SteamWorld Build on Steam
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In SteamWorld Build, you must escape a dying planet by building a mining town to dig up vital long-lost technology. Meet the ever-growing needs of your citizens, trade resources and defend your mine from the creatures that lurk below.

I gave it a try the other day and really enjoyed it! Really nice cartoon art style / setting. The above-ground portion of the game feels like a solid clone of the Anno series games. Then below ground adds a fun twist of exploration / resource gathering into the mix.

Really looking forward to when it releases now!

  • [email protected]@beehaw.orgEnglish
    14·
    1 year ago

    Yeah, it’s a LOT of fun. I always liked the Steamworld style for games. And I enjoy that they always try something new.

    It has a great feel, the art is great. Apparently the demo ends before you get to the tower defense type mode. But I think they nailed the Anno feel while keeping it less complex and more interesting for me.

    • ArmoredCavalry@beehaw.orgOPEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      Yeah I really think they did a good job with having a lot of systems, yet still being pretty straightforward to understand. There were only a couple things that I didn’t immediately understand (even without reading tutorial text).

      Definitely can’t wait to see if the full game holds to that pattern!

      • Jarmer@kbin.social
        2·
        1 year ago

        Completely agree. Usually with these colony builder style games, I run into several problems where I just don’t understand how the systems are implemented, and the game does a poor job of explaining stuff. But on this Steamworld Build, I never ran into that. Everything made sense, and I loved expanding and placing my buildings, and moving stuff around etc… REALLY well done on their part. Very much looking forward to the release.

    • LennethAegis@kbin.social
      2·
      1 year ago

      Tower Defense? There’s more than just city building on top and dungeon diving underground? How many genres did they throw in this time?

      • [email protected]@beehaw.org
        4·
        1 year ago

        IDK. But from what I’ve heard and seen of the trailer, there will be a sort of tower defense thing in the mines. IDK what it’ll be like, but seems interesting.

    • TEKUMS@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, they are so good at finding the things I like about other genres and distilling them to perfection. Got me to install Anno again lol but for sure getting this day one.