeks will be even more busy than ever before. Around Easter the whole family is expected to fly to Croatia to buy a new summer house since we sold our old one last summer, so the preparations for it are enormous.

You guys will not feel the lack of content as I have queued enough videos for you to enjoy. As always, my patrons and youtube members already have access to them, so check them out as starting tomorrow there will be a lot more uploaded (at least 3 more on GrunfWorks and 2 on Survival Joe). Also patrons and channel members there will be a new short series coming: House Flipper - Total house and garden makeovers. First one is waiting for voiceover, and second is in the planning. Should go live in the next 2 weeks.

After that and untill the end of April the videos might be happening at a slower pace, but should pick up again in May.

There are lots of games and projects that I want to cover, and with limited time I have to prioritize. Meaning some stuff that take a lot of time (khm Space Crew and No Man's Sky) are delayed till further notice.

I have gotten access to new Stationeers version with improved multiplayer, and while i tested performance (it is noticably better), i still have to group up with Max to give it a proper go. Also there is a game called Planet Crafter coming into early access tomorrow that I might show on my channel as a small series. I have already previewed it on Survival Joe, and loved it, so it might creep into GrunfWorks as well.

Stationeers and KSP are continuing as planned, while for KSP i was even thinking to introduce a new series of tutorials covering basics and extending my current ones, that would also cover KSP 2 principles, however due to lack of time i think i will not make it.

Naval Action I have gotten requests for, but as said I have no capability or time to grind XP or money or ships (am flag captain at the moment), and doing 100s of battles with Endymion is no longer fun for me, so even with generous offerings from community to support me with cash and ships (still can't fix XP grind), i have no capability to keep content interesting, so sadly that will not be happening.

I am open to testing out another naval game in the future, perhaps Sea of Thieves, but for that I need a good crew (which i have), but no time to gather, so that is why it has not happened yet.

So, onwards to schedule:

GrunfWorks:
Monday: KSP Career - out now
Tuesday: Stationeers Mars - out now
Wednesday: KSP Career
Thursday:
Friday: something (maybe new series)

Survival Joe:
Monday:-
Tuesday: Generation Zero - out now
Wednesday:
Thursday: Generation Zero
Friday:

Stay cool
/GW

17/03/2022

Just finishing recording this one. And they say nobody visits

24/02/2022

Last night i was working on the most demanding and most satisfying review I have done yet. Can you guess which game it is ?

07/02/2022

Weekly schedule February 7th, 2022

Sorry for the radio silence past few weeks. Covid struck and put the whole family into disarray. Thankfully all light cases.
However now I am back on track as the schedule will show hopefully.

GrunfWorks:
Patrons and YouTube members shall notice a big uptick of videos in your Early Access list. Expect 4 new KSP videos and 3 Stationeers ones with more to follow later. They shall become available to general public in the following weeks (starting today). Space Crew will continue (just need to find time to record it)

I am rethinking my strategy about nicheing down, as although it gives me more focused viewership, also it has me not playing some games I might enjoy. I think I will rather keep GrunfWorks as variety channel the way it has been so far. Meaning do expect to again see the naval, tactical, tycoon stuff at some point. I am even considering continuing some older series (Mars Horizon, Transport Fever 2, Sea of Thieves) or whatnot. Let me know what you think.

Survival Joe:
Here I have literally been spoiled for choice. While I am having a lot of fun with Grounded, while I am waiting for Smalland, I have also gotten Dying Light 2. First episode is in preparation, however I am not sure how many of you might be interested in seeing a Dying Light 2 let's play. Maybe I will post an Preview / Review video instead. What do you think ?
Also I have another listical in the works: Top 5 Underrated Survival games, should air soon (in post production)

So, on the schedule

GrunfWorks:
Monday: KSP Career - Minmus Probe Lander & Relay net In one launch BUILD
Tuesday: -
Wednesday: Stationeers - Water Collection and storage Revisited
Thursday:
Friday: KSP Career - Minmus Probe Lander & Relay net In one launch LAUNCH

Survival Joe:
Monday: -
Tuesday: Grounded - Ep 02
Wednesday: -
Thursday: -
Friday: Listical Top 5 Underrated games (maybe)

Anyway, hope you like the new videos and as always, let me know your thoughts in the comments

Stay Cool,

/GW

01/02/2022

New video coming soon. In the final stages of production.

10/01/2022

Weekly schedule January 10th, 2022

Happy New Year everyone !!! Hope you all had a nice relaxing vacation, but it is back to business.

I have been buys over the holidays, making some videos for both GrunfWorks and Survival Joe, with mixed results.

GrunfWorks:
I got my rear handed to me in Space Crew, a game I find much more confusing than the original bomber crew. I do love the aesthetic, the hastiness of everything, however the boarding action is taking a toll on me and i simply lose it when i get boarded. The away missions are great, but overall the game will take some getting used to.

I am happy to report that in KSP we are finally going interplanetary with first a couple of messy missions to Duna and Eve, mainly due to removal of RemoteTech and some funny design mistakes on my part, however there is lot of science to be done, so look out for those. First one is already public with more of them scheduled, but available to my Patrons and Channel Members (look for an Early Access playlist) that you have in your welcome mail (patrons), or Members-only post in youtube community tab (members).

Stationeers Mars is continuing with some progress being made. The Gas Filtration is the next task, and the video is recorded and in production, awaiting voiceover. So expect that the ball will be rolling more often there.

No Man's Sky personal story episode 2 as you might have seen a teaser of is being rendered, and will soon be scheduled for release. Sorry it took so long, but these highly scripted episodes really take a long time. I am considering on switching to a regular let's play due to the reason that I would like to play more of NMS, and edit less, however I will make a poll on community tab once that is out so make sure you vote, as i will try respect the outcome (at least till episode 3 or 4 then i decide).

There are 1-2 new games that I want to do a preview of, when i will have the time, but definitely not this week.

Survival Joe:
I posted 2 reviews for games that recently came out: Breakwaters, and Planet Crafter, as well as a listical on great Steam Deals during winter sale for awesome survival games. The reception on those exceeded my expectations by several orders of magnitude. THANK YOU.

I am working on a probably new Let's play, as well as another list video: Top Under-appreciated Survival games on Steam, to shed light on some great underdog games that never get a chance to see the light due to more flashier titles.

So, on the schedule

GrunfWorks:
Monday: KSP Career - Duna CommNet Deployment
Tuesday: -
Wednesday: No Man's Sky - personal story episode 2
Thursday:
Friday: Stationeers Mars - Gas filtration (hopefully)

Survival Joe:
Monday: -
Tuesday: -
Wednesday: -
Thursday: -
Friday: Either a start of new let's play or a listical, but some video anyway.

Anyway, have a great 2022, and I will see you in my videos

Stay Cool,

/GW

13/12/2021

We are launching our Minmus SCANSat with one simple mission - finding a potential location for our Minmus surface base. Also we send a small lander...

We are launching our Minmus SCANSat with one simple mission - finding a potential location for our Minmus surface base. Also we send a small lander... ...

12/12/2021

We are starting a new Space Crew let's play series together with the members of my community. You guys have applied and you are the crew of the vessel dubbed: "The Chum Bucket". Also for some reason I am wearing what appears to be a toilet seat :-P.

We are starting a new Space Crew let's play series together with the members of my community. You guys have applied and you are the crew of the vessel dubbed...

08/12/2021

We are sending a lander containing ksp mun rover, breaking ground experiments, and much more to the surface of Mun. The rover contains a bon voyage controller and will be collecting science and hopefully cross some biomes....

We are sending a lander containing ksp mun rover, breaking ground experiments, and much more to the surface of Mun. The rover contains a bon voyage controlle...

04/12/2021

In today's episode of our Mars Survival Getting Started Guide we are showing the importance of pipe heaters as well as rebuilding the new hydroponics bay

In today's episode of our Mars Survival Getting Started Guide we are showing the importance of pipe heaters as well as rebuilding the new hydroponics bay ...

04/12/2021

It is time to send a science probe deployer with many science satellites to Eve in today's episode of Kerbal Space Program Career Mode Let's play. ...

It is time to send a science probe deployer with many science satellites to Eve in today's episode of Kerbal Space Program Career Mode Let's play. ... ...

02/12/2021

Weekly Schedule, December 2nd, 2021

Last week we have enabled channel memberships on our channel and started introducing backer-exclusive series for our Patrons and YouTube members. The first series is KSP RSS RO RP1 which currently sits at 5 episodes, and new ones will be added. For a long while I wanted to give back to people that support me and have been chipping in for that extra coffee that gets me going, and this new series is just the beginning.

On the regular series that are running Kerbal Space Program - Career mode, and Stationeers Mars getting started guide are continuing, although the sharp eyed among you might have noticed that i am doing some changes to the format. I am starting to remove slow parts of the videos and going away from full live-stream like let's play to more of highlights approach. That means that I will be cutting some less interesting parts out of the videos, as well as speeding up some gameplay parts to maintain a healthy pace.

I would really like your feedback on it, do you think/feel that the pacing has improved, do you think the newer videos are more interesting, more fast paced but still watchable. Your feedback is the key to me taking the quality to next level, so every comment that helps towards this goal is appreciated, suggestions and critiques alike.

I am preparing to film the new series - Space Crew - I have received your submissions, and the crew is assembled, expect trailer soon, and start within a week or 2.

Honestly one series has been stuck in limbo and that is No Man's Sky - personal story. Due to heavily scripted and story-driven narrative it takes me A LOT longer to produce an episode of that one compared to a regular video. (for comparison regular video takes approx 2-3h till it is ready for upload while NMS - personal story takes approx 20h for a roughly 12 min video). I will produce episode 2, but am not sure honestly if that is worth it. What do you guys think ?

I really like playing No Man's Sky, so this story-driven approach is actually stopping me from doing it at regular pace. After i make episode 2 I will do a poll as to if you would want me to continue or go to a more regular let's play (still heavily edited with boring parts cut out, but not like personal story).

On Survival Joe front it has been really quiet but I am hoping to do some videos showing some survival games that you might know or have not yet seen in "Have you played" series

So, schedule:

GrunfWorks:
Monday: Stationeers Mars - out now
Tuesday: -
Wednesday: KSP career - out now
Thursday:
Friday: Stationeers Mars

Survival Joe:
Quiet this week but hopefully a "Have you played" episode next week

Stay Cool,

/GW

29/11/2021

In today's episode of our Mars Survival Getting Started Guide we are building an airlock to seal off the new room from the hydroponics bay

In today's episode of our Mars Survival Getting Started Guide we are building an airlock to seal off the new room from the hydroponics bay ...

26/11/2021

Time to test our SCANSat satelite and perform some Kerbin Scans in today's episode of KSP Career Mode let's play. We will be performing Low altimetry, Visual Observation and Multi-Spectral Scan...

Time to test our SCANSat satelite and perform some Kerbin Scans in today's episode of KSP Career Mode let's play. We will be performing Low altimetry, Visual...

24/11/2021

In today's episode of our Mars Survival Getting Started Guide we are expanding the preassurized part of our base to secure a clean area for the future hydroponics bay.

In today's episode of our Mars Survival Getting Started Guide we are expanding the preassurized part of our base to secure a clean area for the future hydrop...

24/11/2021

Making some backer-exclusive content. Hint: KSP but little bigger ;-)

22/11/2021

Our kerbals on Minmus station are irradiated !!! Need to construct the rescue vessel and send it to Minmus Station ASAP in today's KSP Career Mode Let's play episode...

Our kerbals on Minmus station are irradiated !!! Need to construct the rescue vessel and send it to Minmus Station ASAP in today's KSP Career Mode Let's play...

18/11/2021

Weekly schedule November 18th, 2021

Last couple of weeks have been really intense both privately and business wise. Loads of work, sick kids, got sickness from kids (nothing major though), and selling summerhouse, while preparing for YouTube membership launch as well as creating a backer-exclusive playlist for both Patrons and YouTube members.
I want to offer some premium stuff to people who pitch in the most, so guys, you will get a treat.

I am working on a series that should be available for day 1 launch of YouTube Memberships. Right now, playlist has 5 episodes, but I am aiming for at least 10 for your binge-watching pleasure :-)

Content wise our KSP series continues, while I am struggling a little to get the Stationeers out, hopefully i will make it by friday (no promises though).

I am switching a little from 1 episode of each series per week to more of several episodes of the same serie per week, and then i take a diffrerent game. That way you guys do not need to wake full week for continuation, while I get to maintain doable workload

As you all saw i am done with Naval Action. As much as i like it, game's future is questionable at best, and so is mine if i continue to cover it. My statistics have been dropping so i decided to rather focus where most of my viewers are.

So, on the schedule

GrunfWorks:
Monday: KSP Career - out now
Tuesday: -
Wednesday: KSP Career - out now
Thursday:
Friday: Stationeers Mars (or KSP Career)

Stay cool
/GW

17/11/2021

We are finally sending our Duna Science Probes in today's episode of KSP Career Mode Let's play. 2 carrier are being sent packing many small satellite. A comms relay deployer, and a sciencer....

We are finally sending our Duna Science Probes in today's episode of KSP Career Mode Let's play. 2 carrier are being sent packing many small satellite. A com...

15/11/2021

In this episode of KSP Career Mode Let's play we are designing a small Mun rover and a launcher vehicle. The idea is to gather as much science from Mun as possible

In this episode of KSP Career Mode Let's play we are designing a small Mun rover and a launcher vehicle. The idea is to gather as much science from Mun as po...

12/11/2021

In today's episode of our Mars Survival Getting Started Guide we are trying out wireless charger along with building some additional batteries and beacon....

In today's episode of our Mars Survival Getting Started Guide we are trying out wireless charger along with building some additional batteries and beacon.......

10/11/2021

In today's episode of KSP Career Mode Playthrough we are designing and testing a SCANSat satellite to perform low altimetry, high visual scan, and multi-spectral scan of Kerbin to fulfill 3 contracts

In today's episode of KSP Career Mode Playthrough we are designing and testing a SCANSat satellite to perform low altimetry, high visual scan, and multi-spec...

08/11/2021

Science hopping on Minmus is the focus of this episode of KSP Career Mode Let's play. We disconnect from the Minmus Orbital Station, and gather a lot of science in order to return it to Kerbin...

Science hopping on Minmus is the focus of this episode of KSP Career Mode Let's play. We disconnect from the Minmus Orbital Station, and gather a lot of scie...

06/11/2021

In this episode of KSP Career Mode Let's play we are designing an Eve specific multi-probe satellite launcher, that will hopefully deploy a total of 12 satellites for gathering science around Eve.....

In this episode of KSP Career Mode Let's play we are designing an Eve specific multi-probe satellite launcher, that will hopefully deploy a total of 12 sate...