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Beetlewing

Beetlewing

3 Jun, 2021 (4 years ago) 16.99$ STEAM
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Description

Slipways takes the space grand strategy genre and condenses the best parts of it down by throwing away all the micromanagement and the steep learning curve. The result is a unique blend of the strategy and puzzle genres in which you can finish a run quickly, but still have a deep experience full of tough decisions.

MAKE TRADE, NOT WAR

Colonize planets, carefully pick industries and hook everything up so that your planets support each other. Line everything up just right and watch your colonies evolve and grow, giving you even more options for profitable trade. Make long-term plans and bask in your own glory when that one last connection makes six planets upgrade at the same time and gives you the income you desperately need.




There is no military aspect to pull your focus away from the economy. The game is more relaxed than your typical grand strategy. It's all about exploring space and its endless opportunities, shaping it to your whim and developing it to its full potential. No need for war with so much empty universe to claim.

FASTER THAN LIGHT

Forget about tedious micromanagement and waiting for ships to be built. In Slipways, every action you take has immediate consequences, and every choice you make is of paramount importance. Your planets govern themselves while you focus on making the right decisions to get them what they need. You'll waste none of your precious time on busywork. A single run takes 40-60 minutes and they are all filled with the good stuff.

TECH IT UP A NOTCH

There are no boring technologies here. Instead of making a single building 20% more efficient, technologies in Slipways let you move planets at will, harness stars for energy or colonize planets with sentient machines instead of people. The selection varies each run, so you'll have to plan carefully and adapt to the situation at hand. The path you choose will profoundly change your experience and the way you look at the game's planets and resources.


...ONE MORE GAME?

When a single run takes no more than an hour, what you need is replayability. Almost everything in Slipways is procedurally generated and each sector of the galaxy offers wildly different challenges. To overcome these challenges, you'll enlist the help of the five races populating the empire, each with their own philosophical outlook, varied abilities and a dedicated slice of the technology tree. There are more than 80 technologies to choose from and you'll only be using about 10 of them each run. No two games are ever exactly alike.

PLAY IT YOUR WAY

The standard gameplay mode gives you 25 years to build the best empire you can, but there is more: a sandbox endless mode that allows you to experiment freely, and a ranked mode that lets you measure your skills against others around the world on pre-seeded maps.


The game also features a campaign mode with 13 scenarios, each of them introducing a new twist and refreshing the gameplay: from mysterious, ancient structures from the dawn of the galaxy to strange spacetime rifts splitting the galaxy in two. Once unlocked by playing the campaign, the new mechanics can also be used in other modes, becoming new options for even more varied runs.

Windows Requirements

Minimum:
  • OS *: Windows 7 or higher
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GeForce 7xx series or equivalent with 1 GB VRAM
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 1 GB available space
Recommended:
  • OS: Windows 10
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Graphics: GeForce 9xx series or higher with 2GB VRAM
  • DirectX: Version 11
  • Storage: 1 GB available space

Mac Requirements

Minimum:
  • OS: 10.14+ (Mojave or higher)
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Storage: 1 GB available space
Recommended:
  • OS: 10.15+ (Catalina or higher)
  • Memory: 8 GB RAM
  • Storage: 1 GB available space
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Bite-Sized Empire

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Finish a 5-star standard run while colonizing only 20 planets or less.

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Bite-Sized Empire (Tough)

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Finish a 5-star standard run while colonizing only 20 planets or less (tough difficulty).

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Rock Preservation Society

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Finish a 5-star standard run without destroying or settling an asteroid.

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Rock Preservation Society (Tough)

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Finish a 5-star standard run without destroying or settling an asteroid (tough difficulty).

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Luddite Appeasement Act

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Finish a 5-star standard run without ever producing a bot.

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Luddite Appeasement Act (Tough)

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Finish a 5-star standard run without ever producing a bot (tough difficulty).

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Who Needs Rest?

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Finish a 5-star standard run without using the "skip to next year" action.

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Who Needs Rest? (Tough)

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Finish a 5-star standard run without using the "skip to next year" action (tough difficulty).

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Devoid of Structure

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Finish a 5-star standard run without building a single structure.

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Devoid of Structure (Tough)

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Finish a 5-star standard run without building a single structure (tough difficulty).

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The End to All Struggle

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Finish a standard run with at least 24 planets and no struggling planets.

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The End to All Struggle (Tough)

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Finish a standard run with at least 24 planets and no struggling planets (tough difficulty).

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Only Imperial Stormtroopers

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Finish a 5-star standard run without using undo.

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Only Imperial Stormtroopers (Tough)

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Finish a 5-star standard run without using undo (tough difficulty).

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Ship the Whole Planet Away

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Export 7 resources from a single planet.

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Hot Destination

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Provide a total of 7 imports to a single planet.

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Spreading Sentience

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Colonize 100 planets across all your games.

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On A Mission

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Complete any campaign mission.

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Not Kansas Anymore

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Complete a run featuring a sector with quirks.

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Gourmand

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Finish a run with each of the 25 available perks.

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Sampling the Menu

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Finish a run with each of the 5 council races.

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Passion Projects

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Establish a planetary project on 17 planets in a single run.

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Peace and Prosperity

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Upgrade 10 planets to prosperous or higher in a standard run.

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Peace and Prosperity (Tough)

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Upgrade 10 planets to prosperous or higher in a standard run (tough difficulty).