Stranded: Alien Dawn | Episode 1 | 2025 Guide for Complete Beginners

Brave a new world in Stranded: Alien Dawn, a planet survival sim placing the fate of a small marooned group in your hands. Forge your story through compelling and immersive strategic gameplay as you make vital decisions to protect your survivors. In this Complete Beginner's Guide to Stranded: Alien Dawn, I start a brand new game so you can play along with me as I explain the very basics of the game, drawing on my own experience and the great advice I have received from viewers. This guide is non-spoilery, and does not focus on the "best" or "fastest" builds, perfection, speed runs, but rather lays out the fundaments of the UI, the controls, how to fight, build, craft, grow, research, some tips and tricks, and the overall strategy of the game so you can best enjoy it on your own terms. I don't prescribe a singular method, but rather expose the tools and shortcuts in the game so you enjoy Stranded: Alien Dawn at your own pace! 👨‍🏫Full Stranded: Alien Dawn Beginner's Guide Playlist Here:    • Stranded: Alien Dawn: Guide for Complete B...   🔀Full Series Playlist Here:    • Stranded: Alien Dawn   Check out the game on Steam! https://store.steampowered.com/app/13... Chapters/Timestamps: 0:00 - Introduction to the game 0:12 - Beginner's guide series 0:34 - Colony management game 0:47 - Guide overview 1:43 - Skipping tutorials 2:16 - Game settings 2:56 - Choosing survivors 4:05 - Managing survivor needs 4:13 - Initial survivor skills 9:14 - Skill triangles meaning 9:36 - Varied survivor skills 12:01 - Other survivor skills 15:23 - Leveling up skills 16:05 - Remaining survivor skills 18:21 - Skill priority 19:19 - Pausing the game 19:35 - Quinn's meltdown 20:16 - Camera movement 20:39 - Time controls 20:55 - User Interface (UI) 21:59 - Character portraits 23:54 - Resources 28:31 - Commands 29:17 - Help screen 29:49 - Essentials 30:24 - Building shelter 34:36 - Sleeping spots 36:29 - Getting sticks 37:31 - Direct orders 38:08 - Activities screen 46:00 - Unpausing the game 47:12 - Scavenging 50:50 - Observing 50:50 - Human enhancement event 54:43 - Stockpiles 1:00:32 - Building stockpiles 1:03:10 - Building a campfire 1:03:32 - Building a research desk 1:04:58 - Schedule Support: By Supporting the Channel at any level, you gain access to ad-free livestream VODs, and the Retro Ranch and Longplay Lounge video collections! 🎁 YouTube Membership:    / @drincompetent   🙏 Patreon:   / drincompetent   Connect: 🗣Discord:   / discord   🟪Twitch:   / drincompetentgamer   🟦Facebook:   / drincompetent   Merch, Gear and Recommended Doodads: 🎽Merch: https://dr-incompetent.myspreadshop.com/ 🛒https://www.amazon.com/shop/dr.incomp... 👨‍🏫🎮 About Dr. Incompetent's Gaming Channel 👨‍🏫🎮 Dr. Incompetent aims to teach you how to get better at games while having a blast and maybe exposing you to a game you haven't yet tried--or even heard of by producing gaming guides, tutorials, let's plays, and tips, tricks, and strategies. He also tries out recent hits to determine if they are worth buying. He is more than happy to answer any questions you have about the games covered, either live during his Twitch Stream or in the YT comments below. 👶🕹️👨‍🏫🎮 Dr. Incompetent's Heavily Censored Biography 👶🕹️👨‍🏫🎮 Dr. Incompetent is a college professor by day and gamer by night (and day). He has been playing games since his first ATARI, got hooked on PITFALL 2 and never looked back. He focuses mainly on RPGs, Strategy games, Simulations, ARPGs, and... well he plays pretty much everything ;) He thanks you so profoundly for watching! #strandedaliendawn #drincompetent