God of Death, of Decay, of Entropy. You have meddled with Us for too long, an eternal prison will be your new domain. You will remain there forever. Forever, right?....
Progression
The gameplay loop of Compression centers around science. You make it, you test it, you analyze it. Knowledge from experiments feeding into schematic and constructs leading you along unlocking the nature of reality and bending it to your will. Within the quest book you will find 16 distinct tiers of progression leading you to the End. Each tier you will face increasingly difficult to construct and test sciences, each tick up the progression ladder further testing your will to continue.
Quest Book
The quest book itself is divided into 3 main segments. The main quest line [Path to Null] Production path improvements [Recipe Scaling] Tutorial/Trophy quests [Automation and YOU!]
Path to Null contains the main 16 quest tiers along with a tutorial tier 0 tab to get you situated with the gameplay loop and what will be expected going forward. As a note, each tier will still include all previous tiers in terms of progression requirements, you will never be able to forget about some aspect of your factory, it will all be used.
Recipe Scaling
Tired of processing lines becoming obsolete? In Compression we never let your hard work go to waste as all lines you make can keep up with factory demands by simply upgrading them as you go!
The Ore Line is also subjected to an extreme degree of recipe scaling. Each tier you move up in progression the total drops per ore will roughly quadruple baring few exceptions. Each tier up boosts previous tiers and introduces a new byproduct.
Automation & You features a tutorial segment for more complex automation. Each tab will feature a hint, and a direct video link explaining the mechanics and how to set up the automation [Pending]
Custom Ponders
To further aid the player in learning mechanics, JJ & Other Contributers are creating custom create-ponders for machines in other mods and redstone mechanics to act as an in-game tutorials.
Proficiency is a tab within Automation and You that acts as a trophy tab. Think of it as a... "proof of automation check"
Quest rewards
Each tier's quest are scattered across the book and are denoted by their berry reward. Upon doing all quests of that tier, you can claim yourself a golden berry to proudly display in your base